Recent updates to previously posted music
03/04/25 Bartok #5 +1CD Concerto for Orchestra & Divertimento by Gatti in London (1997)05/6/24 Wintery Romantics +1CD Tchaikovsky's Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 by Gavrilov & Ashkenazy in Berlin...
View ArticleHalévy: Clari (Adam Fischer, Orchestra La Scintilla)
Fromenthal Halévy (1799-1862) Clari, Opera Semiseria in Two Acts (1828)Cecilia Bartoli, MezzosopranoAdam Fischer, Orchestra La Scintilla(Period Instruments)Decca 074 3382 (2008/2014) 2-Dis set [DVD...
View ArticleRossini: Otello (Muhai Tang, Orchestra La Scintilla)
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Otello ossia Il moro di Venezia (Opera Seria in Three Acts-1816)Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzosoprano Muhai Tang, Orchestra La Scintilla(Period Instruments) Decca 074 3865 (2014)...
View ArticleCimarosa: Il Matrimonio Segreto (Hilary Griffiths, The Orchestra of the...
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) Il Matrimoni Segreto, Melodramma giocoso in Two Acts-1792Hilary Griffiths, The Orchestra of the Drottningholm Court Theater(Period Instruments)Euro Arts 2054548...
View ArticleGaveaux: Léonore ou L'amour conjugal (Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette)
Pierre Gaveaux (1761-1825) Léonore ou L'amour conjugal (Opera in Two Acts-1798)Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette(Period Instruments)Naxos 2.110591 (2017) I believe this is the first of the "Fidelio" Operas...
View ArticleBeethoven: Fidelio (Martin Haselböck, Wiener Akademie)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Fidelio, Opera in two Acts (Prague Version-1808)Martin Haselböck, Wiener Akademie(Period Instruments)New Classical Adventure NCA 60204 (2008) 2-Disc set .....and I...
View ArticleGluck: Ifigénie en Aulide (Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) Ifigénie en Aulide (Opera Seria in Three Acts-1774)Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble(Period Instruments)Opus Arts OA BD7115 D (2013) 2-Disc set...
View ArticleHaydn: Il mondo della luna (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)Il Mondo della Luna, Hob. XXVIII: 7 (Dramma giocoso in Three Acts-1777) Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien(Period Instruments) Unitel Classical 703508 (2010)...
View ArticleGrétry: L'Amant Jaloux (Jérémie Rhorer, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie)
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) L'Amant Jaloux, Opera Comique in 3 Acts (1780)Jérémie Rhorer, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie (Period Instruments) Wahoo WAH 001 (2010) [DVD Rip: PCM to Flac]
View ArticleMendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Overture Op. 21-1826; Incidental Music Op. 61-1842)Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations(Period Instruments) Alia Vox AVSA 9960 (2024) 4-disc set...
View ArticleThe End
After thirteen years of posting, I am finally out of music. I still have hundreds of recordings, but these are either digital downloads or discs downloaded from other sites.....both expressly forbidden...
View ArticleAnother Mixed Bag - Nine (Paavo Berglund, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,...
Dmitri Shostakovich:01 - 04 Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93 [54'28]Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo BerglundEMI CDM 7630962 [recorded March 1975; CD issued 1989][CD-rip; flacs,...
View ArticleDavide's Megaposts (2025 Remix)
Starting from December 2011 through to September 2016, the mega-post became a tradition of this Blog.With the late Danse de Puck in Buenos Aires, 2015Over 170 posts, here below in reverse chronological...
View ArticleScarlatti Duende: Harpsichord Sonatas - Sempé, Fortin
Domenico Scarlatti(1685-1757)Sonatas for 1 and 2 harpsichordsSkip Sempé, Olivier FortinRecorded 2006Released 2007 Paradizo PA9003 Sempé: harpsichord after 18th c French models (1985, B Kennedy; tracks...
View ArticleArnold Bax: The Seven Symphonies and some Orchestral Works (Edward Downes,...
Symphonies No.1 and No.7: 01 - 03 Symphony No.1 in E-flat major (1921-2) * [32'21]04 - 06 Symphony No.7 (1938-9) ^ [45'34]London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Myer Fredman* and Raymond...
View ArticleRachmaninov: Piano Concertos (Sequeira Costa & Christopher Seaman)
Sergei Rachmaninov- Piano Concertos:01 - 03 Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp minor, op.1* [28'01]04 Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op.43 [23'18]Sequeira Costa- piano, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...
View ArticleAn Old Song Resung - William Parker sings Ives, Griffes, Farwell and Cadman
Baritone William Parker (1944-1993) sings songs of American composers Arthur Farwell (1872-1952), Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946), Charles Ives (1874-1954) and Charles Tomlinson Griffes...
View ArticleAgrippina: Opera arias – Hallenberg, Minasi, Il Pomo d'Oro
Arias for the three Agrippinas:(Julia) Vipsania Agrippina ('the Elder'; c14 BC - AD 33)(Vipsania) Julia Agrippina ('the Younger'; AD 15-59) (her daughter)Vipsania Agrippina (c36 BC - AD 20)...
View ArticleRalph Holmes: Works by Bartók, Bax, Beethoven, Delius, Harty and Sibelius
Hamilton Harty:01 - 03 Violin Concerto in D minor (1908) [32'49]04 Variations on a Dublin Air (1912) [16'26]Ralph Holmes- violin, Ulster Orchestra conducted by Bryden ThomsonChandos CHAN 8386...
View ArticleCharles Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford & EJ Moeran: Symphonies...
Charles Hubert Parry:01 - 04 Symphony No.1 in G major (1882) [45'20]05 From Death to Life (Mors et vitae) [18'34]English Symphony Orchestra conducted by William BoughtonNimbus NI5296 [recorded...
View ArticleBach Three keyboard concertos BWV1052, 1055, 1056 Schiff, Malcolm, English...
Bach Three keyboard concertos BWV1052, 1055, 105601 Bach Concerto in d BWV 105202 Bach Concerto in A BWV 105503 Bach Concerto in f BWV 1056András Schiff, pianoThe English Chamber OrchestraGeorge...
View ArticleJohn McCabe: Pianist and Composer (with Edward Gregson. Alun Hoddinott,...
Mountains (Australian & American Composers):01 Peter Sculthorpe: Mountains (1981) [6'29]02 Wendy Hiscocks: Toccata (1983) [3'01]03 David Maslanka: Piano Song (1978) [7'39]04 Don Banks: Pezzo...
View ArticleWilliam Walton: Composer and Conductor (with Donald Bell, Martyn Brabbins,...
William Walton:01 - 04 Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor [42'26]05 - 14 Belshazzar's Feast * [36'06]Donald Bell- baritone, Philharmonia Chorus*; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William WaltonEMI CDM...
View ArticleCharpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres/ Méditations pour la Carème – Niquet, LCS
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)Leçons de Ténèbres de la Semaine Sainte/Cinq Méditations pour le CarêmeLe Concert Spirituel, Hervé NiquetThibaut Lenaerts, Cyril Auvity (high tenor)Pierre Evreux,...
View ArticleRoger Norrington & London Classical Players: Schubert Symphonies - The EMI...
Franz Schubert Symphonies:01 - 04 Symphony No.4 in C minor, D 417 'Tragic' [27'36]05 - 08 Symphony No.6 in C major, D 589 [31'50]London Classical Players conducted by Roger NorringtonEMI CDC 754210 2...
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