What Classical are you listening to?

[Verdinut]

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Should you want to get a version of this work on blu-ray, I strongly recommend the one from Teatro alla Scala with Elina Garança and Jonas Kaufmann under direction of Daniel Barenboim. It's an amazing performance. By the way, I have that Telarc Cd set.

 

[flippo]

 

[eljr]

Song of the Nativity

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers


Release Date: 30th Sep 2016
Catalogue No: COR16146
Label: Coro
Length: 73 minutes
Disc of the month
BBC Music Magazine
Disc of the month

 

[Will Brink]

You may enjoy this. My father was a well known violinist in his day, as well as founder of the Boston Classical Orchestra and other accomplishments:

Movement II:

 

[eljr]

Ballet Highlights

Berliner Philharmoniker, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Neeme Järvi, John Lanchbery, Seiji Ozawa, Mikhail Pletnev, Myung Whun Chung, Mstislav...

Release Date: 8th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: 4784239
Label: DG
Series: Virtuoso
Length: 69 minutes

 

[eljr]

Christmas Night - Carols of the Nativity

Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

Release Date: 6th Nov 2020
Catalogue No: CSCD526
Label: Collegium
Length: 62 minutes

 

[eljr]

Nicola Lefanu: The Crimson Bird

BBC Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra


Release Date: 25th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: NMCD255
Label: NMC
Length: 76 minutes

Presto Editor's Choice
September 2020

 

[eljr]

Jan Ladislav Dussek: Messe Solemnelle

Stefanie True (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Morgan Pearse (bass), Choir of the AAM, Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr


Release Date: 23rd Oct 2020
Catalogue No: AAM011
Label: AAM Records
Length: 60 minutes

Presto Editor's Choice
October 2020

 

[eljr]

Puer natus est

Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas

Stile Antico


Release Date: 20th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: HMU807517
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 78 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week
29th November 2010

 

[eljr]

Handel: Semele

Louise Alder (Semele), Hugo Hymas (Jupiter), Lucile Richardot (Juno/Ino), Carlo Vistoli (Athamas), Gianluca Buratto (Somnus/Cadmus), Emily Owen (Iris), Angela Hicks (Cupid), Peter Davoren (Apollo)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Release Date: 2nd Oct 2020
Catalogue No: SDG733
Label: SDG
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine
September 2020
Editor's Choice

Presto Recording of the Week
2nd October 2020

CD II

 

[afterlife2]

Morning classical before heading to work.

 

[davidscott]

About to start listening to the Nutcracker and some other Christmas Classical music.

 

[flippo]

 

[Verdinut]

This 21-CD Box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. There are even contributions from the composer himself, as conductor, pianist (on piano rolls) and artistic supervisor.

 

[eljr]

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a wonderful album!

 

[eljr]

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination

A British Library Exhibition CD

The Sixteen, The Hilliard Ensemble, Harry Christophers

Release Date: 30th Apr 2012
Catalogue No: COR16098
Label: Coro
Length: 74 minutes

 

[eljr]

TALLIS (Eternal)

Carl Smith (organ)

Oxford Camerata, Rose Consort of Viols, The, Jeremy Summerly

Release Date: 29th Jul 2008
Catalogue No: 8572081
Label: Naxos
Series: Eternal
Length: 66 minutes

 

[eljr]

Isabella: Music for a Queen

Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml

Release Date: 8th Dec 2014
Catalogue No: 88875010752
Label: Deutsche HM
Length: 77 minutes

 

[eljr]

CPE Bach: Magnificat

Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Markus Eiche (bass)

RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann


Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: HMC902167
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 55 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week
10th February 2014
Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine
April 2014
Editor's Choice

Presto Recordings of the Year
Winner 2014
Winner - Baroque Vocal
Gramophone Awards
2014
Winner - Baroque Vocal

 

[Verdinut]