Kenneth Tarver
-
Special offer. Rossini: Sigismondo
Hera Hyesang Park, Marianna Pizzolato, Rachel Kelly, Kenneth Tarver, Gavan Ring, Guido Loconsolo, Il Hong, Olga Watts
Keri-Lynn Wilson
The drive and authority of [Wilson's] conducting work wonders for the piece. I like the way she rescues the Overture (reused by Rossini in revised form for Otello in Naples in 1816) from buffo... —
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Park/Pizzolato)
-
-
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Nadine Benjamin (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Edward Gardner
Gardner more than has the measure of this idiosyncratic, yet compelling work...The chorus are the real stars of this work, though, and the London Philharmonic Choir are on top form. They are... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Choral Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Editor's Choice
-
-
Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor) & Andreas Wolf (bass-baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Concerto Köln, Peter Dijkstra
This is a classy, large-scale Bach, a live recording with real depth and passion. The choral singing and orchestral playing both possess tremendous heft and shape – the Gloria, in particular,... —
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
-
-
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedSimone Kermes (Fiordiligi), Malena Ernman (Dorabella), Anna Kasyan (Despina), Kenneth Tarver (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Konstantin Wolff (Don Alfonso)
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
There's an undeniably a strong sense of personality to everything the conductor does...Most notable of all is the interventionist nature of the continuo, with the fortepiano, in particular,... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
-
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedJohannes Weisser (Don Giovanni), Lorenzo Regazzo (Leporello), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Donna Elvira), Olga Pasichnyk (Donna Anna), Kenneth Tarver (Don Ottavio), Sunhae Im (Zerlina), Nikolay Borchev (Masetto), Alessandro Guerzoni (Il Commendatore)
Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
If Jacobs is hardly the first modern conductor to present the opera in its 'original colours', his Don Giovanni is among the liveliest and most enjoyable on offer. It is certainly one of the... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 1st October 2007
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Disc of the Month
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
RecommendedRichard Croft (Idomeneo), Bernarda Fink (Idamante), Sunhae Im (Ilia), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Elettra), Kenneth Tarver (Arbace), Nicolas Rivenq (Gran Sacerdote) & Luca Tittoto (La Voce)
RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Jacob's strongest players are the superb Idamante of Bernarda Fink: tender, ardent and in touch with every nerve-ending of every beautifully shaped phrase. Alexandrina Pendatchanska, from her... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 18th May 2009
-
Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. Rossini: Eduardo e Cristina
Silvia Dalla Benetta (soprano), Laura Polverelli (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver and Xiang Xu (tenors) & Baurzhan Anderzhanov (bass)
Virtuosi Brunensis & Camerata Bach Choir, Gianluigi Gelmetti
After the somewhat turgid overture, a driven, passionate performance, if occasionally lacking finesse, emerges…Kenneth Tarver is the pick of the soloists, with Laura Polverelli and Silvia Dalla... —
-
Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... —
Purchase product
8 SACDs + CD + DVD Video
Original price ($33.50) Reduced price $27.47Downloads
Audio formats guide -
Special offer. Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
Luca Pisaroni (bass)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Rossini’s late masterpiece for scaled-down forces is a palatable, varied work that is heard here in its fully orchestrated form. The recorded sound slightly muffles the chorus sound though,... —
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
RecommendedOlga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Evgeny Nikitin (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Guildhall School Singers, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev, in this live account, inclines towards operatic fire and pace, occasionally headlong, but with a clarity and hushed, atmospheric pianissimo finely captured by the spacious SACD recording. —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2016
-
