Naxos
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Rossini: Ermione
Serena Farnocchia (Ermione), Aurora Faggioli (Andromacha), Moisés Marín (Pirro), Patrick Kabongo (Oreste), Chuan Wang (Pilade)
Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonino Fogliani
With a substantial chorus, adept playing from all departments of the orchestra, conducting that possesses dynamism and a sense of theatre, and sound possessing range and depth, this live recording... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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Kara Karayev: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto
Janna Gandelman (violin)
Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
Sturdy performances of the brooding, at times skittish First Symphony, influenced by Karayev’s mentor Shostakovich; the later, serialist Violin Concerto is a tense, angry work. —
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The 1959 Second Quartet is a wonderfully compact introduction to the music of Carter's middle period and the Pacifica map its temperamental twists and turns precisely, just as they cope with... —
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Though it outstays its welcome by some minutes, it gives us a glimpse of a composer and musician held in high enough esteem to be knighted by three sovereigns in Britain, Austria and Württemberg. —
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Vivaldi: Il Bajazet, RV 703
Renato Dolcini (baritone), Raffaele Pe (countertenor), Valeria La Grotta (soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto), Loriana Castellano (mezzo), Lucia Cirillo (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice Di Venezia, Federico Maria Sardelli
In the title role, Renato Dolcini proves the master of commanding bluster while Raffaele Pé's Andronico gilds Hasse's elegant 'Quel ciglio vezzosetto' with some stylish singing, and Valeria... —
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Special offer. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Tatjana Gürbaca, Henrik Nánási
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Corea, Higdon & Warnaar: Brass Concertos
Jose Sibaja, Joseph Alessi, Paul Jenkins, Derek W. Hawkes, Steven Brown, Gilbert Long, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero
The composers have contemplated playing to the most exciting qualities of these timbres, as well as connecting with the personalities of those for whom the pieces were written. —
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Foerster: Symphony No. 2 in F Major, Op. 29 & Cyrano de Bergerac, Op. 55
Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Štilec
the superbly handled performance here can only help the Czech composer's cause. —
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