Classical Vocals

It is a work of love, it is the voice of a creature communicating with his God, and I hear that when I hear the Service Sacre, declared Madame Madeleine Milhaud, the composer' widow, when, at age ninety-eight, she was interviewed by the Milken Archive.1...

Ireland's leading collegiate choral ensemble, The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin bring us their first recording on Signum. The program of this album is a blend of Scottish and Irish music, themed around water and farewell. Conductor Desmond...

Internationally acclaimed tenor Rolando Villazsn presents an all-new recording of Italian arias by Handel. Though Villazsn is not generally associated with this repertoire, his muscular and virile performances are a thrilling and new way to hear Handel...

International version of their 2006 album features one bonus track over the North American pressing, You Raise Me Up (Por Ti Sere). Il Divo have sold over 12 million albums worldwide and have earned over 80 Gold and Platinum awards in over 35 countries...

Inspired by his discovery of Handel's Messiah, Joseph Haydn spent two years composing his oratorio Die Sch?pfung (The Creation). The revered conductor, Philippe Herreweghe continues his exploration of Haydn's vocal works with the Collegium Vocale Gent...

Including V'adoro pupille, Se Pieta, Piangero from Giulio Cesare, arias from Scipione, Alessandro, Rodelinda, Siroe, Tolomeo, Flavio, Riccardo Primo, Admeto. La Diva showcases the most popular and dramatic moments from Handel's Italian operas.1. Scoglio...

Includes booklet, sticker and four postcards. 2018.

In this recital of Aln+¼s' atmospheric songs Eriksen whose playing of Aln+¼s' piano works can be heard on an earlier Toccata Classics CD returns to his music in the company of Solvang one of Norway's best mezzos. This CD marks the 140th anniversary of...

In this album countertenor Philippe Jaroussky pays tribute to the famous 18th century Italian Carestini for whom Handel composed Arianna in Creta.1. Porpora: Siface: Aria - Tu Che D'ardir M'accendi 2. Capelli: I Fratelli Riconosciuti: Aria - Ciel Nemico,...

In the words of the composer and critic Virgil Thomson, the unique sonorities of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under it's founder-director Ernest Ansermet were 'smooth as a seashell, iridescent as fine rain, bright as the taste of a peach'. Ever...

In the whole of Bach's work, three church cantatas remain today that use a bass soloist, in addition to one secular cantata ascribed to him. Il Gardellino and Dominik Worner recorded Bach's Cantatas for Bass with the spirit of the composer's voice.1. Ich...

In the field of entertainment music, Ziehrer's name was soon a quality brand in Vienna, especially as Carl Haslinger, Johann Strauss Jr.'s publisher, provided him with valuable assistance. Unlike Strauss, Ziehrer came from the piano, so he was not a...