Classical Vocals

For his debut on Warner Classics, Samoan tenor Pene Pati matches favourite showpiece arias with rarer operatic gems in a programme of Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Gounod and Benjamin Godard. Pati has been called "a revelation... stunning for his...

For her second collaboration on the ATMA Classique label, soprano Marie-Eve Munger releases Maestrino Mozart, an album devoted to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's rarely-heard arias composed between the ages of 10-16. Maestrino Mozart, out September 16, 2022,...

For all it's charm and elegance, Lennox Berkeley' unique compositional voice is marked in his sacred choral music by an inner conviction borne of a strong personal faith. In this regard he mirrored his lifelong friend Francis Poulenc.1. Crux Fidelis, Op...

Fontanella, accompanied by Salinaro, has recorded three of the earlier Beethoven sonatas, each with a different violin. The result is quite astonishing as one can hear the very distinctive sound of each individual violin.1. Allegro Con Brio 2. Theme and...

Following it's critically acclaimed premier release, Glori? Dei Cantores, under the direction of Elizabeth Patterson, is re-releasing eight works by Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestina. The rarely performed Missa Beata Mari? Virginis II is...

Following it's award-winning Christmas album, Sleep, Holy Babe (Naxos 8.572868), Blossom Street explores a wide-ranging sequence of British folk song settings for choir, with a particular focus on the nautical. The repertoire embraces pioneers in the...

Following his triumphant visit to Vienna in 1822, when several of his operas were extremely well received, international success beckoned for Rossini. First performed at La Fenice, Venice in 1823, Semiramide was Rossini's last Italian opera, written at...

Following His First Reading of the Libretto, Franz Lehar Himself Wrote of the Igniting Sparks Inspiring Him to Write His Paganini Operetta. Since This Inspirational Thriller's Premiere Took Place During the Night Prior to His Fifty-Third Birthday on 30...

Following Desprez's mass Ave Maris Stella, Bremen under Manfred Cordes now turns to a selection of psalm settings by the same composer. Josquin Desprez, not only one of the first but also one of the most influential among them, assumed the task of Latin...

First performed in 1917 in Munich (conducted by Bruno Walter), Pfitzner's opera on the great 16th-century composer Palestrina became popular with those in German musical society who had become hostile to the direction which Schoenberg and Busoni had...

First ECM recording from Helena Tulve - the gifted young Estonian composer (born 1972) whose work speaks in it's own unique language through a variety of chamber music settings and with a fluid approach to form, sound and sonority. The album begins with...

Few are aware that Josef Weigl (1766-1846) was both an acclaimed conductor and a highly successful composer whose fame - in his day - rivaled that of Cherubini, Rossini, Haydn, and even Beethoven. Tenor Donald George and forte pianist Lucy Mauro merge...