classical music: Michael Rippon

classical music: Michael Rippon

classical music:

Michael Rippon

Arnold Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron/Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38

Roland Hermann, Arnold Schoenberg, ...

Sony, 1993

Schoenberg's music lasts
For decades spoil sports like the one below have been attacking Schoenberg's 12 tone system, saying, for example, that his music has no relation to "natural acoustics" and to the way "human beings make sense of sound". Well, last I checked, I'm a human being, one ...

Puccini: Tosca

Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, ...

RCA, 2005

"Tosca Regina" : Leontyne Price -Take II takes Off!!
Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" was critically declared a "shabby little shocker" at its Metropolitan Opera debut. Opera's greatest aritsts and singers have rushed to embrace and perform this evocative work ever since. After the overwhelming success of the RCA "Il Trovatore" ...

Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Complete opera); Beverly Sills; Nicolai Gedda; James Levine; London Symphony ...

Nicolai Gedda

EMI Classics, 2004

A charming, humane, thoroughly enjoyable Barbiere
In much the same manner that Lucia Popp forever standardized Mozart's Königin der Nacht, Beverly Sills redefines the role of Rossini's capricious Rosina. Her crystalline coloratura voice washes over "Una voce poca fa" with brisk, windswept ease. It is a mystery why ...

Bach: Cantatas Nos. 80 & 11

Michael Rippon, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Vanguard Classics, 1999

Exuberantly Joyful Bach
The two cantatas featured here--one for Reformation Festival (BWV 80) and the other for Ascension Sunday (BWV 11--often listed as an Oratorio)--are among Bach's most exuberantly joyful works. Since they are deservedly popular, both cantatas have received numerous ...

First Contemporary Chinese Composers Festival 1986
Michael Rippon, Wing Wah Chan, ...

Marco Polo, 1995

Weill: Concerto for violin Op. 12 (1924); Berliner Requiem (1929); Dreigroschenoper Suite; Mahaggony ...

Kurt Weill, David Atherton, ...

Dg Imports, 1999

A Pleasant Surprise and a New Discovery
I was in the mood for a modern violin concerto recording, and glowing critical reviews of this set prompted me to purchase it. Scanning straight over to the concerto, and giving it a few minutes listening, I was almost immediately put off. Avant-garde it definitely ...

Puccini: Tosca

Sherrill Milnes, Clifford Grant, ...

RCA, 1990

This Tosca Takes The Crown
This studio recording under the baton of Zubin Mehta is undoubtedly the greatest Tosca on record. There is a passionate intensity, a quality of grandeur in voice and dramatic performance that no other recording has mastered. Placido Domingo and Leontine Price are on ...

Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra / Mahagonny Songspiel
Kurt Weill, David Atherton, ...

Polygram Records, 1990

The Original Jacket Collection: Montserrat Caballé [Limited Edition]

Leslie Fyson, Neil Howlett, ...

Sony Classics, 2008

MAGNIFICENT... BUT MAY I HAVE SOME MORE?
This is a great set, and a nice anniversary issue to coincide with the 75th birthday of the great Spanish soprano, a truly grand diva and unique voice, maybe the last example of a breed of singers directly connected with the Grand Tradition and a vocal art -of purity ...

Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes

Giuseppe Verdi, Ashley Lawrence, ...

Opera Rara UK, 2005

A Long Waited Release
No Verdi fan should be without this recording. This opera is sung in flawless French and the cast, although with no major stars, does an incredible job bringing this important work to life. You will not be disappointed.

Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick (Cantata) and For the Fallen

Bernard Herrmann

Unicorn, 1994

Herrmann's Masterpiece!
This is one of the few recordings available of a Bernard Herrmann composition that is *not* film related. Dedicated to Charles Ives (who, when told of this dedication, predicted that the association would not be helpful to Herrmannn), it is a somber, powerful ...

Holst: At the Boar's Head/Wandering Scholar
David Wilson-Johnson, Michael Rippon, ...

EMI Classics Imports, 2000

William Mathias: Ave Rex; Elegy for a Prince; This Worlde's Joie
Geraint Evans, Michael Rippon, ...

Lyrita, 2007

"Willcocks and Atherton conduct with vigour and care for detail, and the recordings are admirably clean." -- GRAMOPHONE William Mathias (1934-1992) was a leading Welsh composer, especially noted for his choral works. His church music is performed and loved all over the world.

Strauss: Salome

Neil Howlett, Sherrill Milnes, ...

RCA Victor Europe, 1989

Caballe sings Strauss
Who would have expected Montserrat Caballe, well known for her rendition of the notoriously difficult but stylistically worlds-away-from-Strauss part of Norma, to render up one of the truly great recordings of Salome? After listening to the other major recordings I ...