classical music: Robert Evans

classical music: Robert Evans

classical music:

Robert Evans

Once On This Island (1990 Original Broadway Cast)

Steve Marzullo, Brian Koonin, ...

RCA Victor Broadway, 1990

A brilliant musical that more people should know about!
When I discovered this amazing musical I just had to buy the CD!!!! One day while I was looking up The Little Mermaid on Wikipedia I saw that in the Adaptations section along with well known versions such as the Disney version and the Anime version I saw the entry "The ...

Robert Ward: The Crucible

Chester Ludgin, Paul Ukena, ...

Albany Records, 2006

An opera that deserves consideration by a major company
I became familiar with this recording of the "The Crucible" back in the 60's when it was available on the old CRI label. It was an exciting piece then and it remains one now. It has been a puzzle to me why such an opera has not been taken up and presented regularly ...

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / Perlea, Caballé

Gaetano Donizetti, Montserrat Caballé, ...

RCA, 1989

Musically rich and swiftly dramatic opera from Donizetti
Even though a somewhat neglected masterpiece, the opera LUCREZIA BORGIA (La Scala, Milan, 1833), from Gaetano Donizetti, will never fail to please audiciences around the world, because Lucrezia is an alluringly melodramatic character. This digitally remastered CD ...

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel

Robert Hayward, Engelbert Humperdinck, ...

Chandos, 2007

Captures all the magic of Hänsel und Gretel.
"When the need is greatest, God the Lord puts out his hand." Based on the Grimms' creepy fairy tale, Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel is a magical experience in opera, and this recent recording captures all the magic of the live performance. (I experienced ...

Just for the Record: The Golden Voice

Vincenzo Bellini, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Decca, 2003

Vive Madame Horne !
Je suis soufflée, et tout bonnement reconnaissante à Decca pour avoir sorti cette compil qui rend si bien honneur à une des mes interprètes préférées. Voix de velours, aisance dans le grave et médium unique au Monde, Marilyn a été, dans toutes ses incarnations, un pur ...

Handel: Messiah [Includes Bonus CD]

Christopher Purves, Robert Evans, ...

Coro, 2008

Impeccable, not stuffy, from a landmark of early music
I had the extreme pleasure of working with Mr. Christophers less than a month after this recording was made when he came to Boston to work with the Handel & Haydn Society on our annual Messiah. What many of us in the choir were expecting was another "white" performance ...

The Great Thanksgiving

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Sony, 1995

do it
you will not regret it. if you have never heard the M.T.C. you will be blown away by them AND the poignant selection of pieces on this CD.

Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) / Pretre, Domingo, Royal Opera Covent Garden

Plácido Domingo, Luciana Serra

Kultur Video, 2003

intoxicating!
Mr. Placido Domingo is perhaps the most exciting operatic actor-singer of our generation and once again he proves it in this wonderful opera; his three great loves (Baltsa, Cotrubas, Serra), his rivals and the rest of the crew--unforgettable!

Hildegard von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations

Hildegard of Bingen, Oxford Camerata, ...

Naxos, 1995

delightfully pure
for someone interested in early music this is a good place to start- von bingen's visions speak to us across nine centuries. liner notes are minimal, as is the case with most NAXOS titles, but lyrics in latin and english are provided, which is nice. oxford camerata is ...

Dufay: Missa L'homme armé; Supremum est mortalibus bonum

Michael McCarthy, French Anonymous, ...

Naxos, 1995

A Great Recording of Dufay's Mass Plus
Dufay was the music master of the early Renaissance, and this disc contains his mass setting of the greatest hit of the later middle ages and Renaissance, "L'homme arme", plus recordings of the song itself as well as chants and motets utilizing the tune as their basis, ...

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

Gerald Finley, Robert Poulton, ...

Hyperion UK, 1995

IMPERDIBLE!
Hermosa interpretación de Matthew Best de la obra más tierna de Berlioz, un sonido orquestal bien balanceado y de gran expresión melódica, acompañado de un excelente trabajo de los solistas y del coro. La grabación es de primer nivel. Fuertemente recomendado.

Joseph Haydn: Symphonies, Volume 2 (c. 1760-63) - The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood

Franz Joseph Haydn, Christopher Hogwood, ...

Polygram Records, 1993

JOSEPH HAYDN: SYMPHONIES VOLUME 2 - ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD - RATED 5 STARS
JOSEPH HAYDN: SYMPHONIES, VOLUME 2 (C. 1760-63) ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD [BOX SET] QUITE SIMPLY A STUNNER CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE by the ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC! RATED 5-STARS by classical music critics/enthusiasts as the numero uno ...

Verdi: Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi, Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 2005

3 Great Knights
I have owned this recoring for 35 years on vinyl and CD and also saw Sir Georg and Sir Geraint in the Zeffirelli production at Covent Garden: it has always been my favourite version of my favourite Verdi. Sir Georg brings brilliance and sparkle as well as lyrical ...

Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress

Richard Angas, Geoffrey Shaw, ...

Angel Records, 2005

Faithful presentation of Bunyan's classic
Vaughan Williams' hymns and religious works leave many Christian compositions for dead. [Not bad for an avowed agnostic!] I loved the Matthew Best version, with narration by the superb John Gielgud. The use of the Thomas Tallis Fantasia music was one of the things ...

Monteverdi: Vespers 1610
Peter Harvey, Robert MacDonald, ...

Hyperion UK, 2006

Monteverdi's Vespers, the two Magnificats (one for six voices, one for seven) and the Missa in illo tempore were composed as a collection in 1610, sort of as a resumé for employment in the north of Italy. This is the first time all the works have appeared in a single, two-CD release. While that makes this a very handy set to own, the fact that the ...