Janácek: Katya Kabanova in 3 Acts

Janáček: Káťa Kabanová, JW 1/8 (Opera in 3 Acts) Káťa Kabanová: Amanda Majeski (soprano)Boris: Simon O’Neill (tenor)Kabanicha: Katarina Dalayman (mezzo-soprano)Tichon: Andrew Staples (tenor)Kudrjáŝ: Ladislav Elgr (tenor)Varvara: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)Dikoj: Pavlo Hunka (bass-baritone)Glasha & Feklusha: Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano)Kuligin: Lukáš Zeman (baritone)London Symphony Orchestra & ChorusSir Simon Rattle Recorded live at the Barbican, London on 11 January […]

Simon Rattle & LSO – Britten in Three Works

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)Alice Coote (mez-soprano)Allan Clayton (tenor)Tiffin Boy’s, Children’s and Girl’s School ChorusesLondon Symphony Orchestra and ChorusSir Simon Rattle  Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London in September 2018, May 2019 and May 2021LSO0830 Performance: 5 Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, which was first performed by John Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic in March 1941, […]

The Big Three

Many would say that the big three of the top English composers of the 20th Century would be the three whose music makes this album one of the hidden gems available at NativeDSD  Elgar is celebrated for his Symphonies, his Cello Concerto, and (of course) The Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches.  Elgar’s […]

Review of Gordon Grdina’s Jazz Bundle – Vol. 1

Save 20% on all three Gordon Grdina albums with the DSD Bundle The Art of the Oud For more than two decades, Vancouver-based guitarist and bandleader Gordon Grdina has been composing music that features the oud. The oud is a double-coursed string instrument with a bowl-shaped back that is prominent in Arabic and Persian musical […]

A True Contribution to the Classical Catalogue

Prelude Classics is a new label catering to the most demanding lovers of classical music. A previous release ‘Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Viola Solo’ harvested multiple accolades and for this new one the Polish producer/engineer, Michał Bryła, has given ‘tout son savoir-faire’ for the benefit of all those for which only the very best is good […]

Very British and Very Beautiful

The extremely talented Ning Feng is joined by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto in the Violin concertos of Edward Elgar (1857-1934), and Gerald Finzi (1901-1956). Elgar’s Violin Concerto isn’t quite as well known as his Cello Concerto, but has a similar passion and beauty. It’s been said that Elgar’s pieces are […]

Bernstein’s Best?

Here are two excellent recordings of a work that might be new to you:  Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium). Quoting Bernstein, “The music, like Plato’s dialogue, is a series of related statements in praise of love.” The work is scored for Solo violin, harp, string orchestra, and percussion. It was premiered in 1954 in Venice with […]

Notes on Recent Finds, No. 25 – New Recordings at NativeDSD

This is a reposted article originally written for Positive Feedback by our friend Rush Paul. The great team at Positive Feedback, as well as Rush himself, have kindly given us permission to repost this and you can find the original article at this link. Thanks to Rush the PF team! The labels represented in NativeDSD’s […]