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Best Classical Aria Award Winners on ABC Classics

SKU: 03691

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AU $18.13

Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 476 8572 Medium: CD No. Discs: 1

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ABC Classics is the most successful classical music label in Australia, winning the 'Best Classical Album' award 15 times since the inception of the awards 18 years ago. This disc features tracks from each of the ABC Classics discs that have won the award since 1987.

Artists:

Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Chard (baritone), Jenny Duck-Chong (soprano), Anthony Field (guitar), Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Clifford Grant (bass), Leonard Grigoryan (guitar), Guy Henderson (oboe), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Gareth Koch (guitar), Genevieve Lacey (recorder), Anne-Maree McDonald (soprano), Alison Morgan (soprano), Dene Olding (violin), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass-baritone), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Karin Schaupp (guitar), Gerard Willems (piano), Saffire, The Australian Opera Chorus.

Composers:

Beethoven, Bizet, Peter Maxwell Davies, Ross Edwards, Handel, Richard Meale, Paganini, Puccini, Peter Sculthorpe, Carl Vine, Vivaldi.

Conductors:

Stuart Challender, Paul Dyer, Vladimir Kamirski, Geoffrey Lancaster, David Porcelijn, Richard Tognetti, Antony Walker.

Orchestras:

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Australis, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players.

Tracks:

1	GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875) Votre toast (Toreador's Song) from Carmen Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone, Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Sinfonia Australia, Antony Walker conductor from The Voice 476 2272 "...Wonderfully operatic in its breadth and dramatic focus... an exciting performer." - The Age
2	PETER MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934) arr. Jan-Olof Eriksson Farewell to Stromness Saffire - The Australian Guitar Quartet (Gareth Koch, Antony Field, Karin Schaupp, Slava Grigoryan) from Saffire - The Australian Guitar Quartet 476 7012 "This delightful and attractive programme, superlatively played, is a feast from first to last..." - MusicWeb International
3	NICOLO PAGANINI (1782-1829) arr. Slava Grigoryan Caprice in A minor, Op. 1 No. 24 Slave Grigoryan guitar from Sonatas & Fantasies 472 2242 "...authority and a good sense of style. The virtuoso aspects are executed with precise articulation... excellent." MusicWeb International
4	ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) First movement [Allegro] from Concerto in C for flautino and strings, RV 443 Genevieve Lacey recorder, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director from Vivaldi - Il flauto dolce 461 8282 "This album is genuinely illuminating and remarkably successful exploration of the music of Vivaldi... an absolute winner." - Sydney Morning Herald
5	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Moderato cantabile molto expressivo from Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 Gerard Willems Stuart & Sons piano from Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas 465 2642 "The sensitivity and thoughtfulness of Willems' playing is matched by the richness and clarity of the locally made instruments he employs" - The Age
6	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Adagio sostenuto from Sonata, quasi una fantasia (Piano Sonata No. 14) in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' Gerard Willems Stuart & Sons piano from Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 465 0772 "His playing is non-showy, but deeply thought and all the more musical for it" - The Bulletin
7	GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) Da tempeste from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 Yvonne Kenny soprano, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director from Handel Arias 456 6892 "A lively programme that would be hard to equal for musical vitality" - Brisbane Courier Mail
8	PETER SCULTHORPE (b. 1929) From Uluru Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn conductor from Peter Sculthorpe - Sun Music 454 5052 "An essential partof any Australian collection." - The Age
9	PETER SCULTHORPE Arietta (Farewell) from Port Essington Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti director from Peter Sculthorpe - Music for Strings 454 5042 "A phenomenal album... absolutely essential contemporary music." - Billboard
10	GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924) O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor from Simple Gifts 442 5092 "Voice, orchestra, production, packaging and annotations are magically woven into a recipe for success... you never tire of its beauties." - Soundscapes"
11	ROSS EDWARDS (b. 1943) Ecstatic from Maninyas - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Dene Olding violin, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor from Ross Edwards - Orchestral Works 438 6102 "The work of one of our most gifted composers." - Sydney Morning Herald
12	CARL VINE (b. 1954) Microsymphony (Symphony No. 1) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor from Carl Vine - Three Symphonies. Now released as Carl Vine - Complete Symphonies 1-6 476 7179 "Performances are rich and confident, sound vivid and spacious." - American Record Guide
13	PETER SCULTHORPE Small Town Guy Henderson oboe, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor from Peter Sculthorpe - Orchestral Works 426 4812 "Exhilarating, intoxicatingly colourful... The ripe recordings match the committed, finely disciplined performances." - Gramophone
14	ANTONIO VIVALDI Allegro non molto from Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4 (The Four Seasons - Winter) Barbara Jane Gilby violin, Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster director and harpsichord from Vivaldi - The Four Seasons. Now released as A Baroque Collection 472 4242 "The best yet... intelligent, sensitive musianship... a magical beauty of sound" - The Australian
15	RICHARD MEALE (b. 1932) Come then... (The Departure) from Voss Geoffrey Chard baritone, Clifford Grant bass Anne-Maree McDonald soprano, Heather Begg mezzo-soprano, The Australian Opera Chorus, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor from Richard Meale. For re-release in 2006. "Much of Meale's music is wonderfully eloquent... Voss is masterly." - Ovation Record Review