Robert Honsley

Pour sa dernière saison à la tête de l’Opéra de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski, toujours prêt à diriger des œuvres oubliées qui ont marqué l’histoire de la musique, avait jeté son dévolu sur Robert le Diable, l’opéra de Giacomo Meyerbeer qui fut un véritable phénomène de société dans la France de Louis-Philippe. Le Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française lui a emboîté le pas en publiant officiellement cette version de concert, qui bénéficie d’excellents solistes vocaux.

The first complete recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano sonatas on the composer's own fortepiano. This box set comprises unfinished fragments by the Austrian composer completed by American pianist and Mozart scholar Robert Levin in consideration of Mozart's idioms and the compositional mannerisms of the era. His interpretations of the sonatas are informed by the performance practice customs of the First Viennese School, including improvised elements and decorations in the repeats.

French grand-opéra specialist Marc Minkowski has at last recorded Robert le Diable, a jewel of the genre. A triumph at its premiere in November 1831, it captivated contemporaries, and its influence stretched as far as Verdi and Wagner. An imposing international cast brings this repertory cornerstone to life: John Osborn portrays a Robert at once valiant and tender, Amina Edris reveals her full resources in the perilous role of Alice, while idiomatic performances by Nicolas Courjal, Erin Morley and Nico Darmanin complete a line-up offering the most vivid contrasts of tessitura.

Five CD set containing a quintet of classic studio albums packaged together in a slim line slipcase. Includes the albums Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley, Pressure Drop, Secrets, Clues and Riptide. Robert Palmer won a number of awards throughout his career, including two Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, an MTV Video Music Award, and two Brit Award nominations for Best British Male.

A superb special collection of 35 songs in 2 cd's, featuring the voice of one of the main singers in rock history. CD 1: features material from his solo albums; but CD 2: is full of rarities, bonus tracks, pre-zeppelin works with groups like Listen and Band of Joy and a live performance in Timbuktu. Sad, but no songs from the first solo Plant CD Pictures at eleven(Because I think "Like I've never been gone" is the best of the Plant's solo career), and no other hits like "In the mood" and "Other Arms"; The cd 1 contains "Big Log" from Principle of Moments; "Sea of Love" from Honeydrippers vol.1; "Little by Little" from Shaken and Stirred; "Heaven Knows; Tall cool one; Ship Of fools" from Now and Zen; "Tie dye on the highway" from Manic Nirvana; "Calling to you, 29 Palms; I believe; If I were a carpenter; Promise Land" from Fate of Nations; and "Darkness, Darkness; Song to the siren; Dirt in the hole" from last cd Dreamland. The rest are the "good news" of the track list: "Hey Jayne; Naked If I want to; 21 years"; 3 unreleased tracks: "Upside Down; Road to the sun; Red for Danger"; early tracks: "You'd better run; Hey Joe; For what's is worth; Operator"; a side project song recorded under the moniker Crawling Kingsnakes:"Philadelphia Baby"; special appearances: "Let's have a party; If it's really got to be that way; Rude World; Little Hands; Life begins again; Let that boogie woogie roll" and live performance in Timbuktu: "Win my train fare home". This cd sounds great, and worth to be part of your own collection.

The scholar-conductor Robert Craft recorded the music of Anton Webern (1883 – 1945) in the late 1950s and has concluded his second cycle of Webern with this recording on Naxos of vocal and chamber works. Craft is an authority on musical modernism, including Stravinsky and Schoenberg.