Pinchgut Recordings
Every production that Pinchgut has produced has been recorded for CD by ABC Classics and makes a fine addition to your collection or a great gift. Pinchgut would
like to offer a special discount of $30 for Juditha Triumphans, Idomeneo,
Dardanus and The Fairy Queen.
The special offer is through Pinchgut only, so
call Anna on 02 9389 8117 or anna@pinchgutopera.com.au
(Anna will call you back within 24 hours) to order (add $6 postage). Credit
Card available
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| Juditha Triumphans (NEW)
Our sixth production - and just released - recorded in
2007.
Starring Sally-Anne Russell, David Walker, Fiona Campbell, Sara Macliver and Renée Martin, with the Orchestra of the Antipodes and Cantillation
conducted
by Attilio Cremonesi.
"Holofernes is taken here by smooth-toned counter-tenor David Walker. Sally-Anne Russell sings Juditha with a cultivated tone, while Sara Macliver's sound is captivating as the higher-voiced Abra. Renee Martin brings a well-coloured and dramatic edge to the priest, Ozias, and Fiona Campbell as Vagaus gives a clear and fiery reading of her revenge aria after discovering her headless boss." (CD review, Sydney
Morning Herald, January 2009)
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| Idomeneo
Our fifth production recorded in
2006.
Starring Mark Tucker, Fiona Campbell, Martene Grimson, Penelope Mills
and Paul McMahon, with the Orchestra of the Antipodes and Cantillation
conducted
by Antony Walker.
"This live recording of Pinchgut's 2006 production (with cuts in Act 3) is notable for the promise of its young cast, particularly the women, a superb chorus and the raw colour of its classical instruments orchestra under Antony Walker ..." (Sydney
Morning Herald, February 2008)
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| Dardanus
Our fourth production - and the Australian premiere of this wonderful work by Rameau - recorded in
2005 and released December 2006.
Starring Paul Agnew, Paul Whelan, Kathryn McCusker, Stephen Bennett and
Damian Whiteley, with the Orchestra of the Antipodes and Cantillation
conducted
by Antony Walker.
"Pinchgut
Opera delivers a refreshingly incisive and unmannered reading one which
develops at a natural pace, born of immersion in a production rather
than a series of sessions. Antony Walker’s direction is impressively
focused in its judgement of tempi and juxtaposition of mood, and there
is a questing instrumental contribution which starts with an
exceptional continuo presence. ... The most wonderfully simple but
distinctive music in the opera is the sommeil scene in Act 4 when
Dardanus is sensuously hypnotised to sleep. It is beautifully done and
encapsulates the most inviting aspects of this enterprising and welcome
addition to the catalogue." (Gramophone, July 2007)
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L'Orfeo
Our third production - of Monteverdi's amazing work - recorded in
2004 and released December 2005.
Starring Mark Tucker, Sara Macliver, Paul McMahon, Brett Weymark and
Damian Whiteley, with the Orchestra of the Antipodes and Cantillation
conducted
by Antony Walker.
"Sydney's Pinchgut Opera sure knew how to cast their acclaimed
production of L'Orfeo, staged in December 2004 at the City Recital
Hall. ... heaven on this recording always wins out over hell and
anyone who saw the production, or wishes they did, will treat this two
CD set as a treasured memento of an important event." (Limelight,
February 2006)
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| The Fairy Queen
Our second riotous production studio recorded in 2003 and released December 2004.
Starring Sara Macliver, Miriam Allan, Sally-Anne Russell, Jamie Allen, Paul McMahon, Corin Bone, Simon Lobelson and
Stephen Bennett, with the Orchestra of the Antipodes and Cantillation conducted
by Antony Walker.
" ... The Fairy Queen performances are vivid and exuberant ... Walker
gets a gutsy sound from the orchestra (there's nothing namby-pamby
about this lot's approach to period-instrument playing) and the singers
bring the zing of their stage work to this studio recording." (The
Australian, January 2005)
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| Semele
Our first production recorded in 2002 and released December 2003.
Starring Anna Ryberg, Angus Wood, Sally-Anne Russell, Tobias Cole and
Stephen Bennett, with the Sirius Ensemble and Cantillation all conducted
by Antony Walker.
" ... Semele certainly emerges operatically in this excellent
recording, taken from a series of live concerts in the fine acoustics
of Sydney's Angel Place recital hall in late 2002 ... The opera is
complete on three CDs and fairly fizzes along. More, please." (The
Age, January 2004)
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