Verdi: Giovanna d'Arc. Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo, Francesco Meli (soloists), Vienna Philharmonic Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon (2 CDs)
Donizetti: Aristea (Cantata). Soloists and chorus. Naxos CD This hour-long ''mini-opera'' follows the 19th-century fashion for composing celebratory scenic works with a huge cast and full...
Issued to mark the 25 years over which these two musicians have maintained a musical partnership, this special two-disc collection contains world premiere recordings of La Follia for solo violin, by Penderecki (2013), and Andre Previn's Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 (2012).