recordings
2022
CD
Mark Abel: Spectrum
Out now!
CD
La Zingarella
2021
CD
Armenian Songs for Children
Lullabies and Playsongs by Gomidas, Ganatchian, and Toumajan.
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano
Ellie Choate, Harp
Ray Furuta, Flute
Ruben Harutyunyan, Duduk
Arr: Artur Avanesov, John Hodian, Ellie Choate and Isabel Bayrakdarian
2020
CD
The Other Cleopatra:
Queen of Armenia
Il Tigrane
Arias by Hasse, Vivaldi, Gluck
Kaunas City Symphony
Constantine Orbelian, Conductor
(Delos)
CD
Songs for a Winter’s Night
Glass Tiger
Guest artists: Gordon Lightfoot, lsabel Bayrakdarian (An Every Day Wish), Natalie MacMaster, Roch Voisine
(Willow Music)
2016
CD
JUNO Award Nomination for Best Classical Album of the Year: Choral/Vocal division
Mother of Light
Armenian Hymns and Chants in Praise of Mary
Ani Aznavoorian, cello
Coro Vox Aeterna, Anna Hamre, conductor
(Delos)
2015
CD
Il Tramonto
Ottorino Respighi
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Alain Trudel, conductor
(ATMA Classique)
2013
DVD
The Cunning Little Vixen
Leoš Janáček
Isabel Bayrakdarian (Vixen), Quinn Kelsey, Judith Christin, Dennis Pertersen,
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
(RAI/Arthaus Musik)
CD
2014 JUNO Award Nomination
Troubadour & the Nightingale
Ravel, Sayat-Nova, Kradjian
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Anne Manson, conductor
(MCO Records)
CD
From Poetry to Art Song
Taras Shevchenko
The Ukranian Art Song Project
CD
Polkastra
“I Do”: The Wedding Album
Special guests: Isabel Bayrakdarian & David Krakauer
(Ancalagon)
2012
CD
Symphony No. 3
Henryk Górecki
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, John Axelrod
(Sony Classical)
2011
CD
The Spanish Masters
Albéniz, Granados, & de Falla
Zuill Bailey and Isabel Bayrakdarian
(Zenph)
CD
The Art Song
Yakiv Stepovyi
The Ukranian Art Song Project
2010
CD
Passing By
Songs by Jake Heggie
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Joyce DiDonato, Zheng Gao, Susan Graham, Paul Groves, Keith Phares, Frederica von Stade; Dawn Harris, violin, CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola, Emil Miland, cello, Jack Heggie, piano
CD
Armenian Chamber Music
Amici Chamber Ensemble
(ATMA Classique)
CD
Benvenuto Cellini
Hector Berlioz
Marcello Giordani, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kristine Jepson, Peter Coleman-Wright, John Carlo, Robert Lloyd
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine, conductor
2009
DVD
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Robert Schwentke, director
Mychael Danna, music
CD
The Art Songs
Mykola Lysenko
(6 CD Box Set)
The Ukranian Art Song Project
2008
CD
2008 Grammy and JUNO Award Nominations
Gomidas Songs
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard Topchjan, conductor
(Nonesuch Records)
CD
Tango Notturno
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Serouj Kradjian, piano, Tango Ensemble
(CBC Records)
2006
DVD
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Bayrakdarian, Hampson, D’Arcangelo, Schäfer, Diener, Beczala, Pisaroni, Lloyd
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding, conductor
(Decca)
DVD
Opera Night
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Lawrence Foster, conductor
CD
Festliche Operngala
für die Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung
Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Lawrence Foster, conductor
(RCA)
CD
Nuages du Monde
Delerium
(Nettwerk Records)
DVD
2006 GEMINI Award Nomination from The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
A Long Journey Home
Isabel Bayrakdarian
CD
2004 JUNO Award for Best Classical Album
Mozart
Arie & Duetti
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Russell Braun, Michael Shade
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw, conductor
(CBC Records)
2005
DVD
Burnt Toast
Paul Gross, Colm Feore, Sean Cullen, Jean Stilwell, Scott Thompson, Isabel Bayradarian
Dan Redican, Mark McKinnet, Leah Pinsent, Russel Braun, Colin Mochrie
Larry Weinstein, director
Alexina Louie, music, Espirit Orchestra, Alex Pauk, conductor
DVD
Carlos Álvarez, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michèle Crider, Vivica Genaux, Tamar Iveri, Edda Moser, Saimir Pirgu, Thomas Quasthoff, Regina Richter, Claudia Rohrbach, Neil Shicoff
CD
2005 JUNO Award for Best Classical Album
Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Lieder Chansons Canzoni Mazurkas
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Serouj Kradjian, piano
(Analekta)
DVD
Holocaust – A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz
James Kent, director
John Axelrod, conductor
2004
CD
Symphony No. 2
Gustav Mahler
San Francisco Symphony
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
(SFS Media)
CD
2003 JUNO Award for Best Classical Album
Cleopatra
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
(CBC Records)
“Tra le procelle assorto”
Carl Heinrich Graun (Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra)
Isabel Bayrakdarian with Tafelmusik Orchestra
CBC television “Opening Night”
2003
CD
JUNO Award for Best Classical Album
Azulão
Isabel Bayrakdarian
James Parker, piano
Cello Ensemble
(CBC Records)
2002
CD
2003 GRAMMY Award for Soundtrack
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson, director
Howard Shore, artistic music director & conductor
DVD
Ararat
Atom Egoyan, director
Mychael Danna, music
CD
Joyous Light
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Elmer Iseler Singers & Chamber Orchestra
Raffi Armenian, conductor
(CBC Records)
2000
DVD
Serse
George Frideric Handel
Bayrakdarian, Rasmussen, Hallenberg, Bardon, Piau, Lippi, Peirone
Christophe Rousset, conductor
CD
Millenium Opera Gala
Roy Thompson Hall
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw, conductor
(CBC Records)
