POULENC
The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 5 Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray, Sarah Fox, Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray and Sarah Fox are all secure and idiomatic Poulenc connoisseurs." The Observer, 28th June 2015 |
SAMUEL BARBER / WILLIAM WALTON
Barber/Walton: Violin Concertos Thomas Bowes (violin) / Malmo Opera Orchestra, Joseph Swensen [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Bowes is hardly a household name, but these exceptional accounts of Walton's and Barber's near-contemporaneous Violin Concertos...should increase his stock value...Bowes yields to none of the Walton's great interpreters...in his dazzling passage... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah [Highlights] Thomas Drew (treble) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Margaret Cable (alto) William Kendall (tenor) / Winchester Cathedral Choir, Martin Neary [ ASV Quicksilver / CD - released 1/Jul/1987 ] Before the first performance Handel made numerous revisions to his manuscript score, in part to match the forces available for the 1742 Dublin premiere; it is probable that his work was not performed as originally conceived in his lifetime. Between... |
BRIDGE / STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] TO THE SOUL is a collection centered on a poet rather than a composer. Walt Whitman's words have inspired over a thousand song settings, whose range is suggested here. |
BRIDGE . STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "The performances throughout are exceptionally fine, intimately and subtly expressive but opening out nobly to expressions of passionate idealism." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Fruhe Lieder (with Mahler/Berio Lieder) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / David Lutz (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Berio [ Teldec / CD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] "With a nicely produced booklet, including full texts and translations, this reissued CD can be enthusiastically recommended." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Kerner Lieder, Andersen Lieder & Early Songs Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Teldec / CD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] "I liked this recital very much and I have no qualms about recommending it with enthusiasm." (MusicWeb April 2006 Bargain of the Month) |
WAGNER / BERLIOZ / LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Romantic Songs Thomas Hampson (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/1994 ] "The singing is of deluxe quality, a warm and romantic baritone voice shaping luxurious phrases, enhanced by Geoffrey Parson's rich piano sound." Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / BERLIOZ / GRIEG / SCHUMANN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs and Lieder by Beethoven, Berlioz, Franz, Grieg, Liszt, Schumann, Wagner +) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2002 ] "The singing is of deluxe quality, a warm and romantic baritone voice shaping luxurious phrases, enhanced by Geoffrey Parson's rich piano sound." Gramophone |
BIZET / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / VERDI / MEYERBEER / J. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Opera Duets (Includes the Pearl Fischers Duet) Thomas Hampson (baritone), Jerry Hadley (tenor) / Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Two of the finest voices of our time sing some of the finest ensemble music of all time; how much better can it get?" - MusicWeb Jan 2005 |
KORNGOLD / LORTZING / MARSCHNER / von WEBER / HUMPERDINCK / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Thomas Hampson - German Opera Arias Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Fabio Luisi [ EMI Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/1995 ] Originally recorded in 1994 |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Thais (Complete Opera with libretto) Thomas Hampson, Renee Fleming, Giuseppe Sabbatini / Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Nov/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Opera |
HOWARD HANSON
Hanson: Piano Music Thomas Labe (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2000 ] Though perhaps best known for his choral and orchestral works, the piano played a central role in the development of Howard Hanson as a composer. |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Italian Arias Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Genia KAhmeier (soprano) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Golz [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Recital - "Quasthoff does Haydn's neglected operatic music proud in a fine recital." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2009) |
BUXTEHUDE / DUBOIS / CALLAHAN / MILHAUD / WIDOR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mother Church Organ Thomas Richner (The Mother Church Organ, Boston, MA) [ The Christian Science Publishing / CD - released 28/May/1989 ] Recorded at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, MA, USA |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Der Rosenkavalier Suite Thomas Søndergård, Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] This recording is the first in a new series with Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The programme features music by Richard Strauss: the concert suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, a work they have performed... |
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea
Bayou [ ECM / CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A fresh and open music, delicate and space-conscious, is shaped as drummer Thomas Strønen and Ayumi Tanaka, previously heard in the ensemble Time Is A Blind Guide on Lucus, resurface in a new trio with clarinettist/singer/percussionist Marthe Lea.... |
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea
Bayou (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A fresh and open music, delicate and space-conscious, is shaped as drummer Thomas Strønen and Ayumi Tanaka, previously heard in the ensemble Time Is A Blind Guide on Lucus, resurface in a new trio with clarinettist/singer/percussionist Marthe Lea.... |
Thomas Strønen / Lucus
Time Is A Blind Guide [ ECM / CD - released 19/Jan/2018 ] Norwegian drummer/composer Thomas Strønen presents a revised edition of his acoustic collective Time Is A Blind Guide, now trimmed to quintet size, and with a new pianist in Wakayama-born Ayumi Tanaka. Tanaka has spoken of seeking associative... |
MAURICE DURUFLE
Durufle: Complete Organ Works Thomas Trotter (organ) [ King's College / CD - released 11/Jul/2021 ] 'His playing has a kind of natural empathy which so strongly inhabits the music that you almost forget that the performance is the work of a single individual player.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Instrumental |