CHAUSSON
The Songs of Chausson Felicity Lott (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Vocal - 'This collection will be of the keenest interest to students of French song, allowing a close look at one of the minor figures from the greatest period of the mélodie' |
BRITTEN
Les Illuminations, Op. 18 / Quatre Chansons franASaises / Serenade,Op. 31 Felicity Lott (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Michael Thompson (horn) / Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'These are profoundly sympathetic performances, with Lott at her best in the 14-year-old composer's precocious settings of Hugo and Verlaine. Bryden Thomson and the RSNO support attentively, and the recordings are truthful and atmostpheric in the... |
Felicity Lott (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano)
Favourite English Songs by twentieth-century English composers [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Jul/2002 ] "beautifully sung, superlatively well-played." (Gramophone) |
WILLIAM WALTON
Anon in Love / A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table / etc Felicity Lott (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "for a super-budget recording this, as with any of the British song series formerly with Collins and now with Naxos, is a must-have." -- Musicweb.uk.net |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Felicity lott (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] BEST OF THE YEAR, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBC CD REVIEW 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements Felicity Lott (soprano) / Philip Langridge (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) / Christopher van Kampen (cello) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "Anyone wanting Britten's folk-song arrangements can safely acquire this pleasurable set without fear of disappointment" (MusicWeb May 2005) |
CHABRIER
Musique Adorable! (complete songs) Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002)- "Unfailingly affectionate and stylish performances of the two colelctions and Chabrier's animal songs dominate the second disc of this real treasure of a treasury." (BBC Music Magazine) |
Five Horse Johnson
Mystery Spot [ CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] |
Five Horse Johnson
The No. 6 Dance [ CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] |
Five Horse Johnson
Taking Of Black Heart [ CD - released 6/Mar/2013 ] |
Five Horse Johnson
The Taking Of Black Heart [ Small Stone / LP - released 20/Jun/2014 ] |
Francois/Johnson Leroux
Saint-Saens:songs [ Hyperion / CD ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV 106 "Actus tragicus", BWV 118, BWV 198 Nancy Argenta, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 10/Apr/2000 ] "Gardiner's feeling for style and sense of drive strike a responsive chord with many music lovers. His choice of soloists is unerring, and his musicianship of the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists always imposing" (Penguin Guide) |
HUGO WOLF
Goethe Lieder Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2001 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (August 2001)- 'Hyperion's exemplary devotion to the art of the German Lied continues with this fine recording' (The Sunday Times) |
Graham Johnson & Martyn Hill
Schubert:complete Songs [ Hyperion / CD ] |
FRANCIS POULENC
The Complete Songs Graham Johnson (piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ailish Tynan (soprano), etc. [ Hyperion / CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2013 ] Graham Johnson is simply the greatest living authority on French song; an artist whose innate feeling for the music is combined with prodigious scholarship. |
Greg Johnson
Anyone Can Say Goodbye [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] One of New Zealand's greatest singer / songwriters returns with his seventh studio album - and it's outstanding! The first single from 'Anyone Can Say Goodbye' is the excellent song, "Now the Sun is Out". |
SCHUMANN
The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 11 (Incls Sechs GesANnge, Op 89) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] 'This disc goes far to vindicating some of Schumann's least-favoured late songs, not least due to Graham Johnson's eloquent advocacy, in print and in performance' (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Harolyn Blackwell, Davis Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Andre Previn [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] 'A performance which emphasis the drama of the piece in high contrasts ... bitingly dramatic ... Altogether outstanding, fresh and revealing' Gramophone |
JOSEF HAYDN
Nelsonmesse (Nelson Mass) / Te Deum Felicity Lott, Carolyn Watkinson, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson / The English Concert & Choir / Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "Only a period orchestra cam do full justice to the pungent and vivid sonorities and textures of the distinctive score. In this superb recording, the piguant dissonances of the Kyrie are... |