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Julian Cope
Saint Julian (Expanded) (2CD) [ Universal / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2013 ] |
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SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / DELIUS / ELGAR / IRELAND / VIVALDI / etc
Julian Lloyd Webber: A Span of Time Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] 'Julian Lloyd Webber, here as (primarily) conductor, offers an impressive disc of English music that demonstrates a richly rewarding affinity for the repertoire. (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015 on 'And the Bridge is Love') |
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SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / HAHN / RACHMANINOV / PURCELL / etc
A Tale of Two Cellos (arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber) Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Sep/2013 ] "This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and lended together in slow lyrical tunes, with a stylish piano accompaniment." (Gramophone) |
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FRANK MARTIN
Triptychon Juliane Banse (soprano) Muriel Cantoreggi (violin) [ ECM / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The superb ECM recording is certainly set in a more sympathetic acoustic, and is without doubt my first choice out of the two. If your search for new music and fine recordings is for those with that elusive 'tingle factor' then this is a must-have."... |
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Julien Martin; Capriccio Stravagante; Skip Sempé; Josh Cheatham
Paradizo. Consort Music & Airs for the Flute [ Paradizo / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
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Julien Martin; Skip Sempé; Capriccio Stravagante
Telemann: Ouverture for Recorder, Fantasias & Concerto for Recorder & Viola da Gamba [ Paradizo / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
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PETER WIEGOLD
Earth & Stars Juliet Fraser (soprano) Martin Butler (piano) Melinda Maxwell (cor anglais) / Southbank Sinfonia, Peter Wiegold [ NMC / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Wiegold has long been a vital contemporary musical presence, and this disc is a fine showcase for his talent. Kalachakra, performed by his ensemble notes inégales, is a punchy and substantial, bitingly coloured movement founded on the arcana of... |
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Justin Townes Earle
The Saint Of Lost Causes (LP) [ New West Records / LP - released 24/May/2019 ] The Saint Of Lost Causes is the 8th album from American roots troubadour, Justin Townes Earle. Earle's latest album finds a songwriter and artist who is unflinching and unequivocal in his truth. When writing this album, Earle focused on a... |
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Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfonietta
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto 1 [ Bis / CD ] |
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FAURE / MASSENET / SAINT-SAENS / GOUNOD / BERLIOZ
Après un rêve Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) / Ensemble Contraste [ Zig-Zag / CD - released 16/Jul/2015 ] This recording from French mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes and Ensemble Contraste explores familiar tunes of French Romanticism. Featuring works from Berlioz, Fauré, Gounod, Massenet and more, this delicious programme paints a picture of music and life... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Helsinki Recital (DVD + CD) Karita Mattila (soprano) / Martin Katz (piano) [ Ondine / 2 CD/DVD - released 19/Nov/2010 ] This new release pays tribute to Finnish superstar Karita Mattila on the occasion of her 50th birthday in September 2010. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Karita Mattila Helsinki Recital Karita Mattila (soprano) & Martin Katz (piano) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 15/May/2007 ] "Given her position as one of the most interesting, exciting sopranos in the world today, Karita Mattila seems to record comparatively little (or is it me?). So it is especially good to have this excellent recital. Never one to rely on the beauty of... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Masses Vol. 2 Katharina Konradi (soprano) Sarah Romberger (mezzo) Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor) Mikhail Timoshenko (bass) / Cologne Radio Choir & Orchestra, Christop [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] This second album of Mozart's complete Masses pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The 'Great' Mass in C minor is one of Mozart's most spectacular. |
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SAINT-SAENS
Sonatas for Cello and Piano Kathryn Stott (piano) Christian Poltera (cello) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "Saint-Saëns certainly knew how to tap the technical resources of his soloists and Poltéra and Stott are as one in playing some fleet" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine January 2010 |
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JS BACH
The Complete Organ Works Kay Johannsen, Andrea Marcon, Wolfgang Zerer, Martin Lücker, Peter Van Dijk & Bine Katrine Bryndorf (organ) [ Hanssler Classic / 20 CD - released 14/Oct/2013 ] This release presents the complete organ works of J.S Bach in a single box, performed by outstanding artists, under the artistic direction of Helmuth Rilling. |
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Keb Mo
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Keb' Mo's Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues is the 2003 blues album, part of Martin Scorsese's The Blues documentary series. The series is dedicated to the history of blues music, which provided the ultimate opportunity for Keb' Mo' to compile the... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Music from Guildford Cathedral, The Albert Hall, Nottingham, Coventry Cathedral and Kidderminster Town Hall Philip Moore, Michael Overbury, Christopher Bowers Broadbent and Andrew Millington (organists) [ Priory LP Archive Series Vol 4 / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "...Priory contines to admirable project of remastering the best of its LP recordings from the 1980s and making them available as CDs...all played brilliantly by Christopher Bowers Broadbent...all brilliantly captured by Priory's very capable... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 & 23 / Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Khatia Buniatishvili (piano, director) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] After a string of releases on Sony Classical that have redefined the parameters of the classical recital album, Khatia Buniatishvili is returning to tradition with a recording of two of Mozart's most sublime late piano concertos. |
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MOZART / HENNEBERG / SCHACK / GERL / SCHIKANEDER
Der Stein der Weisen:The Philosopher's Stone Kurt Streit, Alan Ewing, Judith Lovat / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Records / 3 CD - released 30/Nov/2004 ] "…remarkable…inspired numbers, vividly etched characters, a good story and some genuine comedy…Pearlman's enthusiasm has spread to his polished, incisive Boston Baroque period-instrument orchestra." - Opera News |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) La Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] On 13 January La finta giardiniera, a dramma giocoso, was premiered at the Salvatortheater in Munich, then on 23 April the serenata Il re pastore was staged at the archbishop's palace in Salzburg. |