WILLIAM CONGREVE / GEORGE FARQUHAR / RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An 18th Century Comedy Album: The Way of the World; The Beaux' Stratagem; The School for Scandal Dame Edith Evans / Sir John Gielgud / Pauline Jameson / Ralph Truman / Miles Malleson / Anthony Quayle and others [ EMI Classic English Drama / CD - released 17/Sep/2006 ] A demonstartion of Edith Evan's matchless prowess in Restoration comedy. |
Anthony Phillips
1984 [ Retro World / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Violin Concertos Op. 8 Nos. 5-6 Cho-Liang Lin (Violin) / Sejong / Anthony Newman [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Efficient, well played virtuoso performances" (MusicWeb February 2007) |
PAUL ABRAHAM
Abraham: Ball at the Savoy (complete operetta sung in English) Alison Kelly, Gerald Frantzen, Ryan Trent Oldham, Cynthia Fortune Gruel / Folks Operetta, Anthony Barrese [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] Hungarian composer Paul Abrahám enjoyed huge success across Europe with his 'jazz operettas', not least in Weimar Berlin where his works scored for an orchestra augmented by a jazz band caused a sensation. |
ALBINONI
Adagio (19 romantic slow movements from Albinoni's vast catalogue) Capella Istropolitana / Anthony Camden (oboe) / The London Virtuosi. [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] All the wonderful slow movements from the Concertos of Albinoni |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Adagio: The Ultimate Collection Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Jenö Jandó (piano), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Emilia Csanky (oboe), Anthony Camden (oboe), Alison A [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] An ultimate collection of soothing classics to melt away the stresses of your day |
Anthony Ortega
Afternoon In Paris [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
Anthony Hamilton
Ain't Nobody Worryin' [ So So Def Records / CD - released 13/Dec/2005 ] Not only does his raw, rough-hewn voice harken to a time when R&B wasn't all polished and smooth, but the songs he writes stick with you long after they're over." - USA Today. |
ANTHONY PITTS
Alpha and Omega Tonus Peregrinus / Anthony Pitts [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] There are few better examples of a composer's style developing concurrently with the emergence of a vocal group than in the a cappella vocal music of Antony Pitts. The Tonus Peregrinus octet exists to perform ancient and modern works interspersed... |
SIBELIUS / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / DELIUS / WALTON / ELGAR / etc
Anthony Collins - Complete Decca Recordings Moura Lympany, Ruggiero Ricci, Friedrich Gulda, Gervase de Peyer, Orchestras conducted by Anthony Collins [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Including several recordings new to CD, the complete published Decca legacy of noted Sibelius conductor Anthony Collins is collected for the first time on disc. |
HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arie Antiche Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
HANDEL / BACH / DOWLAND / BLOW / SCARLATTI / etc
The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Jakob Lindberg (lute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) etc [ BIS / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Artistry indeed, and praise to BIS for recognising how to honour it." Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month - July 2009 |
AUBER
La Muette De Portici (complete opera) Diego Torre, Oscar de la Torre, Angelina Ruzzafante, Wiard Witholt / Anhaltische Philharmonie, Anthony Hermus [ CPO / 2 CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "[de la Torre's] singing exudes a notable confidence above the stave...[Hermus] and his excellent orchestra bring an appropriate vitality and dramatic fire to the proceedings." (International Record Review) |
JOSEPH MARX
Ausgewahlte Lieder Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo) Anthony Spiri (piano) [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "there's the simplest matching of music to words to remind us what a craftsman Marx was. That is a greatly underestimated virtue. We owe a debt to Kirchschlager for taking this craftsman's songs under her wing and letting them soar... |
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) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St. John Passion (complete oratorio recorded in 1986) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, Cornelius Hauptmann, Nancy Argenta / The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2000 ] "Gardiner conducts an exhilarating performance. Speeds are regularly on the fast side but, characteristically, he consistently keeps a spring in their rhythm. Chorales are treated in contrasted ways." Penguin Guide |
Anthony Hamilton
Back To Love [ So So Def Records / CD ] |
PERGOLESI, VIVALDI, HANDEL, MONTEVERDI
Baroque Duets (Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Handel, Monteverdi) Sara Macliver and Sally-Anne Russell. Orchestra of the Antipodes. Anthony Walker [ ABC Classics / CD - released 23/Jul/2005 ] "Macliver and Russell have attractive, even, well-produced voices that blend well. A charming disc" (MusicWeb July 2005) |