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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / C.P.E. BACH / HANDEL / DVORAK / etc
Dennis Brain - Homage Dennis Brain (horn) with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Walter Gieseking, George Malcom, Gerald Moore, Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] This 11CD collection presents all of Brain's Warner recordings as concerto soloist and chamber and ensemble player - including music composed with him in mind - and his most notable contributions to symphonic, choral and operatic works. |
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Dennis Marsh
Country Songbook [ Sony / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] 'Country Songbook' is a 23 track collection of Dennis Marsh's best country songs now available on one album. |
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Dennis Marsh
Dennis Marsh [ Rajon Music Group / CD - released 13/Jun/2005 ] One of New Zealand's greatest entertainers releases his 17th album. |
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Dennis Marsh
Lest We Forget [ Sony / CD - released 27/Mar/2015 ] Dennis releases his personal tribute album to New Zealand war veterans past and present. Having had a number of his immediate family members involved in overseas conflicts throughout the course of his life, it's always been an album Dennis has wanted... |
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Dennis Marsh
Maori Songbook [ Rajon Music Group / CD - released 22/Mar/2011 ] |
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Dennis Marsh
Memories of New Zealand [ Rajon Music Group / CD - released 11/Apr/2002 ] An album of favourite songs including: Songs of Home, Waikaremoana, E Hine Hoki Mai, Pania of the Reef, Under the Sun, Te Arikinui, Toro Mai, Pokarekareana, Moe Mai, and How Great Thou Art. |
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LISZT / WAGNER
Piano Works Terence Dennis (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2007 ] Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Terence Dennis is a graduate of the University of Otago, New Zealand and of the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik in Cologne, Germany, where he was awarded the Konzertexamen with Distinction. He is currently professor... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen, with Katherine Watson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] 'Excellently recorded, these performances of the Leçons approach perfection' (BBC Music Magazine) PERFORMANCE **** RECORDING **** |
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ROSS EDWARDS / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Piano Concertos Dennis Hennning, Malcolm Williamson, Simon Campion, Anthony Fogg (piano) / Various Orchestras [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] "Is there such a thing as an Australian Piano Concerto?, asks Dennis Hennig, one of the pianists featured in this anthology. Here are three attempts to provide an answer. In his three-movement concerto, Ross Edwards (born 1943) casts a sweet lyricism... |
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Dennis Marsh
Walking Through My Mind / Your Choice [ Sony / CD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Songs Dennis O'Neill (Tenor) / Ingrid Surgenor (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "This is a simply gorgeous selection of songs. Donizetti's craftsmanship is never, ever in doubt; neither is the devotion of the O'Neill/Surgenor partnership" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (Recorded live at the Shakespeare's Globe, 2015) Globe Theatre / Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Kurt Egyiawan, Trevor Fox, Mariah Gale, Dennis Herdman [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] Shakespeare set this darkest of comedies in Vienna to cloak a scathing critique of hypocrisy in the corrupt authority of his own London. Purity and mercy do win out in the end, but not before audiences are treated to the lighter side of depravity in... |
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MOZART / KORNGOLD / STRAUSS / WEILL / PUCCINI / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri! - A 50th birthday celebration of her greatest hits live Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), with Dennis O'Neill (tenor) & the Waihirere Maori Group, Gisborne [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, 10 March 1994. |
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STRAVINSKY
L'Oiseau de feu [The Firbird Ballet] Version for Orchestra & Version for Piano Four Hands Maki Namekawa (piano) / Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies (cond & piano) [ Solo Musica / 2 CD - released 27/Mar/2016 ] The new double CD album by the Sinfonieorchester Basel features the 2nd of Igor Stravinsky's great ballets. After Le Sacre du printemps, the orchestra recorded L'Oiseau de feu. All of the three ballets will be presented in the version for orchestra... |
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WEBER / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN
The Art of Noel-Mewton Wood Noel-Mewton Wood (piano) with Peter Pears and Dennis Brain [ Heritage / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] That the Australian Mewton-Wood was one of the greatest of all pianists was an almost universal opinion of his Protean genius. He died, tragically, in 1953, at the early age of 35. His recorded legacy is desperately small; these rare wartime solo... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Visitors Original Soundtrack recording / The Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Music by Philip Glass for the film by Godfrey Reggio, Philip Glass, and Jon Kane |
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LUTOSLAWSKI
Musique funebre (with works by Bartok) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Russell Davies gives both pieces with the intensity they demand, the sound of the Stuttgart Kammerorchester warm and heard in a generously resonant acoustic." (Sunday Times) |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: The Perfect American (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / David Pittsinger, Donald Kaasch, Christopher Purves, Janis Kelly / Dennis Russell Davies (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The dark tone is set from the beginning...Purves impresses conveys the complex and ultimately flawed character of Walt...Opus Arte's production is excellent...and brings The Perfect American - such as it is - very vividly to life." Gramophone |
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PALESTRINA / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / VICTORIA / FAURE / DURUFLE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mysteries Beyond - songs and chants in the praise of Mary Kathleen Bride (soprano), Mark Krucez (organ), Vinson Cole (tenor), Patrick Stephens (piano) / Voices Of Ascension, Dennis Keene [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra, founded and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, is one of the world's premier professional choral ensembles. |
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MOZZART / SCHUBERT / BRUCKNER / R. STRAUSS / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition Complete Symphonic, Lieder & Choral Recordings Wolfgang Sawallisch, with Peter Schreier, Peter Zimmermann, Lucia Popp, Annie Fischer, Dennis Brain, etc [ Warner Classics / 65 CD Box Set - released 7/Jun/2024 ] For five decades Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) held a central position in the musical world. That centrality was reflected in a series of top orchestral and operatic posts and in his interpretations, free of self-regarding eccentricities. His... |
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Dennis Bovell
Sufferer Sounds [ Disciples / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2024 ] Dennis Bovell's prolific and eclectic career encompasses a huge range of music: from dub poetry to lovers rock to post-punk to disco to pop and beyond. His production work encompasses such diverse figures as The Slits, I Roy, Maximum Joy, Fela Kuti,... |
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Dennis Bovell
Sufferer Sounds (Double LP) [ Disciples / 2 LP - released 13/Dec/2024 ] Dennis Bovell's prolific and eclectic career encompasses a huge range of music: from dub poetry to lovers rock to post-punk to disco to pop and beyond. His production work encompasses such diverse figures as The Slits, I Roy, Maximum Joy, Fela Kuti,... |
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Dennis Marsh
Out Of Nashville / Out Of Mexico [ Sony / CD - released 17/Jul/2015 ] |
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The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
The High Cost of Low Living [ Alligator / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] Chicago's legendary Blues label Alligator is back again with Nick Moss featuring Dennis Gruenling! Nick Moss' muscle guitar sound and his electric energy combined gives us breathtaking guitars, tough and emotional vocals and passionate songwriting.... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 - 4 / Quintet for piano & winds Dennis Brain (horn) / Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] 'Truly an all-time classic. Timelessly neat and elegant orchestral playing under Karajan accompanies Dennis Brain's flawless and characterful horn playing.' ('The Gramophone' Good CD Guide, 2005) |
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MOZART / STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / HINDEMITH / WAGNER / etc
Icon: Dennis Brain - The Horn Player Dennis Brain (horn) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "I have listened repeatedly with increasing pleasure to this set which is irresistible for its sheer musical pleasure." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Sept 2008) |
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SZYMANOWSKI
Piano Music (Incl Four Studies) Dennis Lee (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'This disc surpasses any earlier commercial recordings of Szymanowski’s music I have heard' (Gramophone) |
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SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / LEIMER / BRAHMS
Karajan and his Soloists I (1948-1958 Official Remastered Edition) Walter Gieseking, Hans Richter-Haaser (piano) Dennis Brain (horn) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic,Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue. For... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love and Loss James Gilchrist (tenor) Katherine Watson (soprano) & Anna Dennis (soprano) Thomas Walker (tenor) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] 'These are not easy pieces, but the opening ballet swings along with panache, and there is some excellent tenor solo singing in the first section … the two sopranos in the duet Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben show poise and taste' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Agamemnon & Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 John Findon, Eleanor Dennis, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Robert Murray, Clive Bayley / English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] With Havergal Brian's 'Agamemnon' and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12, Martyn Brabbins and his English National Opera forces pay tribute to one of the great mavericks of British music. All three works belong to Brian's immensely productive old age and display... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / WAGNER / etc
Otto Klemperer - The Warner Classics Remastered Edition Otto Klemperer (conductor) with Daniel Barenboim, Alan Civil, Yehudi Menuhin, Janet Baker, Dennis Brain, Annie Fischer, Christa Ludwig, etc [ Warner Classics / 95 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. |
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Dennis Alcapone
Guns Don't Argue [ Radiation Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2017 ] Cementing his reputation as the star toaster with the small but popular El Paso sound system, based in the Waltham Park area, Dennis Alcapone was one of the first deejays to rise to prominence following U Roy's breakthrough in the late 1960s. Born... |
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Dennis Alcapone
Guns Don't Argue (LP) [ Radiation Records / LP - released 2/Jun/2017 ] Cementing his reputation as the star toaster with the small but popular El Paso sound system, based in the Waltham Park area, Dennis Alcapone was one of the first deejays to rise to prominence following U Roy's breakthrough in the late 1960s. Born... |
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VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Metamusik / Postludium Alexei Lubimov (piano) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies : conductor [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2003 ] After the Grammy-nominated chamber music album "leggiero, pesante", a recording of major compositions for piano and orchestra by the man Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt have both called "one of the greatest composers of our time." He is certainly one... |
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ELENA LANGER
Landscape With Three People Anna Dennis, William Towers, Nicholas Daniel, Roman Mints, Meghan Cassidy, Kristine Blaumane, Robert Howarth, Katya Apekisheva [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] "[Landscape with Three People] nimble and light, sensual without forcing the point, folksy but not quite fey; whimsical, in the deconstructed manner of Berio or Nono. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No. 1 'Low' Basel Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Orange Mountain Music presents a new recording by the Basel Sinfonieorchester of Philip Glass' Symphony No.1 "Low" based on the music of David Bowie & Brian Eno. Composed in 1992, Glass took his departure from Bowie & Eno's beautiful melodies in... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No. 4 'Heroes' Basel Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Orange Mountain Music presents a new recording by the Basel Sinfonieorchester of Philip Glass Symphony No.4 "Heroes". This new recording conducted by Glass champion Dennis Russell Davies is a shimmering rendition of the work. Only the third recording... |
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Brown, Dennis
Dubbing At King Tubby's [ Jamaican / LP - released 26/May/2023 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No. 10 & Concert Overture Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 24/Jul/2015 ] Orange Mountain Music presents the world premiere recording of Philip Glass's Symphony No.10 performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No 7 "Toltec" Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the work plumbs great depths in the first movement and sales vast heights in the last. In between, the second movement's impressively harnessed massed choral textures evoke similar moments in Glass's powerful opera Akhnaten" Gramophone |