RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel James Gilchrist (tenor), Philip Dukes (viola), Anna Tilbrook (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Having previously recorded British repertoire on Chandos, James Gilchrist joins the pianist Anna Tilbrook nine years after their previous recording, in a lyrical journey through some of Vaughan Williams's best songs and rarely heard chamber works.... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold En Italie [Harold in Italy] trans Liszt (with works by Liszt & Roger) Philip Dukes (viola) & Piers Lane (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] Hector Berlioz's Harold en Italie draws both on Byron's Childe Harold and the composer's own experiences in Italy as winner of the Prix de Rome. Franz Liszt's rarely heard transcription admirably encapsulates this work's narrative dramas and... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Riders to the Sea / Flos Campi / etc Philip Dukes (viola) / Ingrid Attrot, Lynne Dawson, Linda Finnie, Pamela Helen Stephen / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] As he proved with his recording of A London Symphony - Record of the Year, Gramophone Awards 2001 - Richard Hickox was a Vaughan Williams specialist. This reissue of an original 1995 recording features several lesser known works. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Piano Quartet No. 2 / Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 / etc Kungsbacka Piano Trio, with Philip Dukes (viola) & Richard Hosford (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Gabriel Fauré's chamber works, long overshadowed by his popular Requiem (Naxos 8550765), are regaining their rightful place. This new release from the Kungsbacka Piano Trio follows their recording of Fauré's First Piano Quartet and other chamber... |
BRITTEN
Simple Symphony / Temporal Variations / Suite on English Folk Tunes Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "And so Naxos has unfolded yet more layers of this astonishing composer; an issue to cherish, and, at over seventy minutes, excellent value too." (MusicWeb, 15 February 2005) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Chamber Music (Incls 'Piano Quartet No 1') Philip Dukes (viola) / Kungsbacka Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Gabriel Fauré's musical language bridges a gap between the romanticism of the 19th century and the new worlds of music which appeared in the 20th, employing subtle harmonic changes and a gift for melody to combine innovation with an entirely personal... |
REBECCA CLARKE
Viola Music Philip Dukes (viola) / Sophia Rahman (piano) / Daniel Hope (violin) / Robert Plane (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "This is a very splendidly performed and recorded disc from Naxos that will undoubtedly bring the music of Rebecca Clarke to a wider audience" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Shut Up and Die Like An Aviator [ MCA / CD ] After Steve Earle's 1990 album The Hard Way stumbled in the marketplace and his drug addiction became a poorly kept secret in Nashville, he was on the outs with his record label, MCA, who decided to let him out of his contract in the time-honored... |
Dukes
Still Life [ Play Nicely / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Patience isn't a virtue associated with rock'n'roll, but in the case of the Dukes it has been the key to their recent success... |
Dukes
Lil Sunshine [ Elite Recordings New Zealand / CD - released 5/May/2005 ] This is the debut album from Dukes - the first New Zealand band to be signed to Elite Recordings. |
Steve Earle And The Dukes
Ghosts of West Virginia [ New West Records / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Ghosts of West Virginia centres on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed twenty-nine men in that state in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. When asked about what drove him to craft his deeply... |
Steve Earle And The Dukes
J.T. [ New West Records / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] On August 20, 2020, the world lost an amazing light with the passing of Justin Townes Earle. Justin was a vibrant songwriter who could play the blues, country, and rock n roll all in the same song. In his short career, Justin released eight albums... |
Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)
The Low Highway [ New West Records / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] The 15th studio album from Americana's reigning renaissance man, Steve Earle, 'The Low Highway' was co-produced by Steve, along with Ray Kennedy. |
Steve Earle And The Dukes
Guy [ New West Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Steve Earle was nineteen and had just hitchhiked from San Antonio to Nashville in 1974. Back then if you wanted to be where the best songwriters were you had to be in there. Guy Clark had moved to Nashville and if you were from Texas, Guy Clark was... |
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Jerry Jeff (Indie Exclusive w/ Bonus Tracks) [ New West / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Steve Earle has been creating intimate and personal music for well over four decades now. His songwriting has wound itself along a path from Texas to Tennessee and his education came in the form of learning from the best. 2009's Grammy-nominated... |
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Jerry Jeff [ New West / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Steve Earle has been creating intimate and personal music for well over four decades now. His songwriting has wound itself along a path from Texas to Tennessee and his education came in the form of learning from the best. 2009's Grammy-nominated... |
Xtc As The Dukes Of The Stratosphere
25 Oclock [ Ape House / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] |
SALLY BEAMISH
Viola Concerto / Cello Concerto River / Tam Lin for Oboe & orch Philip Dukes (viola) Robert Cohen (cello) Gordon Hunt (oboe) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] Editor's choice, Gramophone January 2000 |
ELGAR / WALTON / BRITTEN / DELIUS / KNUSSEN / TIPPETT / RODNEY-BENNETT
Best of British from the 2007 BBC Proms [2 CD set] Daniel Hope (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) Christian Poltéra, Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Jiríi Belohlávek [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] This special priced two-CD set features selected highlights from the 2007 BBC Proms season, compiled to a survey of the best of British music of the last 100 years. The Album captures the world premiere performance of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's... |
Dukes Of Dixieland
The Fabulous Sound of the Dukes of Dixieland - 4 Original Stereo Albums [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Too many bands play Dixieland like it was just a dose of medicine they have to swallow each night; the Dukes don't - They obviously get a tremendous wallop out of their music, and it comes clear and sharp on this collection that The Dukes combine... |