GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1988) Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis / Bernard Haitink (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 4/Apr/2003 ] "The DVD clarifies the orchestral sound and the voices, to the benefit of Bernard Haitink"s poetic, plangent reading...visual clarity reveals a newly immediate richness and authenticity of setting and costume" -Gramophone, February 2002 |
AARON COPLAND
Appalachian Spring / El Salon Mexico / Billy the Kid / Rodeo (exc) / Fanfare for the Common Man Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philip Ellis [ Royal Philharmonic / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Founded in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham, with his vision of bringing world-class performances of the greatest music written to the length of the country, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continues to maintain Beecham's legacy by offering audiences in... |
Herb Ellis
Ellis in Wonderland [ Verve Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2006 ] Ellis was a member of Oscar Peterson's trio, and recognized as one of the foremost guitarists in jazz. Supported by an all-star cast including Harry Sweets Edison, Jimmy Giuffre, and Peterson. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Suites & Concertos Osian Ellis (harp), Desmond Dupre (lute), Carl Pini, Neville Marriner (violins) / Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis, Granville Jones [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] The works on this collection are drawn from two of the very first stereo LPs released by the L'Oiseau-Lyre sub-label of Decca. 'Music of Handel' was a 1958 album containing arias (recently reissued by Eloquence 482 4759) and this instrumental suite... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Savitri / 7 Part-Songs / Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda / etc Osian Ellis (harp) Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Thomas Helmsley / The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This classic performance will be difficult to better...Janet Baker gives a radiant and most moving interpretation of the title role" (Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - July 2011) |
TRADITIONAL / DOWLAND / CAMPION / etc
Osian Ellis: Songs with Harp Osian Ellis (harp & voice) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "[the songs are] launched and sustained with arresting expressiveness. […] The whole gamut of moods in the Welsh songs is found to be more artfully arranged when one has played it through several times. I found many of the songs, unfamiliar at first |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets / etc The Borodin Quartet / Osian Ellis & Melos Ensemble [ Alto / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] (Cello Sonata) "triumphant Rostropovich's own superb playing in a variety of styles, admirably partnered by Britten (an outstanding chamber music pianist)..splendid performance of the Debussy sonata..notable for its sensitivity, fluidity and fantasy" |
Herb Ellis
Nothing But The Blues [ Verve / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Jacqueline du Pre Recital Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano), Oslan Ellis (harp), Roy Jesson (organ) & John Williams (guitar) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] The tragedy of du Pré's brief career is still fresh in the public memory and can be summarised here. She was born in Oxford on 26 January 1945 into a middle-class family in which music was important: her mother was a fine pianist and a gifted teacher. |
FREDERICK DELIUS & VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jacqueline du Pre - Recital plus Delius Cello Concerto Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano) Osian Ellis (harp) John Williams (guitar) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/1995 ] Jacqueline du Pré was recognised during her brief prime as one of the supreme cellists of the 20th century, with an intense commitment and a well-honed technical mastery to back up her heaven-sent talents. |
DEBUSSY / ROUSSEL / ROPARTZ / BOIELDIEU / RAVEL
French Music for Harp & Ensemble Osian Ellis (harp) / Melos Ensemble [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "hauntingly magical atmosphere... abounds in gallic delights to charm the listener's ear... Osian Ellis' fine musicianship…fine technique and musicality" [Penguin Guide Rosette] |
Herb Ellis & Joe Pass
Two For The Road [ Pablo Records / CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] |
Ernest Ellis
Hunting [ Dew Process / CD - released 8/Jul/2010 ] The debut album from Sydney artist Ernest Ellis is sure to appeal to fans of My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, Angus and Julia Stone. |
Alton Ellis
Changes - LP [ Abraham / LP ] This is essentially the same as the compilation titled 'Slummin' but with an alternative cover. |
Alton Ellis
Slummin' - LP [ Clock Tower Records / LP ] |
REINHOLD GLIERE / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glière / Glazunov: Concertos Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Osian Ellis (harp), Josef Sivo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 13/Aug/1990 ] Original recordings made in 1968 and 1971 |
Ellis Marsalis
Classic Ellis Marsalis [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 5/Apr/1995 ] |
VIVIAN JOHN HERMAN ELLIS
Ellis: Big Ben / Bless The Bride / Tough at the Top / And So To Bed Georges Guétary, Jesse Royce Landis & Vivian Ellis / Original Broadway Casts [ Must Close Saturday Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] Centenary release of British composer Vivian Ellis' 1940s British musicals. |
Herb Ellis
Four Classic Albums (Nothing But The Blues / Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre / Ellis In Wonderland / Thank You, Charlie Christian) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] AVID Jazz here presents four classic Herb Ellis albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. It all started with the Blues and eventually it all goes back to the Blues. Herb Ellis, Roy Eldridge, Stan... |
ELGAR / DVORAK / BACH / HAYDN / FRANCK / SCHUMANN / etc
Jacqueline du Pré: The Heart of the Cello Jacqueline du Pré (cello) with Osian Ellis (harp) Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) Gerald Moore (piano) Pinchas Zukerman(violin) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Oct/2017 ] "She clearly was born to play the cello," wrote the New York Times of Jacqueline Du Pré in 1967. Just five years later her career was cut tragically short by illness. Du Pré's recordings provide a treasurable memento of the "perfect balance of youth... |