SIDNEY JONES
The Geisha (Complete operetta) Lillian Watson / Sarah Walker / Harry Nicoll / Richard Suart / Christopher Maltman / New London Light Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] 'The recording that has given me the most joy during the year. A work I have waited fully 40 years to find on LP or CD' (Gramophone) |
HUBERT CLIFFORD
Hubert Clifford: The Cowes Suite, A Pageant of Youth, Voyage at Dusk, Hunted and other works BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp [ Dutton / Vocalion / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Australian-born Hubert Clifford started his musical career in Melbourne but came to England in 1930 and remained there for the rest of his career. He taught music in a boys' grammar school, moved to the BBC and then became Alexander Korda's music... |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Contrabandista & The Foresters (Complete operettas) Claire Rutter, Frances McCafferty, Richard Suart, Ashley Catling, The London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "These are première professional recordings of two little known works by Sullivan. The singers on this disc are well known to those who follow this genre of music and they do not disappoint." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
FRASER-SIMSON
The Maid of the Mountains (Complete Operetta) Janis Kelly, Christopher Maltman, Michael George, Richard Suart / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "piloted with style and affection by ronald Corp, Hyperion's light music guru. Wicked!" (BBC Music) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
A Ceremony Of Carols / Friday Afternoons / Three Two-part songs New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Ronald Corp directs bright, refreshing performances of a delightful collection of Britten choral pieces... A splendid bargain." - The Penguin Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Light Music Collection (Incls 'Knightsbridge March', 'In a Monastery Garden', 'the Westminster Waltz' & 'Puffin' Billy') New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / 4 CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] "All the works are performed with spirit and verve, and a real love and understanding of this music. A superb set." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
HERBERT HOWELLS / RONALD CORP
Cello Concertos Alice Neary (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Dutton / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] Cellist Alice Neary's championship of Herbert Howells' three-movement Cello Concerto (now in a performing edition by Jonathan Clinch) and conductor Ronald Corp's own recent Cello Concerto make for a rewarding coupling in the best Dutton Epoch... |
RONALD CORP
Things I Didn't Say Edward Batting (organ) / Apsara, Ronald Corp [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] The title's that of a choral cycle setting 20 poems by Steve Mainwaring about his dying mother. Corp's setting are fluidly melodic and sensitively responsive. Nine shorter pieces also feature. |
RONALD CORP
Dhammapada Apsara / Corp [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] The eight voices of Apsara invest their considerable collective experience in establishing a rich and clear sound. Their tonal palette spans the gamut from ethereal purity to romantic warmth, applied with discrimination and admirable good taste |
JOHN FOULDS
Orchestral Music Vol 1: Keltic Suite / Suite Fantastique BBC Concert Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] "Outstanding? Abosolutely!" International Record Review pick of the month (Oct 2010) |
JOHN FOULDS
Orchestral Music Vol 2: Indian Suite / Suite Française / Henry VIII Suite / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Recorded at The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 8-10 March 2010; St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, 15 July 2010 |
JOHN FOULDS
Orchestral Music Vol. 3 [Incls 'Miniature Suite, Op. 38'] BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Lively, affectionate-sounding performances under Ronald Corp's sympathetic direction have been pleasingly captured by the Dutton microphones." (Gramophone) |
Bournemouth So/Corp
Godfrey: Encores [ Dutton / CD ] |
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS
The Crossings / Suite in A for Violin and Orchestra / The Cat and the Wedding Cake / etc Charles Mutter (violin) Ben Dawson (piano) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2016 ] This varied selection of tuneful but largely unfamiliar orchestral music by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs includes the delightful suite from his collaboration with Walter de la Mare, the "fairy play" Crossings. Gibbs's music is very much an escapist art,... |
SULLIVAN
The Prodigal Son (Complete Oratorio) / Boer War Te Deum Claire Rutter (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo) Mark Wilde (tenor) Garry Magee (baritone) / London Chorus / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] "Hyperion's team make an excellent case for 'serious' Sullivan." (Gramophone Jan 2004) |
Corp/Mcaslan/Daniel/New London
Hurd: Orchestral Music & Pop C [ Dutton / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] |
BOUGHTON
Aylesbury Games & Concertos Emily Beynon (flute) / the New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] First-recordings of music by the composer of The Immortal Hour |
G Corp
Duplates From The Elephant House Volume 2 [ G Corp / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Originally released in 2002, this is the second amazing 'Dubplates from the Elephant House' CD - re-issued due to popular demand, since the success of Volume 3. |
G Corp Meets the Mighty Tree
Dubplates from the Elephant House Volume 3 - Limited Edition with Recipe Book [ Endulge Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] The re-defined electronica dub culture is joined by Birmingham's vibrant reggae scene to create a masterpiece! This CD comes with a 52-page beautifully packaged book of original recipes for classic West Indian food - while stocks last!! |
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall (complete music-drama) Heather Shipp, Joan Rodgers, Jacques Imbrailo / New London Orchestra, Members of The London Chorus, Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "For me this opera was quite a revelation and it makes one wonder what other treasures of Boughton await rediscovery." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Sept 2011) |
MILHAUD
Le carnaval d'Aix Jack Gibbons (piano) The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'This is a cracker of a disc, full of vitality, fabulous tunes, lashings of uncontrollable high spirits. All the players enter into the spirit of the music - tremendous fun' - Gramophone |
MICHAEL HURD
Pop Cantatas John Addison (narrator) / Alexander Wells (piano) / Members of the New London Orchestra / New London Children’s Choir / Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] "The works on this Naxos disc are lightly jazzy and must have turned generations of children on to concert music. They make confident and fearless communion with West End show-time, dance-band drum-kit and light Radio 2 style middle-of-the-road... |
Laurence Perkins, bassoon, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
The Playful Pachyderm (Includes 'Funeral March of a Marionette' (Gounod) & Romance (Elgar) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'Perkins is a compelling advocate of the instrument, not only in his painstaking work as orchestrator and arranger, and his enthusiastic and well-researched booklet notes, but most of all in his playing … This is a delightful disc which will be of... |
RONALD CORP
And all the Trumpets Sounded (with Hurd - The Shepherd’s Calendar) Mark Stone, Roderick Williams (baritones) / New London Children’s Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] |
Marriner/London Chorus/Corp
Castelnuovo-Tedesco [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] |
RONALD CORP
The Ice Mountain New London Children’s Choir / Members of the New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2011 ] "Corp's transparent, evocative scoring for an ensemble of seven players is one of the opera's greatest strengths. Naxos' sound is clear, well-defined, and nicely balanced, with an immediate presence." (Allmusic.com) |
AMERICAN LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
American Light Music Classics (Includes The March of the Toys, Holiday for Strings & The Teddy Bear's Picnic) New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] 'These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes' (Gramophone) |
EUROPEAN LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
European Light Music Classics (Includes Parade of the Tin Soldiers, The Entry of the Boyars & The Skaters Waltz) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Oct/2014 ] 'Another tasty compilation that will sell like hot cakes' (Classic CD) |
BACEWICZ
Music for string orchestra New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "…a thoroughly rewarding survey of a composer who deserves to be much better known. Ronald Corp and his New London Orchestra are generally persuasive in what is often quite tricky instrumental writing: the recording is fine." Gramophone Magazine,... |
VIRGIL THOMSON
Louisiana Story (Includes 'the Plow that Broke the Plains') The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'Hyperion's recording is faultless; the notes... are sagacious and rewarding. If your interest is in American music or in film scores, this is indispensable' - American Record Guide |
POULENC / HAHN
Aubade & Sinfonietta / Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor) with Julian Evans (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'A scintillating recording debut... in admirably off-the-beaten-track repertory' - The Observer |
GEORGE MACFARREN
Robin Hood (complete opera) Nicky Spence / Kay Jordan / Magdalen Ashman / Victorian Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Ronal Corp [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Macfarren's Romantic English opera Robin Hood has waited 150 years for a first recording, and though Ronald Corp's Victorian Opera forces sometimes sound stretched, they capture its genial Merrie England swashbuckle...Connoisseurs of ripe Victoriana... |
PROKOFIEV
Music for Children (Includes Peter and the Wolf & The Ugly Duckling) Oleg and Gabriel Prokofiev (narrators) Penelope Walmsley-Clark (soprano) New London Orchestra / Finchley Children's Music Group / Ronald Corp (conduct [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'A most attractive concert' - Hi Fi News |
FREDERIC AUSTIN
Symphony in E / Rhapsody: Spring / Overtures Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
ELINOR REMICK WARREN
The Legend of King Arthur / Along the Western Shore / Suite for Orchestra / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ronald Corp / BBC COncert Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Don't miss this delightful collection of colourful and tuneful complete orchestral music by the American west coast composer Elinor Remick Warren. Warren, whose life spanned the twentieth century, lived from 1900 to 1991 and was known as a leading... |
GABRIEL PIERNE
Pierne: Piano Concerto in C minor Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 34 / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] 'Stephen Coombs savours the more exotic keyboard writing with confidence and a sure sense of style, contributing appropriately dazzling and light-fingered virtuosity when required' (International Record Review) |
RONALD CORP
Forever Child and other choral music Voces Cantabiles / Ronald Corp (conductor) with Alexander Wells (piano) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] "This CD has given me enormous pleasure from start to finish. I’m delighted that Dutton have issued it, continuing their admirable advocacy of English music. This is one of the most enjoyable discs to have come my way for a long time" (MusicWeb... |