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 |
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... |
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,... |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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... |