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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Piano Concerto (Completed Walker) / The Immortial Legions / Spanish Serenade op.23 / etc David Owen-Norris (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra (David Lloyd Jones) & the BBC Singers [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Mar/2005 ] "Concerto: majestic, extremely impressive ... captured with craggy mastery. Enthusiastically recommended to Elgarians everywhere" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins is the most performed work by any living composer. This performance is the largest ever staged and was uniquely performed in synchronisation with a specially commissioned war-archive... |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "A most rewarding issue, which I recommend strongly.' (MusicWeb April 2006) |
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MASON BATES
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (complete opera) Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones / Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2019 ] "Christie conducts with plenty of energy and verve, and the playing and choral singing are exemplary in their precision" Gramophone |
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HUBERT PARRY
Parry: The Soul's Ransom / The Lotos-Eaters / Blest pair of Sirens / Invocation to Music Anne Dawson / Della Jones / Arthur Davies / Brian Rayner Cook / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert & Richard Hickox (conductors) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "The choral singing and the playing of the LPO under Matthias Bamert is magnificent, ably championing these deserved revivals." Classic CD |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No. 2 / November Woods Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...this recording has a physical impact and emotional involvement that genuinely compel. A veritable blockbuster." Gramophone |
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Sir CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Elegiac / Symphony No. 5 in D major Op. 56 L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This is another distinguished instalment in this Stanford cycle. Collectors who bought the earlier issue of the Fourth and Seventh symphonies should not hesitate to add this companion volume to their shelves. More please!" (MusicWeb) |
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ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2005 ] "Powerful music then, splendidly played and vividly recorded, and all for a modest outlay. Good though the Lyrita recordings were, they are displaced by this newcomer." Three Stars Penguin Guide |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings / Elizabethan Dances / The Innumerable Dance Jonathan Small (oboe) / Eleanor Hudson (harp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Recording is natural without being distanced and performances evince commitment and sympathy. The unique experience of hearing more than sixteen minutes of previously unrecorded Alwyn" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Violin Concerto / Miss Julie Suite / etc Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Lloyd-Jones and McAslan give admirable shape to the long, rhapsodic first movement...[the] technically demanding finale is performed with agile warmth by McAslan whose attractive tone and expressive style seem entirely in tune with this distinctive... |