FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Music, Vol. 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] This sixth volume in Barry Douglas's acclaimed Schubert series features two major works. The Sonata in A minor, D 845 was completed in 1825, just before Schubert started work on his 'great' Symphony in C major. As in so much of his later writing,... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Works Vol.5 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2020 ] For his fifth volume of Schubert's piano works, Barry Douglas turns to a contrasting pair of sonatas composed in the 1820s. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol.4 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] Barry Douglas's critically acclaimed series of Schubert's piano works reaches its fourth instalment. For this recording, Douglas has chosen to present three piano sonatas from the middle of Schubert's short life: No. 5 (D 537) and No. 11 (D 575),... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Plus One (with Rachmaninov: Six Moments musicaux) Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Tchaikovsky's Grande Sonate, or 'Grand Sonata' (Bolshaya Sonata), in G major was dedicated to Karl Klindworth, a pupil of Liszt, and first performed at a private hearing, on 21 October 1879, by Nikolay Rubinstein, founder of the Moscow Conservatory.... |
TAKEMITSU / BODY / TAN DUN / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON / FARR
Flight - music for flute and harp Bridget Douglas (flute) / Carolyn Mills (harp) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "I'm finding it difficult to banish Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills' flute-and-harp treasure trove to the shelf. Its mix of East and West continues to captivate." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
HARRIS / ELMSLEY / WHITEHEAD / BLAKE / RITCHIE / etc
Taurangi - New Zealand Music for Flute and Piano Bridget Douglas (flute) / Rachel Thomson (piano) [ Trust / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] "Trust Records welcomes the year with Taurangi, a generous collection of New Zealand music for flute and piano expertly played by Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thomson." (William Dart) |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A minor & Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Aaarhus Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock, Royal Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Alto / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] "(His) Symphony is a very likeable discovery. Both middle movements display a disarming melodic felicity and assurance, and admiring glances towards Dvořák, although Stanford (his teacher) was never happy with the finale. It was first played by RCM... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD / ROSIE LANGABEER / JOHN PSATHAS / GARETH FARR
Silver Stone Wood Bone Al Fraser (ngā taonga pūoro), Bridget Douglas (western flutes) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] New works for flute and taonga pūoro by New Zealand composers, Dame Gillian Whitehead, Rosie Langabeer, Briar Prastiti, John Psathas, Josiah Carr, and Gareth Farr. Bridget Douglas (Western flutes) Al Fraser (ngā taonga pūoro) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "This final stage of Douglas's Brahms survey offers an engaging, always surprising sequence of short (with one exception) and often fugitive pieces." (Sunday Times) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in B Flat Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" / Andante Favori Barry Douglas (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] Originally recorded in December 1987 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Sonata in B minor / etc (with works by Webern & Berg) Barry Douglas (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1992 ] Originally recorded in June 1991 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano Vol. 1 [Incls 'Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer''] Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Mar/2014 ] Having produced two highly regarded discs of solo works by Brahms, Barry Douglas, an exclusive Chandos artist, now embarks on the complete solo piano works by Franz Schubert. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Plus One, Vol.3 (with Prokofiev: 10 pieces from 'Romeo & Juliet') Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] For the third volume of his musical tribute to Russia, Barry Douglas has selected a range of love songs and dances by Tchaikovsky that span much of his composing life. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 5 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "Douglas continues to create provocative playlists by liberating short pieces from opus-number groups and strategically programming them alongside larger-scale compositions…a mixed bag laced with genuine pearls" Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Preludes Barry Douglas (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Originally recorded in November 1992 |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Choral Music (Incl. Agnus Dei, vocal arr. for Adagio for Strings) Ben Dickson / Deborah Kayser / Grantley McDonald / Len Vorster / Ormond College Choir / Douglas Lawrence (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] "Barber's growing band of supporters will relish this well sung Naxos release which is certainly worth exploring" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
PETER ERASMUS LANGE-MULLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lange-Muller: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Chamber Philharmonic Of Bohemia, Douglas Bostock [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1 December 1850 - 26 February 1926) was a Danish composer and pianist. His compositional style was influenced by Danish folk music and by the work of Robert Schumann; Johannes Brahms; and his Danish countrymen, including... |
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Tertiary Phase [ BBC Audio / 3 CD - released 25/Oct/2004 ] |
BOSSI / BRAHMS / HANDEL / KAIHAU / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Australasian Organs Vol 8 Douglas Mews (The Norman & Beard Organ of Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand) [ Priory / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] This fine Norman and Beard Organ stands untouched in Wellington Town Hall in New Zealand. Douglas Mews, the Town hall organist plays an exciting progamme of little recorded music to suit this fabulous instrument. |
PHILIP GLASS
The Best of Philip Glass (incls 'Lightning', 'Facades' & 'Evening Song') Douglas Perry. Paul Esswood / The Philip Glass Ensemble / New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus. Dennis Russell Davies [ Sony Essential Masterworks / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "Philip Glass is familiar to pop audiences, crossover audiences, new music audiences, opera audiences and increasingly to chamber music audiences and symphony goers," (Gramophone) |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Music Vol. 3 Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "[a] totally compelling performance full of hair-raising mood swings, in which harrowing despair alternates with profound mystic fervour... the Naxos disc demands to be heard." The Guardian |
RACHMANINOV / MASSENET / POPPER / SAINT-SAENS / JOPLIN / etc
Intuition Gautier Capucon (cello) Jerome Ducros (piano) / Orchestre de chamber de Paris, Douglas Boyd [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2018 ] Intuition, a captivating album of short pieces for solo cello with piano or orchestra, has been conceived by Gautier Capuçon to "reflect the story of my life and follow the various stages in my emotional development". It brings together much-loved... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Three Early Operas: Ermione / La Donna del Lago / Bianca e Falliero Gregory Kunde, Carmen Giannattasio, Douglas d'Angus, Patricia Bardon, Majella Cullagh, Jennifer Larmore / David Parry, Maurizio Benini (conds) [ Opera Rara / 8 CD Box Set - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Opera Rara presents a new Opera Rara Classics boxset with a limited edition of three sought-after opere serie by Gioachino Rossini, performed by international bel canto champions. Now remastered to the best audio quality. |
John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band
Leftover Feelings (LP) [ New West Records / LP - released 21/May/2021 ] In the midst of a global pandemic, John Hiatt walked into Historic RCA Studio B and opened up a lifetime full of leftover feelings. A half-century ago, Hiatt lived in a ratty, $15-a-week room on Nashville's 16th Avenue, less than a mile away from the... |
MOZART / PAGANINI / LISZT / WAGNER / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / ELGAR / COPLAND / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Discovering the Classics: Classics for Eternity [4 CD set] National Philharmonic, Charles Gerhardt / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Douglas Gamley / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Reader's Digest / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1994 ] A wide reaching collection of work that acts as a good sampler for those wishing to do a bit of discovery. More like a greatest hits compilation though, so don't expect too many surprises. |
JERRY ROSS / RICHARD ADLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Damn Yankees Original cast recording with Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglas, Ray Walston & Robert Shafer [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Gwen Verdon headlining the original cast of "Damn Yankees." Re-issue of original 1955 release. |
JOHN PSATHAS
Ukiyo Pedro Carneiro (vibraphone, marimba) Mark Carter (trumpet) Bridget Douglas (flute) Patrick Barry (clarinet) / Stroma / Hamish McKeich [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] The beautiful and captivating Ukiyo features Portuguese percussion maestro, Pedro Carneiro. This album is percussion-based, and while it contains moments of explosive energy characteristic of John's work (particularly in the extended chamber... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart's Magic Fantasy Writen by Douglas Cowling with Richard Binsley, Russell Braun & Barbara Budd [ Classical Kids / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Travel back in time with Classical Kids! a dramatic story, a little bit of history and the world's best-loved classical music set the scene for fun-filled musical adventures for all ages. In all Classical Kids recordings, the story is based on... |
Douglas Dare
Whelm [ Erased Tapes / CD ] .With the spatial grandeur of his native Atlantic coast and the cinematic minimalism of a classic ECM recording, youthful London piano bard Douglas Dare delivers his striking debut LP, Whelm. Growing up in the coastal Dorset town of Bridport, Dare... |
John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band
Leftover Feelings (Blue Marble Vinyl - Indie Exclusive) [ New West Records / LP - released 21/May/2021 ] Blue vinyl. In the midst of a global pandemic, John Hiatt walked into Historic RCA Studio B and opened up a lifetime full of leftover feelings. A half-century ago, Hiatt lived in a ratty, $15-a-week room on Nashville's 16th Avenue, less than a mile... |
CHARPENTIER
La couronne de fleurs / La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg, Dorothee Mields / Boston Early Music, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee Mields a compelling Amaranthe and Proserpine." Gramophone |
SCHUMANN
Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 13 / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Marwood's tone is notably characteristically focused with a notable sweetness which is matched by Wallin...Boyd and his Scottish players set ideal tempi in outer movements, enabling Marwood to negotiate fearlessly the fairly awkward and largely... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano Volume 1 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] "Douglas still allows his head to be led ultimately by his heart, which is what gives the disc its X-Factor." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Works For Solo Piano Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Jan/2018 ] "..his tone is a deep velvet cushion, the legatos full of affection and the rhythms galvanised with great energy." BBC Music Magazine |
BARRY DOUGLAS
Celtic Reflections Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Barry Douglas is best-known for his celebrated performances of great works central to the classical repertoire, not least through his acclaimed Brahms and Schubert series on Chandos. In his new disc Celtic Reflections we hear another side to his... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano Vol. 2 [incls 'Impromptus, D899'] Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] His Brahms series being now complete in six volumes and widely praised, Barry Douglas continues his exploration of Schubert's piano music. The romantic, personal outlook developed in the course of the Brahms survey is fully expressed in this new... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3 [Incls 'Piano Sonata, Op. post., D958'] Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Overall, this is a very fine recording and is highly recommended." MusicWeb |
TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY
Tchaikovsky Plus One: Piano Works Volume 1 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Two of the most popular romantic Russian piano works from the mid-1870s are heard on this new album from the celebrated Barry Douglas. Lyricism lies at the heart of the twelve movements of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons (1875 - 76), commissioned by the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano Volume 2 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] "Douglas superbly draws out the contrasts within each piece, bringing out their individual character, but the two ends of the Brahms life spectrum...seem perhaps closer than is entirely comfortable." BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano Volume 3 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Dec/2014 ] "The performances are generally first-rate, with a real Brahmsian mix of toughness and slightly gruff charm about them; Douglas is at his best in the early Sonata." (Guardian) |