HENRY VIII
Henry's Music: Motets from a Royal Choir Book / Songs by Henry VIII Alamire / QuintEssential / Andrew Lawrence-King [ Obsidian / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "I can't emphasize enough how much of the success of this recording is due to Alamire's impeccably balanced, full-bodied, well-tuned sound..and to the scholarship and clearly inspired direction of David Skinner. Don't delay; you'll love this!"... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Piano Concertos (with works by Faure & Franck) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Foster / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] These magnificent recordings of the Ravel Piano Concertos have taken a far too long leave of absence from the Decca catalogue and are now back, with generous Faure and Franck couplings. Beautifully recorded sound too. |
ARUTIUNIAN / MacMILLAN / TAKEMITSU / ZIMMERMANN
Alison Balsom - Seraph Alison Balsom (trumpet) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Renes [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Balsom takes its not inconsiderable demands in her stride, with the Scottish Ensemble unstinting in its support." Editor's Choice Gramophone February 2012 |
Andre Lawrence-King
Esprit/Lute Songs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
BRETT DEAN / SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / RICHARD WAGNER / etc
Voices of Angels - chamber works Andrej Power (violin) Lawrence Power (viola) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) / Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jul/2020 ] The Stockholm Syndrome Ensembleis -as the name implies -based in Stockholm, and consists of five of the city's leading musicians. Project-based and often inviting guest performers, the SSE is known for its imaginative programmes built around a... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Klara Ek (soprano) Sophie Bevan (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor) / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Melia is the lovely soprano Klara Ek, and her duet with Apollo that ends Part 2, in which she spurns him and he pleads his case, is a high point of the score. A highly recommendable bauble." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2012) |
Andrew Lawrence-King
Harp Of Luduvico [ Hyperion / CD ] |
MUDARRA / FRESCOBALDI / MONTEVERDI / DELL'ARPA / MACQUE / etc
The Harp of Luduvico Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] 'This is a quite stunning record. Treat yourself to it, even if it means pawning something you can live without' (Gramophone) |
LULLY / CAMPRA
'Choregraphie': Music for Louis XIV's dancing masters Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque triple harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] Raoul-Auger Feuillet's Choregraphie (Paris, 1700) changed ballet history forever with its pioneering use of dance notation. Virtuoso harpist Andrew Lawrence-King performs music by Lully and Campra in solo settings by d'Anglebert, chosen by Feuillet... |
LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), The Harp Consort
El arte de fantasia: Renaissance Chansons, Dances & Fantasias [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/May/2004 ] " Andrew Lawrence-King's name is synonymous with many of the most exotic and beguiling recorded sounds of the pre-classical harp, whether as soloist or within a continuo battery." - Gramophone |
HARP MUSIC OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance Andrew Lawrence-King (medieval harp) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'An impressive debut, beautifully recorded' - Gramophone |
LEONARDO BALADA
Caprichos Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Andrés Cárdenes (solo violin) / Jeffrey Turner (double bass) / Pittsburgh Sinfonietta / Lawrence Loh [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "A contemporary Spanish voice that ably blends modernity and the past without compromise.... If proof were required that significant Spanish, post-Rodrigo compositional life exists, and that it is influenced by, though not obsessed with Spain's past,... |
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in C minor Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (counter tenor) / Cambridge Soloists, Timothy Brown (organ/director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Stabat Mater Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Records / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "The pairing of Anna Netrebko and Joyce DiDonato is a match made in heaven...This is one of the great choral recordings." Gramophone 2011 Award WINNER - Editor's Choice |
TRADITIONAL
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "..if it's possible that there are listeners new to this group, here's an easy way to get to know its matchless sound and enduring, engaging personality." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery)
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] “Sumptuous Christmas sounds” (San Francisco Chronicle, concert review) |
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINKSY / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Korngold: Violin Concerto Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Gulbenkian Orchestra / Lawrence Foster / Netherlands Philharmonic / Marc Albrecht [ Alto / CD - released 24/Oct/2022 ] "As an example of luscious late-Romantic orchestral writing, Die Seejungfrau could scarcely be bettered: a fine performance of a gorgeous orchestral score" (MusicWeb) "Steinbacher's technique on the other hand is immaculate; how gracefully those... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Violin Concerto / Miniatures Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Lawrence Foster, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne [ Pentatone / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] This album is violinist Arabella Steinbacher's tribute to the favourite composer of her family household. The music of Richard Strauss has played a crucial role throughout her life. As great Strauss lovers, her parents named her after the main... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (complete opera, recorded in 1936) Lauritz Melchior / Marjorie Lawrence / Ludwig Hofmann / Artur Bodanzky (cond) [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Naxos Historical's Ring cycle continues with this formidable live performance of Gotterdammerung, the fourth and final part of the tetralogy. |