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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario Lanza Joseph Calleja (tenor) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Steven Mercurio [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] "It's an unashamedly populist collection, Calleja rolling the Rs of "Granada" and "Arrivederci, Roma" with obvious relish in arrangements replete with castanets and trilling mandolins." (The Independent) |
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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER / ALAN AYCKBOURN
Webber: By Jeeves Malcolm Sinclair & Steven Pacey / Original London Cast [ Really Useful Records / CD - released 7/Jun/1996 ] By Jeeves is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and book by Alan Ayckbourn. It is based on the series of novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that centre around the character of Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. |
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Rob Thorne, Karl Sölve Steven
Black Coast Vanishings [ Rattle Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2024 ] Music adapted from the television series "Black Coast Vanishings", composed and performed by Karl Sölve Steven and Rob Thorne. |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels Steven Isserlis (cello) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] "This is elegant playing, for sure, but it has an irresistible glint in its eye. Isserlis finds a near-ideal tension between lyricism and effervescence." Gramophone |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev) Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "This is an excellent performance, one which I will be enjoying regularly in the years to come. The recorded sound is also excellent as are the booklet notes by Steven Isserlis, who sets the scene well in his essay." Recommended Recording MusicWeb |
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HILDEGARD von BINGEN
Hildegard von Bingen - In Portrait - Ordo Virtutum Ansy Boothroyd / John Hancorm / Vox Animae, led by Evelyn Tubb / Mayfield Chamber Opera Chorus / Michael Fields / Piers Adams / Steven Devine [ Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] G :- "The vocal artistry is at a very high level… neither Evelyn Tubb nor Ansy Boothroyd try to steal the show. …If I were forced to limit my library to only one recording of music by Hildegard von Bingen, this would be it." -Continuo, USA (Ordo... |
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MAXIMILIAN STEINBERG
Steinberg: Passion Week (1923) The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Best Choral Performance - Grammy Nomination 2017 |
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TRADITIONAL
Transeamus (English Carols and Motets) David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone) / The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Having recorded more than twenty albums for ECM since the mid-80s, The Hilliard Ensemble caps its discography before retirement (at the end of 2014) with a final release: 'Transeamus', a collection of polyphony - in two, three and four parts - from... |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Flow My Tears-Lute Songs Dorothy Linell (lute), Steven Rickards (counter-tenor) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] Originally recorded at Fordham Town Hall, New York City, in March and October, 1995 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Viola Quintets Vol 1 Guarneri Quartet, with Ida Kavafian & Steven Tenenbom (violas) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1988 ] Recorded live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |