More By Artist: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Domingo Hindoyan, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Verismo - Preludi e Intermezzi [ Onyx / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] An album of dramatic and passionate Preludes and Intermezzos from some of the most popular Italian operas, from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Translations of works by early French and Russian realists, Stendahl,... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Blue Beth & Flo (Pianos / Piano Four Hands), Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle (sopranos), Joshua Davidson (treble), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This is Oliver Davis' first album dedicated to the piano, and specifically two pianists, Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo. The album features this dynamic duo playing four hands piano and also on two pianos with full orchestra. The song cycle 'Siren Songs'... |
SAMUEL BARBER / MAX BRUCH
Barber / Bruch: Violin Concertos Ester Yoo (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] "...its exquisite attention to the lower end of the dynamic spectrum. The opening recitativos of the Bruch No. 1 in G minor find violinist Esther Yoo magicking those well-worn phrases with yearning intensity and a sense of introspective awe." BBC |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Job / Old King Cole / The Running Set Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ ONYX / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] "Scrupulously prepared and boasting some superbly coordinated, infectiously dedicated playing from the RLPO, it's a thoroughly absorbing interpretation [of *Job*]...Overall, this is unquestionably a very fine achievement." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
ROBERTO SIERRA
Sierra: Symphony No.6, Sinfonietta for strings Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Onyx Classcis / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] 'The works included on this album span 25 years of creative activity. While current projects are always my focus, looking back is not something I often do; however, this recording confronted me with compositions representing a good part of my... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies Carole Farley (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Stuart Burrows (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 7/Apr/2023 ] For Antal Doráti, one of the mid-twentieth century's most gifted conductors, Beethoven was a central repertoire choice. This symphony cycle was recorded in 1975-76 at the beginning of his tenure as principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] For 19th-century audiences Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 was the most loved of all his piano concertos, a work in which the balancing of high drama, tenderness, lyricism and humour is most pronounced and in which a coda resolves inner tensions... |
BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / POPPER / etc
Maria Kliegel - Anniversary Edition Maria Kliegel (cello) / with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Camerata Transsylvanica, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Her playing has great virtuosity, but it is her phrasing especially in the Elgar, which suggests a great musical intelligence" - Classic CD |
FRANK MARTIN / FRANCIS POULENC / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ARYEH LEVANON
Works For Pianos and Orchestra MultiPiano Ensemble / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Concertante orchestral works for more than one keyboard instrument saw a revival after the First World War with the neo-Baroque trends of the time helping to revitalise the neglected concerto grosso genre. |
RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
Leoncavallo: Zingari (complete opera) Krassimira Stoyanova, Arsen Soghomonyan, Stephen Gaertner, Lukasz Golinski / Opera Rara Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi [ Opera Rara / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] "it's hard to imagine it better done, either. Arsen Soghomonyan was the dark-voiced, passionate Radu, slowly losing control when faced with Krassimira Stoyanova's imperious, self-determined Fleana, gloriously sung." The Guardian |
VARIOUS
Lang Lang - The Disney Book Lang Lang (piano), with Andrea Bocelli & Gina Alice / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ziegler [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] "What could so easily have turned into a hotel lobby-style piano amble in fact does a lot better than that. There's a broad range of Disney from across the ages plus a nice variety of pace, and one or two of the arrangements are engagingly clever." |
BETSY JOLAS / ANDRE JOLIVET / FLORENT SCHMITT / HENRI TOMASI
Håkan Hardenberger plays French Trumpet Concertos Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] During the second half of the 19th century, a French school of trumpet playing was established, with French musicians and composers at the forefront of the instrument's musical and technical development. |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Air Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Similarly to his previous album SOLACE, AIR was written during lockdown and draws on themes of nature, environment and the natural world. Davis's previous albums with Signum have reached the top 10 on both iTunes Classical and UK Specialist Classical... |
ELGAR / BRIDGE / HOWELLS / DYSON / BRIAN / PURCELL
English Choral Premieres & Rarities Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus [ Griffin / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' / Piano Concerto No. 0, WoO 4 Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] These works share the common key of E flat major but represent two very different stages in the composer's life. The Piano Concerto No. 0, WoO 4, written when Beethoven was 13 years old, is one of his earliest works. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (LP) Maria João Pires (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 11/Mar/2022 ] "Pires's approach to the concerto is ardently lyrical, giving her spacious sense of rubato and radiant singing tone the greatest expressive freedom..Pires's wonderfully pliable phrasing and bell-like sonority soon win you over." (Gramophone) |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] BBC MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - Concerto |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: La Valse and other works Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Sakari Oramo and the RSPO revel in Ravel's masterful orchestrations. |
CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Gunning: Concerto For Guitar and Orchestra, Concerto For Clarinet and String Orchestra, Concertino For Flute and Small Orchestra Craig Ogden (guitar), Michael Whight (clarinet), Catherine Handley (flute) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Gunning (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Christopher Gunning and the RPO present a series of 3 concertos, all written for friends and colleagues of the composer. In Gunning's own words "... in each case my aim has been to provide the soloist with something enjoyable yet technically... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
