More By Artist: U Roy
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HANS ABRAHAMSEN / GERARD PESSON / OSCAR STRASNOY
Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic, Frankfurt radio Symphony, Les Violons du roy [ Warner Classics / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "The three works are very different from each other, but all showcase the fleet brilliance, tonal variety and clarity of Tharaud's playing." Guardian |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Piano Concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1056, 1058 & 1065 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Violins du Roy, Bernard Labadie [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "..played with stylish, spontaneous-sounding elaboration of lines and sparing use of the sustaining pedal...Yet it all works remarkably well...this is a thoroughly enjoyable 'piano' version of these glorious Concertos." (BBC Music) |
MOZART / HAYDN
Jeunehomme Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, with Joyce DiDonato [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Alexandre Tharaud is an atmospheric, characterful pianist whose individuality seems to communicate best on CD … Vivid imagination meets deliciously poised pianism." Nicholas Kenyon, The Observer, Sunday 24 November 2013 Tharaud returns with a an... |
FELIX ARNDT / MIKE BERNARD / ROY BARGY / FRANK BANTA / RUBE BLOOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era - Volume V Felix Arndt / Mike Bernard / Roy Bargy / Frank Banta / Rube Bloom [ Pearl / CD - released 15/Aug/1998 ] The iconography of jazz usually features smoky images of coolly wasted-looking individuals in natty hats blowing saxophones. But if saxes and trumpets have seemed like the quintessential jazz instruments, it's the piano that has been absolutely... |
CHARLES AVISON
Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti The Brandenburg Consort directed from the violin by Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'The music is delightful, the performances scintillating, and the sound excellent. Warmly recommended' - Fanfare, USA |
J.S. BACH
The Brandenburg Concertos The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman, conductor [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'There is much polished playing here, with graceful phrasing and tempos, beautiful playing by the flutes and violins … Recommended particularly for its well-balanced interpretation' - Historic Brass Society Newsletter, USA |
J.S. BACH
The Four Orchestral Suites The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman, conductor [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Among the finest versions in a long list' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
WASSENAER
Concertini Armonici The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Marvellous [music]... finely shaped and affectionate performances, beautifully recorded... a major addition to the recorded repertory of the period' - Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Favourite Baroque Classics (Incls Air on a G String & Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jan/2008 ] 'Fine performances from the Brandenburg Consort, excellent documentation. A good CD to start a Baroque collection' (Classic CD) |
HANDEL
Six Concerti Grossi Op 3 The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Jun/2001 ] These delightful concerti from the mid 1730s |
Roy Buchanan
When A Guitar Plays The Blues [ Alligator Records / LP - released 21/Jul/2023 ] The classic Alligator debut by the late genius of pyrotechnic blues/rock guitar. Roy called it "the best album I ever made." Grammy nominee. "Awesome...explosively soulful guitar" - GUITAR PLAYER |
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Cain, Jackie + Kral, Roy
In The Spotlight + Sweet And Low Down [ Solar Records / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 1979) Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood / la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Jean-Claude Malgoire conducts his Parisian ensemble, La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, in a complete 1979 recording of Handel's delightful comic opera Serse, best known for its universally familiar opening aria "Ombra mai fu". |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 + 24 Charles Richard-Hamelin Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] In their very first recording together, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and the Violons du Roy present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concertos No. 22 and No. 24 that are replete with passionate outbursts, startling contrasts, rich orchestration and... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) / Les Violons du Roy; Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "He shapes and phrases the music with a keen eye (or ear) on its dialogic potential, driving forwards energetically without bullying or indulging in display for its own sake." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
HANDEL
Orlando (complete opera) Christophe Dumaux, Elena de la Merced, Jean-Michel Fumas / La grande Ecurie et la Chamvre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] In his setting of Orlando (drawn from Tasso's Orlando furioso) Handel offers us a score of remarkable dramatic power, diversity and originality. |
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Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge
Complete Live At The Bayou Club 1959 [ Lonehill / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Twelve Concerti Grossi op 6 Brandenberg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyard / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'Elegant playing - energetic allegros, spacious solo/tutti contrasts, finely poised in the endlessly-spun slow harmonies. Archlute continuo colours delightfully' (BBC Music Magazine) |
Dorothea Raschmann / Karina Gauvin / Russell Braun / La Chappelle de Quabec with Les Violons du Roy / Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Les Violons du Roy: Celebration [ Dorian / CD - released 23/Mar/2004 ] This disc offers a superb program sampling the recorded baroque and classical repertoire of Les Violons du Roy, ranging from well-loved gems by Vivaldi to a rarity by J.C.E. Bach to unique transcriptions of some of Bach's greatest music. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Sacred vocal music of Claudio Monteverdi Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas / Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman & Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 'One of the most beautiful records I have heard this year' (The Guardian) |
