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Roy Brooks
Beat (12") [ Verve US / 12in - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint and recorded at the Hitsville USA studio, Roy Brooks (joined by fellow Detroit natives George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson, along with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Eugene Taylor) injects a... |
Roy Davis Jr
Soul Electrica [ Peacefrog Records / 12in - released 11/Oct/2004 ] |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town (complete musical) L'Opera de Toulon / Jasmine Roy, Rafaëlle Cohen, Dalia Constantin, Lauren Van Kempen / Larry Blank [ BelAir Clasiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jan/2019 ] For the first time on DVD & Blu-ray in scenic version, and to celebrate Leonard Bernstein's centennial, the delightful Wonderful Town filmed during its French premiere at the Opéra de Toulon!With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of... |
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 |
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Cain, Jackie + Kral, Roy
In The Spotlight + Sweet And Low Down [ Solar Records / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] |
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. |
