CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Duets and Solos Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley [ Alto / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Admirers of Emma Kirkby will surely revel in this collection, mostly of duets... The two voices are admirably matched and both artists ornament their lines attractively and judiciously... Evelyn Tubb sings dramatically & touchingly in Penelope's... |
CAMPION / DOWLAND / MORLEY / BARTLETT / etc
An Elizabethan Songbook Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] "This a wonderful disc. Delightful songs. Kirkby's clear, pure voice complemented by Rooley's sympathetic lute accompaniment" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
JOHN DOWLAND
Honey from the Hive Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Anthony Rooley (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "A well-articulated, piercing clarity, delicacy and perfect intonation, not to mention sympathetic accompaniment, combine to make this a superb version of Dowland's inventive and touching songs" (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
DOWLAND / CAMPION / HANDFORD / DANYEL / LAWES
Time Stands Still: Lute Songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] 'A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute-song, engineered close to perfection' (Gramophone) |
PURCELL
Songs & Dialogues Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas (bass) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 24/Feb/2001 ] This disc reveals Purcell as a songwriter of exquisite skill |
HANDEL / BACH / DOWLAND / BLOW / SCARLATTI / etc
The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Jakob Lindberg (lute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) etc [ BIS / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Artistry indeed, and praise to BIS for recognising how to honour it." Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month - July 2009 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arie Antiche Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Adagio: The Ultimate Collection Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Jenö Jandó (piano), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Emilia Csanky (oboe), Anthony Camden (oboe), Alison A [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] An ultimate collection of soothing classics to melt away the stresses of your day |
WILLIAM HAYES
The Passions: An Ode for Music (Oxford 1750) Evelyn Tubb, Ulrike Hofbauer, Sumihito Uesugi / La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Anthony Rooley [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "...the qualities of Hayes's composition emerge impressively in this excellent performance...Rooley's direction conveys the narrative of the ode astutely and demonstrates that Hayes's imaginative music is long overdue such tender loving cares."... |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / HALEVEY / BELLINI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / etc
Ezio Pinza in Opera Ezio Pinza (bass) with Grace Anthony, Giovanni Martinelli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Beniamino Gigli, etc [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 8/Mar/2006 ] "... a splendid disc" Alan Jefferson, Classical Express |
BRITTEN
Les Illuminations, Op. 18 / Quatre Chansons franASaises / Serenade,Op. 31 Felicity Lott (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Michael Thompson (horn) / Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'These are profoundly sympathetic performances, with Lott at her best in the 14-year-old composer's precocious settings of Hugo and Verlaine. Bryden Thomson and the RSNO support attentively, and the recordings are truthful and atmostpheric in the... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (complete opera recorded in 2021) Frankfurt Opera / Julia Muzychenko, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Anthony Robin Schneider / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Composed using his own libretto, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov created this magical opera based on the short story by Nikolay Gogol 'The Night before Christmas' in which Vakula the handsome blacksmith wants to marry the rich farmer's daughter Oksana, who... |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 14, 17, 25 & 26 / etc Friedrich Gulda (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concerto No.25 & No 26 (with Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54) Friedrich Gulda, piano, New Symphony Orchestra / Anthony Collins [ Testament / CD - released 27/May/2003 ] Friedrich Gulda was a dazzling and bizarre personality. He found international fame at 16 winning the Geneva International Piano Competition in 1946 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV 106 "Actus tragicus", BWV 118, BWV 198 Nancy Argenta, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 10/Apr/2000 ] "Gardiner's feeling for style and sense of drive strike a responsive chord with many music lovers. His choice of soloists is unerring, and his musicianship of the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists always imposing" (Penguin Guide) |
Graham Anthony Devine
Brouwer: Guitar Works Vol.3 [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
Graham Anthony Devine
Manha De Carnaval [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
WALTON / MAXWELL DAVIS / RAWSTHORNE / BERKELEY / etc
British Guitar Music Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Guitar Transcriptions Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] From the nineteenth century transcriptions by Francisco Tárrega to those by John Duarte and Rick Foster, the tradition of performing J.S. Bach's music on the guitar has fashioned works of great beauty and transformative power. |
LEO BROUWER
La Ciudad de las Columnas Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] This fourth volume of Leo Brouwer's guitar music consists of works ranging from his earliest, the neo-classical Suite No. 1 'Antigua', written at the age of sixteen, to his most recent compositions. Written in 2004, La ciudad de las columnas (The... |