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ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incls 'Enchanted Summer' & 'Walsinghame') Martyn Hill (tenor) Anne Williams-Kingm, Lynore McWhirter (sopranos) / Brighton Festival Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This issue represents a considerable achievement for all involved. The spacious recording copes beautifully with everything Bax can muster.' Hi-Fi News |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
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HENRY KIMBALL HADLEY
Hadley: The Ocean, Op.99, Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.64, etc National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] accessible and enthusiastically played. |
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GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
McKay: Harbor Narrative / Evocation Symphony National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "This Naxos release serves as an exceptional ear-opener in documenting just how substantial and individualistic was his achievement as a nationalist composer...The word "evocative" leaps to mind..." Fanfare |
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Original soundtrack composed & conducted by John Williams
Star Wars - Attack of the Clones [remastered] [ Universal / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] 'Attack of the Clones' has been remastered, featuring new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. The soundtrack was reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound. |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Poisoned Kiss (Compete opera) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano; Roderick Williams baritone; Graham-Hall tenor; Richard Suart baritone; Adrian Partington Singers; BBC National Orc [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "So it's a damp pastiche of G&S: does that matter when the music is so glorious?" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
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Pat Metheny, with Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez & Ben Williams
Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions [ Nonesuch / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] "Once you've heard Pat Metheny you will always recognise him, no matter what company he's in or what instrument he's playing, be it a simple acoustic guitar or some unlikely invention of his own. Beneath it all there's a frank, open-hearted... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: Charles Williams & the QHLO Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, Charles Williams [ Guild / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Charles Williams conducting the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra |
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HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Planets / Symphony No. 4 Ralph Vaughan Williams / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] "Wonderful to have such amazing historical audio documents of two great English composers conducting their own works. This was a release that I enjoyed from start to finish" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 5 (rec 1952) / Dona Nobis Pacem (rec 1936) Renee Flynn, Roy Henderson / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vaughan Williams [ Somm / CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Historic Archive - "…a reading which combines noble breadth, songful rapture and glowing sincerity" (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Black Swans: Mid Century Robert McFerrin snr, Marian Anderson, William Warfield, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Carol Brice etc. [ Parnassus / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2021 ] Follow-up to VERY successful Black Swans' (first African American Classical artists which sold out in USA. First time on CD |
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Robert Pete Williams
The Sonet Blues Story [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2005 ] Available as an import from Europe. |
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GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Roderick Williams (baritone) Iian Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] In this, the first of a series of three recordings of Schubert's great song cycles for Chandos, Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside bring their formidable talents to bear on one of the pinnacles of classical lieder. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Lieder und Gesange Roderick Williams (baritone), Ann Murray (mezzo) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "…the wonderful Roderick Williams… animates and energises everything he does. He sings with relish, makes the most of the words… and infectiously communicates a pleasure that it can't always have been easy to feel…" BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 **** |
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FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works Volume 5 (Includes Suite for Strings & Two Songs of Robert Bridges) Roderick Williams, baritone BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "Charming miniatures performed with great refinement ... enchants from beginning to end. Strongly recommended" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
The Moth Requiem / etc Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Singers & Nash Ensemble, Nicholas Kok [ Signum / CD - released 1/May/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Choral |
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IAN VENABLES
The Song of the Severn Roderick Williams (baritone) / Carducci String Quartet, with Graham J Lloyd (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Venables' music is unashamedly rooted in the English pastoral tradition...The two song cycles that Roderick Williams sings with his usual exemplary musicality and tact show how convincing Venables' occupation of that world can be." |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Sea Drift / Cynara (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Hallé Choir & Hallé Youth Choir, Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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SCHUBERT
Der Wanderer: Schubert Lieder Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] "This is a most intelligently planned programme and the execution by Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside is superb." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2016) |