BUSTAMENTE / TIRAO / LOBO / ALVARADO / CARRILLO / BARRIOS / etc
South American Guitar Music Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "Devine plays this South American repertory with much understanding, affinity and immaculate attention to every dimension of execution. On this recording he employs two different instruments: Otto Rauch and Graham Emes (Reis, Laurenz)." MusicWeb |
J. C. BACH
Complete Symphonies [Special price 5 CD set] The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (complete opera recorded in 1956) Jennifer Vyvyan, Anthony Lewis, William Herbert / New Symphony Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis [ Australian Eloquence / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2018 ] A pioneering Handel recording of the 1950s in a new digital remastering. The scholar and conductor Anthony Lewis was one of the early luminaries of the L'OiseauLyre label which became, over time, the early-music imprint of Decca. Drawing on his... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Hymnus Paradisi / A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song Joan Rodgers (soprano) / Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Bruce Ogston (baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
W. A. MOZART
Eugene Ormandy conducts Mozart Wind Concertos John de Lancie (ob) Bernard Garfield (bassoon) William Kincaid (fl) Anthony Gigliotti (clar) Mason Jones (horn) / Philadelphia Orch., Eugene Ormandy [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2017 ] Rarely thought of as a Mozart conductor, Eugene Ormandy made delightful recordings of all the wind and brass concertos with his "Fabulous Philadelphians" between 1957 and 1962. Known best for its sumptuous strings, the Philadelphia Orchestra has also... |
John Winter, Anthony Burns-Cox, Michael Overbury, Marc Rochester, (organ)Robinson College, Romsey Abbey, Newark Parish Church, St. David's Hall.
Priory LP Archive Series Volume 2 [ Priory / CD - released 27/May/2004 ] Recorded between 1981 and 1984 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten - War Requiem (with works by Penderecki & Berg) Kari Lovaas, Theo Adam, Anthony Roden, Dresdner Philharmonie, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] The common theme of the three works presented here is Death, the transience of earthly existence. Britten's famous War Requiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims, dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry. |
THE KING'S SINGERS
The King's Singers: Madrigals & Songs from the Renaissance The King's Singers with The Consorte of Musicke, Anthony Rooley & Tragicomedia [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] Founded at King's College in Cambridge in 1968, the King's Singers are one of the world's most sought-after and acclaimed vocal ensembles. This amazing set repackages eight of their greatest albums. |
W.A. MOZART
Litanies / Vespers / Oratorios / Cantatas / Masonic Music SPECIAL PRICE Kiri Te Kanawa / Arleen Auger / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Edith Mathis / Ilena Cotrubas / Fuchs / Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg / Staatskapelle Dresden [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Box 11 / 13 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] The Philips Mozart Edition is now at budget price |
RAVEL
Tzigane: music for violin, cello & piano Kristian Winther (violin) Anthony Romaniuk (piano) Michelle Wood (cello) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Recorded in a pleasantly resonant acoustic, produced to the Melba label's high packaging standards and given an orange glow like antipodean sunlight, this is a SACD disc to treasure...this is one disc I can see myself taking on holiday... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The very best of Handel: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Kym Amps (soprano) Ulrike Andersen (alto) Johann Aratore (organ) Anthony Camden (oboe) Alan Cuckston (harpsichord) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
YORK BOWEN / IMOGEN HOLST / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Chamber Music with Viola Yue Yu (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano), Jeffrey Armstrong (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] An accomplished horn and viola player, York Bowen is said to have preferred the tone of the viola to the violin. Inspired by the virtuosity and vibrato style of the distinguished violist, Lionel Tertis, Bowen wrote several works for him and became... |
ROGER QUILTER
O Mistress Mine / To Daisies / Julia's Hair / Go, Lovely Rose and other songs Lisa Milne (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Duke Quartet [ Naxos The English Song Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Roger Quilter was born in Hove in 1877 into comfortable family circumstances. His father was Sir Cuthbert Quilter, who in 1881 founded the National Telephone Company and was for... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Sacrifice (complete opera) Lisa Milne (sop) Leigh Melrose (bar), Christopher Purves (bass) Sarah Tynan (sop) Peter Hoare (ten) / Welsh National Opera, Anthony Negus [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] 'There is no mistaking James MacMillan has a popular hit on his hands, with the cries of bravo as the curtain fell on the world premiere of his new opera.' (Western Mail) |
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Tears on my Pillow [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Little Anthony & The Imperials were one of the greatest Doo Wop groups of all time. |
BAX / BENJAMIN / BERKELEY / STEVENS / PANUFNIK
Works for String Orchestra London Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Bernard / The Boyd Neel Orchestra [ Lyrita Mono / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] 'Let us composers, too, remember what Boyd Neel has done for us. Not only has he asked for and used new music but - here's the difference - he has used it many times. If Boyd Neel and his orchestra like and believe in new music, they play it over and... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
The Best of Delius [Incls 'In a Summer Garden' & 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden'] London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Five substantial pieces of 'classic' Delius are brought together on this remarkable and heartfelt tribute to the English composer (who spent very little of his actual career in England!), Frederick Delius. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "Collins's readings possess a red-blooded fervour and thrusting energy to which many will rightly respond" (Gramophone) |
BRITTEN
War Requiem (Complete oratorio) Lorna Haywood (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Atlanta Boy Choir, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "This current re-issue from the not-so-very-recent past deserves a warm and enthusiastic welcome back to the catalogue" (MusicWeb 2004) |
Brahms, Jo
Lieder: Aus "Deutsche Volkslieder", Zigeunerlieder aus op. 103, Der Gang zum Liebchen op. 48,1; Sonntag op. 47,3; Mädche Marjana Lipovsek, Folkwang Gitarren Duo, Anthony Spiri [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Sep/1997 ] |