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FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Vol. 1 Romina Casucci (soprano) Maura Menghini (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Denver Martin‐Smith (baritone) Marco Scolastra (piano), Roberto Rupo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The start of a new exciting series: the complete songs by Paolo Tosti! Paolo Tosti (1846‐1916) worked in poverty as a music teacher till he met the influential composer Giovanni Sgambati, who became his mentor. He introduced Tosti to Princess... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano sonatas: Pathetique, Moonlight, Appassionata Ronald Smith (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] The mass appeal of certain musical compositions at the expense of others is a phenomenon that has never been satisfactorily explained, yet generations have decided that the three famous sonatas on this recording speak with a more universal voice than... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] "...Matthew Hart's Peter and the Wolf is one of the most beguiling children's ballets around." The Telegraph |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2016 ] Choreography Matthew Hart Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev's musical fairy tale, has been delighting children since 1936. Nearly 60 years later, in 1995, the young choreographer Matthew Hart created a witty choreographed version for the Royal Ballet... |
PAGANINI / SARASATE / VIVALDI / KREISLER / SAINT-SAËNS / BACH / etc
Ruggiero Ricci - Complete American Decca Recordings Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with Leon Pommers, Brooks Smith (piano) / Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Max Rudolf [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "His hand has never been surer, his tone never more beautiful than in these enchanting performances, which are aglow with spontaneity, wit, and sheer delight … a classic matching of interpreter and material." Stereo Review |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (complete ballet recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY San Francisco Ballet / Damian Smith / Elizabeth Powell / David Karapetyan / Martin West (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] 'The opulent new version of the seasonal classic, launched spectacularly by the San Francisco Ballet, is every parent's dream of a holiday treat. It looks scrumptious, tastes delicious, offers substantial nourishment and won't cause cavities.' San... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (complete ballet choreographed by Helgi Tomasson recorded in 2007) San Francisco Ballet / Damian Smith / Elizabeth Powell / Davit Karapetyan / Martin West (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] G : - Recorded live at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, on 19 and 20 December 2007. |
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Simon Smith
Hallgrimsson: Music For Solo P [ Delphian / CD - released 25/Aug/2008 ] |
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Simon Smith
Macrae: Piano Sonata [ Delphian / CD ] |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Complete Piano Music Simon Smith (piano) [ Delphian / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Simon Smith has the technical wherewithal and serious musicianship that enable him to convey seemingly intractable passages with narrative cogency...His thoroughly researched annotations add further value to an important release." (Gramophone) |
BARTOK / KURTAG
Signs, Games & Messages: Solo Violin Works by Bartók & Kurtág Simon Smith (violin) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Renowned British violinist and pedagogue Simon Smith makes his Resonus debut with an extraordinary disc of intensely virtuosic works for unaccompanied violin by two Hungarian composers - the late Sonata for Solo Violin by Belá Bartók and Signs, Games... |
KODALY / DOHNANYI
Kodály & Dohnányi: Chamber Works for Strings Simon Smith (violin), Clare Hayes (violin), Paul Silverthorne (viola) & Katherine Jenkinson (cello) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Following on from his acclaimed Resonus debut of solo works by Bartók and Kurtág (Signs, Games & Messages - RES10167), virtuoso violinist Simon Smith returns to the label with an enticing programme of chamber works for strings by Zoltán Kodály and... |
SCHUBERT / DEBUSSY / MOZART / SCHUMANN / GRANADOS
Children's Corner - Music for Guitar Johan Smith (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Multi-award-winning guitarist Johan Smith has considerably extended his instrument's repertoire with this selection of transcriptions celebrating childhood in a variety of ways. These popular piano works - Schubert's Erlkönig, Granados's atmospheric... |
Smith - Delunsch - Falix, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
French Cantatas by Clerambault, Collin de Blamont & Stuck [ Archiv blue / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] the new dedicated reduced-price catalogue series for Archiv Produktion. |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur (Complete Opera) Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday / English Baroque, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
PHILIP GLASS
Complete String Quartets The Smith Quartet [ Signum / 2 CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "If success was measured according to output and sales units alone, Glass would be head and shoulders above his contemporaries ... played with characteristic precision and projection by the ensemble" Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dances The Smith Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] The Smith Quartet return to Signum with a new album of commissions and world premiere recordings, all centered on the theme of 'Dance'. The featured programme is a veritable 'who's-who' of contemporary composition, including works from Michael... |
STEVE REICH
Different Trains The Smith Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] "the Smith Quartet on the admirable Signum label is beautifully clear, and played with a rather touching delicacy which brings out the subtle poetry of the ending" BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ghost Stories The Smith Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] The Independent on Sunday "As versatile as the Kronos Quartet, and smoother than the Brodskys, The Smith Quartet have edged ahead of their competitors in contemporary chamber music" |
PURCELL
Hail Bright Cecilia / Come ye Sons of Art / Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary Jennifer Smith, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
