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MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / GLINKA / MASSENET / BEETHOVEN / HAHN / etc
Souvenirs de Venise The Songmakers' Almanac with Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ann Murray and Richard Jackson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Delightful' - The Sunday Times |
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Starker/Nikkanen/Kim/Johnson
Janos Starker Celebration [ Delos / CD ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: His Life and Music [Book plus 2 CDs] Stephen Johnson [ Naxos Books / 2 CD/Book - released 15/May/2017 ] This book contains 2 CDs of carefully chosen pieces spanning Wagner's life. |
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BIRTWISTLE
Punch and Judy: A tragical comedy or a comical tragedy Stephen Roberts, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, David Wilson- Johnson & John Tomlinson / London Sinfonietta / David Atherton [ NMC / 2 CD - released 15/May/2007 ] ‘As a whole the opera loses none of its powerful and sustained impact when compared with Birtwistle’s own more mature compositions. If anything, its startling primitivisms stand out more vividly, while its not inconsiderable moments of reflection and... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
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RACHMANINOV
The Bells / Vocalise / Dances from 'Aleko' / Capriccio bohemien Suzanne Murphy (soprano) Keith Lewis (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Rachmaninov, one of the twentieth-century's most enduringly popular composers, is represented here with acclaimed performances of some of his greatest compositions. |
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Syl Johnson Meets Smokey Smothers
Chicago Blues: The 60s New Breed [ Jasmine / CD - released 12/May/2022 ] Two artists who recorded for the legendary FEDERAL label in 1959 and 1960. 24 tracks offering a perfect snapshot of the R&B scene at the time, several of which include the guitar work of blues legend Freddie King. Experience the sounds that had... |
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SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante / Gran Concerto in F sharp minor / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 1 / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "At the heart of most of the music by Bottesini which I have heard, there is an essential simplicity, a kind of directness of feeling, a sense of social conversation, which while it may not make for music of great profundity certainly led Bottesini... |
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ANTON WEBERN
Webern: Vocal and Orchestral Works - 5 Pieces / 5 Sacred Songs / Variations / Bach-Musical Offering: Ricercar Tony Arnold / Claire Booth / David Wilson-Johnson / Simon Joly Chorale / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Many of the performances are by the Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, a group of veteran New York new-music players who could just as well call themselves the Robert Craft All-Stars…their interpretations reflect Mr. Craft's half century of... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Operas [incls 'Peter Grimes', 'The Turn of the Screw' & 'Billy Budd'] Various Artists incls Pop Wagner, James Bowman, Ian Bostridge, Angelika Kirchschlager, Elisabeth Comeaux Nelson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott [ Erato Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2019 ] Gramophone Awards 1988 Winner - Opera |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Songs: Volume 1 [2 CD set] Various artists including Andrew Tortise, Ben Johnson, Caryl Hughes, Philip Smith & Nicky Spence [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "James Geer, a tenor with an instinct for the inflection of poetry that matches the composer's own, offers 'A Dirge'...Katherine Broderick brings by turns a forlorn beauty and a fiery plangency to the Pushkin settings of The Poet's Echo" (Financial... |
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Watanabe/Johnson
Various: Summer Song [ Profil / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] |
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Wilson-Johnson/Norris
Somervell's Maud & Shropshire [ Helios / CD - released 5/Nov/2001 ] |
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Alphonso Johnson
Moonshadows / Yesterday's Dreams / Spellbound [ Bgo / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] |
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J.S. BACH
St John Passion (Complete Oratorio) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Marjana Lipovsek, Angela Maria Blasi / Concertus musicus Wien / Harnoncourt [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] The Austrian cellist, viol player, and conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt was born in Berlin, grew up in Graz (Austria) and studied the cello in Vienna, where from 1952 to 1969 he was a cellist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (complete oratorio) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Olaf Bar / The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv Collectors Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Gardiner's celebrated Christmas Oratorio, first released in 1987, offered at mid-price for the first time. With soloists including Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta and Anne Sofie von Otter. |
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Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] |
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Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Leadbelly, etc
Legends Of The Acoustic Guitar: Laid Back Licks & Playful Picks [ Not Now Music / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2015 ] Throughout history, the guitar has formed a bridge between the often disconnected worlds of classical, folk and popular music. A comprehensive collection of acoustic guitar recordings would fill several rooms, but this 3CD set offers a representative... |