More By Artist: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Kathryn Stott: The complete solo recordings Kathryn Stott (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Kathryn Stott: The Complete Solo Recordings presents the celebrated British pianist's entire solo recording output on Conifer Records, newly remastered and collected together in this 9 CD box set. Features works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt,... |
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Piano Concerto / Worldes Blis Kathryn Stott (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2013 ] Dedicated to Kathryn Stott, Peter Maxwell Davies's Piano Concerto is "one of the most attractive and immediately likeable piano concertos to appear for some time. Miss Stott's performance must be regarded as definitive in its comprehensive grasp of... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Dance Kerenza Peacock (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] Oliver Davis writes: "Dance is the third in a series of albums, Flight and Seasons having been released in 2015. My musical association with dance began when Erico Montes (First Artist with the Royal Ballet) choreographed the ballet Within the Hours... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Liberty Kerenza Peacock (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "Slick, lyrical and bubbly, Davis's concert music is a happy extension of his work for TV and film. Bacchus is a joyful pizzicato piece of mischief." BBC Music 4 out of 5 stars |
VARIOUS
Lang Lang - The Disney Book Lang Lang (piano), with Andrea Bocelli & Gina Alice / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ziegler [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] "What could so easily have turned into a hotel lobby-style piano amble in fact does a lot better than that. There's a broad range of Disney from across the ages plus a nice variety of pace, and one or two of the arrangements are engagingly clever." |
ROLF MARTINSSON
Martinsson: Presentiment (Orchestral Works) Lisa Larsson (soprano), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor), Sakari Oramo (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] One of Sweden's leading composers, Rolf Martinsson had an international breakthrough with the trumpet concerto Bridge, composed for Håkan Hardenberger who has also recorded it (BIS-1208). Martinsson has since gone on to compose soloistic works for... |
MICHAEL NYMAN
Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Josep Vicent [ MN / Launch Music / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Michael Nyman Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial pays tribute to the 96 Liverpool football fans who lost their lives in 1989 and for whom Justice has only recently been served. Nyman sets the names of the 96 victims to music in the opening... |
MICHAEL NYMAN
Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Josep Vicent [ Michael Nyman / CD - released 29/Oct/2015 ] Michael Nyman Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial pays tribute to the 96 Liverpool football fans who lost their lives in 1989 and for whom Justice has only recently been served. Nyman sets the names of the 96 victims to music in the opening... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Box of Delights-British Light Music Gems London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Joly (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Recorded in 1989 two of London’s leading orchestras perform a selection of very neglected light music classics. This collection borders on the very unusual with a feast that includes the suite ‘London Fields’ by Phyllis Tate, ‘Russian Scenes’ by... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (1928, 1938) London Select Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] "Classic and mostly pioneering recordings of Delius by his finest ever interpreter, Sir Thomas Beecham." - Classic FM (Robert Layton), August, 2000 |
ALUN HODDINOTT
Symphony No.2 / Symphony No.3 / Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar / David Atherton / Andrew Davis [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Alun Hoddinott is one of the best and most resourceful of living British symphonists, and the return to the catalogue of three demonstrations of that fact is welcome. … these symphonies are more than ‘resourceful’, more than examples of formal... |
HOOKED ON CLASSICS
Hooked On Classics: The Ultimate Collection Louis Clark & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Music Club Deluxe / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] The Hooked-On-Classics series brings together classical legends like Tchaikovsky, Bach and Mozart and gives them a unique disco twist. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op. 51 / Karelia Suite, Op. 11 (excerpts) / Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Kajanus [ Naxos Historical Kajanus conducts Sibelius Vol 2 / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] "The programme is artfully sequenced. First we get the fey and fragile exotica, glistening fantasy and wan orientalism of Belshazzar's Feast. Then come the exuberant outer movements of the Karelia Suite...Phrasing is nicely sculpted throughout." MW |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor (with Shostakovich-Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 126) Lynn Harrell (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Avie / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "a generous coupling of two masterworks, both of which are delivered in performances of distinction and personality." (MusicWeb may 2006) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Serenade for Strings Maria Kliegel (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Halasz, conductor. Capella Istropolitana. Adrian Leaper, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] Sir Edward Elgar enjoys a curious reputation in his own country. To many he is, above all, the composer of the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, the celebrator of Edwardian Imperialism, the man who preferred the races to a rehearsal of his Violin... |
BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / POPPER / etc
Maria Kliegel - Anniversary Edition Maria Kliegel (cello) / with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Camerata Transsylvanica, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Her playing has great virtuosity, but it is her phrasing especially in the Elgar, which suggests a great musical intelligence" - Classic CD |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Song Cycles: Rackert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] Marilyn Horne's plum-tinged mezzo and the music of Mahler are inseparable. So far, only the Fahrenden Gesellen songs and the Kindertotenlieder have made their way to CD (now deleted), so it is appropriate to collect on a single CD, the three... |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Le Prophete (Complete opera recorded in 1976) Marilyn Horne, Renata Scotto, James McCracken, Jerome Hines / Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Lewis [ Sony Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "The role calls for a Brünnhilde range with an Amneris-type voice: the vocal flexibility and dramatic punch needed are extraordinary. Miss Horne has them all, and she brings out the pathos of the part without sentimentalizing it." (Gramophone) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Piano Concerto & Concert champêtre Mark Bebbington (piano), Jan Latham-Koenig, John Roberts (oboe), Jonathan Davies (bassoon) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Resonus / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
RODERICK ELMS
Festive Frolic: A celebration of Christmas Mark Wilde (tenor) Stuart Nicholson (organ) Joyful Company of Singers / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Stephen Bell [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] Roderick Elms' Christmas music ranges from charming and witty arrangements of well-loved traditional carols to new settings and festive orchestral pieces written for this very special season. The charm and immediate appeal of his music has been... |
