More By Artist: R. City
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Vol. 4 Rv 405, 411, 414, 416, 417, 420 & 421 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "Wallfisch's playing has extraordinary precision, and both he and the accompanying group continually communicate their enthusiasm for this endlessly inventive music" - Penguin Guide |
VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Volume 3: RV 402, 403, 407, 409, 418, 423 & 424 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / City of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (director and harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "..one marvels that Naxos can offer so much for so little! A triumphant debut for what seems destined to become one of the legendary recording projects of the decade" - BBC Music Magazine |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 4 [Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night's Dream] Rhian Lois (soprano I), Keri Fuge (soprano II) & Jennifer Pike (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] For this new recording of orchestral works by Mendelssohn, the CBSO and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, join the violinist Jennifer Pike, who made a remarkable debut at Carnegie Hall this year. She here performs the Violin Concerto in... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Facade - An Entertainment Richard Baker (narrator), Susana Walton (narrator), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The lighter side of William Walton |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BUTTERWORTH / GURNEY / FINZI
Flowers of the Field Roderick Williams (baritone) & Jeremy Irons (speaker) / City of London Choir & London Mozart Players, Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "To mark Remembrance Day this disc collects works by English composers affected by the first world war. Unlike their compatriot poets, the composers responded with uniformly elegiac feelings." (Financial Times) |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (An Opera in Two Scenes, Libretto by Paul Dehn) Roderick Williams, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, Robin Leggate, Blake Fischer / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] "A long-neglected British opera at last makes a sparkling début on record" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Sept 2004 |
BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC PREMIERES
British Light Music Premieres Vol 1 (music by Geoffrey Wright. Peter Lawson, Philip Lane, John Fox, etc) Royal Ballet Sinfonia. City of Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gavin Sutherland, with Philip Lane (piano) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Mar/2005 ] Recorded at various locations from 1974-2004 |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Magnificat Patricia Forbes (soprano) / The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] Rutter's Magnificat for soprano soloist, choir, and orchestra was written in 1990. The text, based on the prayer ascribed by St Luke to the Virgin Mary on learning that she was to give birth to Christ, is extended by the interpolation of Marian... |
GEFFREY BURGON
Viola Concerto ‘Ghosts of the Dance’ / Cello Concerto / Merciless Beauty Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Philip Dukes (viola) / Josephine Knight (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Chandos releases premiere recordings of Geoffrey Burgon's viola and cello concertos, alongside the song cycle Merciless Beauty, all performed by the City of London Sinfonia under Rumon Gamba. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Christmas Music (Incls 'On Christmas Night' & 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols') Sarah Fox (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] "Beautifully sensitive performances atmospherically recorded … irresistible … There's even a sprig of holly on the CD!" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Inspiration Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "A most rewarding CD then, sure evidence that we should henceforth be on the lookout for any performances, recorded or live, that involve Sheku Kanneh-Mason." - Gramophone |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten on Film Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano) / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] 'This generous 79-minute collection consists of the film music without the film, so if you've once seen some of the better known ones such as Night Mail or Coal Face your visual memory fills the gap. An excellent feature is the provision of Auden's... |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Now Is Drawing Near Sneak's Noyse / The City Waits / Roddy Skeaping (violin, baroque violin & viola) [ Saydisc / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 30 of the most beautiful traditional English folk carols performed in an authentic rural style with original instrument accompaniment. |
SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder Soile Isokoski / Monica Groop / Stig Andersen / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & The Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Signum SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "Sometimes less is not more. More is exhilarating...the music-making was superb...And what terrific soloists!" ***** Richard Morrison, The Times |
GOUNOD / OFFENBACH / DELIBES / THOMAS / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Sol Gabetta - Cantabile Sol Gabetta (cello) / City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, with Mihaela Ursuleasa (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 8/Feb/2018 ] Hot on the heels of her recent Shostakovich release, Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta exploits her incredibly warn, rich tone in this programme of attractive arrangements of popular classical works. |
Spike Jones and the City Slickers
Spiking The Classics (1945-1950) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] Through much of the 1930s, Spike Jones was a drummer with a variety of dance bands and stage bands in California, also working the radio studios and free-lancing on recording sessions. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work on the disc announce immediately that something special is on the way. Hough is now clearly first recommendation in the concertos'... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra Stephen Hough (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 27 / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- "This seems to me a spiffing set and pleasurable discoveries and rediscoveries await." (Gramophone) |
PERCY GRAINGER
An Introduction to Percy Grainger (Including Country Gardens & Handel in the Strand) Stephen Varco (baritone) Penelope Thwaites (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / BBC Philharmonic / City of London Sinfonia / etc [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Here's a recipe guaranteed to delight Grainger acolytes and inquisitive newcomers alike: a liberal sprinkling of old friends." (Gramophone) |
Surf City
Jekyll Island (LP) [ Fire Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] New Zealand psychgazers Surf City return with an album of sticky summer jams and fuzzy swirls and out and out dream pop blasts. Harnessing the explorations of 2013's We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This into more focused packages, the group still... |
