More By Artist: Richard Little
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GOODWIN / BLISS / ARNOLD / RAWSTHORNE / COATES / ALWYN / etc
British Film Classics [2 CD set] BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox; Earl Wild piano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] 'British Film Classics' represents some of the greatest film music ever written in some of the finest recorded performances. The repertoire juxtaposes some much-loved film scores with unexpected and original items, to form a highly satisfying and... |
ROGER SMALLEY
Pulses for brass, percussion and electronics BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bernas [ NMC / CD - released 4/Jun/2005 ] "Pulses is still fresh and impressive 25 years on, its sound growing inexorably like cumulus clouds... The performers... do the piece full justice, prompting a query as to why it has not been played more often." The Wire 1994 |
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Pardoner's Tale / The Nun's Priest Tale / Franklin's Tale [Middle English] (Unabridged) Richard Bebb (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] These three tales from The Canterbury Tales are read in the original Middle English by Richard Bebb under the direction of Britain's foremost Chaucer scholar, Derek Brewer. This was Bebb's last recording-he died shortly after finishing it-but though... |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue / The Physician's Tale (Unabridged) Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Michael Maloney (narrators) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording, the... |
HANDEL
Song for St Cecilia's Day Mary Bevan (soprano) & Ed Lyon (tenor) / Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle [ Delphian / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] Following the widespread critical acclaim of their debut recording, 'Alexander's Feast', Ludus Baroque brings their celebrated verve to Handel's 'Song for St Cecilia's Day'. Coupled with his miniature cantata for tenor, 'Look down Harmonius Saint',... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1937) with additional arias Bidu Sayao / Sydney Rayner / Richard Bonelli / Maurice Abravanel (cond) [ Naxos Immortal Performances / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Manon was Sayão's debut at the Met and introduces us to the exquisite, already accomplished art of this marvellously beautiful and gifted soprano. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Singers of the Century: 35 Supreme Voices Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Fritz Wunderlich, Richard Lewis, Leontyne Price, Mario Del Monaco, etc [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Thirty five magnificent voices in arias from operas we all know and love. |
ALFONSO FERRABOSCO
Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 Richard Boothby [ Signum / 2 CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 continues Richard Boothby's acclaimed exploration of early English viol repertoire. Joined by Sam Stadlen and Jo Levine, Boothby performs Ferrabosco's Lessons for 1, 2 &... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRITTEN / HOLST / WARLOCK
English String Music Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2004 ] "the strings of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Richard Studt give freshly alive and highly spontaneous perfomrances" - Classic CD |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes / etc Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] This newly remastered recording presents a varied selection of orchestral works by Benjamin Britten, performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Richard Hickox, to mark the great composer's centenary year. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] Recorded in Bournemouth in 1994, this album, highly recommended by the Penguin Guide a year later, is now re-issued at 'classic Chandos' price. |
KORNGOLD / STEINER / YOUNG / ROZSA
Captain Blood / The Three Musketeers / Scaramouche / The King's Thief (original film scores) Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Kaufman (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "An ensemble that has this genre of music running clearly in its collective blood....A valuable issue altogether" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
The Merchant of Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Richard Angas (Duke of Venice), Christopher Ainslie, Charles Workman, Adrian Clarke, Norman Patzke / Erik Nielsen [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Apr/2015 ] "Bergian in idiom, it's a fine if uneven piece...Magdalena Anna Hofmann is a superb Portia; Jason Bridges exudes charm as Lorenzo; Eröd and Ainslie are heartbreaking and unforgettable." (The Guardian) |
LIZA LEHMANN / ARTHUR SOMERVELL / MAUDE WHITE
Splendid Tears: Setting of Alfred, Lord Tennyson Brian Thorsett, Richard Masters [ EM Records / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] A perusal of a catalogue of English-language musical settings quickly reveals the powerful attraction composers have had to the verse of Tennyson. |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle -: Sung in English (translation by Chester Kallman) Sally Burgess, Sir John Tomlinson / Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Eileen Farrell, Carol Smith, Richard Lewis, New York Philharmonic & Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Bernstein's first recording of the Missa Solemnis is notable for its high-voltage theatrical impact and committed choral singing. Introspective moments are hampered by close miking." (BBC Music) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Baroque Festival Capella Istropolitana, Richard Erdlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/1994 ] Baroque Festival: Selected works by Pachelbel, Sammartini and more |
TRADITIONAL
The Manchester Carols Carol Ann Duffy, Sasha Johnson Manning / Manchester Carollers / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tanner [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] This new sequence of Christmas carols was written in 2007 by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and premièred in the same year. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Valiant for truth / Prelude and Fugue in C minor / etc Carys Lane (soprano) Ian Watson (organ) Malcolm Hicks (organ) / Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. - "this stimulating VW compilation undoubtedly deserves a hearty welcome." (Gramophone) |
