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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concerto Nos 1 and 2 / Viola Concerto James Ehnes (violin / viola) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 21/Sep/2011 ] "I can't think of a finer CD version of the First Concerto than this...[Ehnes's] rich, yielding tone makes an even stronger impression [in the Viola Concerto], reminiscent of William Primrose in his prime" Gramophone Award Finalist 2012: Concerto |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold en Italie / Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 / etc James Ehnes (violin & viola) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] The virtuosic and nine-times Juno-winning Canadian James Ehnes is centre stage in a new recording of orchestral works by Berlioz, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. This recording follows an extraordinarily rare... |
WILLIAM WALTON / CONSTANT LAMBERT
Walton/Lambert: Façades James Geer (tenor) Andrew West, Ronald Woodley (piano) [ Somm / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Façades takes its title from Walton's era-defining "entertainment", heard here in arrangements for four-hand piano of its two orchestral Suites by Lambert - regarded by Walton as the definitive reciter of Edith Sitwell's nonsense verses. |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
Cox and Box / Trial by Jury (Complete operettas) James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Donald Maxwell, Rebecca Evans / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] "If you are a G& If S fan, you won't be able to live without this disc; if you are not, this CD just might convert you." (William Dart NZ Herald 3rd Aug 2005) |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies, Benedict Kearns / Academy of Ancient Music & King's College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Cleobu [ King's College SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2017 ] "The Academy of Ancient Music retains it standing as one of the best period music ensembles in the world, King's College nonpareil among contemporary sacred music bands, and the recording gorgeously captured in a venue most of us are quite familiar." |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 James Gilchrist, Stephan Loges, Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley, Reginald Mobley / Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "..a thoughtfully moulded, expertly executed and deeply committed reading, so honestly communicative of its intent and so free of self-conscious monumentalism, sententiousness or melodramatics...one of his finest achievements." Gramophone |
MURIEL HERBERT
Songs James Gilchrist (tenor) Alison Tynan (soprano) David Owen Norris (piano) [ LINN / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "If her music is innately conservative, her harmonic palette and melodic invention are individual; these songs linger in the memory." The Guardian, 29th May 2009 **** |
ROGER QUILTER
Quilter: Songs James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tibrook (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] Born in Sussex in 1877, Roger Quilter was a fellow-student of Percy Grainger, Cyril Scott, and H. Balfour Gardiner at the Hoch Conservatory, in Frankfurt, where he studied for almost five years under the guidance of the German professor of... |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Songs of Lennox Berkeley James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tibrook (piano) Alison Nicholls (harp) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "The tenor James Gilchrist sings sweetly and cleanly, without affectation, and Anna Tilbrook is finely responsive to the subtleties of the piano parts." (Daily Telegraph) |
LEIGHTON / BRITTON
Earth, Sweet Earth / Winter Words James Gilchrist (tenor) / Anna Tilbrook (piano) [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Gilchrist and Tilbrook are an outstandingly accomplished and sensitive modern combination...the Leighton is a great gift." Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Song Cycles James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jul/2015 ] James Gilchrist's latest recording for Linn encompasses three of the greatest examples of the song cycle genre. Moving away from English song into the core Germanic Lieder repertoire, James's expressive tenor voice is ideally suited to showcase the... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge (with Warlock-The Curlew / Gurney-Ludlow & Teme) James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) / Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ LINN SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Solo Vocal -- "The developing tale of Bredon Hill has never been more vividly told on records, and the desolation of Warlock's masterpiece becomes more poignant still because of the beauty evoked...Gurney's... |
FINZI
Dies natalis / Farewell to Arms / 2 Sonnets James Gilchrist (tenor) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "James Gilchrist's singing is guided by a refined (yet passionate) sensibility, just right for Finzi, and his voice has substantial reserves of resonance and power." (Gramophone) |
FRANCIS POTT
The Cloud of Unknowing James Gilchrist (tenor) Jeremy Filsell (organ) / Varsari Singers / Jeremy Backhouse [ Signum / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "James Gilchrist is a passionate and occasionally volatile soloist… Jeremy Backhouse and the mighty Vasaris give this uneven piece everything they can muster. It is worth persevering with." Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 |
James Gilchrist (tenor) Matthew Wadsworth (lute)
When Laura Smiles: Lute solos and songs from Elizabethan England [ Avie / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "This disc is pleasurable, urbane, civilized, beautifully presented and recorded. For anyone who loves or who is even just interested in this repertoire then I would advise you to snap it up without delay." (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
GREGSON / STEPTOE / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GOLLAND
British Tuba Concertos James Gourlay (tuba) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2007 ] James Gourlay is a considerable player, an imposing presence in the Gregson Concerto with his glowing lyricism (he conveys a strong brass-band identity but nuanced with a thoughtful and cultivated chamber-music sound) and a direct, unequivocal... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Durham Cathedral (concert recorded in 2013) [plus free Blu-ray & CD] James Lancelot (Grand organ of Durham Cathedral) [ Priory DVD Blu-ray + CD / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] This is Priory's 12th DVD in its series "The Grand Organ." The stunning camera work and sound in stereo or 5.1 surround has led to high critical acclaim and critics have hailed the series as "the greatest in the history of recorded organ music."... |
James McMurtry
Just Us Kids [ Lightning Rod Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2008 ] On 'Just Us Kids', James McMurty follows up his critically acclaimed 'Childish Things' with a dozen new, sharply drawn illuminations as he continues to hone and expand his considerable gifts. |
SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY
Organ Works James McVinnie (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] "For the organ enthusiast keen to fill a gap in the collection. Works that are remarkable for their historical significance but nothing more than pleasant despite stylish and polished playing" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |
James Moody
Four Classic Albums (Wail Moody, Wail / Hi-Fi Party / Flute 'N The Blues / Moody's Mood For Love) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] James Moody is one of a select band of brave jazzmen who became known not only for their fine sax playing but for their adoption of the instrument, relatively unheard of in jazz, the flute! James Moody began his career in jazz after a spell in the... |
