PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (Rec 1952) [with Brunnhilde’s Immolation from Gotterdammerung rec 1948] Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Thomas Hemsley / The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Dido and Aeneas is an opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It comprises three acts and lasts about an hour. It is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 1952) Kirsten Flagstad / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Thomas Hemsley / Arda Mandikian / Mermaid Singers / Mermaid Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] When the recording first appeared in January 1953 The Gramophone commented: "At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido". |
PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Kirsten Flagstad, Warwick Braithwaite, Geraint Jones / The Mermaid Singers & Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] 'EMI's Great Recordings of the Century is exactly what it says: these classic interpretations warrant a place in everybody's collection.' (The Times) |
Lee Peggy & Quincy Jones
Blues Cross & If You Go [ American Jazz Classics / CD - released 3/Aug/2012 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Complete Symphonies Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (with soloists Gwyneth Jones, Hanna Schwarz, RenAC Kollo, Kurt Molll) [ DG The Leonard Bernstein Collector's Edition / 5 CD - released 30/May/2004 ] "They [the Vienna Philharmonic] are so proud to have this great tradition, they are so loving of what they do and of who they are. This is something I catch like a disease - it's so contagious for me because I operate in terms of love." (Leonard... |
Lin/Jones
Crawford-Seeger: The World Of [ Bis / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] |
Lloyd-Jones/Eng Northern Si
English String Miniatures Vol2 [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] |
SCHUTZ / PURCELL / GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI / HASSLER / etc
Glad Tidings: A Baroque Christmas London String Players / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Camden Wind Ensemble / Roger Norrington [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
Mozart, St
Figaro, Ariadne, Così, Fidelio, Cenerentola, Tannhäuser, Wozzeck, Carmen, Frau ohne Schatten, Capriccio, Lohengrin, Macb Ludwig, Schöffler, Güden, Kmentt, Berry, Dönch, Beirer, Della Casa, Kerns, Wiener, Jurinac, Watson, King, Jones, Groote, [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 26/Feb/2008 ] |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / BALAKIREV
Piano Concertos Malcolm Binns (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones |
Manfred Mann & Paul Jones
Original Album Series [ Warner / 5 CD - released 8/Aug/2014 ] This 5 CD set includes the Manfred Mann and Paul Jones albums The Five Faces of Manfred Mann, Mann Made, Mann Made Hits, Soul of a Mann and My Way. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "His Debussy album is so very 'complete' that it takes up 5 CD's- because he includes piano versions of a lot of music that doesn't figure in other people's collections." (CD Review) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music [6 CD set] Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Martin Jones' musicianship is perhaps seen at its best in his playing of the 'Songs Without Words'. For many years Mendelssohn's music for the keyboard was neglected but this six CD set, so beautifully played by Martin Jones, will do much to earn... |
CARLOS GUASTAVINO
The Complete Piano Music (3 CD set) Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 3 CD - released 28/May/2008 ] (In the late 19th and early 20th centuries) a number of composers of high quality remained known principally only within Argentina itself, equally inspired by European Romanticism and Argentinian traditions, working especially with a harmonic palette... |
JEAN ROGER-DUCASSE
The Complete Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2015 ] "We should be grateful to Martin Jones, Adrian Farmer and Nimbus for making this music available - and in such excellent performances and recordings, and so well presented. Their endeavours richly deserve to be rewarded with success." MusicWeb July |
KORNGOLD
The Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 4 CD - released 25/Nov/2003 ] Here the piano works are collected together for the first time, including a number of world premiere recordings. |
JOAQUIN NIN
the Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "All of this music, much of it of an intricate virtuosity, is played with unflagging brio and complete poetic empathy by Martin Jones, whose missionary zeal on behalf of Spanish music deserves every honour Spain can offer" Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 |
CARL CZERNY
Piano sonatas Vol 1 [2 CDs] Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett - Choral Works Martin Jones (piano), Graham Ashton (trumpet) / hrist Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, Stephen Darlington [ Nimbus / CD - released 25/Oct/2003 ] "This release contains temptations that put it well ahead of its rivals." - Nicholas Williams, BBC Music Magazine |
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Elevamini-Symphony No 1 / Sinfonia Concertante / etc Martin Jones (piano) Malcolm Williamson (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves [ Lyrita / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] Though Malcolm Williamson lived in London for fifty years, many of the titles and first performance venues of his works confirm that he was at heart an Australian: as well as his pieces for Australian Bicentennial Year, 1988, his last two symphonies... |