More By Artist: Andrew W.K
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ROZSA / BARTOK / SERLY
Viola Concertos Lawrence Power, viola / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Power's supreme artistry fuels performances of works by composers who are linked...All are energised by the orchestra's vigour." The Telegraph, 13th September 2010 ***** |
PROKOFIEV / KABALEVSKY
Cello Works Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "Never has this often underestimated work [the Prokofiev Sonata] seemed more rich in incident and so eloquently expressive." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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... |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Cantata BWV63 'Christen, aetzet diesen Tag' / Von Himmel Hoch / The First Nowell Lisa Milne / Ruxandra Donose / Andrew Staples / Christopher Maltman / London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The LPO and Choir provide serious nourishment while opening our ears to the sort of Christmas music that gets overlooked amid the tinsel...Jurowski makes an unlikely but worthy VW champion...All in all, this is a programme combining enterprise and... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / 4 Choral Pieces Ittai Shapira (violin) Tedd Joselson (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenk [ Alto / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "Particularly beautifully captured, are the LSO's strings in the Adagio for Strings ... However, it is the Piano Concerto which is the main attraction, with superb playing by the soloist. His piano is nicely placed in a sensible relationship with the... |
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... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lucy Crowe, Andrew Staples, Tim Mead, Christopher Purves / Le Concert d'Astrae, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "..the fusion of dramatic mood, orchestral texture and an inspired soloist often pays off handsomely." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alceste (complete opera) Lucy Crowe / Benjamin Hulett / Andrew Foster Williams / Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Alcestis's journey to the Underworld is enchanting, with Curnyn's fleet strings, intimately proportioned chorus, and polished soloists" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Opera WINNER |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Chamber Music and Songs Madeleine Mitchell / Roger Chase / Andrew Ball / Jeremy Huw-Williams [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] "The performances on this CD are - as usual from Naxos - of a very high standard and the various performers sound as if they have been playing this music all of their lives" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
RAWSTHORNE / HOROVITZ / WALLEN / HISCOCKS / KNEHANS / MUSGRAVE / etc
Madeleine Mitchell - Violin Conversations Madeleine Mitchell (violin), with Andrew Ball, Errollyn Wallen, Wendy Hiscocks, Nigel Clayton & others [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Violinist Madeleine Mitchell has inspired new works from a variety of composers, many of whom share connections of various kinds. 'Conversations' sit at the heart of an album in which four pianist composers join Mitchell to perform their works. |
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Alessandro Marangoni (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "Tuneful, lushly scored, unpretentious and superbly crafted, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's two piano concertos (1927, 1936) deserve their stylish resuscitation by the young Italian pianist Alessandro Marangoni, who had to dig in dusty libraries to find... |
MIHKEL KEREM
Kerem: Orchestral Music Vol.2: Symphonies 7 & 8 Andrew Manze, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem - born in Tallinn in 1981 and a front-desk violinist in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015 - used the Covid lockdown to produce no fewer than four symphonies, two of them, his Seventh and Eighth,... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos (LP) Marc-André Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / LP - released 13/Sep/2024 ] The two piano concertos of Shostakovich, though strikingly different from each other, have both become twentieth-century classics. The first has long been one of Marc-Andre Hamelin's party pieces and we are delighted to have paired him with Andrew... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 / (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] Marc-André Hamelin yet again displays his phenomenal technique in performances of three twentieth-century piano concertos. |
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 / Four Piano Pieces Op 119 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] Marc-André Hamelin's pianistic authority and, when required, thrilling virtuosity are underpinned by a deep understanding of Brahms's epic second piano concerto. He is magnificently partnered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Litton, and... |
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 83 / Four Piano Pieces Op 119 Marc-Andra Hamelin (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] "Very satisfying all round … particularly rewarding to hear this piece played at just the right tempo" (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Incidental Music to Macbeth, King Arthur & The Merry Wives of Windsor Margaret MacDonald (mezzo) / RTÉ Chamber Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Arthur Sullivan is best remembered today for his Savoy Operas with W.S. Gilbert, but during his lifetime Sullivan was also famed for his church, concert hall and stage works. These three sets of incidental music show his versatility in the genre. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica / Four Last Songs / Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "This would be my present first choice ... The Bergen players are especially effective, the huge orchestration never cluttered or opaque in SACD spaciousness ..." BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2017 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 Mark Padmore, Sally Matthews, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "You can really tell that Rattle loves this work. His approach is full of affection - listen to the care he lavishes on the stunning ending of Part Two - but also architectural breadth." (MusicWeb) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4 Martin Helmchen / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Andrew Manze [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Beethoven's piano concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers. Thus one can still hear the... |
