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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Marina Poplavskaya, Joseph Calleja / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ EMI / Warner DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "No vocal Tarnhelm has suddenly magicked a different-sounding timbre for this voice: here is, simply, Domingo singing - and evidently enjoying singing - a part that's lower down. What we might here cheekily call the supporting cast are strong"... |
JOE HISAISHI
Joe Hisaishi - A Symphonic Celebration (2CD) Royal Philahmonic Orchestra, Joe Hisaishi (piano, conductor), with The Tiffin Choirs & Bach Choir [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] For his first album on Deutsche Grammophon, Joe Hisaishi, the revered Japanese composer whose work has become synonymous with the magical Studio Ghibli animations of director Hayao Miyazaki has created an exciting series of symphonic arrangements of... |
JOE HISAISHI
Joe Hisaishi - A Symphonic Celebration: - Music From The Studio Ghibli Films Of Hayao Miyazaki (2LP set) Royal Philahmonic Orchestra, Joe Hisaishi (piano, conductor), with The Tiffin Choirs & Bach Choir [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 29/Sep/2023 ] For his first album on Deutsche Grammophon, Joe Hisaishi, the revered Japanese composer whose work has become synonymous with the magical Studio Ghibli animations of director Hayao Miyazaki has created an exciting series of symphonic arrangements.. |
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Queen [ DG Panorama / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] Queen, the famed British glam-rock band, were distinguished by their harmonies and operatic allusions, reflecting the classical background and training of lead singer Freddie Mercury. 45 years after the band's first show in the classic line-up of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Light Classics (Incls 'Mexican Hat Dance', 'Bells Across the Meadow' & 'Dam Busters March') Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/2007 ] "Old favourites and rarer items make this an outstanding collection… Altogether outstandingly compiled, played and recorded… If you want just one CD to represent British light music, this is it." (Gramophone on the first CD in this set, August 2004) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Czech Suite / American Suite / etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 9/Jan/2007 ] "The recording is very good, and the performances are both brilliant and affectionate, and benefit from very neat contributions from the RPO wind. Most enjoyable." (Gramophone) |
W.A. MOZART
The Symphonies Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf [ DG Original Masters / 7 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] These are vibrant, dynamic recordings that blow away the cobwebs of many of the traditional performances of the time. Originally released on the WESTMINSTER label. |
BORODIN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 / In the Steppes of Central Asia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Records / CD - released 17/Feb/2001 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 / Chamber Symphony Op.110a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca 20th Century / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] " it is clear from the finale that the orchestra and conductor are both enjoying themselves." (MusicWeb) |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphony No. 8 in E flat, Op.83 / Raymonda [Suite] Op 57a Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra /Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2008 ] "…the Raymonda Suite shows the composer at his finest… full of melodic charm and felicitous scoring… the orchestral playing here is most sympathetic…" (Penguin guide) |
GLAZUNOV
Symphony No. 6 in C minor, Op.58 / La Mer Op 28 / Introduction & Dance from Salome Op 90 Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2008 ] "José Serebrier secures an entirely convincing performance in the most opulent sound I've yet heard in his RSNO Glazunov series." (BBC Music) |
SIR JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: String Quartets Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "Excellent throughout, the Royal Quartet impart a brittle edge to the sound that brings MacMillan's quartets closer to mid-century European modernists such as Lutosławski and Penderecki. But there are moments of intense, lyric beauty here too." Gramo |
SZYMANSKI / MYKIETYN
Music for string quartet Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] The official titles of the works performed here are not helpful: what they conceal are the most extraordinary soundworlds from two composers at the vanguard of the contemporary Polish music scene, and the magicians of the Royal String Quartet summon... |
PENDERECKI / LUTOSLAWSKI
String Quartets Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
Royal/King's College/Asmif
Mccartney: Ecce Cor Meum [ Emi Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] |
EDVARD GREIG
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. Ilse Hollweg (soprano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] "Serebrier gets very characterful and brilliant performances from the RSNO and his account of No.4 in particular has a good claim to be a first recommendation…" (Penguin Guide) |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3 & 9 [2 CDs] Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
