VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Black Swans: Mid Century Robert McFerrin snr, Marian Anderson, William Warfield, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Carol Brice etc. [ Parnassus / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2021 ] Follow-up to VERY successful Black Swans' (first African American Classical artists which sold out in USA. First time on CD |
Robert Pete Williams
Louisiana Blues [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Robert Pete Williams
The Sonet Blues Story [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2005 ] Available as an import from Europe. |
Robert Pete Williams/Snooks Eaglin
Rural Blues [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
Robin & Linda Williams
Buena Vista [ Red House / CD - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
Robin & Linda Williams
Deeper Waters [ Red House / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
Robin & Linda Williams
Radio Songs [ Red House / CD - released 12/Nov/2007 ] |
Robin & Linda Williams
Stonewall Country - Songs From [ Red House / CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] |
Robin & Linda Williams
These Old Dark Hills [ Red House / CD - released 24/Sep/2012 ] |
Robin Williams
Live 2002 [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 19/Nov/2002 ] Performances from Robin's 26 city tour, plus a bonus disc featuring local humor from 20 US cities |
Robin Williams
A Night at The Met [ Columbia Records / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] |
Robin Williams
Weapons of Self Destructioon (CD + DVD) [ Columbia Records / 2 CD ] |
Robin Williams / Billy Crystal Double Pack
Live at the Met (Includes Bonus Audio CD) / Don't Get Me Started [ ViaVision Entertainment / 2 DVD/CD - released 9/May/2013 ] "Fantastic Double Pack Comedy special featuring 2 of the ultimate heaveyweights of Comedy. In this parody of ""Spinal Tap,"" a documentary film crew follows comic Billy Crystal as he prepares for a concert; the second half of the film is the actual... |
SAINT-SAENS / MOZART / LEBRUN / BELLINI / MARCELLO
The Romantic Oboe (Concertos, sonatas and other works) Robin Williams (oboe) Bart Schneemann (oboe) Lajos Lencses (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) / Heidelberger Kammerorchester [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "The orchestral music is played with real stylistic flair by Pfund and his ensemble, and Glaetzner plays with affection" (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Roderick Williams (baritone) Iian Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] In this, the first of a series of three recordings of Schubert's great song cycles for Chandos, Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside bring their formidable talents to bear on one of the pinnacles of classical lieder. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Lieder und Gesange Roderick Williams (baritone), Ann Murray (mezzo) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "…the wonderful Roderick Williams… animates and energises everything he does. He sings with relish, makes the most of the words… and infectiously communicates a pleasure that it can't always have been easy to feel…" BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 **** |
ELGAR
Sea Pictures & Pageant of Empire Roderick Williams (baritone); BBC Concert Orchestra; Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Elgar's Sea Pictures sung by a man, and a baritone, of the calibre of Roderick Williams is an eye-opening experience for all Elgarians, making one wonder why it had not been done before. Dutton Epoch's pioneering exploration of this repertoire has to... |
JOHN IRELAND & OTHERS
Orchestral songs and miniatures Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland, John Wilson, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Dutton Epoch's survey of tuneful short works by John Ireland (including the last two unrecorded songs orchestrated by Ireland himself and sung here by Roderick Williams) is filled out with a selection of encores by British composers and two... |
EDGAR BAINTON
Symphony No. 3 in C minor (with Rutland Boughton-Symphony No. 1 'Oliver Cromwell') Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "Resplendently carried off. Bainton 3: treasurable, impressionistic, phantasmal and refulgently orchestrated … a work of ineffable beauty and wild insight" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month March 2007) |