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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Highlights from the Complete Sonatas Richard Lester (harpsichord & piano) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 28/May/2008 ] The increasing popularity of Scarlatti's music is due to a number of factors, but largely to his uncanny knack of immediately grabbing the listener's attention with innovative ideas, captured within the short framework of a 'simple' binary form... |
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W. A. MOZART
Idomeneo, K366 Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Lucilla Udovich (Elettra) / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Si [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] A classic performance of Idomeneo from 1956 Glyndebourne, conducted by Sir John Pritchard, featuring an excellent cast, with brilliant Sena Jurinac and formidable Leopold Simoneau. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Great Welsh Tenor: Handel Arias and British Folksongs Richard Lewis (tenor) [ Regis Records / CD - released 15/Jul/2011 ] Richard Lewis was one of the most successful British tenors of his generation who enjoyed a truly international career. He had a particular affinity with Handel and Elgar and while he made numerous ensemble recordings, his solo output was relatively... |
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BRAHMS
Three Cello Sonatas Richard Markson, (cello) Jorge Federico Osorio (piano) [ Regis Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2002 ] "sunfailing sense of the Brahms style.. fine sensitivity" (Penguin Guide) |
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
The Rose of Persia (Complete operetta) Plus Overtures (Rec 1999) Richard Morrison (baritone) Richard Suart (baritone) Marilyn Hill Smith (mezzo) Claire Henry (soprano) / Hanover Band / Tom Higgins [ CPO / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "The highlight of this performance is the excellent orchestral playing bringing out every nuance of Sullivan's delicious score." |
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J. S. BACH
Motets, BWV225-230 Richard Myron (violin), Jan Freiheit (cello) & Tobias Schade (organ) / Vocalconsort Berlin, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The present recording makes a first-rate impression in every category, from the thoughtful programming to the exemplary performances to the vibrant, clear, naturally balanced sound." (10/10 ClassicsToday March 2011) |
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Richard Nunns
Mahi [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Dec/2020 ] One of the largely unseen consequences of the European colonisation of Aotearoa was that the playing of, and knowledge about, the traditional musical instruments of Maori almost disappeared. In the 1970s a young Pakeha schoolteacher, Richard Nunns,... |
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Richard Nunns / Paul Dyne / Dave Lisik
Hikoi / Journey [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Apr/2012 ] 'Journey' elaborates on the source material of 'Hikoi', which started life as a musical conversation between two life-long friends, Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) and Paul Dyne (bass). |
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VIERNE / DURUFLE
L'Orgue Symphonique: French Organ Works from Windsor Castle Richard Pinel (organ) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the current Harrison & Harrison organ in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, prize-winning organist Richard Pinel records a programme of French symphonic works for the instrument. Opening with Louis Vierne's... |
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Richard Rodney Bennett
I Never Went Away [ Delos / CD ] |
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Lush Life [ Ode Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] 'Lush Life' offers Richard Rodney Bennett at his most intimate. Singing classic standards he adds nuances all of his own with near perfect delivery. |
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RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Words and Music Richard Rodney Bennett (vocals and piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Claire Martin wrote on Rodney Bennett: “He sings beautifully and he plays great piano, he has such a beautiful touch and really cool ideas. Plus he knows loads of great quirky songs…” |
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Richard Rte Concert/Hayman
Remembering Duke Ellington [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
Waiting for the Barbarians (complete opera) Richard Salter, Eugene Perry, Elvira Soukop / Philharmonisches orchester Erfurt / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2008 ] "Dedicated followers of the Philip Glass fashion will want to get this two-CD set from Orange Mountain - because it's music by Philip Glass. The opera comprises two acts of 14 and 10 scenes and first performed in September 2005 at the Theatre Erfurt... |
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CARULLI
Guitar Sonatas Op. 21, Nos. 1- 3 and Op. 5 Richard Savino (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] "I find myself returning more and more to this recording. Need I say more?" (Fanfare) |
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Richard Savino, guitar, Artaria Quartet
Boccherini - Guitar Quintets Vol. 2 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] The second of 3 volumes. |
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SCHUMANN / MacDOWELL / JANACEK
An Overgrown Path Richard Saxel (piano) [ Quartz / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] "No other CD duplicates this programme and it's valuable to have suchj a sensitive and adroit complete account of MacDowell's rarely recorded Sketches." (Classic FM) |
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RICHARD SHEPHARD
The British Church Composer Series Volume 10 Richard Shephard / The Ecclesium Choir, Conducted by Philip Stopford [ Priory / CD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] Recorded in Belfast Cathedral on 22nd and 23rd April 2006 |
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Richard Shindell
Not Far Now [ Signature Sounds / CD - released 22/Apr/2009 ] |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The First Songs Of Travel - The 1954 Recital Richard Standen (bass-baritone), Frederick Stone (piano) [ Albion Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] This pioneering 1954 Westminster LP recital by Richard Standen (bass-baritone), accompanied by Frederick Stone (piano), has been remastered for Albion Records by Ronald Grames in excellent sound and issued on ALBCD055. This was the first recording... |