HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 3 Geraldine McGreevy, Mark Stone, Sholto Kynoch [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
RONALD CORP
The Songs Of Ronald Corp Mark Stone (baritone), Stephen Barlow (piano) [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] A collection of songs by Ronald Corp OBE, including his settings of Walt Whitman & A.E. Housman. |
C. W. ORR
The Complete C. W Orr Songbook Volume 2 Mark Stone (baritone) & Simon Lepper (piano) [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony' / Oboe Concerto in A minor Stéphane Rancourt (oboe) / Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Both the introduction to the first movement and the introspective slow movement are beautifully judged by Elder and the Hallé string, while the deftness with which he touches the detail of the rather discursive scherzo shows masterly tact." (The... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem 1962 Susan Gritton, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman / Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Choral WINNER |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Complete Mass Edition Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Janice Watson, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Padmore / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Richard Hickox's plaudit-winning Haydn Mass Edition is now available as a complete boxed set. A full price collection but now available at a special price. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
HUMMEL
Mass in D minor / Salve Regina Susan Gritton / Pamela Helen Stephen / Mark Padmore / Stephen Varcoe / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] 'But Susan Gritton sings it [Salve Regina] with gusto, while she and the other soloists form a well-blended quartet in the Mass, whose performance under Hickox is confident and shapely, as well delivered in warm lucid sound.' BBC Music Magazine |
HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio plus bonus DVD of highlights) Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore, Alastair Miles / Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] |
J.S. BACH
Lutheran Masses, Vol 1 (BWV234 & 235) Susan Gritton (sop) Robin Blaze (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Brian Harvey, Peter Harvey (basses); Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] "Occasionally the undirected ensemble needs drawing together and the odd blip springs up, but these are fresh, characterful (the oboe and flute playing is occasionally quirky but musically affecting) and spontaneous Bach performances which will... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Choral Works (Incls Mass in the Dorian Mode & Requiem) Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Rachel Wheatley (soprano) William Purefoy (countertenor) / Finzi Singers (with Andrew Lumsden, organ) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] 'The Finzi Singers, 18-strong, give a fresh and atmospheric, beautifully-moulded performance' The Penguin Complete Guide |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten Abroad: A collection of songs by Benjamin Britten set in Italian, Russian, French & German Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "The Pushkin settings of The Poet's Echo (1965) demand dramatic, intense colours, and the soprano Susan Gritton duly supplies them ... Throughout, the pianist Iain Burnside traverses this vast, impressive terrain with stylish ease" The Sunday Times |
VIVALDI
Ottone in Villa (complete opera) Susan Gritton (soprano) Monica Groop (soprano) Nancy Argenta (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2006 ] "This opera in three acts is a performing edition of 1997 by Dr.Eric Cross of the University of Newcastle. This studio recording was made on February 10-14 of 1997 in the Blackheath Concert Hall, England. This production during 143 minutes and the... |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Symphonies Nos 1 - 3 Symphony Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] It seems strange that such a celebrated composer as Alexander Borodin actually spent much of his life as a distinguished research chemist. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Conal Coad, Rachelle Durkin, Daniel Sumegi, Henry Choo / Mark Wigglesworth (cond) [ Opera Australia Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "For those who are tired of 'concept' productions of operas, this very traditional Don Giovanni from Australian Opera may be refreshing. Ensembles are spotless. The Australian Opera Orchestra impresses with its energy and accuracy" IRR |
HANDEL
Samson (Complete oratorio) Thomas Randle (tenor) Mark Padmore (tenor) Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (Alto) Sixteen / Symphony of Harmony and Invention / Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "Powerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable Samson yet recorded." - Sunday Times |
SAEVERUD
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 8. Truls Mark (cello) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Music from this highly popular Norwegian composer! |
Utah Phillips & Mark Ross
Loafer's Glory [ Red House / CD ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Concertos Maurizio Pollini (piano) Mark Zeltser (piano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Gidon Kremer (violin), various conductors [ Deutsche Gramophon Collector's Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Brought together on 5 CDs, the complete Beethoven concertos in performances by great artists and orchestras. In addition to the well-known works - with Daniel Barenboim, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Herbert von Karajan, Yo-Yo Ma, Maurizio Pollini, and others... |
HARUKI MURAKAMI
The Elephant Vanishes (Unabridged) John Chancer, Rupert Degas, Tim Flavin, Teresa Gallagher, Mark Heenehan, Walter Lewis, Jeff Peterson [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2006 ] A collection of off-the-wall short stories by Japan's leading contemporary novelist. An elephant vanishes; hunger drives a couple to rob McDonalds; an insomniac wife wakes in a different world. Murakami is a cult figure throughout the world with an... |