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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan (Recorded 1948-1954) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands / Peter Pratt / Muriel Harding / Ella Halman & others [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] "Good news for Anglophiles-the great Gilbert and Sullivan recordings of the late 1940s are on their way back into the catalogue, at budget prices and sounding better than ever. The best of these discs are not only agreeable but almost magical in... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Sorcerer (Rec 1953) plus highlights from the 1933 recording D'Oyly Carte Opera Company featuring Peter Pratt, Neville Griffiths and Donald Adams [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] "Nearly two complete recordings of The Sorcerer ... both are among the best of their era. ... One would be hard pressed to find a better rendition" - MusicWeb (April 2005) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Best of Vintage Gilbert & Sullivan (1950s recordings) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Isidore Godfrey (conductor) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Vintage favourites from the celebrated 1950s D'Oyly Carte recordings with Martyn Green, Darrell Fancourt, Ella Halman, Leonard Osborne and Richard Watson. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Mikado (Complete 1950 Recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The first release of the Historic 1950 D'Oyly Carte recordings |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Yeomen of the Guard (Complete 1950 Recording) plus orchestral music (1935) The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (with Darrell Fancourt & Martyn Green), Isidore Godfrey / British Light Orchestra [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] Chronologically the eleventh Gilbert and Sullivan opera, if we number Trial By Jury as their first, and the sixth of the Savoy Opera productions, The Yeomen of the Guard was first given at the London Savoy on 3rd October, 1888. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida (complete operetta rec 1954) plus The Gondoliers (excerpts rec 1931) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Donald Adams, George Baker, Leonard Osborn, Peter Pratt, Thomas Round and Victoria Sladen / Isidore Godfrey (conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] The three-act comic opera Princess Ida appeared, chronologically, between Iolanthe (1882) and The Mikado (1885) and was first performed under the baton of the composer, on 5th January 1884 at the 'electrically-lighted' Savoy Theatre. |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan - Princess Ida & Patter Songs The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Nelson Eddy [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] AVID Entertainment is proud to present another in our occasional series of Gilbert & Sullivan releases; Princess Ida & Patter Songs Opening at the Savoy Theatre in 1884, this work was produced between Iolanthe and the Mikado when G & S were at the... |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
HMS Pinafore (complete operetta) Darrell Fancourt, Radley Flynn, Joan Gillingham, Martyn Green, Ella Halman / D'oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] "Listening to these CDs again made me appreciate just how good some of the soloists were. Darrell Fancourt is striking as Dick Deadeye, Ella Halman is a superb Buttercup, and Joan Gillingham is a prim and proper Hebe." Mel@marbecks.co.nz |
Dutch National Ballet (ballet company), Hans van Manen, Reiner E. Moritz
Moving To Music (a Film By Reiner E. Moritz) & Hommage à Hans van Manen (metaforen; Adagio Hammerklavier; Frank Bridge Variations) [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 11/Oct/2024 ] Guided by his idol George Balanchine, Hans van Manen has striven all his life to create meaning in his choreography. |
HOLST
'The Perfect Fool', Op. 39 / The Golden Goose, Op. 45 No 1 / The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Holst's distinctive sound is carefully manicured in this recording; the rapid "mercurial" passages of string-and wind-writing of The Perfect Fool are delivered with exemplary crispness and vitality…" Disc of the Month Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2009 |
Forrester's Cape Breton Scottish Dance Company
Music of Nova Scotia [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Forrester's musical ensemble consists of award winning highland bagpipers, drummers, bodhran players and fiddlers. They all work together to provide their audiences with a varied repertoire of Celtic music with a mix of both traditional and... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016) Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Natalie Simpson, Nia Gwynne, Kelly Williams / Robin Lough (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Ruth Op. 50 (complete opera) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Mark Tucker (tenor) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Claire Rutter (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] Premiere recording of Sir Lennox Berkeley's opera Ruth. |
AULIS SALLINEN
The Red Line (Punainen Viiva), Op. 46 (complete opera) Jorma Hynninen / Päivi Nisula / Finnish National Opera Orchestra / Finnish National Opera Chorus / Tsuumi Dance Company / Mikko Franck [ Ondine DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] This new DVD features the première recording for video of the two-act opera The Red Line (1978) by Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935). |
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Choral Music Kathryn Cook / Joyful Company of Singers / Broadbent Peter [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "here is a splendid disc of splendid music superbly sung." (MusicWeb Oct 2006) |
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ROBERT ALDRIDGE
Elmer Gantry (complete opera) Keith Phares / Patricia Riseley / Vale Rideout / Florentine Opera Company / Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra / William Boggs [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
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... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera) Lucy Crowe / Benjamin Hulett / Alan Clayton / Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] "Lucy Crowe as Galatea excels especially in turning words, and word-pictures, into sound…This is, altogether, a benchmark that will be hard to beat." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019 Winner - Opera |
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 |
RODERICK ELMS
Festive Frolic: A celebration of Christmas Mark Wilde (tenor) Stuart Nicholson (organ) Joyful Company of Singers / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Stephen Bell [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] Roderick Elms' Christmas music ranges from charming and witty arrangements of well-loved traditional carols to new settings and festive orchestral pieces written for this very special season. The charm and immediate appeal of his music has been... |
