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STEPHEN WARBECK
Peter Pan Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra / John Pryce-Jones (conductor) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] The beautiful new ballet score by Stephen Warbeck, the Academy Award-winning composer of the filmscore for Shakespeare in Love. |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Oct/2019 ] The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins is the most performed work by any living composer. This performance is the largest ever staged and was uniquely performed in synchronisation with a specially commissioned war-archive... |
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FEENEY
Feeney-Dracula (Ballet in Three Acts) Pauline Thulborn, soprano, Opera North Chorus, Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra. John Pryce-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] "Feeney's score is wonderfully atmospheric and rises suitably to underpin the gory climaxes" - Sunday Telegraph |
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JOHN TAVENER
Lament for Jerusalem Peter Crawford (Counter-tenor) Angharad Gruffydd Jones (Soprano) / Choir of London, Choir of London Orchestra / Jeremy Summerly (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] Sir John Tavener describes the Lament for Jerusalem as a mystical love song. The Lament brings together Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts and is sung in Greek and English. The musical structure is that of a lattice whose proportions are carefully... |
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JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
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CLIFFE / ERLANGER
Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 10 / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Graffin plays superbly, with all the fire and tenderness required, and with glorious tone. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is as attentive and sympathetic as one would expect with David Lloyd-Jones conducting, and the recording is well judged in... |
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DELIUS
Hiawatha, tone poem for orchestra & other rare works Phillipe Graffin (violin) / Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) / BBC Concerto Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Dutton Digital / CD - released 16/Jul/2009 ] "This collection of less familiar works would be a must-have for Delius fans. Three of the five works receive here their recording premieres." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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PATRIC STANFORD
Stanford: Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / Prelude to a Fantasy Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] Patric Standford wrote in a wide variety of forms, from large-scale orchestral and choral music to a cappella, chamber and instrumental pieces. While teaching at the Guildhall School of Music in London he won several major international composition... |
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ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Cello Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Symphonic Studies Stephane Rancourt (oboe) Alexander Baillie (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "A fascinating release, in excellent sound; highly recommended." - Fanfare (Christopher Williams), July/August2001 |
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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Symphonies, Vol. 4 (No 1 / ClarinetConcerto) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The recording, from June 2007, resounds ever so warmly, the clarinet, strings, and horns quite ripe, without any hint of professional slickness that might rob Stanford's music of its spontaneous appeal." -- Audiophile Audition, December 21, 2008 |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Willow-Wood / The Sons of Light / Toward the Unknown Region Roderick Williams (baritone) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Ian Tracey (choirmaster) / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Eloquent treatment for a rewqarding haul of VW rarities" Editor's Choice Gramophone Dec 2005 |
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Pineapple Poll (arr. Charles Mackerras) / Symphony in E major, Irish Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] "…Charles Mackerras's ballet Pineapple Poll (1951) has become a light-music classic. David Lloyd-Jones gives the whole thing tremendous swing and rhythmic bite, with the Liverpool players on their top form, and the result is a delight." BBC Music Fiv |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Concerto grosso No. 1 / Pastoral Fantasia / 5 Preludes / Autumn Legend Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] William Alwyn composed some fifty works for the orchestra, including five symphonies, a sinfonietta, concertos for flute, oboe, violin, piano, harp, three concerti grossi, and many other descriptive shorter pieces. The seven works on this recording... |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Symphony No. 4 / Sinfonietta Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] "Lloyd-Jones has shown on disc before that he favours a direct approach as indeed he does here. He's a clear-sighted guide and is aided by fine orchestral playing and a particularly good recording spectrum." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Complete Symphonies / Orchestral Works Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / 7 CD Box Set - released 27/Jan/2023 ] "The playing of the Scottish Orchestra is clear and refined, helped by the transparency of the recording, clarifying often thick textures." Penguin Guide |
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ARTHUR BLISS
Checkmate (complete ballet) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "I recommend this CD without reservation. I’m sure it will be on my shortlist of Recordings of the Year." (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No. 3 / The Happy Forest Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] He dedicated the work, described by the viola-player Bernard Shore as 'as thrilling to playas to listen to,' to Sir Henry Wood, a champion of his music, who conducted the first performance of the symphony in March 1930. |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No 4 / Overture to a Picaresque Comedy / Nympholept Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2002 ] Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) May 2002 |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring & other orchestral works Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] "Lloyd-Jones has the measure of Delius's elusive idiom in both rarities and favourites" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
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ARNOLD BAX
Symphonic Poems (Incls Tintagel & The Happy Forest ) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "Lloyd-Jones' magisterial accounts of the composer's symphonies have made their mark in a small but hotly contested arena, each CD topped up with one of the composer's symphonic poems. Five of these works have now been reissued on a separate disc."... |