JOHN CORIGLIANO / AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland/Corigliano: Clarinet Concertos Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) / London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 30/Sep/1988 ] "Corigliano's clarinet concerto is the first by an American composer to have entered the standard repertoire since Aaron Copland's clarinet concerto." Wiki |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
G & S: The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury (Complete operettas) Richard Suart / Felicity Palmer / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2000 ] Two all-time G & S favourites recorded in Telarc's 20-bit digital sound. |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
The Best Of The Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers [ Plguk / Warner / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Sixty years ago, on October 17th, 1959, Cliff Richard and The Shadows hit the No. 1 spot in the UK with 'Travellin' Light'. This was the first single credited to Cliff Richard and The Shadows - re-named from their original title - The... |
BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / SCHUMANN / GLAZUNOV / DUKAS / POULENC / VINTER
The Romantic Horn Richard Watkins (horn), Julius Drake (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] ""This is grand, swaggering playing: two virtuosos out to bring the house down" Gramophone. |
ROB THORNE
Whāia te Māramatanga Rob Thorne (taonga puoro & composition) Richard Nunns (purerehua on Waharoa & Gateway) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Whāia Te Māramatanga is a musical passage of identity and connection. A journey of knowledge through action and practice, reclaiming the past for a stronger future, while joining the two in a place that is here, and a time that is now. A... |
GOUNOD / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / RABAUD / ROSSINI / CILEA / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna (tenor) / The London Philharmonic, Richard Armstrong [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] Very rare - Now currently unavailable |
TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / PROKOFIEV / ADAM / MINKUS / DRIGO / etc
50 X Ballet London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, etc [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] From the famous Swan theme in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake to the final moments of Stravinsky's Firebird immerse yourself in the wonderful world of ballet music. |
ROSS HARRIS / HOROMONA HORO
Harris / Horo: Requiem for the Fallen Voices NZ / NZ String Quartet / Richard Greager (tenor) Horomona Horo (taonga puoro) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] Requiem for the Fallen honours the memory of soldiers who died in the First World War. |
Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns
Te More [ Rattle Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] A tribute to one of Maoridom's most famous early composers, Mahi-ki-te-kapua. Emotionally rich, texturally lush, this beautiful recording brings together two of our finest musical taonga. |
BEE GEES & OTHERS
Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever - The Musical Adam Garcia, Richard Colkin, Tara Wilkinson / Original London Cast [ Polydor / CD - released 28/Jan/1998 ] Saturday Night Fever is a 1998 jukebox musical based on the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Its book is by Nan Knighton (in collaboration with Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood). |
ROSS EDWARDS
Edwards: Star Chant (Symphonies Nos 1 & 4) Adelaide Chamber Singers / Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Richard Mills (cond) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "A fine pairing of symphonies from Australia's holy minimalist. This disc deserves to find a wide audience." (MusicWeb) |
BRITTEN
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Lachrymae / Young Apollo Richard Watkins (french horn) Allan Clayton (tenor) / Aldeburgh Strings, dir. Markus Däunert [ Linn / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] This international ensemble of crack musicians reveals the next generation's star soloists; led by violinist Markus Däunert (leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra), they deliver fresh and energetic performances of some of Britten's finest music for... |
CORELLI / VIVALDI / REBEL / MOZART
The Art of the Violin Andrew Manze (violin) with Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Jaap ter Linden (viola da Gamba) & English Concert [ Harmonia Mundi / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "You can't beat Andrew Manze when it comes to fiery, inspired violin playing." The Independent |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: The Soul's Ransom / The Lotos-Eaters / Blest pair of Sirens / Invocation to Music Anne Dawson / Della Jones / Arthur Davies / Brian Rayner Cook / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert & Richard Hickox (conductors) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "The choral singing and the playing of the LPO under Matthias Bamert is magnificent, ably championing these deserved revivals." Classic CD |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart's Last Symphonies [39, 40, 41] Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] "Not surprisingly, perhaps, his interpretations are rather raucous themselves, with urgent tempi, sinewy sonorities and an aggressively muscular approach to phrasing and articulation…the ACO play with gusto and admirable virtuosity" Gramophone |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubba: Symphonies Nos 4, 10 & 11 BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] "Richard Hickox offers a particularly imaginative account of the Eleventh Symphony in one movement. The Chandos recording is excellent in every respect, with plenty of warmth and transparency of detail." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Symphony Nos 5 & 8 / Ode to the Queen Op 83 BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] Another from the highly-praised Rubbra symphony series! |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: In memoriam, Suite from 'the Tempest', Op. 1, Symphony in E 'Irish' BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] 'Hickox directs first-rate performances, full of colour and rhythmic life, in a nicely resonant acoustic that suits the young Sullivan's astonishing skill'. (BBC Music Magazine) |
LEHAR / KALMAN / STOLZ / ROMBERG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Heart's Delight - The Songs Of Richard Tauber Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz, with Anna Netrebko, Richard Tauber & the Berlin Comedian Harmonists [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Jul/2013 ] "The surprise is the beautiful, rarely recorded Still wie die Nacht (As Still as Night) by the near-forgotten Carl Bohm. This disc will send Beczala's stock soaring, reaching a wider public than he has done so far." (Gramophone) |
BACH / CESTI / HANDEL / PURCELL / PALESTRINA / OCKEGHEM / TCHAIKOVSKY
An Evening With Leopold Stokowski Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Egarr [ Glossa SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "What's a period-instrument specialist doing conducting the notoriously inauthentic orchestral arrangements of Stokowski? Having fun, that's what...The Brussels Philharmonic plays persuasively for Egarr, and the programme's terrific" The Times |