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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Curt Thompson (violin) Rodney Waters (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "Ives's four extraordinary Violin Sonatas were written between 1902 and 1906, and are quite a find. Their erratically stimulating originality is in no doubt, but they are also among his most immediately appealing works." Penguin Guide |
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Daniel/Fielding/Thompson
Dubugnon: Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Landmarks - 40 Years of Chandos Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass) [ Chandos / CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Released to celebrate Chandos' 40th Anniversary, this is a handsomely packaged 40-disc set. Each of the four decades is represented, and each recording has been hand-picked by Managing Director Ralph Couzens. |
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Haddon Hall [with Cellier: Captain Billy & Ford: Mr Jericho] Ed Lyon, Henry Waddington, Ben McAteer, Fiona Kimm, Adrian Thompson, Donald Maxwell, Angela Simkin, Eleanor Dennis / BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andre [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] |
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Eddie Thompson
Piano Moods [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Solo Songs (Complete) Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) / Adrian Thompson (tenor) / Roderick Williams (baritone) / John Talbot (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 18/Aug/2010 ] "The songs comprise an impressive body, light-hued but intense, tinged with a distinctly Celtic melancholy...they're all well worth hearing." BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 ***** |
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HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio) Gillian Keith, Daniel Taylor, Tom Randle, Sumner Thompson / Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society release a new recording of Handel's ever-popular Messiah, recorded live in the superb acoustic of Boston's Symphony Hall. |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / John Light, Pearce Quigley, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Matthew Tennyson / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius - but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods. |
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Hank Thompson
Five Classic Albums (Songs Of The Brazos Valley / Dance Ranch / Songs For Rounders / Most Of All / An Old Love Affair) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] AVID Country continues with its Five Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release featuring country legend Hank Thompson, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
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Hank Thompson
In The Mood For Hank [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Hank Thompson, a man destined to be one of Country music's greatest performers, was signed in late 1947 by the up-and-coming CAPITOL label, following a recommendation by Tex Ritter... |
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Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
Headin' Down the Wrong Highway - The Early Albums [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Hank Thompson was one of the greatest honky-tonk singers in country history and perhaps the most popular Western swing musician of the '50s and '60s... |
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FRANZ KROMMER
Krommer: Partitas for Wind Ensemble Opp. 45, Nos 1 & 2 Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Oct/2001 ] Franz Krommer was born Frantisek Vincenc Kramár in Bohemia |
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ROSSINI
String Sonatas Nos.1 - 5 arranged for Wind Quartet Michael Thompson Wind Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] the cream of England's finest wind instrumentalists |
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Michael Thompson Wind Quint
Danzi:wind Quintets Op56 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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ANTON REICHA
Reicha: Wind Quintets, Op. 88, No. 5 and Op. 91, No. 1 Michael Thompson Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jan/2005 ] "The Michael Thompson Wind Quintet give expert accounts of these attractive pieces. Their playing is very fresh and alive, and Reicha can be both rewarding and interesting-it is finely wrought and pleasing. Very good sound." Penguin Guide |
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ANTON REICHA
Reicha: Wind Quintets, Op. 88, No. 4 and Op. 99, No. 6 Michael Thompson Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/1997 ] The Michael Thompson Wind Quintet, today known as The Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble, came into existence in 1992 when Barry Tuckwell announced that he was leaving the Wind Quintet that bore his name. The remaining instrumentalists unanimously turned... |
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Michael Thompson Wind Quint
Wind Music-Hindemith:kleine Ka [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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FRANZ DANZI
Danzi: Wind Quintets & Horn Sonata Michael Thompson (horn), Philip Fowke (piano) Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "The players have an uncommon sense of balance, of give and take, and a unity of purpose and commitment that is rare indeed. The result spells pleasure from beginning to end." - Michael Carter, American Record Guide |
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ANTON REICHA
Reicha: Wind Quintets, Op. 88, No. 2 and Op. 100, No. 5 Michael Thompson Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jan/2005 ] "…I strongly urge the acquisition of the disc to anyone yet to discover the boundless good humour and limitless invention of a composer who will yet be discovered as one of the most important figures of his time." Fanfare |
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ANTON REICHA
Reicha: Wind Quintets, Op. 91, No. 6 and Op. 88, No. 6 Michael Thompson Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] "..superb playing is required in every movement of these works, and the Michael Thompson Wind Quintet players are up to the task, turning in some outstanding solo turns and a lot of cohesive ensemble playing as well. The recorded sound is just right" |