More By Artist: Thompson
Displaying items 41 to 60 of 87
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang' Majella Cullagh, Mary Nelson, Adrian Thompson / NSO of Ireland / RTe Phil Choir / Reinhard Seifrie [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] "This new budget-priced disc might introduce many listeners to a marvelous piece of music; it is a very good performance." American Record Guide |
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 |
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 ***** |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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... |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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" |
HANDEL
Dixit Dominus / Zadok the priest / The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn Felicity Palmer, Margaret Marshall, Norma Burrows, Alastair Thompson, etc / Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] John Eliot Gardiner is at his best in this milestone recording showcasing the full splendour of Handel's music. Among the very first historically-informed versions of these beloved choral works, the Dixit Dominus initially sold more than 500K copies... |
TIGRAN MANSURIAN
Quasi Parlando Patricia Kopatchinskaja - violin / Anja Lechner - violoncello / Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Candida Thompson - lead violin [ ECM New Series / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] Issued in the wake of the great Armenian composer's 75th birthday, this New Series album opens with Tigran Mansurian's fiercely-concentrated Double Concerto, composed in 1978, and proceeds to new music performed by its dedicatees: the lyrical... |
IGNAZ PLEYEL
Pleyel: String Quintets, Ben. 271-273 Pettman Ensemble: Curt Thompson, Oksana Murashova Thompson, Wenhong Luo, William Vyvyan Murray, Edith Salzmann [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] The name Pleyel is chiefly remembered today as a piano manufacturer, but the company's founding figure Ignaz Pleyel, a former pupil of Haydn, was one of the most acclaimed composers of the late 18th century. The success of Pleyel's finely wrought... |
ANDZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphony No. 9 / Bassoon Concerto Robert Thompson (bassoon) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andzej Panufnik [ Heritage / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "[the Bassoon Concerto] has a pronounced grainy grimness offset by dramatic impulses and Thompson's beautiful lyric tone. The hopeful symphony not only takes the rainbow as a symbol, but endeavours to translate its optical principles into music." (Su |
ARVO PART / J.S. BACH
Pärt über Bach Simone Lamsma (violin), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (violin) [ Channel / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] Violinists Simone Lamsma and Candida Thompson explore connections between J.S. Bach and Arvo Part on their new release Part uber Bach with Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Arvo Part's groundbreaking Tabula Rasa is presented alongside Bach's Concerto for Oboe... |
