Schreker,
Die Gezeichneten Riegel, Martin, Becht, Meven, Adam, Moser, Hopfner, Nöcker, Wyzner, Carmeli, Neralic, Sgier, Schreckenbach; ORF-Chor, Ar [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2002 ] |
SAINT-SAENS
Organ Music Robert Delcamp (Stahlhuth/Jann organ at Saint-Martin, Dudelange, Luxembourg) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 31/Jan/2005 ] |
PUCCINI / MOZART / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / ROSSINI
Famous Baritone Arias Roberto Servile (baritone), Georg Tichy (baritone), Natale de Carolis (baritone), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Andrea Martin (baritone), Roberto Frontali (b [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Baritone airs from Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Carmen, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Tosca, Falstaff, etc |
ELGAR
Sea Pictures & Pageant of Empire Roderick Williams (baritone); BBC Concert Orchestra; Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Elgar's Sea Pictures sung by a man, and a baritone, of the calibre of Roderick Williams is an eye-opening experience for all Elgarians, making one wonder why it had not been done before. Dutton Epoch's pioneering exploration of this repertoire has to... |
JOHN IRELAND & OTHERS
Orchestral songs and miniatures Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland, John Wilson, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Dutton Epoch's survey of tuneful short works by John Ireland (including the last two unrecorded songs orchestrated by Ireland himself and sung here by Roderick Williams) is filled out with a selection of encores by British composers and two... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos / Concerto grossi / Concerto a due cori / Orchestral music (Rec 1965-1981) Roger Lord (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] "Stylish performances of attractive music at a giveaway price." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Vol. 1 Romina Casucci (soprano) Maura Menghini (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Denver Martin‐Smith (baritone) Marco Scolastra (piano), Roberto Rupo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The start of a new exciting series: the complete songs by Paolo Tosti! Paolo Tosti (1846‐1916) worked in poverty as a music teacher till he met the influential composer Giovanni Sgambati, who became his mentor. He introduced Tosti to Princess... |
ADOLPHE-CHARLES ADAM
Adam: Giselle (Complete ballet recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Alina Cojocaru / Johan Kobborg / Marianela Nunez / Martin Harvey / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] BLU-RAY - 'Cojocaru's interpretation, everyone seems to agree, is one of the greatest of all time, and she continues to refine it with every performance' The Observer |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / JULES MASSENET / FRANZ 809478012467LISZT
Kenneth MacMillan: Three Ballet Masterpieces: Manon, Mayerling, Romeo & Juliet (complete ballets) The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta, José Martin, Mara Galeazzi, Sarah Lamb, Federico Bonelli, Lauren Cuthbertson, Alexander Campbell, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 10/May/2014 ] This collection brings together three extraordinary ballets by Kenneth MacMillan, one of the 20th century's most influential choreographers whose work forms a pillar of The Royal Ballet's repertory. |
LUDWIG MINKUS / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / FERDINAND HEROLD
Carlos Acosta Dances: La Fille mal Gardee, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote (Complete ballets) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Christopher Saunders, Tamara Rojo, Jose Martin, William Tuckett, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] So memorably described as 'a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks' (Independent), Carlos Acosta has been at the forefront of contemporary ballet... |
LIEBERMANN / DEBUSSY / TCHAIKOVSKY / BIZET
Viscera, Carmen, Afternoon of a Faun & Tchaikovsky pas de deux (live at the Royal Opera House, October 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Federico Bonelli & Matthew Golding, Sarah Lamb & Vadim Muntagirov / Emmanuel Plasson, Martin Yates (con [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2016 ] Carlos Acosta focuses on the dramatic essentials of love, jealousy and revenge in his new production of Carmen. As well as choreographing the production, Acosta dances a lead role. Liam Scarlett has used Lowell Liebermann's thrilling Piano... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Kenneth Macmillan's Manon (complete ballet recorded in 2018) The Royal Ballet / Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov, Ryoichi Hirano / Martin Yayes (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] "Another very welcome release of outstanding quality from the Royal Ballet." MusicWeb |
DELIBES
Sylvia (complete ballet recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2005) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey / Graham Bond, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "This DVD… shows the Royal Ballet at the top of its…form. …makes an imperious huntress and a commanding Bacchante" (BBC Music) |
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
A Summer Night / Love and Spring / Troilus & Cressida (plus works by Edgar Bainton) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "There's much to relish in the offerings by Bainton, all three of which have literary origins...Red-blooded performances, captured with striking amplitude and impact by the Dutton recording team." (Gramophone) |
JOHN JOUBERT / CARLO MARTELLI
Symphonies (with Alwyn - Prelude and Derrybeg Fair) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] |
STANLEY BATE
Symphony No. 3 (with music by Arnell & Chisholm) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "Martin Yates and the RSNO seem understandably swept away with the gripping music, and excellent sound helps makes this very much one of the most impressive Dutton discs to have come my way" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, April 2010 |
STANLEY BATE
Symphony no.4 (with Arnell - Symphony no.7 ‘Mandela’) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] The third volume of Dutton's Stanley Bate series. We now reach the powerful Fourth Symphony, dating from the mid-1950s, and possibly the most rewarding Bate discovery thus far. |
RICHARD ARNELL
Symphony no.3 op.40 / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 25/Apr/2006 ] "These two works promise and deliver much. I am quite sure there are yet more discoveries aplenty to be made in the Arnell catalogue" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2006) |
RICHARD ARNELL
Symphony no.1 op.31 / Symphony no.6 ËœThe Anvil op.171 / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The triumphant final instalment in this adventurous project. There's no doubt that conductor Martin Yates believes in Richard Arnell's brilliance and his enthusiasm appears to be infectious, spreading to the orchestra who clearly give these works... |
RICHARD ARNELL
Symphony Nos 4 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/Sep/2007 ] "The recording quality is excellent with especially good stereo spread rather than separation - that tangible sense of a wide-span soundstage. Two fine symphonies embracing the extremes of emotion and one devastatingly likeable and radiantly... |