More By Artist: J D Allen
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PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No. 6 'Plutonian Ode' Lauren Flanigan (Soprano) / Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, with Allen Ginsberg (speaker) [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "By some way Philip Glass's most powerful concert work, Plutonian Ode, sets a scathing anti-nuclear poem by Allen Ginsberg." (BBC Music) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Eine Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Lucia Popp, Thomas Allen / London Philharmonic Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ BBC / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "As an admirer of Klaus Tennstedt I'm pleased to add this performance to my collection though it would certainly yield to Klemperer and Gardiner as a library choice for this wonderful work." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
JACOB ter VELDHUIS
Paradiso Oratorio: Oratorio based on Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Claron McFadden (soprano), Tom Allen (tenor) / North Netherlands Concert Choir & Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2003 ] "it is hard to imagine a better testament to their partnership than this magnificent two-disc set of Debussy's orchestral works. These are especially sensuous accounts, luxuriating in not only Debussy's wondrous orchestral colours, but also his love... |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Malena Ernman is a stunning Orlofsky (at the end, Lawless reveals that the prince was really a princess after all), and Håkan Hagegård and Pamela Armstrong are very satisfying as Dr. Falke and Rosalinde, respectively." ClassicalNet |
Rex Allen
Cowboy Under the Western Sky [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] They call Rex Allen 'The Voice of the West' and this is not just a fancy phrase! With echoes of the old frontier, the rhythm of the trail, the music of the cowboy and the corral this is western music at it's best! The First twelve tracks are taken... |
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Angelika Kirchschlager / Diana Damrau / Elizabeth Connell / Thomas Allen / Colin Davis, conductor [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] 'Angelika Kirchschlager's tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau's Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2010) The Royal Opera / Pavol Breslik, Stephane Degout, Thomas Allen, Rebecca Evans / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2021 ] "It's a wry take on the opera, Miller emphasising that the plot is not so much about testing the fiancées' faithfulness, but an adventure in self-discovery" Gramophone |
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
The Last Night of the Proms: Land of Hope & Glory Sarah Walker (mezzo) Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Roger Norrington [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "A great collection of British favourites that are just right for any time of the year, very well recorded and performed … and at a great price too! You won't be disappointed." (MusicWeb June 2008) |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana (LP) Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), St Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir, London Symphony Chorus, LSO [ Warner / 2 LP - released 24/Oct/2025 ] André Previn's landmark 1974 recording of Carmina burana with the London Symphony Orchestra remains one of the most electrifying accounts of Orff's exuberant cantata. From the momentous opening "O Fortuna" to the rapturous closing chorus, Previn... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1981) Royal Opera / Stuart Burrows / Thomas Allen / Richard Van Allan / Kiri Te Kanawa / Agnes Baltsa / Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come Scoglio' is staggering. Thomas Allen's Guglielmo, too, is... |
W.A. MOZART / VERDI / CILEA / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / PEERGOLESI
La Scala Collection: 11 DVD set of the world's most popular operas Teatro alla Scala / Daniela Dessi, Delores Ziegler, Alessandro Corbelli, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Thomas Allen, Samuel Ramey, etc [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection / 11 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Soloists include Thomas Allen, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Daniela Dessì, Alessandro Corbelli, Giorgio Zancanaro, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer and Sara Mingardo |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
GERALD FINZI
Intimations of Immortality (with Patrick Hadley-The Trees so High) Thomas Allen (baritone) Ian Partridge (tenor) / Guildford Philharmonic Choir & orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] One of the most respected independent labels, Lyrita Recorded Edition, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009, has concluded a comprehensive license deal with Wyastone Estate Limited. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 Thomas Allen (baritone) Osian Ellis (harp) Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Judith Harris (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC Singers and others [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Aug/2005 ] Benjamin Britten occupies an unrivalled position in English music of the twentieth century and a place of the greatest importance in the wider musical world. |
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W. A. MOZART
50 Best Mozart Classics [3 CDs special price] Thomas Allen, Cheryl Studer, Daniel Barenboim, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Sabine Meyer, Neville Marriner, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] All the greatest works of Amadeus Mozart performed by teh world's top soloists and performers. |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong, Gerald English / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "...a vividly characterised performance" (Gramophone) |
Tony Allen
Secret Agent (LP) [ World Circuit / 2 LP - released 4/Jun/2010 ] Tony Allen has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest kit drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard driving, horns rich,... |
MARK HAGERTY / TWIN POETS
Hagerty: United Sounds of America University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra, James Allen Anderson, Twin Poets, Makeda Hampton, Jonathan Whitney, Oksana Glouchko [ Delos / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] united sounds of america melds the power and rhythms of street poetry with the expressive capacity of the symphony orchestra to bring urgent social questions to the symphonic stage. united sounds is not a traditional musical work, nor is it one... |
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LERNER & LOWE / KURT WEILL
Paint Your Wagon (Original Broadway Cast 1951) / Love Life (1955) Kaye Ballard, Allen Hanlon, Clyde Lombardi, Robert Penn, Billy Taylor, Dave Thomas, Olgar San Juan, Rufus Smith, & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] There's a fairly simple rule for evaluating the lasting merit of the shows written by Alan Jay Lerner: the stronger the original source material, the more durable the final product. |
