More By Artist: J.J. Johnson
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FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Maria-Triptychon / Sechs Monologue aus Jedermann / Suite from Der Sturm Linda Russell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Duncan Riddell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded: 26-27 September 1994 |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The complete songs of Faure Vol. 2 Lorna Anderson, Nigel Cliffe, Ann Murray, John Chest, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson, Janis Kelly, Ann Murray [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "The pleasure in this series is the rich variety of singers... which creates the atmosphere of a recital among friends...with Malcolm Martineau ever an authoritative, agile and responsive pianist." The Observer |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The complete songs of Faure Vol. 1 Lorna Anderson, Nigel Cliffe, Ann Murray, John Chest, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson, Janis Kelly, Joan Rodgers [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Martineau's playing, beautiful and fastidiously detailed, is, of course, the unifying factor: few have quite such an innate understanding of the way in which the smallest gestures of colour and nuance expose the depths of emotion in Fauré's work." |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1816 Lucia Popp (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 17 / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Piano-playing, notes and recording all enhance the virtues of this rewarding disc, which will surely be a thing of joy for many years to come' - Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert and the Nocturne (III) Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 15 / CD - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE 'Pleasure after pleasure... the equal of anything yet heard in this wonderful undertaking' (Hi Fi News) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1819 and 1820 Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo) with Nathan Berg (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 29 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'One of the most rewarding CDs to date in this whole, comprehensive Lieder Edition. Utterly absorbing' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1815 (II) Martyn Hill (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 15/May/2005 ] 'This is a disc no Schubertian can possibly be without and a further jewel in this series's crown' (Gramophone) |
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Songs Mary Bevan (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) & David Owen Norris (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "the powerful Tennyson cycle The Window, George Herbert's Sweet Day and many others - thanks to Norris's inspired direction - make you realise what a fine, underrated songwriter Sullivan was." Sunday Times |
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Harmonious Echo Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), David Owen-Norris (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Although most widely remembered for his operettas in partnership with W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan was the most famous of all British composers of the nineteenth century. He was revered as a composer of oratorios, and was urged by Queen Victoria... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Winterreise Matthias Goerne (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "The one to knock Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore from the pedestal … Johnson and Goerne plumb the emotional depths of one of the most heart-wrenchingly sublime masterpieces in the genre" BBC Music Magazine |
Mike Johnson
Year of Mondays [ Atlanctic / CD - released 18/Jun/2012 ] |
PERCY GRAINGER / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 'At Twilight' - Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg Polyphony with David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] "Grainger's mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (July 2006) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado (Complete Opera) Richard Suart, Donald Adams, Marie Mclaughlin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
Robert Johnson
The Complete Collection [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] Specially priced double disc set. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 9 Robin Tritschler (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano), with Harriet Burns (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "With singing of such distinction as we encounter here, even the more obscure songs come to life, and Graham Johnson's accompaniments further heightens the listening experience." MusicWeb Recommended |
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
Boughton: The Immortal Hour (complete opera recording) Roderick Kennedy (bass) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Anne Dawson (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G Melville [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'This superb complete recording was a salutary shock: the opera is a kind of masterpiece, bleak, passionate and inspired ... Enthusiastically recommended' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Nos BWV140 & BWV147 Ruth Holton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Elliot Gardiner [ DG Archiv / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] "The solo singing is by and large excellent. I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton" (Gramophone) |
Joe Satriani / Eric Johnson / Steve Vai
G3 Live In Concert [ Epic / CD - released 19/May/1997 ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 02 (Incls 'Lieder und Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister, Op 98a') Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 'The collaboration of Keenlyside and Johnson is so potent that after an hour one is still ready for more' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Water Songs Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] 'A delightful collection of songs inspired by water' (The Guardian) 'Listen and marvel' (Fanfare, USA) |
