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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Piano Concertos (with works by Faure & Franck) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Foster / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] These magnificent recordings of the Ravel Piano Concertos have taken a far too long leave of absence from the Decca catalogue and are now back, with generous Faure and Franck couplings. Beautifully recorded sound too. |
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Andre Lawrence-King
Esprit/Lute Songs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Klara Ek (soprano) Sophie Bevan (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor) / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Melia is the lovely soprano Klara Ek, and her duet with Apollo that ends Part 2, in which she spurns him and he pleads his case, is a high point of the score. A highly recommendable bauble." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2012) |
LULLY / CAMPRA
'Choregraphie': Music for Louis XIV's dancing masters Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque triple harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] Raoul-Auger Feuillet's Choregraphie (Paris, 1700) changed ballet history forever with its pioneering use of dance notation. Virtuoso harpist Andrew Lawrence-King performs music by Lully and Campra in solo settings by d'Anglebert, chosen by Feuillet... |
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), The Harp Consort
El arte de fantasia: Renaissance Chansons, Dances & Fantasias [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/May/2004 ] " Andrew Lawrence-King's name is synonymous with many of the most exotic and beguiling recorded sounds of the pre-classical harp, whether as soloist or within a continuo battery." - Gramophone |
LEONARDO BALADA
Caprichos Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Andrés Cárdenes (solo violin) / Jeffrey Turner (double bass) / Pittsburgh Sinfonietta / Lawrence Loh [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "A contemporary Spanish voice that ably blends modernity and the past without compromise.... If proof were required that significant Spanish, post-Rodrigo compositional life exists, and that it is influenced by, though not obsessed with Spain's past,... |
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in C minor Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (counter tenor) / Cambridge Soloists, Timothy Brown (organ/director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] |
TRADITIONAL
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "..if it's possible that there are listeners new to this group, here's an easy way to get to know its matchless sound and enduring, engaging personality." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery)
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] “Sumptuous Christmas sounds” (San Francisco Chronicle, concert review) |
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINKSY / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Korngold: Violin Concerto Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Gulbenkian Orchestra / Lawrence Foster / Netherlands Philharmonic / Marc Albrecht [ Alto / CD - released 24/Oct/2022 ] "As an example of luscious late-Romantic orchestral writing, Die Seejungfrau could scarcely be bettered: a fine performance of a gorgeous orchestral score" (MusicWeb) "Steinbacher's technique on the other hand is immaculate; how gracefully those... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Violin Concerto / Miniatures Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Lawrence Foster, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne [ Pentatone / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] This album is violinist Arabella Steinbacher's tribute to the favourite composer of her family household. The music of Richard Strauss has played a crucial role throughout her life. As great Strauss lovers, her parents named her after the main... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (complete opera, recorded in 1936) Lauritz Melchior / Marjorie Lawrence / Ludwig Hofmann / Artur Bodanzky (cond) [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Naxos Historical's Ring cycle continues with this formidable live performance of Gotterdammerung, the fourth and final part of the tetralogy. |
PURCELL
Victorious Love Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Lawrence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet) Elizabeth Kenny (archlute & thearbo) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] One of the most exciting young sopranos to emerge in recent years, Carolyn Sampson was born in Bedford, studied music at the University of Birmingham and lives in London. She made her opera début with English National Opera as Amor in The Coronation... |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Desprez: Missa D'ung aultre amer Clare Wilkinson / Andrew Lawrence-King / Alamire / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 16/Feb/2008 ] "Early Josquin from a new choir - a winning combination ... the recital is ingenious" The Gramophone |
TRADITIONAL
Troubadours: Minnesanger & other Courtly Arts (Southern France, 11th & 12th centuries) Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] The programme of this CD, accompanied by full explanatory notes, features the poems and songs of the trouvères, troubadours and Minnesingers. These inventors of an (almost) exclusively secular poetic style were also the first musicians to emerge from... |
TRADITIONAL
Trouveres & Troubadours: Minnesanger & other courtly arias Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A thrilling voyage of discovery of music through the ages. Poems and songs of the Trouveres, troubadours and Minnesingers. |
Various Artists including Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Geryrude Lawrence, Marlene Dietrich, Joe Loss, etc
The Words and Music of Cole Porter [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This CD features a selection of the greatest songs and lyrics from the remarkable Cole Porter. 22 superb tracks, the great stars of this generation perform his best loved numbers in superlative style. |
SCHUMANN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Foster [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "…the glowing sophistication of these notable readings carries its own special kind of authority". Julian Haylock, International Record Review |
HANDEL
Deborah (Complete Oratorio) Elisabeth Scholl / Natache Ducret / Lawrence Zazzo / Barockorchester Frankfurt [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "There is much to admire in Martini's spirited performance...I was particularly struck by Lawrence Zazzo, who portrays with panache the Hebrew hero whose role was written for the castrato Senesino...I hope we will be hearing a lot more of him...It is... |
W. A. MOZART
Missa brevis in D major / Missa brevis in Bb major Elizabeth Cragg (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (contralto), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor) & Lawrence White (bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] During his years in Salzburg, Mozart wrote a series of shorter mass settings, for which he drew on the models of his senior colleague Michael Haydn. Regina coeli reveals his supreme skill at writing for the solo voice. The Missa brevis in D, K. 194... |
