TRADITIONAL
Folk Music of Scotland Ian Giles, Ian Page, Sharon Lindo, Matthew Spring, The Amber Quartet, Dr Faustus, Dragonsfire [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] This album and its companion volumes present some of Britain's finest folk musicians performing a selection of songs and instrumental music from the British folk tradition. |
RODRIGO / VILLA-LOBOS / PONCE
Guitar Concertos Sharon Isbin (guitar) / New York Philharmonic, José Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 7/Mar/2005 ] Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - April 2005 |
ROREM
Double Concerto / After Reading Shakespeare Jaime Laredo (violin) / Sharon Robinson (cello) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Rorem's music is conceived largely in accordance with traditional, tonal norms, treated with originality and immense inventiveness. He has had a long acquaintance with both Sharon Robinson and Jaime Laredo, the soloists on this disc, of whom he says... |
BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet No 2 Jerusalem String Quartet, with Sharon Kam (clarinet) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] Brahms's implacable self-criticism was at its height in the domain of chamber music; he was already forty when he produced his second String Quartet (of three) after two decades of rejected attempts, which only makes the work's formal perfection and... |
MARI TAKANO
LigAlien: Works by Mari Takano Nathan Nabb (soprano saxophone) / Winston Choi (piano) / Kioko Yasuda (violin) / Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Anne Manson (dir) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] BIS present a disc of works by the Japanese composer Mari Takano, composed between 2003 and 2009. The four duos and trios that share the title LigAlien are all results of the idea of what would it be like to implant 'alien' music into one of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs for William Shakespeare Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute, cittern, hurdy-gurdy) Sharon Lindo (Renaissance violin, recorder, pipe and tabor) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song 'O mistress mine', from 'Twelfth Night'. Carefully researched and played on instruments of the... |
Sharon Shannon
Saints and Scoundrels [ Iris Light Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] After the major quadruple-platinum selling success of 'The Galway Girl' album in Ireland and her two Meteor awards, Sharon really is thought of as the country's greatest national treasure. |
Shannon Sharon (And Friends)
Libert [ CD ] |
Sharon Bezaly
From A-Z Volume 2 [ Bis / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] |
AHO / ANDRIESSEN / ARNOLD / BACH / BERIO / BOZZA
Solo Flute - From A to Z Volume 1 Sharon Bezaly (flute) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2001 ] "To those who love the sound of the modern flute, flawlessly played, this admirably recorded collection will be very satisfying" (Gramophone) |
CALDINI / BACK / CARTER / BOISMORTIER / BRAUN / COATES / von CALL / BORTZ
Solo Flute - From A to Z Volume 2 Sharon Bezaly (flute) [ BIS / CD - released 15/Jul/2003 ] Sharon Bezaly, recently named the Cannes Classical Award Young Artist of the Year, returns with the second volume in what the American Record Guide has described as "one of the most interesting series going". |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Solo Flute - From A to Z Volume 3 (Brett Dean to Claude Debussy) Sharon Bezaly (flute) [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] In what American Record Guide has called 'one of the most interesting series going', Sharon Bezaly and her golden flute have reached the third instalment. |
JOSE SEREBRIER / ADINA IZARRA / CARL VINE / ALBERTO GINASTERA
Pipe Dreams Sharon Bezaly (flute) /Australian Chamber Orhestra, Richard Tognetti [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "Bezaly plays the solo parts with great sympathy for their idioms, phenomenal virtuosity, perfect intonation even in the highest register, and warm tone. Her warmth is matched by the soloists from within the Australian Chamber Orchestra...Altogether |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Concerto Grosso No. 1 / Symphony No. 9 Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Christopher Cowie (oboe) / Cape Philharmonic Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] This disc includes a world première recording of Schnittke's Concerto grosso No.1 with solo parts for flute and oboe. |
NICOLAS BACRI
Sturm und Drang Sharon Bezaly (flute) François Leleux (oboe) Riitta Pesola (cello) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] This highly accessible, colourful and melodic music is here interpreted by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow, a team whose previous recordings on BIS have been enthusiastically received by the reviewers. A disc of works by... |
HAUKUR TOMASSON
Concerto No.1 for Flute and Orchestra / Concerto No.2 for Flute and Orchestra / SkaÂÂma, concerto for two double basses and orchestra Sharon Bezaly (flute) Havardur Tryggvason, Valur Palsson (double bass) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Bernhardur Wilkinson [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] This is the third disc dedicated to the Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson (b. 1960) released by BIS. |
ULJAS PULKKIS
Enchanted Garden Sharon Bezaly (flute) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Malkki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] In spite of his youth, Uljas Pulkkis (b. 1975) is firmly established in Finnish music. A number of his compositions have won prizes in competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels (for 'Tears for Ludovico') and the Gustav Mahler... |
JEFF BEAL
Beal: The House Of Cards Symphony Sharon Bezaly (flute), Jason Vieaux (guitar), Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jeff Beal [ BIS / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] This 2-disc set grew out of the fascination of Robert von Bahr, founder and managing director of BIS Records, for the television series House of Cards. It wasn't only - or even primarily - the script or the acting that grabbed him, however, but just... |
AHO / TOMASSON / LINDBERG
Nordic Spell - Concertos for Flute and Orchestra Sharon Bezaly (flute) Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Svenska Kammarorkestern, Christian Lindberg (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] "Tómasson’s concerto is a joy to listen to, as is the entire disc." (Gramophone) |
GODARD / WIDOR / ROUSSEL / MILHAUD / SANCAN
French Delights: Suites & Sonatas Sharon Bezaly (flute) Love Derwinger (piano) with Barbara Hendricks (soprano) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "The thing that strikes you first when you hear Sharon Bezaly play is the quality of the sound. It is distinctive, rich and overwhelmingly beautiful. Add to that a flawless technique and one would be hard pushed to find any fault with her playing.... |