HANDEL
Orlando (complete opera) Christophe Dumaux, Elena de la Merced, Jean-Michel Fumas / La grande Ecurie et la Chamvre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] In his setting of Orlando (drawn from Tasso's Orlando furioso) Handel offers us a score of remarkable dramatic power, diversity and originality. |
Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge
Complete Live At The Bayou Club 1959 [ Lonehill / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Twelve Concerti Grossi op 6 Brandenberg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyard / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'Elegant playing - energetic allegros, spacious solo/tutti contrasts, finely poised in the endlessly-spun slow harmonies. Archlute continuo colours delightfully' (BBC Music Magazine) |
Dorothea Raschmann / Karina Gauvin / Russell Braun / La Chappelle de Quabec with Les Violons du Roy / Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Les Violons du Roy: Celebration [ Dorian / CD - released 23/Mar/2004 ] This disc offers a superb program sampling the recorded baroque and classical repertoire of Les Violons du Roy, ranging from well-loved gems by Vivaldi to a rarity by J.C.E. Bach to unique transcriptions of some of Bach's greatest music. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Sacred vocal music of Claudio Monteverdi Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas / Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman & Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 'One of the most beautiful records I have heard this year' (The Guardian) |
HANDEL
Opera Arias and Overtures Vol 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'It is difficult to pick out a particular highlight, there are so many of them' (Classic CD) |
RAMEAU
Pigmalion, Platee and Dardanus Ballet Suites European Union Baroque Orchestra / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "This disc is a wonderful addition to Naxos catalogue. Congratulations to the label, the orchestra, and to Roy Goodman. This is an essential disc for ballet lovers, Baroque enthusiasts, and Francophiles." (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
VARIOUS
All The World's Most Beautiful Melodies (the complete five CD set) The Golden Cornet Of Phillip Mccann / Sellers Engineering Band / Boys Of Leeds Parish Church Choir / Simon Lindley (Organ) / Roy Newsome (Conductor) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1995 ] From 'Panis Angelicus' to 'Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms' here are all your favourites performed by the world's number one cornet player. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 94 "Surprise" & 95 (with Leopold Mozart: "Toy" Symphony) The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recorded, Mastered and Manufactured in England by Nimbus Records Ltd. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 101, 102 / 'Windsor Castle' Overture The Hannover Band / Roy Goodman conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'The playing is stylish and imaginative, the "clock" movement is beautifully paced and the balance of instruments is excellent' (Classic CD) |
HAYDN
The 'Paris' Symphonies Vol 1: Symphonies 82 'The Bear', 83 'The Hen', 84 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
JOSEF HAYDN
The 'Paris' Symphonies Vol 2: Symphonies 85 86 87 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] 'Very strongly recommended' |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 93. 94 Surprise 95 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] 'Very strongly recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 42 43 44 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] 'Superbly skilled playing... a sense of sheer enjoyment which communicates itself magnificently to the listener' (CDReview) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 6, 7, 8 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - 'Immensely inventive works that, had there not been another hundred to follow, every music-lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded' (Early Music Review) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies 70, 71, 72 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] Great performances now reissued |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos.17 - 21 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
BESSES O'TH' BARN BAND
Hymns and Things (Includes 'Jerusalem' and 'the Nuns' Chorus' from Casanova) Besses O' Th' Barn Band / Roy Newsome (conductor) with Roy Newsome (organ) Stephen W. Hopper (soprano cornet) [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 19/Apr/2003 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
HANDEL
Rinaldo (Complete Opera recorded in 1977) Ileana Cotrubas, Carolyn Watkinson & Paul Esswood / La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The vigour of Malgoire's direction of an opera which plainly for him is very much alive, makes this a very attractive set. The finest singing comes from Ilena Cotrubas, but the whole team is convincing. The bright but spacious recording adds to the... |
I-Roy
Can't Conquer Rasta [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] Born Roy Samuel Reid in Saint Thomas in 1944, I Roy was one of Jamaica's all-time greatest deejays. A natural-born toaster, his rhyming raps always sounded effortless, whether describing the harsh realities of the inner city, or making light of... |