More By Artist: J. J. Johnson
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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... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2015) Metropolitan Opera / Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva, Željko Lučić, Chad Shelton, Dimitri Pittas, Jennifer Johnson / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 24/Sep/2016 ] Directed by the Tony Award winning and six time MET director, Bartlett Sher, this lavish production of Verdi's operatic masterpiece Otello features one of the most exciting young opera singers of her generation, Sonya Yoncheva, and the Metropolitan... |
Mike Johnson
Year of Mondays [ Atlanctic / CD - released 18/Jun/2012 ] |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Le Rossignol / Oedipus Rex (Complete Operas recorded 1999 & 1993) Natalie Dessay, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Marjana Lipovsek / l'Opéra National de Paris, James Conlon / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMI The Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2010 ] "A fine recording of Stravinsky's colourful ballet, The Nightingale, with Natalie Dessay perfect in the title-role." (Gramophone) |
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
Complete Collection (180g Double LP) [ Not Now Music / 2 LP - released 8/Sep/2011 ] Limited edition 180 gram vinyl issue. If the blues has a truly mythic figure, one whose story hangs over the music the way a Charlie Parker does over jazz or a Hank Williams does over country, it's Robert Johnson, certainly the most celebrated figure... |
Robert Johnson
The Complete Collection [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] Specially priced double disc set. |
Robert Johnson
King Of The Delta Blues Singers (Turquoise Vinyl LP) [ Legacy / LP - released 2/Oct/2020 ] If one would ever have to start assembling a serious Blues collection, Robert Johnson's King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. 1 would be the best purchase. The mythical figure that inspired the worldwide Blues revival in the Sixties will forever be... |
Joe Satriani / Eric Johnson / Steve Vai
G3 Live In Concert [ Epic / CD - released 19/May/1997 ] |
Scott Joplin, Euble Blake, James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, "Fats" Waller, Jimmy Blythe (piano rolls)
Greatest Ragtime Of The Century - Classic Ragtime, Blues and Stomps from Rare Piano Rolls [ Biograph Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] The piano rolls on this compact disc were digitally recorded directly from a 1910 Steinway 65/88 note player. |
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) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 - Sophie Rennert Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Lawrence Power (viola) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] 'Sophie Rennert's voice is magnificently burnished, full and deep … the songs with viola form the centrepiece of the disc, and one could hardly hope for a finer exponent of the obbligato part than Lawrence Power' (MusicWeb) |
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) |
BERLIOZ / CHABRIER / POULENC / HAHN / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE
L'heure exquis: A French Songbook Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] 'An exquisite time indeed in the company of Alice Coote and Graham Johnson, clearly relishing every minute of this delightfully formed and performed French song recital.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2015 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Mass in C Minor Great K427 Sylvia McNair, Diana Montague, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann / English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 10/Mar/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) "...an outstandingly fresh performance of high dramatic contrasts, marked by excellent solo singing." *** (3 stars) Penguin Guide |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and the Classics Thomas Hampson (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 14 / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] 'The readings, with Johnson's piano at its probing best, are constantly enlightening and carry the absorbed listener into a rarefied world of word and music. The disc lasts an incredible 80 minutes, but the time flies by in such perceptive company'... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An 1816 Schubertiad Lynne Dawson, Christine Schafer, Ann Murray, Daniel Norman, Toby Spence, Stephen Varcoe, etc, The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton, G. Johnson [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 32 / CD ] 'As ever, illuminating words complement revelatory music-making' (BBC Music Magazine) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: 1822-1825 Schubertiad Lynne Dawson, Geraldine McGreevy, Philip Langridge and others / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition Vol 35 / CD ] 'McGreevy's Lachen und Weinen is simply the best performance I know. No lover of Schubert's genius should miss this CD' (International Record Review) |
