BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (a filmed version of the complete opera filmed in 1969) Peter Pears / Heather Harper / Owen Brannigan / Elizabeth Brainbridge / London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2008 ] G : - "Heather Harper sings with the most beautiful tone in the role of Ellen and acts with compelling sincerity. Pears himself is utterly vindicated... The whole complex character is there - and the camera follows closely." Gramophone Magazine,... |
SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / GODARD / DOPPLER / BIZET / etc
Romance of the Flute & Harp Philippa Davies, flute / Thelma Owen, harp [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] .."Highly recommended for playing on a late summer evening" (PenguinGuide 3*) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Entertaining Miss Austen: Newly discovered music from Jane Austen's family collection Amanda Pitt (soprano), John Lofthouse (baritone) & David Owen Norris (piano) [ Dutton / CD - released 7/Jul/2011 ] Recorded at the Music Room, Hatchlands, Surrey, 18-19 November 2009 |
Reg Owen
Obsession - Two Stereo Albums: Coffee Break / Cuddle Up a Little a Closer [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/2013 ] There aren't many CDs issued to drink coffee by but here you'll find music that was supposedly intended for you to do just that - and if you aren't satisfied after 12 tracks to go with your latte, cappuccino or espresso then a further 12 encourage... |
ROXANA PANUFNIK
Roxana Panufnik: Heartfelt Roderick Williams (baritone), Robin Ashwell, Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Hannah Dawson, Andy Marshall, Any Harman, Charles Owen (piano), Mary Bevan (sopra [ Signum / CD - released 21/May/2021 ] Since Westminster Mass (2000) established Roxanna Panufnik's firm place among today'sleading British composers, she has often been celebrated for her choral music. Her instrumental and chamber works, however, are equally striking, filled with... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Masses, Vol. 5 - Masses Nos. 4, 'Grosse Orgelmesse' and 10, 'Heiligmesse' Soloists / Trinity Choir / Rebel Baroque Orchestra / Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The playing [of REBEL Baroque Orchestra] is stylish, rhythmic and technically assured...and there is remarkable precision of ensemble." The Strad |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Trinity Church Choir and Orchestra, Owen Burdick [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] Owen Burdick is the organist/director of music at New York City's Trinity Church, where Messiah received its New World debut in 1770. This disc has previously been available in the United States. |
JOSEPH HOROVITZ
Four Concertos: Concertos for clarinet, euphonium, violin & piano Steven Mead (euphonium) Fiona Cross (clarinet) Andrew Haveron (violin) David Owen Norris (piano) / Orchestra conducted by the composer [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] The entertaining concertos of Joe Horovitz are not as well-known as those of Malcolm Arnold, but are every bit as engaging, encompassing the composer’s well-known rapprochement between jazz elements and formal classical procedures. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Les Illuminations / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op.31 Toby Spence (Tenor), Martin Owen (Horn) / Scottish Ensemble, Clio Gould [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] This CD brings together three youthful masterworks all composed by Benjamin Britten before his 30th birthday within the space of a mere six years. Individually and collectively they demonstrate a fertile musical imagination of a high order combined... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Masses Volume 2 - Cacilienmesse Trinity Choir / REBEL Baroque Orchestra / J. Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "The REBEL Baroque Orchestra really plays well: trumpets and drums have the requisite panache and the strings offer excellent intonation and an appealingly sweet timbre that never turns scruffy or thin." (10/10 ClassicsToday May 2010) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses Volume 4 ['Paukenmesse' & 'Mariazellermesse'] Trinity Choir / Rebel Baroque Orchestra / J. Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The playing [of REBEL Baroque Orchestra] is stylish, rhythmic and technically assured...and there is remarkable precision of ensemble." The Strad |
HAYDN
Masses Volume 7 - Missa brevis (1805 revised version) & Schöpfungmesse Trinity Choir / Rebel Baroque Orchestra / J. Owen Burdick / Jane Glover [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] In 1805, towards the end of his immensely productive and successful career, Haydn significantly expanded the youthful Missa brevis setting he had composed over fifty years earlier, enriching the orchestration with flute, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Greatest Hits (incls 'Tit Willow', 'With cat-Like Tread', 'Poor Wand'ring One' & 'I Have a Song to Sing, O!') Valerie Masterson, John Reed, Joyce Wright, Owen Brannigan / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Isidore Godfrey, Sir Malcom Sargent [ Decca / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] Arthur Sullivan and William Gilbert will be forever linked by their successes with their popular comic operas. They wrote many operettas including The Mikado, HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Little Sweep, Op. 45 / Cantata Academica, Op. 62 Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, George Malcolm / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britte [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] Two of Britten's rarities, his children's opera The Little Sweep and the Cantata Academica, have been unavailable for several years. The definitive recordings made with the English Opera Group and the London Symphony Orchestra are now available on... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Essential Gilbert & Sullivan Glyndebourne Opera with George Baker, Owen Brannigan, John Cameron, Richard Lewis, Monica Sinclair [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "A very well sung recording indeed....Exceptionally good singing....Loaded with atmosphere" |