ALFRED CELLIER
Cellier: The Mountebanks (operetta) / Suite Symphonique Soraya Mafi, Thomas Elwin, James Cleverton, Sharon Carty / BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "The Mountebanks is as much a Savoy operetta as any of Sullivan's…Nevertheless [Cellier] has his own distinctive voice, flowingly melodic, orchestral writing more elegant and modern-sounding , looking forward to Edwardian operetta." BBC |
St George's Chapel Choir Windsor / James Vivian, Luke Bond
Christmas at St George's Windsor [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The Choir of St George's Chapel, world famous through its royal patronage, is one of this country's foremost, participating in daily services throughout the year at its Windsor Castle home. Here the choir performs a wide range of music appropriate... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Eastertide Evensong St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), with James Anderson-Besant & Glen Dempsey (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] St John's first live Evensong album, Ash Wednesday, marked the period of Lent and reflected the tradition of the organ remaining silent. Now with Eastertide Evensong, organists rejoin choir in a blaze of rejoicing. |
JAMES WOOD
Phainomena / Two Men Meet / Venancio Mbande Talking with the Trees Steven Schick (percussion) / The Critical Band / James Wood [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "James Wood is an all-round musical explorer of a philosophical cast of mind yet with an ardent Messiaen-like sensibility... each piece is an ambitious synthesis of music and the world." The Sunday Times 1997 |
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister
Planetarium (LP) [ 4AD / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2017 ] Planetarium is an album co-composed by four musicians: Bryce Dessner (of the National), James McAlister, Nico Muhly, and Sufjan Stevens. Flanked by a string quartet and a consort of seven trombones, this unique collaborative ensemble has assembled... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
HUMMEL
Masses vol. 2 (Includes Mass No. 2, Op. 80 in E flat major) Susan Gritton, soprano, Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano, James Gilchrist, tenor Stephen Varcoe, baritone Collegium Musicum 90 Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] "Conviction and splendid sensitivity ... always alert, stylish, and ultra-transparent -allows us to hear the many felicities of Hummel's scoring. The voices are well-matched and sound as though they're really enjoying the music." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
Taylor James
October Road (2CD Bonus Edition) [ 2 CD ] |
TAVENER
Choral Ikons The Choir / James Whitbourn [ Opus Arte CD / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "James Whitbourn's singers, seasoned yet still young, robustly engage with compositions that many groups treat with bloodless reverence...Those who like their Tavener pure and ethereal should not be deterred from tasting The Choir's more muscular... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman recorded in 1968 at the Royal Festival Hall, London) Theo Adam / Anja Silja / Martti Talvela / James King / BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 1972) Theo Adam, James King, Pilar Lorengar / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers [ Sony Metropolitan Series / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Direct from the Metropolitan Opera's archives. These complete live recordings are taken from the Met's historic Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts and are newly remastered from the original sources. All feature great singers in live performance, at... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Clarinet Hive - Clarinet Ensemble Music Theodore Schoen, Laura Ardan, Ricardo Morales, James Ognibene, Timothy Paradise, Evan Ziporyn (clarinets) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] Taking its name from Evan Ziporyn's Hive, which grew out of the composer's experience as a beekeeper, this album brings together an engaging selection of pieces for solo clarinet and clarinet ensembles of various sizes. |
KIENZL
Don Quixote (complete opera) Thomas Mohr / Michelle Breedt / Celina Lindsley / James Wagner / Rundfunk Orchester / Gustav Kuhn [ CPO / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
Timothy Ridout, James Baillieu, Frank Dupree
A Lionel Tertis Celebration [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Lionel Tertis (1876-1975), a great genius of the viola, is little known to today's public. Timothy Ridout pays tribute to this key figure in his instrument's history with a flamboyant programme featuring music by Tertis's friends, teachers and... |
Tommy James
My Head, My Bed & My Red Guitar [ CD ] |
Tommy James & The Shondells
Anthology [ Rhino Records / CD - released 26/Oct/1989 ] American import |
Tommy James & The Shondells
Crimson And Clover / Cellophane Symphony [ Rhino Records / CD - released 27/Aug/1991 ] American import. |
Tommy James & The Shondells
The Definitive Pop Collection [ Rhino Records / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] American imported double disc set. |
Tommy James & The Shondells
The Essentials [ Rhino Records / CD - released 4/Jun/2002 ] American import. |