More By Artist: Lawrence
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MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Arie e Lamenti / Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi Montserrat Figueras / Andrew Lawrence-King / Rolf Lislevand / Ton Koopman / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox Heritage Series SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] At this time, [Figueras] developed an innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to historical sources, combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, that has exerted a decisive influence on the whole... |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times |
NOEL COWARD
Noel Coward: His HMV Recordings Noel Coward with Gertrude Lawrence, Yvonne Printemps and various accompaniments [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2016 ] In compiling this Noel Coward Archive from the HMV vaults, we have had two guiding principles: that the recordings, spanning 25 years, should be kept in their chronological order, despite the fact that Noel often recalled earlier scores while in a... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Xerxes [Serse] (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera Frankfurt / Gaëlle Arquez, Elizabeth Sutphen, Lawrence Zazzo, Louise Alder / Constantinos Carydis (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] Xerxes is one of Handel's latest and most frequently performed operas, famous for its marvelous opening aria 'Ombra mai fu'. At the centre of the confusing tragicomedy, very loosely based upon the life of Xerxes I of Persia, is a powerful and... |
ROGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
The King And I (recorded 1951 & 1954) Original Broadway Cast / Original London Cast (Yul Brynner, Valerie Hobson, Robert Merrill, Gertrude Lawrence, Herbert Lom & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This disc also features selections from an RCA 'cover' recording made with popular vocalists of the period, released before the show opened on Broadway and features an Overture that was put together expressly for the purpose. |
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast Recording (with 'On the Waterfront') Original Broadway Cast with Mickey Calin, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper & Carol Lawrence [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "The 1957 sound came right at the beginning of the stereo era and obviously wanted to show off the possibilities the format offered, and is amazingly good for that time, both in terms of definition and impact." David's Review Corner, September 2009 |
GARDEN OF EARLY DELIGHTS
Garden of Early Delights: music from the renaissance and early baroque periods Pamela Thorby (recorder) Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, psaltery) [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Whether on soprano, alto or tenor recorder, Pamela Thorby's tone has a limpid clarity which gives a crisp filigree-like quality to even the most fast and furious figurations...This crystalline sound is equally successful in conveying the melancholy... |
ACCOLAY / BERIOT / RIEDING / SEITZ / VIOTTI
Concertos From My Childhood Itzhak Perlman (violin) / The Juilliard Orchestra, Lawrence Foster [ Warner Classics Perlman Complete Warner Recordings / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] Perlman, always generous in sharing his wisdom with young musicians, here provides model performances of five delightful works that have furthered the development of generations of budding players. The orchestra is from New York's Juilliard School,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Baritone Arias Peter Mattei (baritone) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Peter Mattei is now in his prime, and his voice miraculously preserves the freshness and vibrancy of youth. His fast notes are excellently articulated, his slow ones are just beautiful. A glorious disc!" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month MusicWeb... |
BEETHOVEN
Complete String Quartets Volume 5 Quartetto Di Cremona, with Lawrence Dutton (viola) [ Audite SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] "This is the most exciting new disc of string quartet playing that I have come across for a long time" (BBC Music Chamber Choice of the Month March 2016) |
THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Read by Jim Norton) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks... |
LAWRENCE DURRELL
Justine (Read by Nigel Anthony) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2009 ] "The classical music interludes that delineate sections of this beautifully produced and packaged set help transport the listener to back-streets of Alexandria. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." --Audiofilemagazine |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (complete) Stella Roman, Frederic Jagel, Lawrence Tibbett, Ezio Pinza / Metriopolitan Opera, Bruno Walter [ Naxos Immortal Performances / 3 CD ] Radio Broadcast January 1943 |
WAGNER
The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure (arr. Henk de Vlieger) Royal Swedish Orchestra (Kungliga Hovkapellet) / Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Nov/2013 ] Henk de Vlieger's orchestral arrangement of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle boils down this monumental music drama in four parts to a symphonic poem with a duration of a fifteenth of the original score. |
FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker: Orchestral Music from the Operas Royal Swedish Orchestra, Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/May/2017 ] "Little-known repertoire, superbly played and recorded; go on, treat yourself." MusicWeb |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana (recorded 31 December 2004 at the Philharmonie Berlin) Sally Matthews (soprano) / Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) / Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] Simon Rattle is a musical force of nature and the interaction between his unique, varied musical gifts and the great performing traditions of the Berliner Philharmoniker is one of the most exciting features of our present cultural life. |
CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana (recorded 31 December 2004 at the Philharmonie Berlin) BLU-RAY Sally Matthews (soprano) / Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) / Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Dec/2010 ] Simon Rattle is a musical force of nature and the interaction between his unique, varied musical gifts and the great performing traditions of the Berliner Philharmoniker is one of the most exciting features of our present cultural life. |
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Steve Lawrence
Long Before I knew You [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] |
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
We Got Us - Eydie & Steve Sing the Golden Hits [ Jasmine / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] Steve & Eydie were singing Gershwin, Porter, and Tin Pan Alley in the 1950's while the rest of the world was listening to artists like Elvis, Johnny Ray. Steve & Eydie were keeping the popular American songbook alive along with Tony Bennett, Keely... |
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Syd Lawrence
Plays The Music Of.. [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
