More By Artist: John D'Amato
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WALTON / EGAR / BRITTEN / VIVALDI / MONTI / etc
The Best of Tasmin Little Tasmin Little (violin), with Piers Lane, Martin Roscoe, Tim Hugh, John Lechan & others [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Following the announcement by Tasmin Little of her intended retirement from the concert platform, Chandos wanted to create an album that would stand as both a tribute to, and celebration of, her outstanding career as a performer. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera recorded in 2012) Teatre alla Scala / John Graham-Hall, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Felicity Palmer / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 31/Jul/2013 ] "Gritton's Ellen is remarkable...[Graham-Hall ] lives his role - earnest, lonely, impulsive, with a desperate desire for acceptance...Ticciati is in full control from the start" Gramophone DVD of the month July 2013 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Simon O'Neill, John Tomlinson, Vitalij Kowaljow, Waltraud Meier / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Gubanova is a steely, imperious Fricka. Best of all, though, is Nina Stemme's Brunnhilde. It's a radiant performance, occasionally effortful, but Stemme's golden tone stands the pressure." (BBC Music) |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Visions / Requiem Kerson Leong (violin), The Temple Church Boys' Choir, The Cambridge Singers / Aurora Orchestra, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] John Rutter's latest major work Visions is a four-movement showpiece for solo violin, string orchestra, harp, and choir of treble voices, based on the theme of Jerusalem, the Holy City of prophetic imaginations. It was composed at the invitation of... |
MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41 The English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "Unlike so many 'live' recordings, this one captures the essence of pure music-making and re-creative energy. Period instruments and historical information are means to glorious ends here...[Gardiner] and his musicians take risks within the context... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY Theatre Musical de Paris / Yannis Kokkos, Susan Graham, Gregory Kunde / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "The magnificent high-definition recording does it ample sonic and visual justice. For anyone who loves Les Troyens, this is a revelatory and essential performance." (The Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
LOUIS WAYNE BALLARD
Ballard: The Four Moons / Devil's Promenade / etc Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Louis Wayne Ballard - also known as "Honganozhe", which means "Stands with Eagles" in the Quapaw language - was the first indigenous North American composer of art music, and his extensive knowledge of the music, dance and mythology of this culture... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: A Child of Our Time Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Jon Garrison & John Cheek / City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett [ Naxos / CD ] "..the composer's own lovingly crafted reading has a special place in the discography of this still-modern masterpiece." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Cello Concerto in E Min Op. 85 (with Brahms-Double Concerto for Violin & Cello & Debussy-Cello Sonata) [rec 1959-72] Paul Tortelier (cello) / BBC Symph Orchestra / Adrian Boult, John Pritchard [ BBC Legends / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] "The French Cellist's personality is stamped on every bar of these live performances." (Gramophone) |
THOMAS PITFIELD
Thomas Pitfield: Chamber Music Tracey Chadwell (soprano), John McCabe (piano), Dennis Simons (violin), Richard Simpson (oboe), Keith Swallow (piano), John Turner (recorder) [ Heritage / CD - released 25/Dec/2015 ] Tommy Pitfield was a 20th century Renaissance man. He was a composer, artist, poet, writer, teacher, ornithologist, and probably much else which his modesty shielded from public notice. But it is his music he served most devotedly. In 1947 he became... |
WAGNER
Tristan & Isolde (complete opera) John Treleaven, Christine Brewer, Dagmar Peckova, Peter Rose / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
JACOB / LEIGH / LLOYD / LAMBERT / MATHAIS / PARRY / STANFORD / WORDSWORTH / etc
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music - Set 2 Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) John Ogdon (piano) / BBC Symphony / London Symphony / London Philharmonic [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "The idea is to offer a single substantial orchestral track for the majority of composers represented in the Lyrita catalogue. You can sometimes argue with the selection but overall the right note has been struck - right and bold" (MusicWeb Oct 2009) |
RAUTAVAARA
Modificata / Towards the Horizon / Incantations Truls Mørk (cello) Colin Currie (percussion) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "A late and lush harvest of works by octogenarian Einojuhani Rautavaara continues apace. Here we have eagerly awaited documentation of his two latest neo-Romantic concertos, in beautifully recorded and definitive performances by the soloists who are... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 'Choral' Twyla Robinson, Karen Cargill, John Mac Master, Gerald Finley / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ Alto / CD - released 10/Feb/2020 ] "a magnificent Ninth, done with total commitment under Haitink's inspiring leadership…with splendid chorus and soloists in full cry, and orchestra in blazing form" (Sunday Times) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Twyla Robinson, Karen Cargill, John Mac Master, Gerald Finley / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2006 ] Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact disc players Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a landmark in the history of music, changing the concept of what a symphony could be. The use of solo singers and a chorus in the final movement was revolutionary, and |
MESSIEAN
Des Canyons aux Étoiles (recorded Nov 2013) Tzimon Barto (piano), John Ryan (horn), Andrew Barclay (xylorimba) & Erika Öhman (glockenspiel) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "This performance of Messiaen's late, great 100-minute orchestral cycle - 12 pieces for an altering configuration - was recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in 2013, and makes a powerful, colourful, even apocalyptically witty effect, I find, on s |
PUTS / NEWMAN / KUSTER / MACKEY / HOLST / GORB
Millenium Canons - Looking Forward, Looking Back University of Georgia Wind Ensemble / John P. Lynch [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] Comprising the University' s most accomplished musicians, The University of Georgia Wind Ensemble commissions and premières new compositions and performs other significant works from the wind band repertoire... |
STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |
100 BEST WALTZES & POLKAS
100 Best Waltzes & Polkas Various artists including John Barbirolli, Willi Boskovsky, Andrew Davis, Louis Fremaux, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, John Lanchbery, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 waltzes and polkas performed by some of the world's leading orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester,... |
VARIOUS WRITERS
1000 Years Of Laughter Carole Boyd, Griff Rhys Jones, Jonathan Keeble, John Moffatt; Cathy Sara; David Timson (readers) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The... |
