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ROSSINI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / MASSENET
Serate Musicali (songs, melodies & lieder) Joan Sutherland (soprano) with Richard Bonynge (piano) [ Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] An evening of song recorded in the music room of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge's home in Switzerland in 1978 |
GRAUN / MOZART / BELLINI / GLIERE / GOUNOD / etc
Joan Sutherland: My Favourites Joan Sutherland (soprano) with various orchestras. Richard Bonynge (conductor) [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "She was a dab hand at charming the listener in Noël Coward numbers, operetta and songs from the 19th century. In all these one felt she could relax and enjoy herself." Opera |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 19: BWV155, BWV3, BWV13; BWV81, BWV14 & BWV26 Joanne Lunn / Richard Wyn Roberts / Julian Podger / Gerald Finley / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2006 ] John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning series of live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage continues with cantatas for the 2nd and 4th Sundays after Trinity. |
MICHAEL KEMP TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] Recorded at St Jude's Church, London NW11; 7-8 March 1995 |
PTER SCULTHORPE / NIGEL WESTGATE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - John Williams - From Australia John Williams (guitar) / London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded Feb/March 1994 & December 1990 |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue Judith Hellwigh (Judit), Endre Koréh (Bluebeard), Ernö Lorsy (Speaker, the Bard), Richard Lewis (tenor) & Marko Rothmüller (baritone), New Orchestra o [ Praga Digitals / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] An opulent yet logical combination of recordings by conductor Walter Süsskind in honour of Bartók, under the technical direction of the latter's son Peter. Their purity of sound and style is unaltered by time. The Prologue, narrated by bard Ernö... |
KURT WEILL
Weill: Street Scene Kristine Ciesinski, Janis Kelly, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard van Allan, Catherine Zeta Jones / English National Opera, Carl Davis [ Jay Productions / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Nov/1989 ] Street Scene is an American opera by Kurt Weill (music), Langston Hughes (lyrics), and Elmer Rice (book). Written in 1946 and premiered in Philadelphia that year, Street Scene is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1929 play of the same name by... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera with libretto) Philip Langridge, Janice Watson, Alan Opies, Anne Collins / Opera London, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "The casting of Philip Langridge in the title-role is central to the set's success. As on stage, he is unrivalled at conveying the character's moutning hysteria, and the result is chilling. Janice Watson makes a most touching Ellen Orford." Penguin |
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Griselda (highlights from the opera) Lauris Elms, Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair, Margreta Elkins / The Ambrosian Singers & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "Monica Sinclair rattles through three octaves with enough masculinity for the whole cast. In the title role Lauris Elms sings with charm, and makes much of her opportunities." (Gramophone) |
Little Richard
The Very Best of Little Richard [ Universal Music / CD - released 18/Aug/2008 ] 'The Very Best of Little Richard' is a comprehensive 25-track compilation, and the first in 20 years to showcase all the Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer's hits from the legendary Specialty Records label. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams:Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / 6 Hybrid SACD - released 27/May/2022 ] 'Impeccable playing' The Times |
MASSENET / MEYERBEER / ADAM / THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ballet Gala: Le Cid, Hamlet & Les Patineurs London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] "the record enjoyably enough fills some gaps in the catalogue, and performance and recording are first class." (Gramophone) |
VERDI / BELLINI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pavarotti in Concert Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / London / CD - released 30/Jun/1986 ] Record at the Bologna Opera House, July 5th-9th 1973 |
PURCELL / HANDEL / HAYDN
To Saint Cecilia Lucy Crowe, Nathalie Stutzmann, Richard Croft, Anders J Dahlin, Neil Baker / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski (Conductor) [ Naive / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Hail! Bright Cecilia! Three major composers celebrated in 2009 pay vibrant homage to Cecilia, the patron saint of music... One couldn't dream of a better musician to record these three Odes and Masses than Marc Minkowski. |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Symphony No 9 / The Morning Watch for chorus and orchestra Lynne Dawson, Della Jones / BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] Another from the highly-praised Rubbra symphony series! |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / GOUNOD
Mado Robin sings excerpts from Lucia and Mireille Mado Robin (soprano) with L´Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Richard Blareau, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fi [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 36 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] A star of television and radio in the 1950s, Mado was well known in France. Among her roles were Lakmé, which she recorded for Decca Records in 1952 (with Georges Sébastian conducting), Lucia di Lammermoor, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Gilda in... |
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GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paisiello: Nina, O Sia la Pazza per Amore Marina Bolgan, Don Bernardini, Francesco Musinu, Fiorella Pediconi / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo "Bellini" di Catania, Richard Bonynge [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2003 ] Giovanni Paisiello, is best known for composing the original Barbiere di Siviglia. He was a favorite of the crowned heads of Europe; Napoleon considered him "the greatest composer there is" - but, on the strength of Nina, it's easy to see why Rossini... |
HOWARD FERGUSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ferguson: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra / Amore langueo (with Finzi: Eclogue) Martyn Hill (tenor) Howard Shelley (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/1987 ] Belfast-born Ferguson's reputation as a composer rests on the nineteen published works that he wrote between 1928 and 1959. Rhythmic energy endows his music with its exciting sense of momentum, underpinned by his command of Baroque and Classical... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Concertos Michael Collins (clarinet) Richard Watkins (horn) Karen Jones (horn) David Nettle, Richard Markham (piano) / London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] Arnold was an exceptionally gifted orchestrator, and his writing for solo instruments, particularly winds and brass, is always extremely effective. All the soloists here seem to be having a great time with this light-hearted and gratifying music. |
