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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Rheingold (complete opera) Eberhard Francesco Lorenz (Tenor), Catriona Smith (Soprano), Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek (Conductor) [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] Wagner's tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) was first performed as a whole in August 1876 at the new Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. The complete cycle consists of a Prologue, Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), followed the next day... |
Ella Fitzgerald, with Ellis Larkins, Paul Smith and Oscar Peterson
The Complete Piano Duets [ Verve / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] For the first time, all of Ella Fitzgerald's collaborations with pianists recorded for the Decca, Verve and Pablo labels are brought together on the album The Complete Piano Duets. |
J.S. BACH
Wedding Cantata, Hunt Cantata & Ich habe genug Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas, Jennifer Smith / The Parley of Instruments [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'Still by far the best version. The stronger sense of occasion is boosted by Peter Holman's inspired topping and tailing with sinfonias' (International Record Review) |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Trio Sonatas for Recorder and Viola da Gamba Erik Bosgraaf (alto recorder, voice flute, alto chalumeau), with Robert Smith, Lucile Boulanger, Alessandro Pianu, Carl Rosman [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] Telemann was renowned in his own day for the spontaneity and fluency of his music, which appealed to professional and amateur musicians alike. These qualities abound in his trio sonatas in particular. |
Ethel Smith
The First Lady Of The Hammond Organ Plays Tico Tico & Other Great Original Recordings [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2002 ] Ethel Smith took immediately to the complicated Hammond electric organ when it was first introduced in the 1930s, and made full use of the wonderful sounds which could be coaxed from it... |
GRAUN / LECLAIR / W F BACH
Conversed Monologue: Concerti by J.G. Graun, J.M. Leclair, & W.F. Bach Fantasticus XL (ensemble); Rie Kimura (violin); Robert Smith (viola da gamba); Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] Following several exciting and critically acclaimed albums as a Baroque trio, the Amsterdam-based group Fantasticus are now augmented to become a chamber orchestra for the first time - Fantasticus XL. Their debut recording as an expanded group... |
NED ROREM
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano), Ann Hobson Pilot (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Covering much of the composer's career, these pieces range from the early Mountain Song which captures the spirit of a rural Kentucky folksong, to the meditative and spectacular Four Prayers. |
CARL REINECKE
Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet Fenwick Smith (flute) Hugh Hinton (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, members [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music purely for wind ensembles was largely overlooked by Romantic composers and as a result Carl Reinecke's genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape. |
JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR
Leclair: Chamber Music with Flute (Complete) Fenwick Smith (flute) / Laura Blustein (cello) / John Gibbons (harpsichord) / Laura Jeppesen (viola da gamba) / Christophe Krueger (flute) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] The music of Jean-Marie Leclair exemplifies the values and aspirations of the Age of Enlightenment: clarity and rationality; balance, harmony and proportion; and avoidance of excess or exaggeration. |
SCHULHOFF / SCHOENBERG
Sonatas and Concertinos for Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Randall Hodgkinson (piano) / [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The repertoire in this recording features two innovative Jewish composers - Erwin Schulhoff and Arnold Schoenberg - who pursued widely differing musical styles |
GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1 Jacques Zoon, Fenwick Smith (flutes) Malcolm Lowe (violin) John Ferrillo (oboe), Sally Pinkas (piano) Jayne West (soprano) Andrew Pearce (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 3 Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] "This third disc continues the excellent standard of recording that the earlier volumes set. Fans of Romantic era flute music need not hesitate to add this disc to their collections, and opera fans might also risk a gamble regarding the... |
MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
PHILIPPE GAUBERT
Gaubert - Complete Works for Flute Volume 2 Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
William Grant Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 & Wood Notes Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Still rose from humble beginnings to work as an arranger while studying composition with Chadwick and Varèse. Still embraced the blues, spirituals, jazz, and other ethnic American musics within classical forms. |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: Symphony No 4 "Autochthonous" / Symphony No 5 "Western Hemisphere" Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Revel in these fine and likeably accessible works." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: In Memoriam / Africa / Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "This is a great CD." MusicWeb |
Fort Smith Symphony/Jeter
Grant Still: Afro-American Sym [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe / Vert-Vert / Entre Nous John Brecknock, Yvonne Kenny, Roderick Kennedy, Marilyn Hill Smith, Toby Spence, Thora Einarsdottir, Jennifer Lamore / Alun Francis, David Parry (cond [ Opera Rara / 7 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] 'All but dedicated misanthropes will find this set entrancing. Highly recommended' Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / BRITTEN
The Poet's Echo Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Abi Hyde-Smith (cello), Jocelyn Freeman (piano) [ Rubicon / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) effectively founded Russian literature, elevating his mother tongue to match the wit and penetrating observation of the French, Spanish and English writers he admired. He was revered even through the Soviet years, the... |
