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FAURE / MENDELSSOHN / FRANCK / SCHUBERT
Piano Duos-Faure, Mendelssohn, Franck, Schubert (Rec 1974) Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick, pianos [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/Jul/2005 ] The piano-duet partnership of Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick was legendary. Held in high regard all over the world, their uniquely sensitive approach to the duet repertoire was supported by a virtuoso technique. |
CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / RACHMANINOV / DOHNANYI / etc
Cyril Smith: The Complete Solo Recordings HMV & Columbia recordings Cyril Smith (piano) with Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ APR / 3 CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] We tend to remember Cyril Smith (1909-1974) these days as the pianist who overcame the misfortune of a paralysing stroke to form a hugely successful duo for three hands with his wife, pianist Phyllis Sellick. Before then though, he had conquered the... |
STEVEN GERBER
Gerber: Chamber Music - Piano Trio / Duo / Elegy / Notturno / Gershwiniana Cyrus Beroukhim / Sara Davis Buechner / Cho-Liang Lin / Kurt Nikkanen / Brinton Averil Smith [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "This CD is an invaluable supplement for the Gerber fan and a highly attractive proposition for anyone attracted to the chamber instrument combinations Gerber employs. The performances are first rate." InsideCatholic.com |
David Torn, Tim Berne, Ches Smith
Sun of Goldfinger [ ECM / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Guitarist-composer David Torn, a longstanding ECM artist, has enjoyed a particularly fruitful 21st-century with the label, releasing two albums under his own name - the solo only sky and quartet disc prezens - in addition to producing records by Tim... |
MASSENET
Manon (complete opera) (with works by Berlioz & Debussy) Victoria de los Angeles, Henri Legay, Michel Dens / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Carol Smith, Charles Munch [ Testament / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc. Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but they hold limited sonic appeal to present-day... |
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Dean/Watson/Anguelov Smith
Scenes From Tristan & Isolde [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] |
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... |
Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei, Jorja Smith & more
Blue Note Re:Imagined [ Blue Note / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Blue Note Re:imagined; a brand-new collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene's most exciting young talents. |
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) |
