Broderick Smith
Broderick Smith's Big Combo [ Aztec Music / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Eileen Farrell, Carol Smith, Richard Lewis, New York Philharmonic & Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Bernstein's first recording of the Missa Solemnis is notable for its high-voltage theatrical impact and committed choral singing. Introspective moments are hampered by close miking." (BBC Music) |
Cal Smith
My Kind of Country / I Just Came Home To Count the Memories [ Hux Records / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] |
Capella Savaria/Terey-Smith
Rameau::A Naissance D'osiri [ Naxos / CD ] |
BIANCA MANA MEDA
Lacrime Amare: Bianca Maria Meda Motets Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] The revival on record of forgotten music by a Benedictine nun: a valuable discovery for fans of the early Baroque. Even in the extensive library of little-known composers whose music has found a niche on Brilliant Classics, the name of Bianca... |
Carl Smith
Happy Birthday My Darlin' [ Righteous / CD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] |
Carl Smith
Time Changes Everything - Mr Country [ Jasmine / CD ] Known as Mr. Country, Carl Smith was one of the most popular honky tonkers of the '50s, racking up over 30 Top Ten hits over the course of the decade, 10 of which are included here. Inducted to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2003. |
BLITHEMAN / REDFORD / TALLIS / TOMKINS
Tudor Organ Music Carl Smith [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] English organists of the early sixteenth century contributed roughly one hundred polyphonic keyboard works based on liturgical plainsong which survive in manuscript copy. |
TRADITIONAL
Evensong From Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington, with Clive Driskill-Smith (organ) [ Alto / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Nothing is overstated or outlandish, and the singing has a very pleasing polished and bright sound. Highly recommended" (Music Web International) |
Christian Smith
Platform [ Renaissance / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in English) Christine Brewer / Robert Dean Smith / Gillian Keith / Alice Coote / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Richard Armstrong [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Richard Strauss in English? Yes, when the cast is as smart and committed as this...Hofmannsthal's fine but word-rich libretto is clear and audible in Christopher Cowell's translation...Sir Richard Armstrong conducts a voluptuous but brisk... |
COLIN CURRIE
Borrowed Time Colin Currie (percussion) with Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) Dave Maric (piano) and Clive Driskill-Smith (organ) [ Onyx / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] A very special release showcasing Colin Currie, Britain's, and probably the world's foremost percussionist, in a superb new album of new works composed especially for him by leading composer Dave Maric and featuring world-renowned classical trumpeter... |
MAX REGER
Choral Music Consortium, Andrew-John Smith [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] A second disc from new chamber choir Consortium, who were acclaimed for their disc of Brahms's secular partsongs. |
BRAHMS
Zigeunerlieder Consortium / Andrew-John Smith (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "I have much enjoyed Consortium's Brahms, especially for the sheer quality of the singing. They are particularly good at sustaining tone in pianissimo, and they are always rhythmically alive, which is vital in this repertoire" International Record Re |
Craig Smith
45 South [ Craig Smith / CD - released 31/May/2010 ] |
Craig Smith
Not Just For Kids 2 & Live At Glastonbury [ Craig Smith / 2 CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Better known as "The Wonky Donkey Man", Craig Smith a children's APRA award winning, ISC winning and a New Zealand children's book award winning songwriter/author. |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (Sung in English) Cynthia Buchan (mezzo), John Winifred (ten), Ian Caddy, Thomas Lawlor (bass-baritone), Anthony Smith (bar) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; RTÉ Sinf [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "..very satisfying: everyone sings and plays with obvious enjoyment. Again, Berners' temperament was obviously attuned to its times and his music partakes of the then prevailing mood of light-headedness and nonchalance." British Music Society |
W. A. MOZART / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / etc
Cyril Smith & Phyllis Sellick - Works for Piano 4 hands Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick (pianos) [ Guild / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] An attractive collection of their 4-hand recordings made between 1948-1956, including the very rare recordings made in Moscow in April 1956, expertly remastered. |
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. |
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 |