More By Artist: Alan Haven
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BERG
Wozzeck (Complete opera in English) Andrew Shore (baritone); Alan Woodrow (tenor); Peter Bronder (tenor); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Paul Daniel [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "This English language version is an almost unqualified success … a fresh and illuminating perspective a harrowing and original masterpiece." (Music Web) |
SKEMPTON / FINNISSY / JACKSON / CRANE / SALTER
New Works for Clarinet Andrew Sparling (clarinet) Thalia Myers (piano) Alan Thomas (guitar) [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This disc shows off the clarinet-playing and unusual musical tastes of a familiar figure on the contemporary scene ... The stylistic range is from the jazziness of Nick Hayes' Tongue-Dog to the modernism of Roger Redgate's +R and Michael Finnissy's... |
DANIEL BORTZ
His name was Orestes (complete oratorio) / Concerto for recorder and orchestra Anita Bjark (narrator) Annalena Persson, Ingrid Tobiasson, Marianne Eklaf (vocals) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "… a fine eye for detail and imaginatively spare use of full orchestral resources which now distinguishes Bortz as a composer of music drama." Gramophone |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie Annika Socolofsky (soprano), John Daugherty (baritone) / Dogs of Desire, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] In This Land Sings, GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty has created an original musical tribute to the singer-songwriter and political activist Woody Guthrie (1912-1967). |
Anthony Hopkins, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Pryce, Aled Jones, Mary Hopkin, etc
Under Milk Wood: A play for voices by Dylan Thomas [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2016 ] A Play for voices by Dylan Thomas With original music by George Martin & Elton John Produced by George Martin |
BRITTEN
The Five Canticles / Purcell realizations Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Chance, Alan Opie, Roger Vignoles, etc [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Sioned Williams (harp) & Michael Thompson (horn) |
JOHN IRELAND
The Songs (Incls 'songs of a Wayfarer', 'sea Fever' & 'three Thomas Hardy Songs') Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) John Mitchinson (tenor) Alan Rowlands (piano) [ Lyrita / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Although John Ireland wrote concerted chamber music, orchestral works and choral pieces he devoted much of his long creative career to piano music and songs, and it is in these works that the essential Ireland ismost comprehensively to be found -... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (complete opera) Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bed [ Signum / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "...[Oke's] is a strong, ballasted performance, less purely plangent than many, but deeply moving in its simple strength and keen imagination...There's much to relish throughout this hand-picked cast." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Opera WINNER |
JAMES MACMILLAN
MacMillan: Consecration Cappella Nova; Alan Tavener [ Linn Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Cappella Nova has a longstanding reputation of championing contemporary music, and its latest album Consecration is no exception. Comprising world premiere recordings in a programme specially curated by Sir James MacMillan, it includes a very... |
JAMES MACMILLAN
Who are these Angels? Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener [ Linn / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Cappella Nova present illuminating performances which perfectly capture MacMillan's profound sense of the sacred, but here the sense of looking back over the centuries is especially strong." Editor's Choice Gramophone March 2012 |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener conducts Tavener Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener (conductor) [ Linn Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Sing as though you are in a state of grace: you won't know what that's like, but it's lovely. (John Tavener, 1990) |
JAMES MACMILLAN
Alpha & Omega: Choral Music by James MacMillan Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener & James MacMillan, with Madeleine Mitchell (violin) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] After its 'undeniably beautiful' (The Financial Times) Linn debut and its 'excellently performed' (Fanfare) follow up, Cappella Nova releases a third volume of choral works by the leading contemporary composer, James MacMillan. Of the eight works... |
PUCCINI
Puccini Passions: over two hours of passionate arias sung in English Cheryl Barker / Dennis O'Neill / Cynthia Haymon / Susan Patterson / Alan Opie / Geoffrey Mitchell Choir / Gareth Hancock [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] This selection includes Puccini's most passionate arias, and is a perfect collection for both those keen to discover more about Opera in English, as well established Puccini lovers. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Amor E Gelosia: Handel Duets Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2014 ] "All are most beautifully sung by Patrizia Ciofi and Joyce DiDonato, who has just the right firmness and focus for a castrato role; both phrase beautifully, articulate and express the words clearly and tellingly" (Gramophone Editor's Choice) |
W. A. MOZART
Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 (with works by Mendelssohn & Rossini) Alan Civil (horn) Gerald Moore (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Testament / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] |
Alan Broadbent / George Chisolm / Andy Brown / Frank Gibson
Fine and Dandy [ Ode Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] The 1991 NZ Jazz Record of the Year, 'Fine and Dandy' is a classic NZ jazz album featuring jazz greats, Frank Gibson and Alan Broadbent. |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
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DANIEL BORTZ / INGVAR KARKOFF / FREDRIK OSTERLING
A Joker's Tales: 21st-century recorder works Dan Laurin (recorder) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert; Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble / Petter Sundkvist / Trio Paradox [ BIS / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] "A new CD of high quality, substantial and original new music has certainly done Bis no disservice" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / MOZART / LISZT
The Klemperer Legacy: Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano), Alan Civil (horn), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI The Klemperer Legacy / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2013 ] Although Klemperer had primarily been contracted to provide orchestral music for the EMI Classics catalogue there were soloists who benefitted from his presence in recording concertos. |
