More By Artist: Anthony D'Amato
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Finta Semplice (complete opera recorded in 1983) Helen Donath, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Holl, Teresa Berganza / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager(cond) [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Helen Donath is her usual bright-toned and fluent self and she has a fine trill; Teresa Berganza is lovely too, nuanced as always and still in creamy voice. Light and springy, even more delectable is Jutta-Renate Ihloff in the soubrette role." |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Hymnus Paradisi / A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song Joan Rodgers (soprano) / Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Bruce Ogston (baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St. John Passion (complete oratorio recorded in 1986) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, Cornelius Hauptmann, Nancy Argenta / The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2000 ] "Gardiner conducts an exhilarating performance. Speeds are regularly on the fast side but, characteristically, he consistently keeps a spring in their rhythm. Chorales are treated in contrasted ways." Penguin Guide |
THE KING'S SINGERS
The King's Singers: Madrigals & Songs from the Renaissance The King's Singers with The Consorte of Musicke, Anthony Rooley & Tragicomedia [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] Founded at King's College in Cambridge in 1968, the King's Singers are one of the world's most sought-after and acclaimed vocal ensembles. This amazing set repackages eight of their greatest albums. |
RAVEL
Tzigane: music for violin, cello & piano Kristian Winther (violin) Anthony Romaniuk (piano) Michelle Wood (cello) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Recorded in a pleasantly resonant acoustic, produced to the Melba label's high packaging standards and given an orange glow like antipodean sunlight, this is a SACD disc to treasure...this is one disc I can see myself taking on holiday... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The very best of Handel: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Kym Amps (soprano) Ulrike Andersen (alto) Johann Aratore (organ) Anthony Camden (oboe) Alan Cuckston (harpsichord) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
YORK BOWEN / IMOGEN HOLST / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Chamber Music with Viola Yue Yu (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano), Jeffrey Armstrong (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] An accomplished horn and viola player, York Bowen is said to have preferred the tone of the viola to the violin. Inspired by the virtuosity and vibrato style of the distinguished violist, Lionel Tertis, Bowen wrote several works for him and became... |
ROGER QUILTER
O Mistress Mine / To Daisies / Julia's Hair / Go, Lovely Rose and other songs Lisa Milne (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Duke Quartet [ Naxos The English Song Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Roger Quilter was born in Hove in 1877 into comfortable family circumstances. His father was Sir Cuthbert Quilter, who in 1881 founded the National Telephone Company and was for... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Sacrifice (complete opera) Lisa Milne (sop) Leigh Melrose (bar), Christopher Purves (bass) Sarah Tynan (sop) Peter Hoare (ten) / Welsh National Opera, Anthony Negus [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] 'There is no mistaking James MacMillan has a popular hit on his hands, with the cries of bravo as the curtain fell on the world premiere of his new opera.' (Western Mail) |
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Tears on my Pillow [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Little Anthony & The Imperials were one of the greatest Doo Wop groups of all time. |
BAX / BENJAMIN / BERKELEY / STEVENS / PANUFNIK
Works for String Orchestra London Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Bernard / The Boyd Neel Orchestra [ Lyrita Mono / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] 'Let us composers, too, remember what Boyd Neel has done for us. Not only has he asked for and used new music but - here's the difference - he has used it many times. If Boyd Neel and his orchestra like and believe in new music, they play it over and... |
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Brahms, Jo
Lieder: Aus "Deutsche Volkslieder", Zigeunerlieder aus op. 103, Der Gang zum Liebchen op. 48,1; Sonntag op. 47,3; Mädche Marjana Lipovsek, Folkwang Gitarren Duo, Anthony Spiri [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Sep/1997 ] |
SCHUMANN
Schumann: Violin Sonatas 1-3 Anthony Marwood (violin) & Aleksandar Madžar (piano) [ Wigmore Hall Live / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] "Thw two musicians form a closely wrought partnership, their exceptional musical sympathy shining through the whole performance; the lyricism of Marwood's tone is ideally complemented by Madzar's variety of touch and sensitivity to balance" BBC Music |
RACHMANINOV / KHACHATURIAN
Moura Lympany - Decca Recordings 1951-1952 Moura Lympany (piano) New Symphony Orchestra of London / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Anthony Collins. Anatole Fistoulari [ Decca Original Masters / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2004 ] "… the orchestra in this version has some real body, and the piano is excellently reproduced … Miss Lympany gives a masterly performance." Gramophone March 1953 (Khachaturian) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Israel in Egypt (complete oratorio) Nancy Argenta (soprano) / Emily Van Evera (soprano) / Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Taverner Choir and Players / Andrew Parrott [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2003 ] 'If anyone needs to assure themselves as to whether the English choral tradition is alive and well, they need only buy this CD.' Gramophone |
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Nigel Anthony
Robinson Crusoe [ NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS / 3 Cassette ] |
LAWRENCE DURRELL
Clea (Abridged) Nigel Anthony(narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Lawrence Durrell was born in 1912 in India. When he was ten, the family returned to England and he went to school in Canterbury and then took many jobs, ranging from racing driver to a post in the Jamaica police. |
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MONCKTON / KETELBEY / KROTSCH / BUCALOSSI / JESSEL / FANE / CONEY / etc
The Picnic Party [Incls 'In a Persian Market' & 'The Grasshopper's Dance'] Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin (conductor) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
W. A. MOZART
Horn Concertos / Horn Quintet Pip Eastop (horn), The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead (conductor), with Eroica Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] Mozart's Horn Concertos are perhaps the most popular works ever written for the instrument. This new album is a collection of all the works Mozart wrote for his lifelong friend, the horn player Joseph Leutgeb (1732-1811), one of the foremost players... |
