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CHARLES GOUNOD
The Songs of Charles Gounod Felicity Lott (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Superb ... perfection ... Best of the year' (The Sunday Times) |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Anon in Love / A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table / etc Felicity Lott (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "for a super-budget recording this, as with any of the British song series formerly with Collins and now with Naxos, is a must-have." -- Musicweb.uk.net |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Felicity lott (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] BEST OF THE YEAR, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBC CD REVIEW 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
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CHABRIER
Musique Adorable! (complete songs) Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002)- "Unfailingly affectionate and stylish performances of the two colelctions and Chabrier's animal songs dominate the second disc of this real treasure of a treasury." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV 106 "Actus tragicus", BWV 118, BWV 198 Nancy Argenta, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 10/Apr/2000 ] "Gardiner's feeling for style and sense of drive strike a responsive chord with many music lovers. His choice of soloists is unerring, and his musicianship of the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists always imposing" (Penguin Guide) |
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FRANCIS POULENC
The Complete Songs Graham Johnson (piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ailish Tynan (soprano), etc. [ Hyperion / CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2013 ] Graham Johnson is simply the greatest living authority on French song; an artist whose innate feeling for the music is combined with prodigious scholarship. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Harolyn Blackwell, Davis Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Andre Previn [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] 'A performance which emphasis the drama of the piece in high contrasts ... bitingly dramatic ... Altogether outstanding, fresh and revealing' Gramophone |
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VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MOZART / MOLTER / CRUSELL / etc
Wind Concertos [special priced boxed set] Henk de Graaf (clarinet) Daniel Smith (Bassoon) Stefan Schilli (oboe) (trumpet) Herman Jeurissen (horn) Emma Johnson (clarinet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A delightful collection of Wind concertos, featuring some rarer works amongst the well known. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Red Cockatoo and other songs Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] 'Bostridge is in the royal line of Britten's tenor interpreters ... heard here in a veritable cornucopia of, by and large, unfamiliar, and even unknown songs ... all performed with full understanding and innate beauty' - Gramophone |
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WAGNER / GOUNOD / VERDI / GERMAN / MASCAGNI / etc
opera and Song James Johnson (tenor) [ Testament / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] |
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Jeff Johnson
Prayers of St. Brendan: The Journey Home [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
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Jeff Johnson
Katurran Odyssey [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
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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) |
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John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine
John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] Recorded live at Boston's Nightstage club in 1988 this album found John Abercrombie both pushing sonic boundaries on guitar synthesizer and, on regular jazz guitar, deepening his relationship to the world of standards. In this trio he had exceptional... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 1993) John Cheek, Jon Garrison, Jeffrey Johnson, Shirley Love, Melvin Lowery, Jane West, Wendy White, Arthur Woodley / Robert Craft [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "That we have such a direct link to Stravinsky's living thoughts and intentions in Robert Craft and such a powerful performance makes this recording as much a 'must have' as the composer's own." (MusicWeb July 2009) |
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PERCY GRAINGER
Jungle Book & other choral works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Generous timing, discoveries, Delian gauzy harmonies, tangy instrumentation, sentimentality, aureate vocal light, succinct and touching settings." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Jan 2011) |
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Marc Johnson, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Peter Erskine
Bass Desires [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Recorded in May 1985, Marc Johnson's 'Bass Desires' album is now re-issued on CD at a special price, in a stylish digipak cover - to coincide with ECM's 40th Anniversary. |
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James P Johnson, Art Tatum, Fats Waller
The Gods Are In The House [ Avid / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] This production represents the highest level of achievement in the art of re-creating the music from classic, historic piano solo recordings to 21st century audio clarity. Its basis is the unique work of John Farrell, who has transcribed the music... |
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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 |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus / Severn Suite Judith Howarth (Soprano), Arthur Davies (Tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone), Alastair Miles (Bass), Stephen Roberts (Bass) London Symphony Chorus [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Another classic Hickox recording from the early '90s; an uneven work, but well worth hearing when done as brilliantly as this." (MusicWeb) |