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Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
For Dancers & Romantics Only [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jul/1999 ] It is becoming increasingly clear that the post-war parallel of the Glenn Miller story has been the rise of Ray Anthony. Not since Glenn has there been a dance band lead-er with Ray's organisational skill and iron determination to succeed. Like... |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
Marilyn & Other Great Hits [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jul/1998 ] With roots firmly established in Jazz, and building on the pioneering innovations of Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra, the "Big Bands" became the white "Pop" music phenomenon of the 1930s, led by Benny Goodman. He was soon joined by the likes of... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Samson (complete) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Jochen Kowalski, Alastair Miles & Anton Scharinger / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] "One of the most popular of his oratorios in his lifetime-Handel revived it in no fewer than nine seasons between its premiere in 1743 and his death in 1759-Samson has remained a firm favourite: it was the natural choice for Covent Garden to stage... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Triple Concertos Rachel Brown (flute), Anthony Robson (oboe), Cherry Forbes (oboe), Collegium Musicum 90 [ Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jun/1995 ] |
FERDINAND HEROLD
Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee (Complete ballet recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta / Marianela Nunez / William Tuckett / Anthony Twiner (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] BLU-RAY - G : - "La fille mal gardée is sheer perfection, Nuñez and Acosta are unsurpassable respectively in the feminine grace and masculine confidence of Ashton's Lise and Colas, and their mimetic skills are delicious." BBC Music |
HEROLD / PROKOFIEV / MINKUS
Royal Ballet Classics: La Fille Mal Gardee / Romeo and Juliet / Don Quixote (complete ballets recorded in 2005-2013) The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Carlos Acosta / Marianela Nunez / William Tuckett / Anthony Twiner (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2015 ] So memorably described as 'a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks' (Independent), Carlos Acosta has been at the forefront of contemporary ballet... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (complete ballet recorded in 1994) Royal Opera House / Viviana Durante, Zoltán Solymosi, Anthony Dowell, Benazir Hussein / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] G - 'Viviana Durante is outstanding as Aurora. Radiant and youthful, she dances with an ease and naturalness that is enchanting.' Evening Standard |
ANTHONY HEDGES
Hedges: Kingston Sketches RTÉ Sinfonietta, Anthony Hedges [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] 'prove a welcome addition to the collections of more adventurous light music enthusiasts looking for something slightly different' Gramophone |
VARIOUS
Music for Viola and Piano Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) / Anthony Hewitt (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] The viola works on this recording fuse lyricism with virtuosity, and sometimes invoke folkloric moments as well as more rhapsodic flights. |
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Overtures Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Anthony Bramall [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, son of the banker Abraham Mendelssohn and grandson of the great Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, the model for Lessing's Nathan the Wise, the epitome of tolerance in a generally intolerant world. |
MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / GLINKA / MASSENET / BEETHOVEN / HAHN / etc
Souvenirs de Venise The Songmakers' Almanac with Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ann Murray and Richard Jackson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Delightful' - The Sunday Times |
ALBINONI / BELLINI / HANDEL / BACH FAMILY / MOZART / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / etc
Oboe Concertos Stefan Schilli, Pier Luigi Fabretti, Andrius Puskunigis, Anthony Camden, Julia Girdwood, Anna Starr, etc (oboes) / Various orchestras [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "There is an abundance of enticing music, well performed by all the soloists. The orchestral sound is beautifully blended and well recorded." (MusicWeb on the Albinoni) |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise Steve Davislim (tenor) Anthony Romaniuk (piano) [ Melba Recordings SACD / SACD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] Melba is pleased to release the first SACD recording of this summit of the singer's art with acclaimed tenor STEVE DAVISLIM and pianist ANTHONY ROMANIUK. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula / Melodia, Romanza patetica / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Giovanni Bottesini, an accomplished and respected conductor, also enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass". For this recording manuscript sources have been used for his Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula, Variations on... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor / Bolero / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 3 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass" but was also an accomplished and respected conductor in Europe. When conducting operas Bottesini would often perform fantasies on the evening's entertainment... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 1 No. 1 - 4 Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Anthony Halstead, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2005 ] "Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4, which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble." Hi-Fi News |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 2 Nos. 5 - 8 Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Anthony Halstead, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2005 ] "I loved the sound of this recording: clear with a sumptuously enveloping hall sound that was very comforting and easy to settle into. Recommended with a glass of port after a fine meal." - Audiophile Audition, May, 2000 |
LUIGI BOCCHERINII
Cello Concertos Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Anthony Halstead (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4(i), which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble. The cellist brings unshowy virtuosity... |
LEONIN / PEROTIN
Sacred Music From Notre-Dame Cathedral Tonus Peregrinus / Anthony Pitts [ NAXOS / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Léonin, who was considered the master of polyphonic composition in his time and who appears to have been responsible for the magnus liber in its original form, must have spent much of his career in the unfinished 'choir' or Eastern end of the Cathedral |
