ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No. 1 / In the Faery Hills / Garden of Fand Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "In the two symphonic poems, more specifically inspired by Irish themes, Lloyd-Jones draws equally warm and sympathetic performances from the Scottish Orchestra, bringing inner clarity to the heaviest scoring. First-rate sound" Penguin Guide |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (the complete opera recorded in 1988) Bayerischen Staatsoper / Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jungwirth, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp / Carlos Kleiber (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] "Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie, and Manfred Jungwirth a dignified but funny Ochs." (BBC music) |
WAGNER/ LEONCAVALLO / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BIZET / SULLIVAN / etc
Great British Tenors Ben Davies, John Coates, Gerwase Elwes, Walter Hyde, Frank Mullings, John McCormack, Joseph Hislop, Parry Jones, Hubert Eisdell, Tudor Davies, etc [ Heritage / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Commercial recording arrived at the ideal time to capture a golden age of British tenor singing. A range of distinctive qualities had developed in the 19th century - firm yet elegant tone, emphasis on text and on clarity of diction - that... |
Bill Evans With Philly Joe Jones
Green Dolphin Street (LP) [ Wax Time / LP ] |
Bill Jones
Panchpuran [ Compass Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2001 ] Belinda is English folk's new darling. Flaeless vocals |
Bill Ryder-Jones
A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart [ CD - released 3/May/2013 ] |
Bill Ryder-Jones
West Kirby County Primary [ Domino / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] West Kirby County Primary is the third full-length album from multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, Bill Ryder-Jones. The follow-up to A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart was written and recorded by Ryder-Jones in his childhood bedroom at his... |
BILL T. JONES
Solos - a film by Don Kent & Christian Dumais-Lvowski Bill T. Jones [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] A major figure on the contemporary choreography scene, Billy T. Jones is also a remarkable dancer and a performer with an electrifying stage presence. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner Heroines Birgit Nilsson, Susan Dunn, Gundula Janowitz, Kristen Flagstad, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Regine Resnik, Joan Sutherland [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] This is a 31-year retrospective (1956 - 1987) of great Wagner singing on Decca and Deutsche Grammophon featuring fourteen extracts from nine operas with seven great singers. Wagner's heroines make for some of the most pivotal moments in his operas... |
Booker T. Jones
The Road From Memphis (Vinyl) [ Shock Records / LP - released 16/May/2011 ] The Limited Edition Vinyl LP of 'The Road From Memphis' comes with a free copy of the album on CD! |
BLISS
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow / Metamorphic Variations Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this CD. The quality of the sound is superb; the enthusiasm of the orchestra and conductor is palpable...the present recording is everything a good performance ought to be." (MusicWeb May 2010) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (Nos. 4 and 7) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] Central to Stanford's achievement are the seven symphonies covering the greater part of his career. Although they remain well within the stylistic orbit of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, these accomplished works are marked by resourceful and often... |
STANFORD
Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Elegiac / Symphony No. 5 in D major Op. 56 L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This is another distinguished instalment in this Stanford cycle. Vernon Handley's pioneering set (Chandos) is most certainly not displaced but these Naxos recordings, and this latest one in particular, can stand proudly shoulder to shoulder beside... |
STANFORD
Symphony No. 6 in E flat major, Op. 94 / Symphony No. 3 in F minor 'Irish', Op. 28 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "This latest instalment maintains the high standards of the previous two releases, offering fine playing, which is by turns spirited and poetic, and very good sound. As ever, David Lloyd-Jones is thoroughly inside the music." (MusicWeb Oct 2008) |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: Symphony in G minor / Sinfonietta Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2002 ] Critic's Choice - Gramophone Magazine 2002 |
YORK BOWEN
Viola Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 The Bridge Duo: Matthew Jones (viola) & Michael Hampton (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Admirers of Bowen will not have any pause for thought and certainly people who enjoy fine recitals of viola and piano playing will find much to give pleasure here." (MusicWeb March 2012) |
ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville (Complete Opera in English) Bruce Ford (tenor) Andrew Shore (baritone) Della Jones (mezzo) / English National Opera [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2000 ] .A further addition to Chandos's Opera in English series |
JOHN RUTTER
Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter The Cambridge Singers / The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / The City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] "This is a jewel of a record" (Gramophone) |
Carmell Jones
The Remarkable Carmell Jones Tone Poet Series (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Kansas City born trumpeter Carmell Jones signed to Pacific Jazz soon after his arrival in Los Angeles in 1960 and began what seemed sure to be a promising recording career with his accurately titled 1961 debut The Remarkable Carmell Jones featuring... |