PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: The Fifth Continent / Port Arthur: In Memoriam / Djilile / Piano Concerto / Earth Cry / etc Anthony Fogg (piano) / Tasmanian & Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn / Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble / Peter Sculthorpe (speaker) [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 30/Jan/1999 ] A delightful selection of works by this renowned Australian composer. |
VAUGHAN WILLAIMS
The Best of (Incls The Wasps Overture & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) David Greed (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony / English Northern Philharmonia / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. |
Circle (Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul)
Paris Concert [ ECM / 2 CD - released 31/Dec/2008 ] Circle was a band on fire with creativity. Chick Corea and Dave Holland had just left Miles Davis's band, keen to explore all parameters of new music in an improvised context. Anthony Braxton, equally inspired by Stockhausen and Coltrane, brought in... |
JONES / DOWLAND / JOHNSON / d'INDIA / LAWES / etc
Pastoral Dialogues Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas (bass) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] This collection gathers together some of the most delectable of 17th century duets both from England as well as from Italy. Any Emma Kirkby recording is an event, and this reissue, making its first appearance on CD, will be no exception. |
Anthony David
Love Out Loud [ Dome / CD - released 9/Nov/2012 ] |
SAMUEL BECKETT
Waiting For Godot (unabridged) Nigel Anthony, Sean Barrett, David Burke, Zachary Fox [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 27/Feb/2006 ] Samuel Beckett, one of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second half of the twentieth century, was born on 13 April 1906. He died in 1989. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. His centenary will be celebrated... |
Circle (Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul)
Paris Concert (2LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 30/Jun/2017 ] Circle was a band on fire with creativity. Chick Corea and Dave Holland had just left Miles Davis's band, keen to explore all parameters of new music in an improvised context. Anthony Braxton, equally inspired by Stockhausen and Coltrane, brought in... |
DOWLAND
Collected Works The Consort Of Musicke / Anthony Rooley with Emma Kirkby, Glenda Simpson, John York Skinner, Martyn Hill & David Thomas [ Decca Budget Boxes / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] '...this box cannot be recommended too highly' The Penguin Guide To Compact Discs |
VERDI
A Masked Ball (complete opera) Dennis O'Neill, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Susan Patterson, Jill Grove Geoffrey Mitchell Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry, conductor [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] Contains the famous aria 'Shame on you' ('Eri tu'). |
PURCELL
Songs & Dialogues Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas (bass) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 24/Feb/2001 ] This disc reveals Purcell as a songwriter of exquisite skill |
John Winter, Anthony Burns-Cox, Michael Overbury, Marc Rochester, (organ)Robinson College, Romsey Abbey, Newark Parish Church, St. David's Hall.
Priory LP Archive Series Volume 2 [ Priory / CD - released 27/May/2004 ] Recorded between 1981 and 1984 |
MAHLER
Symphony No 8 Melanie Diener / Juliane Banse / Yvonne Naef / Anthony Dean Griffey / Stephen Powell / Schweizer Kammerchor / Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra / David Zinman [ RCA / Sony / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2010 ] "it's clear (Zinman) remains one of the world's most inquiring senior maestros, looking for fresh perspectives. In his Mahler cycle, he has certainly found those." Sunday Times, 25th April 2010 |
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 |