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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Piano Concerto (Completed Walker) / The Immortial Legions / Spanish Serenade op.23 / etc David Owen-Norris (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra (David Lloyd Jones) & the BBC Singers [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Mar/2005 ] "Concerto: majestic, extremely impressive ... captured with craggy mastery. Enthusiastically recommended to Elgarians everywhere" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins is the most performed work by any living composer. This performance is the largest ever staged and was uniquely performed in synchronisation with a specially commissioned war-archive... |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "A most rewarding issue, which I recommend strongly.' (MusicWeb April 2006) |
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MASON BATES
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (complete opera) Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones / Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2019 ] "Christie conducts with plenty of energy and verve, and the playing and choral singing are exemplary in their precision" Gramophone |
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HUBERT PARRY
Parry: The Soul's Ransom / The Lotos-Eaters / Blest pair of Sirens / Invocation to Music Anne Dawson / Della Jones / Arthur Davies / Brian Rayner Cook / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert & Richard Hickox (conductors) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "The choral singing and the playing of the LPO under Matthias Bamert is magnificent, ably championing these deserved revivals." Classic CD |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No. 2 / November Woods Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...this recording has a physical impact and emotional involvement that genuinely compel. A veritable blockbuster." Gramophone |
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Sir CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
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. Collectors who bought the earlier issue of the Fourth and Seventh symphonies should not hesitate to add this companion volume to their shelves. More please!" (MusicWeb) |
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ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2005 ] "Powerful music then, splendidly played and vividly recorded, and all for a modest outlay. Good though the Lyrita recordings were, they are displaced by this newcomer." Three Stars Penguin Guide |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings / Elizabethan Dances / The Innumerable Dance Jonathan Small (oboe) / Eleanor Hudson (harp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Recording is natural without being distanced and performances evince commitment and sympathy. The unique experience of hearing more than sixteen minutes of previously unrecorded Alwyn" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Violin Concerto / Miss Julie Suite / etc Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Lloyd-Jones and McAslan give admirable shape to the long, rhapsodic first movement...[the] technically demanding finale is performed with agile warmth by McAslan whose attractive tone and expressive style seem entirely in tune with this distinctive... |
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EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Symphony No 9 / The Morning Watch for chorus and orchestra Lynne Dawson, Della Jones / BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] Another from the highly-praised Rubbra symphony series! |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Missa Sabrinensis Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra., Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
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FREDERICK DELIUS / JOHN IRELAND
Delius/Ireland: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 39 / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I find Lane much more jazzily incisive than (any rivals). He catches better the wit and spikiness of this often over-whimsified concerto. David Lloyd-Jones is equally lively in the orchestral portion of these scores…(a) welcome release."(BBC Music... |
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MOZART / DONIZETTI / LEHAR / DVORAK & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Renee and Bryn - Under the Stars Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel / The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones / Paul Gemignani [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Filmed 'live' in the magical mountains of Wales at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival, this exclusive 'Under The Stars' DVD is released to co-incide with the CD of the same title. |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "Lloyd-Jones, as you would expect of a past master in this repertoire, leads his polished Liverpool players in atmospheric performances of tender affection." (Classic FM) |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor / The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] "Part of an excellent cycle of Bax symphonies. Start with this disc and I'll bet you'll want the rest." - Sterophile (Sam Tellig) June 2001 |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Tintagel / Symphony No. 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] "From a purely artistic viewpoint, however, no one will regret snapping up this final issue in what has been a highly commendable series." - Gramophone |
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MOZART
Mozart: Wind Concertos Timothy Jones (horn), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra display their virtuosic talents on this album of concertos for wind instruments by Mozart, recorded in concert with conductor Jaime Martín in the excellent acoustic of the Jerwood Hall at LSO St... |
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ELGAR / HOLST / ARNE / PARRY / HANDEL / WALTON / etc
Last Night Of The Proms Collection Della Jones & Robert Ferriman / BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ Decca / CD - released 12/Jul/2016 ] All your favourite 'Las Night' tracks on one generous CD. |
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BERNSTEIN
Candide (Complete musical) Jerry Handley, June Anderson, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig / London Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "It was an Original Cast highlights LP that first turned Candide into a cult musical after what was only modest success for the show on Broadway in the winter of 1956-7. Nowafter what seems like an eternity of revivals and revisions Candide once... |