J. S. BACH
Birth of the Symphony: Handel to Haydn Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] The first release on AAM Records, the new label of the Academy of Ancient Music - recently described as "the finest period-instrument orchestra in the world" by Classic FM. Birth of the symphony explores the development of the symphony in the... |
JOSEF HAYDN / W. A. MOZART
Haydn, Mozart: Live In Concert Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ ABC Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "This album covers the gamut of expressive musical possibilities - from extreme anguish and despair to heart-aching simplicity, from intellectual rigour and pure consonance to shattering dissonance. It is everything." - Richard Tognetti Hot on the... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Complete Opera recorded in 1989) Bayreuther Festspiele / Richard Versalle, Cheryl Studer, Rutland Engert-Ely, Hans Sotin / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "Thundering applause", wrote the prestigious "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", and Rome's "La Republica" noted the "triumphal success and storm of applause" that greeted Giuseppe Sinopoli and the ensemble at Tannhäuser's 1989 Bayreuth Festival... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Arapatiki Ben Hoadley (bassoon) Stephen de Pledge (piano) with Richard Nunns, Aroha Yates-Smith, Janet Roddick & others [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Smaller-scale Whitehead, all pieces based on a single artistic theme - and featuring solo bassoonist Ben Hoadley. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) / Les Violons du Roy; Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "He shapes and phrases the music with a keen eye (or ear) on its dialogic potential, driving forwards energetically without bullying or indulging in display for its own sake." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur Richard Gowers (organ) [ King's College Cambridge / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] "Gowers conveys the fundamental musicality of the work. There is a sense here that he feels the music, that he shares much of Messiaen's vision and that he knows exactly what he wants the music to say to the listener." Gramophone |
Cliff Richard
1980s [ EMI / CD ] A collection of Cliff's most popular hits from the 1980s |
Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard 50th Anniversary - The Ultimate Live Concert - Time Machine Tour [ Madman Entertainment / Via Vision Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 4/Dec/2008 ] Join the celebrations for Cliff's 50th anniversary and experience his most thrilling live show ever, which was filmed at London's Wembley Arena. The Time Machine tour features all his greatest hits and highlights through a spectacular musical... |
Cliff Richard
Cliff With Strings: My Kinda Life [ Rhino / Warner / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Cliff Richard has marked his incredible 65th year in the music industry by compiling and curating an album of his biggest hits and favourite tracks reworked with the orchestral arrangements by Chris Walden. 'Cliff with Strings - My Kinda Life' is a... |
Cliff Richard
The Fabulous Rock'n'roll Songbook [ CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] |