JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - The Last Jedi The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Jedi Master-in-hiding Luke Skywalker unwillingly attempts to guide young hopeful Rey in the ways of the force, while Leia, former princess turned general, attempts to lead what is left of the Resistance away from the ruthless tyrannical grip of the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: String Quartet / Piano trio / etc Brodsky Quartet with Sioned williams (harp) & Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "For those of us who recall the Brodskys as "Cool Britannia" clotheshorses, their 40th anniversary this year - well, for two of the line-up - comes as a shock. Less surprising is their compelling account, forthright and dramatic, rather than hazily... |
Brooks Williams
Seven Sisters [ CD ] |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Berlin Concert Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The history of film music would be different without John Williams. Cinema classics like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter are inextricably linked with his musical style. |
ROSSINI
Petite Messe Solennelle Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Hilary Summers (alto) Andrew Tortise (tenor) / King's Consort / Robert King with Mark Williams (harmonium) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'Twelve voices, two pianos, one harmonium: The King's Consort perform Rossini's Mass in its original intimate dimensions, sized to fit a Paris salon. Hardly petite in length, it's... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] The 37 songs in this recital, written by 27 composers - male, female, English, French, Swiss, German, Romantic, modern and contemporary - bear witness to the richness of Shakespeare's works to which this recital is dedicated. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Evening Hour: British Choral Music From the 16th and 20th Centuries Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams [ Signum / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge's album 'Evening Hour' blends a selection of ancient and modern works from the 16th and 20th Centuries, combining a selection of spiritual works on the theme of evening. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
My Beloved's Voice Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams [ Signum Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] Mark Williams leads the Choir of the Jesus College Cambridge through an evocative selection of choral works inspired in varying ways by the Song of Solomon. |
WILLIAM BYRD / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Byrd / Britten The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Mark Williams (director) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Byrd's scraping harmonies often sound no older than Britten's.The singing of Jesus Cambridge isn't always sharply defined but it is warm and breathy, topped by excellent boy choristers and best in stately slow music such as Byrd's Ave Verum Corpus." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
War & Peace: Music for Remembrance The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams (director) [ Signum / CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] As the centenary of the Great War approaches, the choir of Jesus College Cambridge present a new programme of works titled War & Peace, a beautiful and moving collection of choral works that are united in various ways by the experiences and impact of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Out of Darkness: Music from Lent to Trinity The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams [ Signum Classics / CD - released 9/Feb/2015 ] "The programme has been discerningly chosen and the standard of performance is set down at once with an excellent account of Byrd's Cunctis diebus. Here the College Choir achieves a good internal balance, sustains the polyphonic lines intelligently a |
HERBERT SUMSION / JOHN RUTTER / WILLIAM WALTON / HUBERT PARRY / etc
The English Anthem (Vol 7) (Incls 'they that go down to the sea in ships' & 'Hymn to St Peter') Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London / John Scott (conductor) with Huw Williams (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] 'All of the music is of the very highest quality. This disc will offer lasting pleasure and satisfaction to cathedral music enthusiasts and newcomers alike' (BBC Music Magazine) |
MATYAS SEIBER
Choral Music A Cappella Choir of the 21st Century, Howard Williams [ Somm / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] This new SOMM release, Mátyás Seiber's Music a cappella is a delightful collection of choral music written by a composer of great talent who died tragically early and at the height of his powers. The disc is certain to become a favourite among those... |
TRADITIONAL / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Adeste Fideles: Christmas Carols from her Majesty's Chapel Royal Choir of the Chapel Royal, Huw Williams [ Signum Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] "The performances are excellent and the recording captures the performances expertly." MusicWeb |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859) Véronique Gens, Andrew Foster-Williams; Benjamin Bernheim; Jean-Sébastien Bou /Flemish Radio Choir, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Aug/2019 ] "It also happens to be a terrific recording on its own terms...Rousset underpins it all with conducting that is fleet and dramatically engaged." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short list - Opera |
SEMYON BARMOTIN
Barmotin: Piano Music - 20 Preludes / theme and Variations Christopher Williams (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 10/Jun/2020 ] Semyon Alexeyevich Barmotin (1877-1939) was a student of Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov, and his fate under the Soviet regime in the 1930s remains a mystery, but what survives of his music is impressive in both scale and content. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Rarities Christopher Williams (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Recent scholarship has brought numerous compositions by the excessively self-critical Mendelssohn into print and has ensured more accurate compositional dates for them. Many of these rare and little-known examples are encountered on this album. The... |
HOWARD SKEMPTON
Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Christopher Yates (viola) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Perfectly crafted, deceptively simplistic and distinctively individual, Howard Skempton's compositions have a soundworld all of their own. This new full-length album on NMC perfectly displays his experimental, yet sonorous and tonal... |
JOHN WILLIAMS
A Tribute to John Williams [incls 'Jaws', 'Indiana Jones' & 'The Adventures of Tintin'] Composed and conducted by John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] A new collection honoring the 80th birthday of one of America's most distinctive and beloved musical voices with a selection of the composer's own personal favorites from film and television music to concert works to festive occasion pieces. |
Cootie Williams
Cootie / Un Concert Á Minuit Avec Cootie Williams [ Masterjazz Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] |