More By Artist: Don Williams
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IAN VENABLES
The Song of the Severn Roderick Williams (baritone) / Carducci String Quartet, with Graham J Lloyd (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Venables' music is unashamedly rooted in the English pastoral tradition...The two song cycles that Roderick Williams sings with his usual exemplary musicality and tact show how convincing Venables' occupation of that world can be." |
SCHUBERT
Der Wanderer: Schubert Lieder Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] "This is a most intelligently planned programme and the execution by Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside is superb." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2016) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 / Tit for Tat / Folk Songs Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 22 / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "Williams finds an ideal emotional stance - involved, totally word-conscious but never melodramatic...as a recorded recital, Williams - and Burnside, who is similarly colourful, have created an outstanding achievement." (Gramophone Award Nomination... |
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
Butterworth: Songs from A Shropshire Lad / Folk Songs from Sussex (English Song, Vol. 20) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Williams's engagingly fresh delivery, secure technique, eloquent turn of phrase and variety of tone are a joy throughout, as is his crystal-clear diction. Burnside, too, is at his customarily unmannered, attentive best, the crispness and poise of... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life / etc Roderick Williams (Baritone) / Iain Burnside (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The early songs of Vaughan Williams reflect the contemporary interest in a form to which Parry and Stanford had given much encouragement. |
COLIN MATTHEWS
No Man's Land / Crossing The Alps / Aftertones Roderick Williams (baritone) Ian Bostridge (tenor) / halle Youth Choir, Halle Choir, Nicholas Collon, Richard Wilberforce [ Halle / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] Hallé marks the centenary of the First World War with a recording of award winning work by Composer Emeritus Colin Matthews. The main work on the recording, No Man's Land follows on from Matthews' very positive collaboration with Christopher Reid... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BUTTERWORTH / GURNEY / FINZI
Flowers of the Field Roderick Williams (baritone) & Jeremy Irons (speaker) / City of London Choir & London Mozart Players, Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "To mark Remembrance Day this disc collects works by English composers affected by the first world war. Unlike their compatriot poets, the composers responded with uniformly elegiac feelings." (Financial Times) |
TRADITIONAL / FINZI / RUTTER / HOWELLS / CHILCOTT / etc
Music on Christmas Morning Roderick Williams (baritone) Jocelyn Somerville (soprano) Elizabeth Limb (soprano) / Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Christmas is a time for special musical experiences, from gentle traditional carols to rousing calls for worship. This recording fully represents the Vasari Singers' renowned seasonal programmes, mixing familiar festive fun with new creations. |
KENNETH FUCHS
Falling Man Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Jo Ann Falletta (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Kenneth Fuchs, one of America's leading composers, deepens his bond with conductor JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra with this superb recording of vocal music featuring baritone Roderick Williams. The new works include Falling Man, a... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 / Nocturne Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] 'Finally, there's a real treat: the first recording of a recently discovered Nocturne, an intensely moving setting of Walt Whitman's 'Whispers of Heavenly Death' composed in 1908. It's evocatively sung here by Roderick Williams.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 / Nocturne Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] "The surround sound balance offers considerably enhanced definition" (Gramophone) - On Hybrid Surround Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
ROXANA PANUFNIK
Roxana Panufnik: Heartfelt Roderick Williams (baritone), Robin Ashwell, Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Hannah Dawson, Andy Marshall, Any Harman, Charles Owen (piano), Mary Bevan (sopra [ Signum / CD - released 21/May/2021 ] Since Westminster Mass (2000) established Roxanna Panufnik's firm place among today'sleading British composers, she has often been celebrated for her choral music. Her instrumental and chamber works, however, are equally striking, filled with... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Willow-Wood / The Sons of Light / Toward the Unknown Region Roderick Williams (baritone) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Ian Tracey (choirmaster) / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Eloquent treatment for a rewqarding haul of VW rarities" Editor's Choice Gramophone Dec 2005 |
BERNARD HERRMANN
Herrmann: Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' / etc Roderick Williams (baritone) / Singapore Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Mario Venzago [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] "Through their two voices - a radiant Keri Fuge and a towering Roderick Williams...stunningly recorded, serves as a tantalising example of what it might be to go on Herrmann's entire emotionally wrought journey." Recording of the Month BBC Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Severn & Somme Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano) [ Somm / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] This release affords the listener a brief but fascinating glimpse into the life and work of Ivor Gurney, his friends and fellow composers as well as the poets whose work inspired him to set to music songs of great sensitivity and originality. The... |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winter Journey (Winterreise D.911 in an English version) Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Celebrated soloists Roderick Wiliams and Christopher Glynn perform a new English translation Franz Schubert's Winterreise. Composed in 1827 whilst in the grip of the illness that would ultimately kill him, Schubert's setting of Wilhelm Muller's... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Hymnus paradisi / Sir Patrick Spens Roderick Williams / Claire Rutter / James Gilchrist / Kat Butler / Bach Choir / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "All admirers of Howells will be grateful to Naxos for letting us hear Sir Patrick Spens at long last. They should be equally grateful for a dedicated and eloquent performance of Hymnus Paradisi. This distinguished release is an undoubted feather in... |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (An Opera in Two Scenes, Libretto by Paul Dehn) Roderick Williams, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, Robin Leggate, Blake Fischer / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] "A long-neglected British opera at last makes a sparkling début on record" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Sept 2004 |
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Roger Williams
America's Best Selling Pianist 1957 - 61 (4 Original albums) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
ROMAN HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI
Graphic Music Eberhard Blum, Iven Hausmann, Jan Williams [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
