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MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
HOLST
'The Perfect Fool', Op. 39 / The Golden Goose, Op. 45 No 1 / The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Holst's distinctive sound is carefully manicured in this recording; the rapid "mercurial" passages of string-and wind-writing of The Perfect Fool are delivered with exemplary crispness and vitality…" Disc of the Month Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2009 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1-3 (Complete) / Horn & Clarinet Trios The Florestan Trio, with Richard Hosford (clarinet) Stephen Stirling (horn) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2014 ] "These are very desirable recordings … enriching performances that make one aware of Brahms's stature first and the superb musicianship of the executants second-which is exactly as it should be!" (Gramophone) |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (highlights from the complete opera) Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiraurov, Joan Sutherland / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 1966 in superb 'Decca Sound', these highlights from Gounod's most widely-performed opera extracts music from the second act onwards. The Soldier's Chorus has rarely been done with such swagger, Ghiaurov is a terrifying Mephistopheles and... |
TOMKINS
Above the Starrs: Verse Anthems & Consort Music Fretwork, Emma Kirkby-soprano, Catherine King-alto, Charles Daniels-tenor, Donald Greig-baritone, Richard Wistreich-bass, Jo [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] " Fretwork's considerable experience in this kind of repertoire shows in these faultlessly assured performances. A clear and attractive recorded sound completes a most accomplished release." - Gramophone |
SMETANA
The Bartered Bride (highlights in Czech) Gabriela Benackova-Capova, Peter Dvorsky, Richard Novak / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler [ Supraphon / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Gabriela Benackova-Capova (Marenka), Peter Dvorsky (Jenik), Richard Novak (Kecal), Jaroslav Horacek (Micha), Marie Mrazova (Hata), Miroslav Kopp (Vasek) |
WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) Gary Rideout / Richard Greager / John Brocheler / Lisa Gasteen / The State Opera of South Australia / Asher Fisch (Conductor) [ Melba Recordings SACD / 4 SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "The overall sense of the project is one of deserved community and company pride in an enterprise which can stand its ground with pretty much anything elsewhere. I welcome the issue" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 George Enescu State PO / Slovak State PO / Richard Edlinger / Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov was born in Moscow in 1864 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs of Ireland and Scotland Georgina Zellan-Smith (piano), Richard Bruce (baritone) [ Georgina Zellan-Smith / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] Georgina Zellan-Smith is one of New Zealand's most accomplished pianists with a long list of accolades, dating right back to her debut at London's Wigmore Hall, through to her recordings of Ravel and laterley her work with the Auckland... |
THOMAS MARLOWE
Doctor Faustus (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2011) Globe Theatre / Charlotte Broom, Michael Camp, Richard Clews, Nigel Cooke, Jonathan Cullen [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Doctor Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's most renowned and controversial work. Famous for being the first dramatized version of the Faustus tale, the play depicts the sinister aftermath of Faustus's decision to sell his soul to the Devil's henchman in... |
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Gordon Jenkins & Richard Jones
Stolen Hours & Stringtime [ Vocalion / CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Orchestral Music Vol 1 (Incls 'Peer Gynt Suites No. 1 & No. 2) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Jerzy Maksymiuk, Richard Studt [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] Edvard Grieg, the greatest of Norwegian composers, was descended on his mother's side from a Norwegian provincial governor who had adopted the name of Hagerup from his adoptive father, the Bishop of Trondheim. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R) - Salome (Complete opera recorded in 1972) Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Richard Cassily / Hamburg State Opera, Karl Bohm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "singing of grandeur and magical intensity [from Gwyneth Jones, in the last scene] [...] [Fischer-Dieskau's] denunciation of the "Tochter Sodoms" chills the spine" (Gramophone) |
HANDEL
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The Academy of Ancient Music is in world-beating form once more with this magnificent Handel disc. Egarr and the musicians play with dynamism and warmth which suggests that Egarr's tenure with this band is going to be a rewarding one. Long may it... |
LEROY ANDERSON
Orchestral Favourites (Includes 'The Syncopated Clock', 'the Typewriter' & 'the Waltzing Cat') Hayman Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hayman [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "the performances affectionate and enthusiastic." (Gramophone July 2002) |
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LERNER and LOEWE
Orchestral Selections from My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, etc Hayman Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hayman [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem / Sinfonia da Requiem / Ballad of Heroes Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "Heather Harper has at last recorded the 'role' she created-indeed it is her farewell to her many admirers as she has now retired. I heard her sing it in St Paul's not long ago and thought then that her peculiar accents, her inevitable shaping of so... |
EDWARD GERMAN
German: Merrie England Suite / Nell Gwyn / Gipsy Suite / etc Hellgren Staykov / Richard Morrison / Heather Schipp / National Festival Chorus and Orchestra / David Russel Hulme [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 'There is only one man to follow me who has genius, and that is Edward German.' Thus did Sir Arthur Sullivan, in the last years of his life, acknowledge the stature of the modest but highly talented composer German Edward Jones, born 17 February 1862 |
EDWARD GERMAN
German: Tom Jones (operetta) Hellgren Staykov / Richard Morrison / Heather Schipp / National Festival Chorus and Orchestra / David Russel Hulme [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "David Russell Hulme imbues the score with freshness in his spirited reading. The orchestra plays magnificently in the warm acoustic of the RNCM's Concert Hall." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
ELGAR
Alphabicycle Order / Horn Concerto Henry Goodman (narrator) Richard Watkins (horn) / Halle Youth Choir & Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Alphabicycle Order might not be Matthews's most serious work but it is an extraordinarily accomplished one. Brilliantly diverse in its musical language. Alphabicycle Order is a textbook example of how to write for diverse forces in a meaningful,... |
