SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Bantock: Omar Khayyam Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence & Roderick Williams / BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] "It's a fascinating rediscovery on a huge scale, especially in the detail and depth of SACD surround-sound, seductively performed by Handley's forces, Toby Spence appropriately poetic and Catherine Wyn-Rogers sensuous." BBC Music Five Stars |
Don Williams
In Ireland: The Gentle Giant In Concert [ BFD / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Three Movements for Piano Trio [arr Rooke] (with chamber works by Maddison & Bridge) The Fibonacci Sequence: Benjamin Nabarro (violin) Benjamin Hughes (cello) Kathron Sturrock (piano) Helen Paterson (violin) Louise Williams (viola) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] "The biggest revelation… may be the 1916 Piano Quintet by Adela Maddison (1862? - 1929). French influences are patent, but this is overall a captivating work with a gorgeous slow movement and vivacious scherzo and finale." BBC Music |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016) Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Natalie Simpson, Nia Gwynne, Kelly Williams / Robin Lough (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 1 'A Sea Symphony' Katherine Broderick (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Halle Choir, Youth Choir & Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] "The superbly honed choral and orchestral contribution surely testifies to many hours of painstaking preparation." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2016 - Orchestral) |
Hank Williams
The Absolutely Essential [ Big 3 / CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] |
Hank Williams
The Anthology (3CD) [ Not Now Music / 3 CD - released 11/May/2012 ] |
Hank Williams
The Complete Health & Happiness Recordings [ Ada / Warner / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] 70th Anniversary of the Health & Happiness live shows featuring all eight performances! Lovingly transferred, restored and mastered from the original 16" transcription discs by Michael Green. |
Hank Williams
The Complete Health & Happiness Recordings (Triple LP) [ ADA / Warner / 3 LP - released 14/Jun/2019 ] The Complete Health and Happiness Recordings showcases music giant Hank Williams onstage. Audio freshly transferred, restored & mastered from the original 16" transcription discs by Grammy-Award Winner Michael Graves Includes "I'm So Lonesome I... |
Hank Williams
Five Classic Albums (Hank Williams Sings / Moanin' The Blues / Memorial Albums / Honky Tonkin' / Ramblin' Man) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] Hank Williams was a man of many parts, Country singer Marty Stuart says he's "a part of the fabric of America" ... perhaps the first superstar of country music. As musical legends go they don't come much greater than Hiram King "Hank" Williams! Born... |
Hank Williams
Only Mother's Best (LP) [ BMG / ADA / 3 LP - released 21/Feb/2020 ] 3LP Set featuring the best of Hank's Mother's Best Radio Transcription. Includes "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain", "I'll Fly Away", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You", "When The Saints Go Marching In" & more! Newly restored and remastered... |
Hank Williams
The Very Best Of Hank Williams [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 6/May/2013 ] |
Hank Williams Jr.
Rich White Honky Blues (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Hank Williams, Jr.'s sound has always been built on the blues and his latest album, Rich White Honky Blues, is a sonic testimony to that. The project came together over three hot days in Nashville, recorded live with the finest blues session players... |
Hayley Williams
Flowers For Vases / Descansos (Indie Vinyl LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 10/Sep/2021 ] Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore, recently celebrated the surprise release of her second solo project, FLOWERS for VASES / descansos. The gripping album was written and performed in its entirety by Hayley Williams, a career first for the... |
ALIGHIERI DANTE
Purgatory From The Divine Comedy Read by Heathcote Williams [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Though less well-known than Inferno, Purgatory has inspired many writers including, in our century, Samuel Beckett, and has played a key role in literature. |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain / To a Poet / By Footpath and Stile Iain Burnside / Roderick Williams / Sacconi Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 15 / CD - released 3/Aug/2006 ] "Roderick Williams is a national treasure. Not only is he an intensely musical singer, acutely responsive to the sound and meaning of words, but also his approach to the English Romantic song repertoire is - much over used word, but I can't see any... |
JACQUELINE WILSON
Emerald Star Finty Williams (narrator) [ AudioGo / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Finty Williams reads the final thrilling story in the 'Hetty Feather' trilogy. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem [German Requiem] Op. 45 Janet Williams, Thomas Hampson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Apex / CD - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Barenboim's Chicago reading is grippingly compulsive." Penguin Stereo Guide |
JOHN STAINER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stainer: The Crucifixion Peter Auty (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) Guildford Camerata, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Rose [ Lammas / CD - released 14/Apr/2003 ] "This is a very good CD which I warmly commend to all lovers of the English choral tradition." MusicWeb |
John Williams
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (LP) [ Universal / 2 LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Director J.J. Abrams once again takes viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to... |