RAVEL
Tzigane: music for violin, cello & piano Kristian Winther (violin) Anthony Romaniuk (piano) Michelle Wood (cello) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Recorded in a pleasantly resonant acoustic, produced to the Melba label's high packaging standards and given an orange glow like antipodean sunlight, this is a SACD disc to treasure...this is one disc I can see myself taking on holiday... |
JONATHAN HARVEY
Choral Works (Incls 'Ashes Dance Back') Latvian Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins, James Wood, conductors [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "both Ashes and Awakening are visionary pieces, and have the makings of modern masterpieces. They require, and will undoubtedly repay, repeated listening. A magnificent disc, superbly performed and recorded, and a magnificent argument for the... |
LILI BOULANGER
Clairieres dans le ciel / Hymne au soleil Martyn Hill (tenor) Andrew Ball (piano) / New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] 'Truly one of the great French song cycles of the first quarter of this century' - Fanfare, USA |
PATRICK HADLEY
Stars of the Night: Songs and violin works Matthew Trusler (violin) Roland Wood (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Albion / Launch Music / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "Wood is a fine musical story-teller, articulating words and melodies with equal sensitivity and care...The melodic architecture emerges clearly in Matthew Trusler's vital performance...Once again, Albion Records has given us a treasure trove of a di |
JAMES WOOD
Cloud-Polyphonies MDR Rundfunkchor & Ear Massage Percussion Quartet, James Wood, Yale Percussion Group, Robert Van Sice [ NMC / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] James Wood's multi-faceted career has led him into an extraordinarily broad spectrum of musical activities, as conductor, composer, musicologist, instrument designer and percussionist. |
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians [ Longtime Listener / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] |
STRAVINSKY
Les Noces and other Russian Choral Music New London Chamber Choir and Instrumental Ensemble; James Wood, director; The Voronezh Chamber Choir (Institute of the Arts); Oleg Shepel director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] BBC 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
XENAKIS
Medea / Nuits / Knephas / Serment / A Colone New London Chamber Choir / Critical Band / James Wood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] New London Chamber Choir, Critical Band, James Wood |
New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor)
The Brightest Heaven of Invention :-Flemish Polyphony of the High Renaissance [ Amon Ra / CD ] |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Secular Choral Music New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'Strongly recommended!' - Fanfare, USA |
Perry Wood
Music for Pets [ One World Music / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] This album is designed as a healing and relaxing experience for the animals that you love. Highly recommended for cats, dogs, horses, cows and all fine four-footed friends everywhere! |
BRITTEN / BUSH / SEIBER
Noel Mewton-Wood & Peter Pears Peter Pears (tenor) Noel Mewton-Wood (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Basil Cameron [ Testament / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "Recording captures the vitality and dexterity the pianist brought to the revised version of Britten's Piano Concerto in 1946" (Financial Times) |
Roy Wood
Original Album Series 5CD [ Rhino / 5 CD - released 21/Nov/2014 ] The Move - Message from the Country / The Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra / Roy Wood - Boulders / Wizzard - Wizzard Brew / Roy Wood - On the Road Again |
JAMES WOOD
Phainomena / Two Men Meet / Venancio Mbande Talking with the Trees Steven Schick (percussion) / The Critical Band / James Wood [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "James Wood is an all-round musical explorer of a philosophical cast of mind yet with an ardent Messiaen-like sensibility... each piece is an ambitious synthesis of music and the world." The Sunday Times 1997 |
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Autumnal Alexandra Wood (violin) Huw Watkins (piano) Leila Josefowicz (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ NMC / CD - released 29/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Contemporary |
CARLO GESUALDO
Sacre Cantiones liber secundus Vocal Consort Berlin, James Wood [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] As we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Gesualdo in 2013, one of his last works still remains to be rediscovered: the second book of Sacrae Cantiones, motets for six and seven voices, of which the bassus and sextus parts have, alas,... |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT
Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (Piano) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Henry Wood (Conductor) Hans Rosbaud (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] 'Mr Gieseking's skill is great enough in some ways… and his pianissimo now and then becomes as nearly nothing as is possible to imagine…' |
Will Wood
Broken Man (LP) [ Lyttelton Records / LP - released 19/Sep/2014 ] Will Wood never really thought he'd be a solo artist. Growing up as a classically trained pianist and violinist, at the age of 19 he decided what he really wanted to do was be a drummer, so he took a weekend job at Auckland's fabled pair of... |
Wires & Wood
Over the Moon [ Wires & Wood Music New Zealand / CD - released 14/Feb/2011 ] 'Over the Moon' features high octane bluegrass from New Zealand country / folk band, Wires & Wood. |
Ronnie Wood
I Feel Like Playing [ Shock Records / CD - released 22/Oct/2010 ] 'I Feel Like Playing', Ronnie Wood's first solo effort since his 'Not for Beginners' disc from 2001, comprises 12 tracks and features a stellar line-up of contributors plus two bonus cuts that are exclusive to this Australasian edition. |