RICHARD FUCHS
In A Strange Land: the songs of Richard Fuchs Margaret Medlyn (mezzo) Jenny Wollerman (soprano) Richard Greager (tenor) Roger Wilson (bass) Bruce Greenfield, Richard Mapp (pianos) [ Roll Over Productions / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] This is the first CD of Richard Fuchs' music, released more than 60 years after his death. Fuchs was a German Jewish late-Romantic composer. His music was banned by the Nazis. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue / Chorus and Orchestra of La Scarla, Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2008 ] "I have compared these extensively with a variety of EMI CD releases-and with original LP releases as well. ...There is a fullness, richness, to the sound here that EMI has missed in virtually all of its attempts." Fanfare |
VERDI
Aida (complete opera) Maria Callas (soprano) / Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) / Richard Tucker (tenor) / Tito Gobbi (baritone) / La Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] Callas' dramatic power and her ability to shade the beautiful vocal line here find the best imaginable medium". In, for example, the opening phrases of the Act III love duet with Radamès, 'Là, tra foreste vergini', her voice has a limpidity which... |
VERDI
Aida (Complete opera) Maria Callas (soprano) Richard Tucker (tenor) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) Tito Gobbi (baritone) / La Scala Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] "The Nile scene has never been performed more powerfully and characterfully than on this vintage La Scala set. Though Callas is hardly as sweet-toned as some will think essential for an Aida, her imagination is irresistible and she is matched by Tito... |
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Gawain (complete opera) Marie Angel / Anne Howells / Richard Greager / John Tomlinson [ NMC / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Birtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses ''Groae Orgelmesse' & 'Missa Cellensis' Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] "Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due liturgical gravity...a clear first choice." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Sept 2002) |
GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
COPLAND / PIAZZOLLA / HOGBERG / BRAHMS / etc
Dances to a Black Pipe Martin Frost (clarinet) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "This partnership of soloists and orchestra is an inspired one, not least in the smaller-scale pieces...There is a quirky and highly personal essay in lieu of booklet-note from Fröst himself." (Gramophone) |
JEAN FRANCAIX
The music for solo piano, duo & duet Martin Jones, with Richard McMahon & Adrian Farmer (pianos) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] " Martin Jones and his accompanying colleagues also obviously have a high regard for his music and that comes out in sparklingly brilliant performances." (MusicWeb) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Gondoliers (1950 recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Ella Halman, Richard Watson, Leonard Osborn / D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "This recording will appeal to collectors who are confirmed Gilbert and Sullivan fans, particularly to those who want to hear why Martyn Green was such a beloved Savoyard." (ClassicalNet) |
BRITTEN
Serenade / Nocturne / Les Illuminations / Noyes Fludde Martyn Hill (tenor) / Frank Lloyd (horn) / Coull String Quartet / Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra from Schools of Salisbury and Chester / Richard Hicko [ Virgin de Virgin / 2 CD - released 21/May/2006 ] [Song cycles] ‘Rewarding alternatives to the classic recordings by Peter Pears... Ravishing.’ Penguin Guide |
EUGENE GOOSSENS
Symphony No. 1 / Phantasy Concerto Howard Shelley, piano / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "With Howard Shelley as the soloist, the performance has a glittery sheen; it's an attractive, likable work that deserves at least an occasional outing." The Guardian, 20th February 2009 **** |
LORD BERNERS
The Lord Berners Collection Meriel Dickinson (mezzo soprano), Peter Dickinson, Richard Rodney Bennett, Lord Berners (piano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Peter Lawson (piano), Philha [ Heritage Records / 2 CD - released 12/May/2017 ] In the years immediately after the First World War, Gerald Berners was one of the leading avant-garde composers in England. His work was the subject of a number of controversies in the musical world and, to the popular UK press, he became known as... |
JACQUES IBERT
Chamber Music Michael Dussek (piano), Bryan Lewis (harp), Richard Alsop (double bass), Bridge Quartet [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death, French composer Jacques Ibert is a major composer who won the Prix de Rome in his youth was a pupil of Fauré. |
Mimi And Richard Farina
The Best Of Mimi & Richard Farina [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Memories [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Pack Up Your Sorrows [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Reflections In A Crystal Wind [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi & Richard Farina
The Complete Vanguard Recordings [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Monica Huggett, Richard Savino
Duets for Violin & Guitar (music of Giuliani and Paganini) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "one of the best orchestral recordings of the digital era" - Stereophile |