Richard Dawson
Nothing Important [ Weird World / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] Rising up from the bed of the River Tyne, a voice that crumbles and soars, that is steeped in age-old balladry and finely-chiselled observations of the mundane, Richard Dawson is a skewed troubadour at once charming and abrasive. His shambolically... |
Richard Dawson
Peasant [ Domino / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] No listener to Richard Dawson's earlier music has ever discerned a lack of artistic ambition. Whether they got on at the last stop - the 4 track Tyneside-Trout-Mask-through a-Vic and Bob-filter of 'Nothing Important' - or earlier in the journey, with... |
Richard Durand
Always The Sun [ 405 Recordings / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
Richard Durand
Richard Durand Vs The World [ Xelon / CD - released 8/Feb/2013 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811 Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Egarr displays an extraordinary tonal range, from harp-like resonance to transparency. The best harpsichord recital of these Suites on disc." (BBC Music - Instrumental Choice - March 2013) |
W.A. MOZART
Fantasias & Rondos Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Oct/2006 ] "Mr. Egarr [plays] with crisp abandon and ear-grabbing exuberance." - The New York Times (review of Mozart Violin Sonatas) |
HANDEL
8 'Great' Suites for Keyboard, HWV 426-433 Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] Printed in 1720, the 8 'Great' Suites were the first set of keyboard pieces that Handel chose to present to the London public. As performed here by Richard Egarr, this magnificent collection demonstrates Handel's unique 'orchestral' keyboard style... |
J.S. BACH
Per Cembalo Solo - Harpsichord Works Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Mar/2004 ] "Thrilling and revealing, this is Bach playing of real stature" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
J. S. BACH
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier [Well-Tempered Clavier] Vol 2 Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] In Book I (1722) of his Well-Tempered Clavier, J.S. Bach set off on an unprecedented passage through all the tonalities available to him on the keyboard. Using the tuning that research suggests Bach himself advocated, Richard Egarr completes his... |
J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations / 14 Canons Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] "Uninhibited virtuosity… This is playing of real stature." - Gramophone, review of Per cembalo solo |
PURCELL
Keyboard Suites & Grounds Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Published a year after his death, Henry Purcell's eight keyboard suites were long overshadowed by his more celebrated works. They are the heirs to a characteristically English vein, shifting from humour to seriousness in delightfully casual fashion,... |
LOUIS COUPERIN
The Complete Harpsichord Works RIchard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] "Egarr revels in the variety, both harmonic and rhythmic, that this music contains, and the interpretative opportunities it offers. I don't think anyone, even Egarr, would suggest listening to all four of these CDs at a single sitting, but in smaller... |
J.S. BACH
Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052, BWV1053 & Triple BWV1044 (special price with Harmonia Mundi catalogue) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) / Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze, director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special." ***** The Independent |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Cares of Lovers Richard Egarr, William Carter, Rowan Pierce (soprano) [ Linn Records / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] Linn Records is thrilled to introduce soprano Rowan Pierce in what promises to be a sensational debut recording. The Cares of Lovers comprises songs from across Purcell's brief career from She loves and she confesses too, one of his very first... |
Richard Fawkes
History Of Classical Music [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons / etc Richard Galliano (accordian) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Galliano plays with effortless virtuosity, his phrasing pliant and free, responsive to the music's inherent drama. He draws a range of colours and timbres...Galliano's sensitive, committed playing makes this performance far more than mere gimmickry. |
Richard Goode
Bach: Partitas Nos 1,3 & 6 [ Nonesuch / CD - released 14/Apr/2003 ] |
Richard Goode
Beethoven:piano Sons.21-23 [ Nonesuch / CD ] |
Richard Goode
Brahms: Piano Pieces Op 76 & 1 [ Nonesuch / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] |