JOHN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Missa Solemnis / Te Deum David Griffiths (bass) Zan McKendree-Wright (alto) Patrick Power (tenor) Patricia Wright (sop) / TOWER Voices New Zealand / NZ Symphony / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine May 2004 - "This choir has a remarkable level of control, vocal development and musicality. The fact that they are all trained voices means that an effortless power is available to them, with a wide and dramatic... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Rape Of Lucretia (complete opera with libretto) Angelika Kirchschlager, Peter Coleman-Wright, Ian Bostridge / Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Opera Finalist |
Betty Wright
Danger High Voltage [ Wagram / LP - released 29/Oct/2012 ] |
JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
Gary Wright
Dream Weaver [ Warner Music / CD - released 4/Dec/1987 ] American imported disc. |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Suite de Concert, Ballad, Spiritual for Piano Harold Wright (clarinet), Virginia Eskin (piano), Hawthorne String Quartet [ Alto / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] A collection of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor works |
The Irish Tenors (Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright)
The Irish Tenors - Live In Belfast [ TV Matters / CD - released 4/Apr/2000 ] Recorded live at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on the 5th of February 2000. |
IAIN HAMILTON / JOHN CARMICHAEL / RUTLAND BOUGHTON / TONY HEWITT-JONES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Trumpet Concertos John Wallace (trumpet) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Simon Wright [ ASV White Line / CD - released 15/Mar/2006 ] "Fine performances all round - Wallace, needless to say, can get around these works with silken ease and has the stylistic chops to do a Harry James as much as to burnish the Boughton." MusicWeb |
LEWIS WRIGHT
Wright: Duets Lewis Wright (vibraphone), featuring Kit Downes (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] For Lewis Wright's debut recording he is joined by British piano virtuoso Kit Downes for a disc of his own works: "There is limited material for vibraphone and piano (especially for improvising musicians), which has the potential to be so... |
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Young (with Patricia Wright)
Kenneth Young - Symphony / Virgen de la Esperanza / Dance [ Trust / CD - released 17/Jun/2000 ] Riveting music from New Zealand's distinguished composer! |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (recorded at Bregenz Festival, 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Peter Wright (choreographer) / Miyako Yoshida / Ricardo Cervera / Steven McRae [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Nov/2010 ] 'One of the very best seasonal treats for children and adults alike, the Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is a handsome, magical, thoroughly traditional rendering of ETA Hoffmann's immortal if deeply strange story.' Sunday Express |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teddy Tahu Rhodes / Taryn Fiebig / Peter Coleman-Wright / Rachelle Durkin / Opera Australia / Patrick Summers [ Opera Australia Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Oct/2011 ] Recorded live at the Sydney opera House, this Blu-Ray, DVD and CD performance received the following review: "Stellar cast.....from the first bars of the overture you know you are in for a good time...a spectacular cast on every level...." The Daily... |
Betty Wright
Betty Wright Live (Yellow Vinyl LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Betty Wright (original name Bessie Regina Norris) rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman", "Lovin' Is Really My Game", and "Tonight Is the Night". She was an outstanding performer and this Live album provides much evidence of... |
Various artists, incls Patti Austin, Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Wright, Ledisi, The Count Basie Orchestra, etc
Ella 100: Live at the Apollo! [ Concord Jazz / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] Ella 100: Live at the Apollo! celebrates the music and life of the "First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald, hailed as perhaps the greatest singer in the history of jazz. Recorded live at the storied Harlem N.Y. venue in front of an ecstatic audience,... |
Betty Wright
I Love The Way You Love (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright is an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter, who rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight is the Night". Like Aretha Franklin, Betty was blessed... |
Betty Wright and the Roots
Betty Wright: The Movie [ S-Curve Records / CD - released 5/Apr/2012 ] |
Chely Wright
Lifted Off the Ground [ MCA Records / CD ] |
VERDI / PUCCINI / RICHARD STRAUSS / MASCAGNI
Persuasion and Seduction (Opera Duets) Cheryl Baker (soprano) Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone) / Tasmanian Symphony / Andre [ ABC / CD - released 25/Feb/2002 ] Opera superstars |
Gary Wright
Dream Weaver and Other Hits [ Rhino Records / CD - released 30/Jan/2007 ] This American imported compilation features hits and key album tracks by the legendary singer / songwriter / keyboardist, Gary Wright. |
Laura Wright
Lavender's Blue: The Last Rose [ Decca / CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] |
Meredith Wright
Sweetbeatz / Soulful SOngs for City Kids [ CD ] |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Greatest Hits (incls 'Tit Willow', 'With cat-Like Tread', 'Poor Wand'ring One' & 'I Have a Song to Sing, O!') Valerie Masterson, John Reed, Joyce Wright, Owen Brannigan / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Isidore Godfrey, Sir Malcom Sargent [ Decca / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] Arthur Sullivan and William Gilbert will be forever linked by their successes with their popular comic operas. They wrote many operettas including The Mikado, HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
English Concert Music Colin Wright plays the Organ of Beverley Minster [ Priory / CD - released 5/Mar/2007 ] Recorded in Beverley Minster on 19-21 June 2006 |
Dale Wright
She's Neat - The Fraternity Sides [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet recorded in 2004) The Dutch National Ballet / Sir Peter Wright / Marius Petipa / Philip Prowse / Sofiane Sylve / Gael Lambiotte [ Opus Arte / Kultur / 2 DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] G :- Tchaikovsky and Petipa's timeless ballet - acknowledged to be the most pure and demanding piece in the classic romantic repertoire - brings out Petipa's rich dance vocabulary with the sparkling virtuosity a superb performance needs. |
Gary Wright
Connected [ Larkio / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] |
Jaguar Wright
Free [ Artemis / 12in - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
J. S. BACH
Complete Flute Sonatas & solo partitas Jennifer Stinton (flute) / David Wright (harpsichord) Guy Johnston (cello) [ Alto / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] |
W. A. MOZART
The Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn & Six String Quintets [6 CD set] Juilliard String Quartet, with Harold Wright (clarinet) [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Founded in 1946, this amazing group's current lineup has had only fifteen different members. The founding members were together until 1955 and the group only had two changes in the first twenty years. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (complete opera recorded in 2009) Katarina Dalayman / Lars Cleveman / Attila Jun / Andrew Shore / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC Symphony Chorus / The Halle Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2010 ] "It's the most compelling and best-cast Götterdämmerung on disc since Barenboim's from Bayreuth" Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER - Opera |
Kenneth Wright / Miss Louistine
The Souls Of Black Folks / Extra Extra (7") [ Kent Dance / 7in - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Soul connoisseurs are adventurous folk and the emergence of a previously unknown singer/songwriter is big news among the cognoscenti. The only trace of Atlanta's Kenneth Wright is a handful of unrecorded song titles on BMI represented by Aware's... |
Laura Wright
Glorious [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 7/Jun/2012 ] Britain's most exciting soprano, Laura Wright, is back with her second solo studio album, 'Glorious.' |
LEWIS WRIGHT
The Colour of Intention Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Matt Brewer (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums) [ Signum / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Award-winning Vibraphonist Lewis Wright returns to Signum following the success of his recording 'Duets' in 2018, with a selection of new compositions this time performed with Matt Brewer (Double-Bass) and Marcus Gilmore (Drums). |
Lizz Wright
Dreaming Wide Awake [ Verve Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2005 ] Combining timeless originals with striking interpretations of songs by Neil Young, Joe Henry, Ella Jenkins, and others... |
Lizz Wright
Fellowship [ Verve / CD - released 23/Sep/2010 ] |
Lizz Wright
Grace (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 15/Sep/2017 ] |
Lizz Wright
Salt [ Verve Records / CD - released 4/Jun/2003 ] The debut album from uniquely blessed 23-year-old with a mellifluous, full-bodied contralto, emotionally-nuanced phrasing and an intuitive ability to swing |
WALTON
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony No. 1 (recorded live at the Barbican 2008) Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "The LSO Chorus give Walton's grateful choral writing all they have, and the orchestra revel in his brilliant and unconventional orchestration: E flat clarinet, alto saxophone, exotic percussion and extra brass." Sunday Times, 6th March 2011 **** |
BELLINI / VERDI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI
Serenata Patricia Wright (soprano) David Vine (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 17/Jun/2000 ] The wonderful Patricia Wright in a brilliant selection of songs! |