J. S. BACH
Birth of the Symphony: Handel to Haydn Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] The first release on AAM Records, the new label of the Academy of Ancient Music - recently described as "the finest period-instrument orchestra in the world" by Classic FM. Birth of the symphony explores the development of the symphony in the... |
JOSEF HAYDN / W. A. MOZART
Haydn, Mozart: Live In Concert Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ ABC Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "This album covers the gamut of expressive musical possibilities - from extreme anguish and despair to heart-aching simplicity, from intellectual rigour and pure consonance to shattering dissonance. It is everything." - Richard Tognetti Hot on the... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Complete Opera recorded in 1989) Bayreuther Festspiele / Richard Versalle, Cheryl Studer, Rutland Engert-Ely, Hans Sotin / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "Thundering applause", wrote the prestigious "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", and Rome's "La Republica" noted the "triumphal success and storm of applause" that greeted Giuseppe Sinopoli and the ensemble at Tannhäuser's 1989 Bayreuth Festival... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Arapatiki Ben Hoadley (bassoon) Stephen de Pledge (piano) with Richard Nunns, Aroha Yates-Smith, Janet Roddick & others [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Smaller-scale Whitehead, all pieces based on a single artistic theme - and featuring solo bassoonist Ben Hoadley. |
GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLACTABLE: Gerald Finzi Bryn Terfel, Philip Langridge, Donald Sweeney, Benjamin Luxon Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony, London Symphony, Richard Hickox, et [ Decca British Music Collection / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "Philip Langridge … very good in Dies Natalis … is a most intelligent singer… Langridge and Richard Hickox have an excellent rapport that carries the music along most convincingly" Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) / Les Violons du Roy; Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "He shapes and phrases the music with a keen eye (or ear) on its dialogic potential, driving forwards energetically without bullying or indulging in display for its own sake." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
Cliff Richard
1980s [ EMI / CD ] A collection of Cliff's most popular hits from the 1980s |
Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard 50th Anniversary - The Ultimate Live Concert - Time Machine Tour [ Madman Entertainment / Via Vision Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 4/Dec/2008 ] Join the celebrations for Cliff's 50th anniversary and experience his most thrilling live show ever, which was filmed at London's Wembley Arena. The Time Machine tour features all his greatest hits and highlights through a spectacular musical... |
Cliff Richard
Cliff With Strings: My Kinda Life [ Rhino / Warner / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Cliff Richard has marked his incredible 65th year in the music industry by compiling and curating an album of his biggest hits and favourite tracks reworked with the orchestral arrangements by Chris Walden. 'Cliff with Strings - My Kinda Life' is a... |
Cliff Richard
The Fabulous Rock'n'roll Songbook [ CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] |
Cliff Richard
Rise Up [ Parlophone / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] 'Rise Up' is the first album of new material from Cliff Richard in 14 years. Following a traumatic and draining period in his life Cliff Richard returns, in the best way he knows how, with an album of his first new material in 14 years. Backed by... |
DAVE LISIK
Ancient Astronaut Theory Dave Lisik (Electronics) Richard Nunns (Taonga Puoro) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Ancient Astronaut Theory is a new work by David Lisik, composed in seven movements for taonga pūoro, and featuring Richard Nunns. Combining loops and re-contextualised phrases with layered overdubs and electronic manipulation, Dave has concocted the... |
RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Deborah Voigt - Obsessions Deborah Voigt (soprano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong, with Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo) [ EMI classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1994 ] "this is a must for admirers of Voigt and quite something in its own right." ClassicsToday |
CASTELLANOS / DURON / TORRES etc
Music From The Guatemalan City Cathedral Archive El Mundo, Richard Savino [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Spanish colonies in Central and South America emerged as wellsprings of cultural activity throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The meeting of indigenous populations with Latin American cathedrals and courtly life resulted in styles bearing the... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2019) Globe Theatre / Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts / Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of... |
Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns / Remixed by Various New Zealand Artists
Te Whaiao - Te Ku Te Whe - Remixed [ Rattle Records / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] The 'Te Ku Te Whe' album was released in 1998 and is the definitive recording of pre-European Maori instrumental music. Now these NZ producers have taken the music a step further by remixing it for the 21st century! |
JANET JENNINGS
Jennings: Voices Of Men James Harrison, James Ioelu, Will King, Katherine Austin, Richard Liu, Sarah Watkins, James Jin, Bill Stoneham [ Atoll / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Including 'Songs of War' and 'Songs of Exile', Voices of Men features leading male vocalists, accompanied by renowned musicians, singing the words of some of New Zealand's most well-known male poets. Brian Turner's words in 'Taking Off', reflect on... |
HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON
Fraser-Simson: The Maid of the Mountains (Complete Operetta) Janis Kelly, Christopher Maltman, Michael George, Richard Suart / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "piloted with style and affection by ronald Corp, Hyperion's light music guru. Wicked!" (BBC Music) |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS AUBER
Auber: Ballet Music / Cello Concerto / Overtures / Opera Arias Jascha Silberstein (cello) Angela Denning (soprano) Heather Begg (mezzo) Joan Sutherland (sop) / Orchestras conducted by Richard Bonynge [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "Silberstein makes a dashing thing of [the concerto] … He is obviously a man of first-class instincts, and he seems to know those lush, genial melodies from the operas" (Gramophone) |
DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / FLOWTOW / PLANQUETTE / BALFE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jerry Handley - The Age of Bel Canto Jerry Handley (tenor), English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ RCA Red Seal / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Jerry Hadley was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of Jenůfa, Susannah, and Candide. Hadley was a leading American tenor for nearly two decades. |