WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / John Light, Pearce Quigley, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Matthew Tennyson / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius - but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods. |
Linda Thompson
Proxy Music [ Storysound / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] The revered British singer/songwriter Linda Thompson's latest project, the aptly named 'Proxy Music' features artists handpicked by Linda and her son (and album co-producer) Teddy Thompson, to record a new set of her tunes by "proxy". Thompson, who... |
Richard Thompson
Ship To Shore [ New West / CD - released 31/May/2024 ] When Richard Thompson began writing songs for his latest album, Ship to Shore, the artist was instinctively drawn to his own musical roots, employing them in the service of fashioning a deep and diverse 12-track collection that pulls from various... |
Various Artists including Crombie Murdoch, Julian Lee, Murray Tanner, Thompson Yandall & Mavis Rivers
Jazz Concert 1950, Auckland Town Hall [ Ode Records / 2 CD - released 25/May/2012 ] Recorded at the Auckland Town Hall on the 7th August 1950, this is a truly historical, landmark document on 2 CDs - and the first time it has been issued to play at the correct speed as recorded! |
Chris Thompson
Jukebox: The Ultimate Collection [ Cherry Red Records / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2015 ] Chris Thompson continues to draw enthusiastic live crowds throughout Europe - "Jukebox: The Ultimate Collection" is a fine, brand new compilation of material that has defined Chris Thompson's career. |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Curt Thompson (violin) Rodney Waters (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "Ives's four extraordinary Violin Sonatas were written between 1902 and 1906, and are quite a find. Their erratically stimulating originality is in no doubt, but they are also among his most immediately appealing works." Penguin Guide |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / MENDELSSOHN / WOOD / PARRY / STAINER / MOZART / etc
Songs of Praise (Includes Let all the world in every corner sing Praise My Soul and Hear My Prayer Darius Battiwalla, organ / Michael Thompson, tenor; Halifax Choral Society; John Pryce-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] With this instruction the Book of Common Prayer of 1622 motivated several centuries of English composers to focus their creativity into the huge collection of short choral works that are the English Anthems. |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Haddon Hall [with Cellier: Captain Billy & Ford: Mr Jericho] Ed Lyon, Henry Waddington, Ben McAteer, Fiona Kimm, Adrian Thompson, Donald Maxwell, Angela Simkin, Eleanor Dennis / BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andre [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Complete Schumann Edition: Vol 6 Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Stella Doufexis (alto) Adrian Thompson (tenor) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] "Another winner in this profoundly satisfying series from Graham Johnson ." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Works [5 CD set] Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano) [ ASV Decca Australian Eloquence / 5 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2019 ] 'For those who wish to savour Scriabin's often bewildering changeability without having their emotions torn to shreds, Fergus-Thompson is uniquely spellbinding in this repertoire.' International Piano |