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 |
Händel, Ge
Acis und Galatea Mathis, Johnson, Gambill, Lloyd, Spiri, ORF Chor; ORF Symphonieorchester, Schreier [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 5/Jan/1988 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995) Metropolitan Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Vladimir Chernov, Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd / James Levine (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2004 ] "Vladimir Chernov's Boccanegra, a compelling portrayal, beautifully and intensely sung. His eyes tell us throughout of Boccanegra's torments of mind and heart. Levine draws fine performances from his players, but Solti does as well if not... |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / ERICH KORGOLD
Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets Nash Ensemble / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The teenage Korngold possessed a compositional fluency and maturity which belied his youth; in contrast, Tchaikovsky feared-wholly unjustifiably-his own creative powers to be on the wane when writing Souvenir de Florence. |
Northern Sinfonia/Lloyd-Jones
English String Miniatures [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] |
ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Serenade, Op. 31 / Nocturne, Op. 60 / Phaedra, Op. 93 Philip Langridge (tenor) / Frank Lloyd (horn) / Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conducto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] The medium of the orchestral song-cycle is one that much attracted Britten. His concept of an anthology of sometimes diverse texts, unified by a common literary or poetic theme was a favourite device to which he returned several times. The present... |
CLIFFE / ERLANGER
Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 10 / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Graffin plays superbly, with all the fire and tenderness required, and with glorious tone. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is as attentive and sympathetic as one would expect with David Lloyd-Jones conducting, and the recording is well judged in... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Rachael Lloyd, Elin Manahan Thomas, Robert Davies, Roderick Morris, Eloise Irving /. Armonico Consort, Christopher Monksristopher Monks [ Signum / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "The Armonico Consort and its musical director, Christopher Monks, capture this abundance of inspiration in a performance full of life and variety...Rachael Lloyd's dignified Dido and Elin Manahan Thomas's bright Belinda are well contrasted." |
PATRIC STANFORD
Stanford: Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / Prelude to a Fantasy Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] Patric Standford wrote in a wide variety of forms, from large-scale orchestral and choral music to a cappella, chamber and instrumental pieces. While teaching at the Guildhall School of Music in London he won several major international composition... |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Cello Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Symphonic Studies Stephane Rancourt (oboe) Alexander Baillie (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "A fascinating release, in excellent sound; highly recommended." - Fanfare (Christopher Williams), July/August2001 |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Symphonies, Vol. 4 (No 1 / ClarinetConcerto) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The recording, from June 2007, resounds ever so warmly, the clarinet, strings, and horns quite ripe, without any hint of professional slickness that might rob Stanford's music of its spontaneous appeal." -- Audiophile Audition, December 21, 2008 |
IAN VENABLES
The Song of the Severn Roderick Williams (baritone) / Carducci String Quartet, with Graham J Lloyd (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Venables' music is unashamedly rooted in the English pastoral tradition...The two song cycles that Roderick Williams sings with his usual exemplary musicality and tact show how convincing Venables' occupation of that world can be." |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Willow-Wood / The Sons of Light / Toward the Unknown Region Roderick Williams (baritone) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Ian Tracey (choirmaster) / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Eloquent treatment for a rewqarding haul of VW rarities" Editor's Choice Gramophone Dec 2005 |
RUTTER / CORDELL / MELACHRINO / DOUGLAS / etc
English String Miniatures Vol 1 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] "Winningly entertaining, and marvelous value for money."-Gramophone |
MARTELLI / FINZI / HOLST / BLEZARD / HURD / etc
English String Miniatures Vol 3 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] Continuing the series |
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Lloyd-Jo
Various:eng String Miniatures [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Pineapple Poll (arr. Charles Mackerras) / Symphony in E major, Irish Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] "…Charles Mackerras's ballet Pineapple Poll (1951) has become a light-music classic. David Lloyd-Jones gives the whole thing tremendous swing and rhythmic bite, with the Liverpool players on their top form, and the result is a delight." BBC Music Fiv |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Concerto grosso No. 1 / Pastoral Fantasia / 5 Preludes / Autumn Legend Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] William Alwyn composed some fifty works for the orchestra, including five symphonies, a sinfonietta, concertos for flute, oboe, violin, piano, harp, three concerti grossi, and many other descriptive shorter pieces. The seven works on this recording... |