More By Artist: J Williams
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FRANZ LISZT / RICHARD WAGNER
Liszt/Wagner: Wagner without Words Llyr Williams (piano) [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "It's a totally convincing collection, and technically superb; Williams is equal to the toughest challenges that Liszt presents, but always puts Wagner first...everything has a sense of dramatic purpose." The Guardian |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alceste (complete opera) Lucy Crowe / Benjamin Hulett / Andrew Foster Williams / Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Alcestis's journey to the Underworld is enchanting, with Curnyn's fleet strings, intimately proportioned chorus, and polished soloists" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Opera WINNER |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Chamber Music and Songs Madeleine Mitchell / Roger Chase / Andrew Ball / Jeremy Huw-Williams [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] "The performances on this CD are - as usual from Naxos - of a very high standard and the various performers sound as if they have been playing this music all of their lives" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arise my love - Music for the Break of Day Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Mark Williams (conductor) [ Coro / CD - released 9/Jan/2026 ] Spanning 500 years from the exquisite simplicity of Thomas Tallis' perfect miniature O nata lux through Britten's jubilant Festival Te Deum to Cheryl Frances-Hoad's majestic O come let us sing unto the lord, this album celebrates the hope and... |
Marc Williams
The Forgotten Singing Cowboy [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] Unlike so many of the country performers of the day, Williams shows no evidence of having been influenced by Jimmie Rodgers.He appears to be influenced by the more traditional western singers although his material... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica / Four Last Songs / Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "This would be my present first choice ... The Bergen players are especially effective, the huge orchestration never cluttered or opaque in SACD spaciousness ..." BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2017 |
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Martin/Williams/Tracey
Martin:offbeat [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incls 'Enchanted Summer' & 'Walsinghame') Martyn Hill (tenor) Anne Williams-Kingm, Lynore McWhirter (sopranos) / Brighton Festival Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This issue represents a considerable achievement for all involved. The spacious recording copes beautifully with everything Bax can muster.' Hi-Fi News |
Mary Lou Williams
MARBECKS RARE: The Circle Recordings [ Progressive / CD - released 5/May/2006 ] This set contains many unique performances. These include lovely treatments of standards like "Talk of the Town" and "People Will Say We're in Love", and even a Monk tune, as well as originals |
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Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou's Mass [ Smithsonian Folkways / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] This re-mastered re-issue album includes bonus material from her 1969 masterpiece 'Music For Peace' (the third of her four masses), and two hymns written in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
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National Rso Ukraine/Williams
Flagello/Rosner [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] |
HENRY KIMBALL HADLEY
Hadley: The Ocean, Op.99, Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.64, etc National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] accessible and enthusiastically played. |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
McKay: Harbor Narrative / Evocation Symphony National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "This Naxos release serves as an exceptional ear-opener in documenting just how substantial and individualistic was his achievement as a nationalist composer...The word "evocative" leaps to mind..." Fanfare |
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O'donnell/Hill/Williams/Westmo
Britten:a Ceremony Of Carol [ Hyperion / CD ] |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Poisoned Kiss (Compete opera) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano; Roderick Williams baritone; Graham-Hall tenor; Richard Suart baritone; Adrian Partington Singers; BBC National Orc [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "So it's a damp pastiche of G&S: does that matter when the music is so glorious?" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
Pat Metheny, with Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez & Ben Williams
Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions [ Nonesuch / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] "Once you've heard Pat Metheny you will always recognise him, no matter what company he's in or what instrument he's playing, be it a simple acoustic guitar or some unlikely invention of his own. Beneath it all there's a frank, open-hearted... |
Paul Williams
Life Goes On [ East Central One / CD - released 20/Feb/2006 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: Charles Williams & the QHLO Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, Charles Williams [ Guild / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Charles Williams conducting the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra |
