J. S. BACH
Great Composers in Words and Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music, as a fountainhead of classical music theory and the creator of some of the greatest works the world has ever produced. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Great Composers in Words and Music: Claude Debussy Lucy Scott (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Claude Debussy is regarded by many as the quintessential French composer, with music that invited both warm applause and frosty criticism in his day. |
LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108 Andras Molnar (tenor) Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Andras Ligeti [ Naxos / CD ] "There's a lot right with this performance, not least being its outspoken acknowledgement of Faust's stormy character. Liszt's first-movement portrait receives zestful advocacy, less polished than some, perhaps, but fired by immense gusto. The... |
Liszt Piano Music
Vol.10 [ Naxos / CD ] |
SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS
Chamber Works London Chamber Music Group [including Susan Milan, flute] [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] Five Impressions of a Holiday was Susan Milan's first encounter with the seductive, impressionistically inclined music of Eugene Goossens. Charmed by the work, she resolved to discover more: 'he was very much connected to the Les Six generation and... |
London Music Works
Music From the Transformers Trilogy [ Silva Screen Records / CD - released 28/Nov/2011 ] |
J.S. BACH / HANDEL
Lorraine at Emmanuel: Celebrating the lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Orchestra of Emmanuel Music / Craig Smith [ Avie / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This is a superb disc that all admirers of this much-missed singer will want to have. And if you've not heard Lorraine Hunt Lieberson before, buy this disc and discover for yourself what all the fuss is about." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month July... |
FRYDERYK CHOPIN
Great Composers in Words and Music: Fryderyk Chopin Lucy Scott (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] Polish by birth, Fryderyk Chopin made his name in post-Revolutionary Paris and is often depicted as the archetypal Romantic artist - blessed with extraordinary talent but consumed by the flame of genius, tormented by intense and tempestuous... |
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
The Music of Volume 3 The Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble / Curtis Macomber (violin) / Aleck Karis (piano) / Eric Bartlett (cello) [ Bridge Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
Mountain Carnival [ Jasmine / CD - released 4/Sep/2014 ] The name, Manuel & The Music of the Mountains perhaps strikes up an image of a mysterious Mexican villager with a propensity to romanticise the possible goings-on in distant God-like mountain ranges. However you'd be quite wrong, for Manuel was in... |
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains Viva Manuel! & The Music of Manuel [ Vocalion / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Version for Two Pianos, S647/R369) (Complete Piano Music Vol. 34) Marcus Ullmann (tenor) / Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Liszt School of Music Chamber Choir, Weimar [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Edition / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] A recording of the Faust Symphony arranged for two pianos |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: Sleep (8CD+Blu-Ray) Max Richter (Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Electronics), with Grace Davidson (Soprano) & American Contemporary Music Ensemble [ Deutche Grammophon / 9 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Dec/2015 ] "It's a warm, slow-moving daydream with no sharp edges and a self-consciously hazy sound, as if recorded next door or underwater" The Guardian |
Maybach Music Group
MMG Presents Self-Made - Volume 1 [ Warner Bros. Music / CD - released 4/Jul/2011 ] |
Maybach Music Group
Self Made 2 [ Warner Bros. Music / Maybach Music Group / CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] Features contributions from members signed to the MMG label - including Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley and Omarion. |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: In the Penal Colony (complete opera) Michael Bennett, Omar Ebrahim / Music Theatre Wales [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Glass homes in with scary effectiveness on the officer's description of the machine...Omar Ebrahim's officer moves from robotic vibrato to loving devotion as Michael Bennett's lighter timbre darkens, and the quintet maintains momentum." (BBC Music) |
Milk Music
Cruise Your Illusion [ #N/A / CD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] |
Minuetto-1999 Chamber Music Festival Highlights
Various [ NAXOS / CD - released 16/Jan/1999 ] |
Mordant Music
Symptoms [ Mordant Music / CD - released 7/Oct/2009 ] |
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Little Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] On the Sony Classical label - This is the x26 song, original motion picture soundtrack to the highly anticipated film "Little Women" by the ten-time Oscar nominated and two-time Oscar winning film composer Alexandre Desplat. "Little Women" is based... |