GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Giacomo Aragall, Ingvar Wixell / National Philharmonic, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set ] "Sutherland is in her element here - and what a wonderful score it is too...Horne has the odd moment of unsteadiness in the early parts of the opera, but she is impressive in the brilliant Brindisi of the last Act" Penguin Guide |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman [The Tales of Hoffmann] (highlights) Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo, Gabriel Bacquier, Huguette Tourangeau / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 19/Jan/2004 ] Here are 70 minutes of the best music from Offenbach's wonderful opera performed by a stunning cast!! Joan Sutherland is at her best as the heroines, Placido Domingo is at his freshest, and Gabriel Bacquier sings richly as the villains. Huguette... |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Violin and Cello Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] This recording presents a comprehensive programme of some of Finzis finest works. Featuring probably his greatest work, the Cello Concerto played here by Raphael Wallfisch, a regular on Chandos, receives a passionate and keenly felt performance... |
GERSHWIN / JOHNSON / RESER / SUESSE
Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos of the Jazz Age Tatiana Roitman / Gary Hammond / Dan Yappie / Peter Mintun / Michael Gurt / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] A fantastic selection of concertos from the American Jazz Age including Gershwin's immortal A Rhapsody in Blue, heard here in its complete original version for jazz band, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Grofé also orchestrated the Concerto in Three... |
CHARLES IVES
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard R. Webster (organ) [ Sony Classical ./ RCA / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
BERNSTEIN / GERSHWIN / LIEBERSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Remembering JFK: 50th Anniversary Concert Tzimon Barto (piano) / Earl Wild (piano) / Richard Dreyfuss / Georgetown University Glee Club / National Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "as historical document, Remembering JFK is an absorbing time capsule." (Classic FM) |
Valerie Masterson, Donald Maxwell, Richard van Allan, Judy Kaye / Philharmonia Orchestra, John Owen Edwards
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kismet - selected highlights [cast recording] [ Showtime! / CD - released 29/Jun/1995 ] A Studio Cast recording from 1990 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
50 Best Handel Various Artists incls Arleen Auger, Max Emaanuel Cencic, Alan Curtis, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Emmanuelle Haim, Richard Hickox, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] This 3 CD set offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved works by one of the greatest Baroque composer, Georg Friedrich Handel. This collection features performances by prestigious artists of some of his best loved works including... |
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 Willard White, Rosalind Plowright, Linda Finnie & Arthur Davies / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] 'Never was there a more complete triumph', wrote The Times after the premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah. The performance, conducted by the composer at the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival, marked the beginning of the life of Elijah as one of the... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart's Magic Fantasy Writen by Douglas Cowling with Richard Binsley, Russell Braun & Barbara Budd [ Classical Kids / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Travel back in time with Classical Kids! a dramatic story, a little bit of history and the world's best-loved classical music set the scene for fun-filled musical adventures for all ages. In all Classical Kids recordings, the story is based on... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchesral Works (Incls Pastoral Rhapsody & King's Herald Suite) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Moray Welsh (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] These recordings offer what are regarded by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as definitive interpretations of the repertoire. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 8 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Edlinger (cond), Michael Halasz (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 2 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] The Austrian conductor Richard Edlinger was born in Bregenz in 1958 and directed his first concerts at the age of seventeen. |
Cliff Richard
Collection (Heathcliff/Time Machine Tour/Bold As Brass/Soulicious) [ 4 DVD ] This remarkable pack highlights the versatility and sheer depth of Sir Cliff Richards impact on the world of music over an illustrious career spanning 6 decades. Carefully selected from a stunning array of back catalogue, the Cliff Richard Collection... |
Cliff Richard
As Never Before... Bold as Brass (Celebrating Sir Cliff Richard's 70th Birthday at the Royal Albert Hall) [ ViaVision Entertainment / DVD - released 2/Dec/2010 ] Accompanied by a Swing Band, see Cliff as never before as he sings some of the hits from his illustrious 52 year career. Following his solo 50th Anniversary concerts in 2008, and his reunion tour with The Shadows in 2009/10, this special 70th... |
Little Richard
Greatest Hits (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 1/Jan/2015 ] |
Richard Ashcroft
Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1 [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Spanning both his solo career and his time with The Verve, Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1 features twelve newly recorded acoustic versions of classic songs from Richard Ashcroft's back catalogue. The album finds Ashcroft's acoustic performances supported... |
Richard Buckner
Impasse (Reissue) [ Merge Records / CD - released 31/Mar/2017 ] The words are entrancingly cryptic, as if their simplicity conceals unfathomable depths. The music is sparse, almost whispered at times, like a secret. The title gives everything away, though. During the gestation of his 2002 album Impasse, which... |
Richard Carpenter / The Carpenters
Richard Carpenter's Piano Songbook (LP) [ Decca / LP - released 14/Jan/2022 ] Richard Carpenter is the iconic musician, producer, songwriter and arranger from the Carpenters, the astronomically successful group who have sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Richard Carpenter's Piano Songbook reimagines the Carpenters... |
Richard Hawley
Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley [ ADA / BMG / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] Richard Hawley is widely recognized as both one of the UK's greatest songwriters and one of its most respected. Alongside two Mercury Music Prize Nominations, a BRIT award nomination and 4 UK Top 10 Albums, the Sheffield native songwriter has... |