Music Theatre Wales/Rafferty
Berkeley: For You [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] |
MICHAEL BERKELEY
Jane Eyre (Complete Opera) Natasha Marsh, Fflur Wyn, Beverley Mills / The Music Theatre Wales Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Michael Rafferty's deeply committed conducting elicits fine performances from the entire cast and ensemble' - Sunday Times |
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Franz Joseph Haydn, Joseph Martin Kraus
Music for a Viennese Salon Night Music, Steven Zohn (flute), Heather Miller Lardin (violone) [ AVIE / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Philadelphia-based period-instrument ensemble Night Music re-creates an afternoon of music making from October 1801 at the Austrian capital's Palais Arnstein, with a flamboyant Quintet for flute and strings by Joseph Kraus, a duo by Carl Ditters... |
Oliver Mtukudzi / Whirimake Black / Jonathan Besser: Original music from the documentary
Lands Of Our Fathers: My African Legacy [ Bushcraft / CD - released 10/Oct/2005 ] This fascinating soundtrack to the documentary 'Lands Of Our Fathers: My African Legacy' incorporates unique musical and cultural influences from Mtukudzi, Black and Besser. |
Original Soundtrack / Music Composed by Howard Shore
The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2013 ] The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features the music of Howard Shore, one of film music's most respected, honoured, and active composers and conductors who previously worked with director Peter Jackson on The Lord... |
Original Soundtrack / Music Composed by Howard Shore
The Departed [ Silva Screen Records / CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] "This is vital, visceral filmaking, indebted to Howard Shore's evocative score" - Rolling Stone. Musicians featured on the album include a quartet of stunning and versatile guitarists -- Sharon Isbin, G.E. Smith, Larry Saltzman and Marc Ribot. |
Original Soundtrack / Music Composed by James Newton Howard
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them [ Watertower Music/Sony Music / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone... |
Original Soundtrack with Music and Orchestration by Cyril Morin
Samsara [ Rasa Music / Creative Vibes / CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] French composer Morin has produced an extraordinary, soothing sonic journey that includes the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, chants from the Lamas and Nuns of Ladakh, Tibetan bowls, Bansuri, Indian flute, Duduk, Ney, Sarangi, Lyre, Mongolian and... |
Palace Music
Lost Blues & Other Songs [ Drag City / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
Palace Music
Viva Last Blues [ Drag City / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
HANDEL / TALLIS / MONTEVERDI / VIVALDI / LULLY / RAMEAU / BACH / CHARPENTIER / etc
100 Best Baroque Classics: Incls 'spem in alium', 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' & 'Toccata & fugue in D minor' Patricia Petibon (soprano) David Daniels (countertenor) / Boston Early Music Festival / Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) / etc [ Virgin Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2006 ] The "BEST 100" series continues its incredible success - almost two million sales worlwide to date - with 100 Best Baroque works. |
GORDON CROSSE
Purgatory (1966) Opera in One Act Peter Bodenham (tenor) Glenville Hargreaves (baritone) / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Northern College of Music / Michael Lankester, [ Lyrita / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] "This edgy, ruthless, creepy and dissonant little two-hander is presented to best advantage. One cannot imagine needing another recording after this despite its three decades' vintage." (MusicWeb March 2008) |
Krenek, Er
Spätwerk: Zwei Zeitlieder op. 215, Drei Lieder op. 216, Opus 231 für Violine und Orgel, Streichtrio in zwölf Stationen o Phyllis Bryn-Julson; The Southwest Chamber Music Society, Jeff von der Schmitt [ ORFEO / CD - released 4/Apr/1997 ] |
ELLIOTT CARTER
Carter: Late Works Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Colin Currie (percussion) / Birmingham Contemporary Music [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Carter's very last, centenarian works...prove concise, poetic and delightfully mischievous as ever." BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Jury Award - Premiere |
Quartet Music
Summer Night [ Delos / CD ] |
POULENC / MILHAUD / BARTOK
Concertos for Two Pianos Quattro Mani (piano duo) / Colorado College Summer Music festival Orchestra / Scott Yoo [ Bridge / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] |
Original TV Soundtrack - Music by Ramin Djawadi
Game Of Thrones Season 3 [ CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] "Game of Thrones is the best show on television, and while the music isn't always that visible, on the album it's of a similarly high quality. It would be nice if HBO put the isolated scores on the Blu-ray, but until then, there's no better substitute tha |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Mass (A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers) Randall Scarlata (baritone) / Company of Music / Tolzer Knabenchor / Tonkunstler-Orchester Niederosterreich / Kristjan Jarvi [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "Bravo and thrice-triple bravo! Bernstein's flower child finally comes of age." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
J.S. BACH
Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052, BWV1053 & Triple BWV1044 (special price with Harmonia Mundi catalogue) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) / Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze, director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special." ***** The Independent |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Messiah (1751 Version) Robert Brooks / Iestyn Davies / Eamonn Dougan / New College Choir / Academy of Ancient Music / Edward Higginbottom (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2006 ] "This is a very special recording. Not only is it of quite outstanding quality both musically and dramatically, but, being sung entirely by male voices associated with a single institution, it probably comes as close as modern conditions permit to |