GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Mar/2009 ] "This production is something special: a Traviata so dramatically intense and vocally secure that no other contemporary contender can beat it." - The Times, London |
MENOTTI
Il Console [The Consul] Virginia Zeani / Gianluigi Colmagro / Giovanna Fioroni / Florence May Festival / Thomas Schippers [ Opera D'Oro / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] |
W. A. MOZART
The Violin Concertos Thomas Zehetmair (violin & conductor) / Philharmonia Orchestra [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
Fux: Ave Regina Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "It is good to see this release showcasing some of the material [Fux] provided for the Imperial Court Chapel...The music is well constructed...but don't expect it to change your life." Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bach To Jazz Caroline Adomeit (violin), Julian Riem (piano) & Thomas Hastreiter (percussion) [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 17/Sep/2012 ] |
CELEBRATION
Celebration: Christmas Fanfares and Carols Aled Jones (readings) / BBC Welsh Chorus / John Hugh Thomas (conductor) with Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A lovely collection of music and readings for Christmas. There are seven readings, which, within the context of the recording, is just about right for ultimately it is the music for which you will be buying this disk." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story Alexandra Silber, Cheyenne Jackson, Jessica Vosk, Kevin Vortmann, Kelly Markgraf / San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / 2 CD/Book - released 2/Dec/2014 ] "Tilson Thomas's version scores heavily with its casting of the appealingly youthful-sounding Cheyenne Jackson as Tony and Alexandra Silber as Maria." (BBC Music) |
Alice Zawadzki Fred Thomas Misha Mullov-Abbado
Za Gorami [ Ecm / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] Vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas (who also plays the vielle and drums here) and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado present a rare alchemy on their trio debut, fusing folk idioms from a multitude of sources with free flowing... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Alwyn Mellor, Anna Larsson, Thomas Allen, Stuart Skelton / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "A top class performance and magnificent recording of this vast piece." MusicWeb International, 20th January 2017 |
QUILTER
Folk-Song Arrangements / Part-Songs for Women's Voices (Complete) Amanda Pitt (soprano) Joanne Thomas (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 11 / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "A worthy addition to British song history. Quilter enhances traditional tunes with understated, self effacing arrangements" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Trial By Jury & Cox and Box Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Kate Flowers, Frankie Howard, Ryland Davies, Russell Smythe, Thomas Lawlor & others [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Music by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a host of stars including Alexander Oliver, Thomas Hemsley, Anne Collins and Kate Flowers. 112 minutes. |
American Bach Soloists/Thomas
Corelli: 6 Concerti Grossi [ Delos / CD ] |
Rachmanino
Lieder und Romanzen Ana Pusar, Thomas Hans [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Mar/1994 ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Lieder Volume 6 - Myrthen / 6 Gedichte und Requiem Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano) / Thomas E. Bauer (baritone) / Uta Hielscher (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] "Bauer has a meaty, sizable voice and brings real engagement to the text." (BBC Music Magazine) |
SKEMPTON / FINNISSY / JACKSON / CRANE / SALTER
New Works for Clarinet Andrew Sparling (clarinet) Thalia Myers (piano) Alan Thomas (guitar) [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This disc shows off the clarinet-playing and unusual musical tastes of a familiar figure on the contemporary scene ... The stylistic range is from the jazziness of Nick Hayes' Tongue-Dog to the modernism of Roger Redgate's +R and Michael Finnissy's... |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Wiener Frauen (Extracts) / Overtures Anke Hoffmann, Anneli Pfeffer, Peter Minich, Thomas Dewald / WDR Rundfunkorchester, Helmuth Forschauer [ CPO / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "The performance is excellent, with Helmuth Froschauer allowing the glorious melodies to unfold completely naturally. … Lehár's melodic inventiveness is here at its freshest. Two rare overtures complete an issue that no lover of Lehár's music should... |
FAURE / DURUFLE
Requiem Ann Murray & Mary Seers (sopranos) Thomas Allen & Michael George (baritones) / Corydon Singers & English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Superb' (Fanfare, USA) |
DURUFLE
Requiem Op 9, Quatre Motets sur des themes gregoriens Op 10 Ann Murray, Thomas Allen / Corydon Singers / English Chamber / Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] 'A wonderfully sympathetic performance... a heavenly, visionary effect which is amazingly satisfying' (BBC Record Review) |