ELGAR / TAFFANEL / FAURE / WOODALL / HARTY / BOWEN / etc
Intimate Landscapes Anda Hollins (flute) Richard Mapp (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] Guest Principal Flute with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
IAN VENABLES
On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr
Handel:complete Violin Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr
Mozart: Violin Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
SCHUBERT
Sonatas for Violin and Piano Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Oct/2007 ] These sonatas written by a Schubert at the age of 19 and 20, just as he was about to enjoy his first successes in Vienna, are truly touched by grace. Openly inspired by the heritage of the great Classical masters - Mozart, Haydn, and of course... |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Sonatas (1781) Andrew Manze (violin) / Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] Composed after he settled in Vienna, Mozart’s “Auernhammer” sonatas, K.376, 377 and 380, are the first fruits of his freedom from Salzburg serfdom and a sign of his new, revolutionary spirit. |
PANDOLFI MEALLI
Violin Sonatas (1660) Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Fred Jacobs (theorbo) [ Channel Canal Grande / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "Let it be said at once that these sonatas are remarkably interesting discoveries, often chromatically bold, rhapsodic and full of vitality and the most elaborate fantasy" Gramophone, July 1994 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Sonatas Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Jaap ter Linden (gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "As a trio the dynamic and expressive range of Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr, and Jaap ter Linden is unparalleled." - Classic CD |
REBEL
Violin Sonatas Andrew Manze (violin) / Richard Egarr (harpsichord) / Jaap ter Linden (viola de gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] Critic's Choice Gramophone Magazine 1999. 'Italian fire and genius with French wisdom and tenderness.' |
GIOVANNI ANTONIO PANDOLFI
Complete Violin Sonatas Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (keyboard) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Strongly recommended." - Gramophone Magazine Early Music Award (1999) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works (Incls 'St Paul's Suite') Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Nicholas Ward (violin) Duke Dobing (flute) & Christopher Hooker (oboe) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This 1994 recording is one of the first Holst collections made by Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia. An orchestra he conducted for thirty seven years, until his death. Having brought neglected works by Holst to a more deserved fame in the early... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Keyboard Concertos (Nos 1, 5, 7 & Triple) Angela Hewitt (Piano) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Her playing is absolutely captivating: she decorates the solo part with playful, come-hither ornamentation-twirls, flutters, arabesques-and yet it never disturbs the clear, logical path she forges through the course of each work." Gramophone Magazine |
J. S. BACH
The Keyboard Concertos (complete) Angela Hewitt (Piano) /Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE (Gramophone) CD OF THE MONTH (Gramophone) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Sunday Times) ALBUM OF THE WEEK (Musicweek) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Daily Telegraph) DISC OF THE MONTH (Classic FM Magazine) |
CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Ann Archibald (soprano), John Graham-Hall (tenor) Peter Sidhom (baritone) / London, Royal Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Cooke [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Carl Orff was born into a distinguished Bavarian military family, and after composing songs in his childhood took up studies at the Munich Academy of Music. His early music shows the influence of Debussy, but this was soon cast off in favour of... |
ELGAR
The Apostles (complete oratorio) Anna Leese (sop) Louise Poole (mezzo) Andrew Staples (ten) Colin Campbell (bar) / Canterbury Choral Society / Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Cooke [ Quartz / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] Elgar embarked seriously on The Apostles in 1902 and the first performance took place in October of the following year at the Birmingham Festival conducted by Hans Richter. |
VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1960) Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill / Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Fernando Previtali [ Alto / 2 CD - released 20/May/2015 ] An all-American trio of opera stars provides Verdi's timeless masterpiece with an interpretation equally timeless. |
PIAZZOLLA / VILLA-LOBOS / PERAMO / SIERRA / GOSS
First Milonga Last Tango Anna Noakes (flute) / Richard Hand (guitar) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This CD by the acclaimed flute and guitar duo, Anna Noakes and Richard Hand, explores the rich seam of South and Central American music that has been further enriched by cross-fertilization with a series of African and European influences. |
DEEMS TAYLOR
Peter Ibbetson [Complete Opera] Anthony Dean Griffey / Lauren Flanigan / Richard Zeller / Seattle Symphony and Chorale / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] From its triumphant, star-studded première in 1931 until 1985, Peter Ibbetson was the most-performed American opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The story (based on the novel by George Du Maurier) of two star-crossed lovers who secretly... |
BRAHMS
Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) Arleen Auger (soprano) / Richard Stilwell (baritone) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 29/Oct/2005 ] "Shaw's performance is characterized by well-judged tempos, a steady rhythmic pulse, and perfectly judged balances, not only with regard to individual choral lines, but also between chorus and orchestra." -American Record Guide |
HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 39 / Festival Overture, Op. 52 Arndis Halla (soprano) / Johann Valdimarsson (tenor) / Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (violin) / Richard Talkowsky (cello) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "The Naxos recording is better, however, being a modern digital offering, recorded in a sympathetic acoustic, allowing all parts to be heard clearly. The orchestra is certainly well up to the task." (MusicWeb 2005) |