The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, London Music Works, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, etc
Great British TV Themes [2 CD set] [ Silva Screen / 2 CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Featuring themes from Monty Python's Flying Circus, Doctor Who, Thunderbirds, The Benny Hill Show, Captain Pugwash, Coronation Street, The Avengers, Red Dwarf, Steptoe And Son, The Professionals and many more! |
DVORAK
Dvorak Jubilee set Various artists incls Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Ruggiero Ricci (violin) [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] All composers are represented by some of their best known works. Also included are some pieces one might not expect. Performances are by prominent musicians. Some of the recordings were made as recent as only a few months ago. |
COATES / WALTON / GOODWIN / BLISS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Remembrance Classics Various Artists including Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] Music with a war or patriotic theme including Land of Hope and Glory, Onward Christian Soldiers & the Battle of Britain March |
VERDI / MOZART / BELLINI / PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / etc
A Night at the Opera Various Soloists with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Rosenkrans, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "almost all of the performances are worthy to be in any opera lover's collection" |
ORCHESTRAL SPECTACULAR
Orchestral Spectacular (Incls 'Bolero', 1812 Overture & 'Polovtsian Dances') Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / various conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provide their own Spanish magic" - Essex Chronicle |
STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version) | Rossini / Respighi: La Boutique fantasque (compiled by Malcolm Sargent) Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Vasily Petrenko's previous Stravinsky recordings have been universally praised by the critics for the fine interpretations of these great scores, the superb playing of the RLPO and for the outstanding recorded sound. The same technical team was on... |
CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 / Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra Verity Gunning (oboe) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Gunning [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] This is the first disc in an on-going series of music by Christopher Gunning. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Overtures Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Baroque Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Complete symphony cycle in mono in remarkable sound quality Newly transferred from the original tapes and remastered to the highest standards |
SAINT-SAENS / BLOCH / CHAUSSON / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Incantation Virgil Boutellis-Taft (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Aparté / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Incantation holds many mysteries. The brilliant violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft strips away the veil of its secret powers, the ones that lie inside his violin's fascinating chant. |
Willard White, bass baritone Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis, conductor
Willard White in Concert [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] one of the world's leading bass baritones |
DAVID GOMPPER
Violin Concerto / Ikon / Flip / Spirals Wolfgang David (violin) / Peter Zazofsky (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Emmanuel Siffert [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Honoured in 2009 with an Academy Award, David Gompper has travelled the world working as a pianist, conductor and composer, and developing a fascination with all manner of things, from the experience of echoes in the mountains, to the images of... |
ELGAR
Cello Concerto / Nursery Suite / Chanson du matin Yoohong Lee (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yehudi menuhin (cond) [ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] The world's largest-ever classical recording contract with one of the most outstanding orchestras, was begun in September 1993 and has been built into a collection of over 150 albums of the world's best classical music. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto in D / Serenade Melancolique / etc Zino Vinnikov (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin [ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |