More By Artist: James
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FAURE
Requiem, Op. 48 / La Naissance de Vanus, Op. 29 / Pavane, Op. 50; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Libby Crabtree (soprano) Mary Plazas (soprano) James Rutherford (bass) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) / BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2003 ] 'The Pavane and Cantique de Jean Racine both breathe the calm of the Requiem. While they are enjoyable makeweights, the disc's revelation is a wonderful performance of the rarely heard La Naissance de Venus… this piece is a little gem'. (Gramophone |
STEPHEN HOUGH
Mirabilis: The Music of Stephen Hough London Choral Sinfonia, James Orford (organ), Michael Waldron (conductor) [ Orchid Classics / CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Sir Stephen Hough combines a worldwide career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. ""My father said that I had memorised seventy nursery rhymes by the age of two. This sounds... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet recorded in 1988) BLU-RAY London Festival Ballet / Evelyn Hart, Peter Schaufuss, Martin James / Graham Bond (conductor) [ Arthaus Monarda Arts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Choreography by Natalia Makarova, Sir Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa Costumes, sets and back projections designed by Günther Schneider-Siemssen Directed for television by Thomas Grimm Natalia Makarova, one of the most important interpreters... |
MAHLER
Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / James DePriest [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, a work of huge emotional and structural range, was his first purely orchestral work since the First Symphony of 1888 (Naxos 8.550522), and his first orchestral work to dispense with both the human voice and overtly... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
The Mahler Project - Complete Symphonies / Kindertotenlieder / Das KLagende Lied / Songs with Orchestra / Das Lied von der Erde / Ruckert-Lieder Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Thomas Hampson / Susan Graham / Sergei Leiferkus / James Morris / San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / 17 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2011 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 (recorded in Oct 2012) Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "Such is the visceral intensity of the music-making, a certain girding of the loins may be required before a second hearing, but isn't that precisely how it should be with a work of this power and magnitude?" Editor's Choice Gramophone, February 2014 |
DVORAK
Symphony No. 6 & American Suite Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2014 ] In these superb performances by the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester led by James Gaffigan, both the charm and folk elements of these works are clearly in evidence. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Appassionato Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), James Kirkby (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) David James (counter-tenor) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Sixteen / Christophers [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] 'The performance is one of extraordinary quality. Unequivocally recommended' (The Sydney Sun Herald) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 18: BWV191, BWV63, BWV123, BWV65, BWV154, BWV32, BWV 124 Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Michael Chance / James Gilchrist / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] "With 10 top-flight soloists, it brings this awe-inspiring project to a powerful end." The Independent on Sunday, 31st October 2010 |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 8: BWV51, 99, 100, 138; BWV8, 27, 95, 161 Malin Hartelius, Katharine Fuge, William Towers, Robin Tyson; James Gilchrist . Monteverdi Choir. English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] Cantatas for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity and the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England In total SDG will release 51 CDs, each corresponding to one of the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 7: BWV25, BWV78, BWV17; BWV50, BWV130, BWV19, BWV149 Malin Hartelius / Robin Tyson / Richard Wyn Roberts / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2006 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (JAN 2007) MUSICWEB.UK Three cantatas for the 14th Sunday after Trinity and cantatas for Feast of St Michael and All Angels. |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Orchestral Sets Nos. 1-3 Malmo Chamber Choir / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Holidays Symphony (II - IV): Decoration Day / Fourth of July / etc Malmo Opera Chorus / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Love him or hate him, Charles Ives is now accepted as the major figure he is. This marvellous collection is very well played, expertly recorded and has a good note in the inlay sheet." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
MARTIN BUSSEY
Through a Glass: Songs by Martin Bussey Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); James Bailieu (piano); Thomas Kemp (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Presenting an instantly striking and diverse collection of world premiere recordings of song by the contemporary composer Martin Bussey, Farnsworth is joined by the renowned young pianist James Baillieu for the A.E. Housman cycle Blue Remembered... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1983) BLU-RAY Salzburg Feastival / Margaret Marshall, Ann Murray, Francisco Araiza, James Morris, Sesto Bruscantini / Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Riccardo Muti had made a sensational Salzburg debut in 1971, and this Cosi fan tutte was his first Mozart opera at the festival. It was acclaimed by both the general public and international critics |
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Schumann,
Ausgewählte Lieder Margaret Price, James Lockhart [ ORFEO / CD - released 12/Jan/1984 ] |
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Brahms, Jo
Ausgewählte Lieder Margaret Price, James Lockhart [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
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Debussy;
Französische und Spanische Lieder Margaret Price, James Lockhart [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Jun/1984 ] |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Britannia / The Berserking / Into the Ferment Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'Energy and wit abound in music with plenty of stories to tell.' (Gramophone) |
