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WALTON
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario / As you Like it: A Poem for Orchestra Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Catherine Bott (soprano) / Academy St Martins / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marriner and the Academy draw out all the romantic warmth of both scores, and the sound is richly atmospheric to match, with a sharper focus and a keener sense of presence than on some recordings from this source. The Hamlet music may not match... |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Swansong Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Juian Bliss (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill. Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert's death,... |
BARTOK
Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11 Sir John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung & Juliet Stevenson (narrator) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Voices, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Signum Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2014 ] An unforgettable live-concert recording, selected from the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa- ekka Salonen's season of works by Béla Bartók - 'Infernal Dance'. |
KARL JENKINS
Karl Jenkins: Piano Sir Karl Jenkins (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 13/Oct/2019 ] "Simple and honest renderings of Sir Karl's most familiar tunes, played by the man himself. It's a lovely disc which is let down by consistent room noise." BBC Music |
HANDEL / HOLST / ROSSINI / SIBELIUS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Icon: Malcolm Sargent - The Great Recordings Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) with Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, James Johnston, Norman Walker, etc [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 18 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Malcolm Sargent's reputation as one of the great popularisers of classical music in Britain arose not only through his long association with the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (1947-67), but was in evidence much earlier through chief conductorships of... |
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Sir Paul McCartney, Various Artists
Party At The Palace - The Queen's Golden Jubilee [ Kultur / Opus Arte / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] |
KEATS / WORDSWORTH / SHELLEY / COLERIDGE / BYRON / BLAKE
Poetry of the English Romantics Sir Ralph Richardson / Sir Cedric Hardwicke / Tyrone Power / Vincent Price [ Forum / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Aug/2013 ] Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir Cecile Hardwicke, Vincent Price and Tyrone Power read the poetry of the English Romantics |
Sir Richard Bishop
Oneiric Formulary [ Drag City / LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] The Sir Richard Bishop show is back in town, alive as ever with exotic action, plus a bit of everything but the kitchen sink. Oneiric Formulary is the sound of surprise - first Sir Rick being surprised, then us! Not simply by six-string acoustic... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Voices, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Original Jacket Recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] An enormous success at the time, with a Broadway run of 559 performances, Wonderful Town shows off the talents of Bernstein, Comden and Green, who wrote the songs against the clock in just four weeks. Whether it's jazz, cod-Irish, ragtime, ballad or... |
HAYDN
Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra [ LSO / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Sir Simon Rattle pays homage to a composer he holds close to his heart with An Imaginary Orchestral Journey through the music of Joseph Haydn. Rattle trawls through the great composer's impressive catalogue, piecing together excerpts from symphonies,... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (complete opera) Christian Gerhaher, Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Franz-Josef Selig / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 6/Dec/2017 ] "Rattle maintains both a clear pulse in individual scenes and a through line which positively celebrates Debussy's and Maeterlinck's radical intercutting of scenes of varied physical and emotional locations in the central acts." Gramophoe |
Sir T
Walk With Me [ Move the Crowd / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] Sir T is an exciting newcomer to the New Zealand Hip Hop scene. The Auckland-based rapper creates music packed full of insane rhymes, killer beats, catchy hooks and real life stories. |
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano)
More Songs My Father Taught Me (music of Frederick Clay, Haydn Wood, Arthur Sullivan, Eric Coates, etc) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Drawing-room songs that make their mark again, thanks to such a strong advocate" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
SULLIVAN / COATES / NOVELLO / PENN / WOOD / etc
Songs my father taught me Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] A persuasive case for the often sublime artistry of the humble parlour song' (Gramophone) |
SIR THOMAS ALLEN
Great Operatic Arias: Thomas Allen Vol 2 Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry (with Susan Gritton soprano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] "The careful husbanding of his vocal resources, and choice of repertoire, over his career means he can take on a recording such as this without fear for his reputation. Darker tone of course, but, unlike many others there is no sign of vocal spread... |
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ERIC COATES
Sound and Vision: Orchestral Music [Incl 'From the Countryside Suite'] / Music for Voice & Orchestra [Incls 'The Mill OAE Dreams Song Cycle'] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) / BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] In his unmissable Eric Coates programme, with the BBC Concert Orchestra on top form, conductor John Wilson demonstrates his special empathy with and long-study of the music of this quintessential British composer, with celebrated baritone Sir Thomas... |
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Sir Thomas Beecham
The Beecham Touch [ Dutton / CD - released 25/Apr/2005 ] |
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Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducts Delius [ Dutton / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] |
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Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducts Mozart: Symphony 35 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (1946-1952) René Soames, Lorely Dyer, Dennis Dowling, Frederick Sharp / Luton Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / 2 CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] "It is also good to hear such vintage singers of the period as Dennis Dowling and Frederick Sharp as the respective fathers of the hero and heroine, with an excellent line-up of soloists in the many incidental roles." Penguin Guide |
