PURCELL
Anthems and Services Vol 6 Nicholas Witcomb (solo treble) James Bowman (countertenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Choir of New College, Oxford / King [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'No fewer than five first recordings in this ... Fans of Purcell will find this disc, Iike the others in the series, indispensable' (Fanfare, USA) |
BACH
Alto Arias Catherine King / Norwegian Baroque Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] Catherine King and the NBO perform a fascinating collection of arias by J.S. Bach, framed within the movements of his B minor orchestral suite, to create an unusual and attractive Baroque song cycle. Comprising some of Bach's most beautiful works... |
GARDEN OF EARLY DELIGHTS
Garden of Early Delights: music from the renaissance and early baroque periods Pamela Thorby (recorder) Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, psaltery) [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Whether on soprano, alto or tenor recorder, Pamela Thorby's tone has a limpid clarity which gives a crisp filigree-like quality to even the most fast and furious figurations...This crystalline sound is equally successful in conveying the melancholy... |
MAURICE DURUFLE
Durufle: Requiem / Messe Cum Jubilo / Quatre Motets Patricia Bardon (contralto), Ashley Riches (baritone) / The Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobur [ King' College Live / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] For this new recording the choir are reunited with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to perform Maurice Duruflé's 1947 'Requiem', in the composer's own version for soprano, choir, organ and small orchestra. The album is completed with the... |
J. S. BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach/Telemann: Oboe and Oboe d'amore Concertos Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/1984 ] 'A winner all the way … exemplary from start to finish' (Hi-Fi News) |
TOMASO ALBINONI / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Albinoni/Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos Paul Goodwin (oboe), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 'What a breath of fresh air! Played as they should be and never have been 'til now. This recording is a complete delight, a small pattering of allegros and adagios that purr as happily as a spring rain' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
MARTIN CODAX / JAUFRE RUDEL / DOM DINIS / ANONYMOUS
Cantigas Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / Andrew Lawrence-King [ Harmonia Mundi 1 + 1 / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "This is a jewel, both for its music and in its performance. Paul Hillier interprets each composer with intense sympathy and remarkable command of the two languages - Galician-Portuguese and Old Occitan." - Gramophone |
Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
Western Swing Get Together [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Although Pee Wee King remained leader of a very popular Western Swing band well into the 1950s, eventually the Rock 'N' Roll craze spelt the end for his kind of music. At the end of the 1950s, he broke up his band but continued to tour... |
Peter King
Miliki Sound [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] |
Peter King
Miliki Sound [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ] |
Peter King
Omo Lewa (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Super-funky business from Nigerian-born multi-instrumentalist Peter King. 'Omo Lewa' fuses funk, jazz and highlife vibrations. Recorded in London and originally released in 1976 by Orbitone, this is one of his finest records. Licensed from... |
Peter King
Shango [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 11/Mar/2013 ] |
Peter King
Shango (180G) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 11/Mar/2013 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas Through the Ages Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, The King’s Consort, The Sixteen, Westminster Cathedral Choir, et al. [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Other than to assure you that it works for me, need I say more?' (Fanfare, USA) |
Redlight King
Something For the Pain [ Hollywood / CD - released 16/Aug/2012 ] |
Ritchard/King/Hall/Bennett
Porter: Aladdin [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] |
Robert King & King's Consort
Handel:occasional Oratorio [ Hyperion / 2 CD ] |
Robert King's Consort/King
Handel/Telemann:water Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Sacred Music 4 Robert King's Consort/King [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
EDWARD NESBIT
Nesbit: Sacred Choral Music Ruby Hughes (soprano), Joshua Simões the Choir of King's College, London, Joseph Fort [ Delphian / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] As a young composer, Edward Nesbit was drawn to the rich complexities of contemporary instrumental music; little more than a decade later, he has found himself returning to the inheritance of his early youth as a chorister: the texts of mass, psalms... |