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ADOLPHE ADAM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adam: Giselle [complete ballet] Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 19/Apr/2012 ] "Richard Bonynge's performance on Decca restores Adam's original and is a bit more strongly characterised, while the Decca sound has a slightly sharper and brighter profile." (Three Stars penguin Guide) |
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MESSAGER
Les Deux Pigeons (Complete ballet) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] A real rarity of the ballet world, this marvellous score, 'rediscovered' by Sir Frederick Ashton, was one of Decca's most glorious recordings of ballet music by that pioneer of this genre, Richard Bonynge. Not included on the 10CD Penguin... |
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Paddy Free with Richard Nunns
Karekare: Te Reo O Te Whenua [ Dub Conspiracy Music New Zealand / CD - released 14/Jul/2008 ] Ranging from dreamy ambience to full-on pounding beats, this CD is a sonic journey that captures the many moods of Karekare and features guest vocals in Te Reo from Tiki Taane, Waimihi Hotere, Te Wharetatao & Corrina Hunziker. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'Nelsonmesse' / Missa brevis Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Varcoe, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] "Choose Hickox, for his more palpable sense of physical and spiritual elation, and for the beauty and intensity of Gritton's contribution" (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Peter Serkin plays Mozart Peter Serkin (piano) with Rudolf Serkin (piano), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Peter Serkin, whose recorded output is dwarfed by his fathers in sheer size but by no means in artistic distinction, is spotlighted in a new release playing Mozart: his complete RCA recordings of the composer. |
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GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral Music Philip Langridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus Richard Hickox / The RIchard Hickox Singers / Exultate Singers [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] "The Exultate Singers are an admirable group of 16 voices, with firm tone and excellent chording. Their words, moreover, are as clear as choral words can be" Gramophone |
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Philip Pickett & Richard Thompson
The Bones Of All Men [ Hannibal / CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
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RICHARD MILLS
Mills: Orchestral Works (Incls Aeolian Caprices & Soundscapes for Percussion & Orchestra) Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Richard Mills & Werner Andreas Albert [ ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] One of Australia's leading composers, the music of Richard Mills weaves a rich tapestry of colour. His operas, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Batavia have won him an array of accolades and his orchestral music is some of the most enduring of our... |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3) ; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 ; The Running Set ; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Rebecca Evans (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - This latest SACD release in the series features the premiere recording of the reconstructed Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2. |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe [The Merry widow] (highlights in English) Joan Sutherland, John Brecknock, Francis Egerton, Regina Resnik, John Fryatt / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this operetta, first performed in Vienna in 1905 and here given by a cast lead by Joan Sutherland and also featuring John Brecknock, Valerie Masterson and Werner Krenn. |
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SCARLATTI / MOZART / BELLINI / TOSTI / GLUCK / etc
Serenata Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi (soprano) with Giorgio Faveretto (piano) & Richard Bonynge (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] It is difficult to dissociate the pure, warm tones of Renata Tebaldi's voice from her usual operatic repertoire - the heroines of the Italian lyric stage of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which, thanks to her exceptional vocal and... |
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Richard and Linda Thompson
Pour Down Like Silver [ Island Records / CD - released 13/Sep/2004 ] This digitally re-mastered European import CD includes four live bonus tracks. Another classic from the English folk-rock duo. |
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Richard & Linda Thompson
Shoot Out The Lights (LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 19/Jan/2018 ] The classic 1982 album chronicles the dissolution of the pair's marriage/partnership. |
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Richard Ashcroft
Alone With Everybody [ Hut / CD - released 26/Jun/2000 ] |
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Richard Ashcroft
Natural Rebel [ BMG / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Richard Ashcroft's fifth studio album. 'Natural Rebel' represents the latest chapter in a hugely successful solo career for the former Verve frontman and Ivor Novello winner. It follows 'Alone With Everybody' (2000), 'Human Conditions' (2002), 'Keys... |
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Richard Ashcroft
Natural Rebel (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl LP) [ BMG / LP - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Richard Ashcroft's fifth studio album. 'Natural Rebel' represents the latest chapter in a hugely successful solo career for the former Verve frontman and Ivor Novello winner. It follows 'Alone With Everybody' (2000), 'Human Conditions' (2002), 'Keys... |
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Richard Ashcroft
Natural Rebel (LP) [ BMG / LP - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Richard Ashcroft's fifth solo album. 'Natural Rebel' represents the latest chapter in a hugely successful solo career for the former Verve frontman and Ivor Novello winner. It follows 'Alone With Everybody' (2000), 'Human Conditions' (2002), 'Keys... |
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Richard Ashcroft
These People [ Cooking Vinyl / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] Recorded in London, These People was produced by Richard and longtime collaborator Chris Potter, as well as marking a reunion with Wil Malone, who worked with Richard on the string arrangements on the seminal albums by The Verve A Northern Soul... |
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Richard Barbieri
Planets + Persona [ K-Scope Music / Snapper Records / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] As an ex-founder of the new-wave pioneers Japan, Barbieri was a leader in creating the ground-breaking synthesiser sound that defined the band and influenced the likes of The Human League, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Talk Talk and a whole raft of... |
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Richard Barbieri
Stranger Inside [ Kscope / Snapper Music / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] 'Stranger Inside' is another fine solo album from the ex-Japan and current Porcupine Tree keyboard legend. 'Stranger Inside' further develops Barbieri's unique approach to texture, harmony and rhythm. |