Roy Hargrove Big Band
Emergence [ Universal Music / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] For Roy, the recording of 'Emergence' - a big band album, with a huge supporting cast - was not some crazy impulse decision but rather the realization of a dream. |
Roy Hargrove Quintet
Earfood [ CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] |
Roy Orbison
The Anthology [ CD ] |
Roy Orbison
Greatest Hits Live [ CD ] |
Roy Orbison
The Soul of Rock and Roll (4CD Box) [ 4 CD Box Set ] |
VIVALDI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / HANDEL / HASSE
Arias [3 CD set] Vivica Genaux (mezzo soprano) / Europa Galante, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Les Violons du Roy [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2015 ] "Mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux is superb. Her voice is perfectly suited to this type of repertoire, with the ability to tackle the stratospheric scales, arpeggios and trills, while remaining comfortable in the lower registers." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
CHARLES AVISON
Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti The Brandenburg Consort directed from the violin by Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'The music is delightful, the performances scintillating, and the sound excellent. Warmly recommended' - Fanfare, USA |
J.S. BACH
The Brandenburg Concertos The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman, conductor [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'There is much polished playing here, with graceful phrasing and tempos, beautiful playing by the flutes and violins … Recommended particularly for its well-balanced interpretation' - Historic Brass Society Newsletter, USA |
J.S. BACH
The Four Orchestral Suites The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman, conductor [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Among the finest versions in a long list' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Favourite Baroque Classics (Incls Air on a G String & Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jan/2008 ] 'Fine performances from the Brandenburg Consort, excellent documentation. A good CD to start a Baroque collection' (Classic CD) |
HANDEL
Six Concerti Grossi Op 3 The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Jun/2001 ] These delightful concerti from the mid 1730s |
Cain, Jackie + Kral, Roy
In The Spotlight + Sweet And Low Down [ Solar Records / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 1979) Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood / la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Jean-Claude Malgoire conducts his Parisian ensemble, La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, in a complete 1979 recording of Handel's delightful comic opera Serse, best known for its universally familiar opening aria "Ombra mai fu". |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 + 24 Charles Richard-Hamelin Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] In their very first recording together, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and the Violons du Roy present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concertos No. 22 and No. 24 that are replete with passionate outbursts, startling contrasts, rich orchestration and... |
HANDEL
Orlando (complete opera) Christophe Dumaux, Elena de la Merced, Jean-Michel Fumas / La grande Ecurie et la Chamvre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] In his setting of Orlando (drawn from Tasso's Orlando furioso) Handel offers us a score of remarkable dramatic power, diversity and originality. |
Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge
Complete Live At The Bayou Club 1959 [ Lonehill / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Twelve Concerti Grossi op 6 Brandenberg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyard / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'Elegant playing - energetic allegros, spacious solo/tutti contrasts, finely poised in the endlessly-spun slow harmonies. Archlute continuo colours delightfully' (BBC Music Magazine) |
Dorothea Raschmann / Karina Gauvin / Russell Braun / La Chappelle de Quabec with Les Violons du Roy / Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Les Violons du Roy: Celebration [ Dorian / CD - released 23/Mar/2004 ] This disc offers a superb program sampling the recorded baroque and classical repertoire of Les Violons du Roy, ranging from well-loved gems by Vivaldi to a rarity by J.C.E. Bach to unique transcriptions of some of Bach's greatest music. |
HANDEL
Opera Arias and Overtures Vol 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'It is difficult to pick out a particular highlight, there are so many of them' (Classic CD) |
RAMEAU
Pigmalion, Platee and Dardanus Ballet Suites European Union Baroque Orchestra / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "This disc is a wonderful addition to Naxos catalogue. Congratulations to the label, the orchestra, and to Roy Goodman. This is an essential disc for ballet lovers, Baroque enthusiasts, and Francophiles." (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |