STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone on 'The Rake's Progress) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "It is hard to imagine a Tom Rakewell who looks the part better than the lanky, almost adolescent Topi Lehtipuu, his wide-eyed innocence an open invitation to corruption, and he sings the role with elegance." (Gramophone) |
STRAVINSKY
The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Poliuto (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Michael Fabiano, Ana Maria Martinez, Igor Golovatenko, Matthew Rose / Enrique Mazzola (conductor) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering 'a superb musical performance' (The Telegraph) offering 'lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under... |
David Rose and his Orchestra
Holiday for Strings: 25 Original Mono Recordings 1942-1952 [ Living Era / Sanctuary Records Group Limited / CD - released 27/Oct/2004 ] London-born (but American raised) David Rose (1915-1990) has a special niche in music history. Conductor, composer, arranger, his many film scores were among the most accomplished of the 40s and 50s, and he was also much admired for his... |
SUSATO / DOWLAND / LOBO / MONTEVERDI / SCHUTZ / etc
Peter Paul Rubens - Music Of His Time Oxford Camerata / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus / Rose Consort of Viols / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Soloists [ Naxos Educational Art and Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] Popular opinion has dealt harshly with Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): there are too many gods and goddesses in his paintings and the women are too large. But through changing fashions, the strength and vigour of his work are still a marvel: in a... |
Jack Rose
Luck in the Valley [ Thrill Jockey / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] Jack Rose (formerly of punk rock band Pelt) explores folk and traditional country on 'Luck in the Valley' - his 10th solo album. |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Ashley Riches, Elizabeth Watts, Sarah Connolly / Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "Egarr whips up venomous indignation for the crowd's joustings with Pilate. Sarah Connolly's 'Es ist vollbracht' is searing...And Elizabeth Watts's 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze' is almost unbearably poignant." BBC Music |
DVORAK
Stabat Mater [recorded live in 2010] Janice Watson (soprano) Dagmar Peckova (mezzo) Peter Auty (tenor) Peter Rose (bass) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Neeme Jarvi [ LPO Live / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] |
Joe and Rose Lee Maphis
Ridin' The Frets [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] The Husband and wife duet of Joe & Rose Lee Maphis have captivated successive generations with their repertoire of classic Country songs... |
C.P.E. BACH
CPE Bach: 3 Sonatas For Viola da Gamba Johanna Rose (viola da gamba), Javier Núñez (harpsichord) [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "There's often a wonderful aria-like quality to her slow movements…She's found her perfect musical partner in Núñez…All in all, a really strong solo debut" Gramophone |
JANACEK
Idyll for String Orchestra / Suite for Strings / Taras Bulba / etc Jupiter Orchestra, Gregory Rose / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jira Belohlavek [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] "This admirable collection contains good to excellent performances of just about all the orchestral music that Janácek wrote." (Classics Today) |
King, Catherine, Rose Consort of Viols
Elizabethan Consort Music / Dramatic Songs [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] The 16th century marked the highpoint in the life of the viol. |
King/Rose Consort Of Viols
Elizabethan Songs & Consort Mu [ Naxos / CD ] |
DVORAK
Requiem (recorded Feb 2009) Lisa Milne, Karen Cargill, Peter Auty, Peter Rose / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - January 2010 |
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 |
Maddox Bros & Sister Rose
The Hillbilly Party Band [ Complete Country / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] |
The Maddox Brothers And Rose
You Won't Believe This! Selected Singles & More 1952-1957 [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Not for nothing were Rose Maddox and her 'Four Big Brothers' known as 'The Most Colourful Hillbilly Band In America'. Their loud and lively recordings and even louder and livelier stage antics lit up the West coast of America in the 1940s and up to... |
MOZART / PAISIELLO / SALIERI / SARTI / SOLER
Arias for Benucci: Arias written for the buffo bass-baritone Francesco Benucci, Mozart's first Figaro Matthew Rose (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] Matthew Rose, Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen throw themselves into the riotous world of Francesco Benucci, the larger-than-life opera star for whom Mozart created the role of Figaro. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Romantic Piano Concertos Michael Ponti, Hans Kann, Martin Galling, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller and many more. [ Brilliant Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2016 ] This CD set contains a wealth of 19th century piano concertos written by composers who for some reason or other have been neglected by history, so called "minor masters" who may have lost the battle against the giants but wrote very attractive works. |