BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
Michael Hoppe/Martin Tillman/Tim Wheater
Afterglow [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Eroica / Symphony No. 3 Ian Hart / Tim Pigott-Smith / Claire Skinner / Jack Davenport / Orchestre RACvolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 5/May/2005 ] G :- 'Ian Hart is brilliant as Beethoven, a volatile, magnetic figure of genius and uncouth charm…not to be missed.' -- Daily Mail |
GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Julia Doyle, Justin Doyle, Thomas Hobbs, Roderick Williams, Tim Mead , RIAS Kammerchor Berlin [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDE
Handel: Riccardo Primo, Re d'Inghilterra HWV23 (complete opera) Lawrence Zazzo, Nuria Rial, Geraldine McGreevy, Tim Mead, David Wilson-Johnson & Curtis Streetman / Chamber Orchestra of Basel, Paul Goodwin [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Songs & Dances Tim Mead (countertenor) / Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien [ Alpha / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] "Reactions to this absorbing and revelatory disc will, I suspect, depend on how one responds to the "Frenchified" Purcell of François Lazarevitch's Saint-Julien musicians. I heartily approve of their imaginative, improvisatory approach, which brings |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (with Bach - Cantatas) Lucy Crowe (soprano) & Tim Mead (counter-tenor) / La Nuova Musica, David Bates [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "A performance as sophisticated emotionally as it is musically." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2017 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 Lydia Teuscher, Ida Falk Winland, Tim Mead, Samuel Boden, Neal Davies / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "Cohen's rejection of the generic, within a grand and ravishing overview, is what propels an overwhelming sense here that this reading deserves to be taken very seriously...The work infrequently speaks with such gracefulness, freedom or conviction." |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] LSO Live celebrates the 90th birthday of one of the conducting world's greats, Bernard Haitink. Few artists have a deeper understanding of the music of Beethoven than the celebrated Dutch conductor, who is known for his mastery of the great... |
MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
Undance UNDANCE Band, Rambert Orchestra, Tim Murray, Paul Hoskins [ NMC / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] UNDANCE (2011) is a project created for Sadler's Wells by Turnage with choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist Mark Wallinger, inspired by the work of photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. Its edgy syncopation frames various tunes and motifs that... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Piano Quartet, Violin Sonata, Toccata Matthew Jones, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Tim Lowe, Annabel Thwaite [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] These four works represent all of Sir William Walton's chamber music involving both violin and piano, as well as being a microcosm of his compositional output between 1918 and 1950. They offer a fascinating glimpse of Walton's stylistic journey, from... |
ERROLLYN WALLEN
Photography Matthew Sharp (cello) Ensemble X, Nicholas Kok, The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam, Tim Harries (bass guitar), Quartet X, Errollyn Wallen [ NMC / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] After reading Music at Goldsmiths', King's College London and King's College Cambridge she performed as a keyboard player with numerous bands, on the comedy circuit, ran a commercial recording studio and wrote the music and performed live as a... |
Mel & Tim
Mel & Tim [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
PALESTRINA / VICTORIA
Roma Aeterna - Two Roman Masses New York Polyphony with Tim Keeler (countertenor) Andrew Fuchs (tenor) and Jonathan Woody (bass-baritone) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Don't be afraid to turn up the volume on this-even without a true surround system, you'll be (most pleasantly) surrounded." (ClassicsToday 9/10 September 2016) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2010) Norwegian National Opera / Birgitte Christensen, Jacek Laszczkowski, Tim Mead, Marita Sølberg / Alessandro de Marchi [ EuroArts DVD / DVD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2017 ] "There is, though, some truly terrific singing here. Birgitte Christiansen (Poppea) is an amazingly assured musical presence, who can colour her voice to fit every occasion. Jacek Laszczkowski (Nero) is expressively menacing and lascivious by turn" |
Tim Gane & Sean O'Hagan
La Vie d'Artiste - Original Soundtrack [ Too Pure Records / 2 CD - released 17/Sep/2007 ] Known for their work with Stereolab and The High Llamas, Tim Gane & Sean O'Hagan evoke graceful, cinematic sounds on this outstanding film score. The second disc of this set features music that didn't get used in the movie. |
GEORGE ORWELL
Nineteen Eighty-Four Radio Adaptation with Tim Pigott Smith, Christopher Eccleston & Pippa Nixon [ Audio Book / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] SPECIAL PRICE Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that... |
MISSY MAZZOLI
Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright Peter Herresthal (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, James Gaffigan, Tim Weiss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Grammy Awards 66th Awards (2024) Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition Nominee - Best Classical Compendium |