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Paul Marleyn (Cello) John Lenehan (Piano)
From Jewish Life: works for cello and piano [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2004 ] "Inventive programming, passionate playing, compelling listening" Jessica Duchan, Classic fm Magazine |
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Paul Marleyn & John Lenehan
From Jewish Life [ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] |
FEENEY
Feeney-Dracula (Ballet in Three Acts) Pauline Thulborn, soprano, Opera North Chorus, Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra. John Pryce-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] "Feeney's score is wonderfully atmospheric and rises suitably to underpin the gory climaxes" - Sunday Telegraph |
ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius (Complete Oratorio) & Symphony No. 1 Peter Auty (tenor), Michelle Breedt (mezzo soprano) & John Hancock (baritone), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] "On this evidence, Edo de Waart is clearly an Elgar conductor of no mean instinct. Both performances benefit from his judiciously clear-sighted direction...there's an endearing freshness, sense of new discovery and wholehearted application about this |
PETER DICKINSON
Mass of the Apocalypse / Larkin's Jazz / Five Forgeries / Five Early Piano Pieces Peter Dickson (piano) / John Flinders (piano) / Nash Ensemble / Various Artists / Lionel Friend (conductor) / Ivor Bolton (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] Peter Dickinson weaves together musical styles popular and classical, past and present.... |
PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Three Nocturnal Movements / Symphony No. 8 / Lysning Peter Herresthal (violin), Jakob Kullberg (cello) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Celebrating his 90th birthday in 2022, Per Nørgård is undoubtedly one of the most important Danish composers since Nielsen. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Les Illuminations / Sinfonia da Requiem / Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Peter Pears (tenor) Benjamin Britten (piano) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra / John Barbirolli [ NMC / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "These are historical documents of importance... Technically wonders have been done to what appear to be intractable originals. All Britten and Pears specialists will want the issue to which Colin Matthews contributes authoritative... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture (LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] An iconic recording of Sir John Barbirolli dedicated to Edward Elgar's masterpiece, the Enigma Variations, together with the Cockaigne Overture, all performed with passion by Barbirolli and the Philharmonia Orchestra. remastered from original tapes... |
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS / FINZI / QUILTER
Whither must I Wander? David John Pike (baritone) & Isabelle Trüb (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 3/Dec/2012 ] Centred around Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', this collection of English song brings together three now influential figures in the world of British music - Vaughan Williams, his contemporary Roger Quilter, and the younger Gerald Finzi |
LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / MOZART / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / HANDEL / LEHAR / etc
THRILLING TENOR - Best Loved Opera Arias Piotr Beczała, János Berkes, John Dickie, Marcello Giordani, Vladimir Grishko, Marcus Haddock, Thomas Harper, Kristjan Johannsson, Torsten Kerl, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] It is only since the bel canto era in the 19th century that the tenor voice really took off as a leading character in operatic roles, often playing the heroic figure against a love-interest soprano and a villain baritone. |
PJ Harvey & John Parish
A Woman, a Man Walked By [ Island Records / CD - released 2/Apr/2009 ] Some of 'A Woman, a Man Walked By' is quiet, considered and reflective; at other moments, it verges on the deranged. By turns, it is mischievous, deadly serious, elegant and poetic, and possessed of a brutal power. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mors et Vita Barbara Hendricks (sop) Nadine Denize (mezzo) John Aler (ten) José van Dam (bass-bar) / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Plasson's remains a serviceable rendition of Gounod's grandiose conspectus of human spiritual experience." BBC Music |
W.A. MOZART
Coronation Mass Priti Coles (sop) Anna di Mauro (mezzo) John Dickie (tenor) / Capella Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "A spirited account." BBC Music Magazine |
SPORTING GAFFES
Sporting Gaffes on Air: broadcasting blunders Radio Show presented by John Inverdale [ BBC Audio / CD - released 9/Oct/2008 ] A collection of BBC broadcasting sporting blunders. |
Ralph Towner / John Abercrombie
Five Years Later (180g LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 22/Sep/2008 ] As part of the story of our listening series this historical title has been mastered from original analog sources and reissued in January 2014. |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Cello Concerto / Saxophone Concerto / Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet / etc Raphael Wallfisch (cello) John Turner (recorder) / Northern Chamber Orchestra & Manchester Sinfonia, Richard Howarth & Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] "The disc is a hands-down winner in the Naxos catalogue and slips nicely into the same rank occupied by Penny's symphonies." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2011) |
ZEMLINSKY
Cello Sonata (with works by Goldmark & Korngold) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / John York (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] The compositions on this disc not only present a wide range of recipes for effective and enjoyable chamber music, they also serve as a study in ethics. Is music for culinary delight or spiritual elevation, food for the body or the soul, stuff for the... |
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Ray Brown / John Clayton / Christian Mcbride
Superbass 2 [ Hybrid SACD ] |
JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost (Read by Anton Lesser) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit of the Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe...' Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language. In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm... |
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Abridged) John Sessions (narrator) [ Naxos Audio Books / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Both a cracking tale of horror and a deeply audacious account of the human psyche, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has continued to thrill and fascinate since it was first published in 1886. Dr Jekyll wants to rid his soul of evil, and in... |
