More By Artist: Little John
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Il Re Pastore (complete opera) Sarah Fox, Ailish Tynan, John Mark Ainsley, Anna Devin & Benjamin Hulett / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Page's unobtrusive pacing of the pastoral mini-drama and sage weighting of orchestrally accompanied recitatives pull the listener along gently." (Gramophone Editors Choice Nov 2015) |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Music for Violin and Guitar II - 6 Sonatas Op.2 / Duets Scott St John (violin) Simon Wynberg (guitar) [ Naxos / CD ] "violinists, guitarists and lovers of winsomeness for its own sake should revel in these very well recorded discs" Gramophone |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Music for Violin & Guitar Vol 1 - 6 Sonatas Op.3 Scott St John (violin) Simon Wynberg (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/1994 ] "The sheer joy which emits from this music making is at once infectious and hypnotic" Gramophone |
RODRIGO / BORNE / IBERT
Flute Concertos - Bridge across the Pyrenees Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "There is absolutely nothing here to criticize. Sharon Bezaly is one of the world's top flutists; the repertoire has been chosen with her usual intelligence and imagination; she plays the living daylights out of all of three pieces; the... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos [with Britten: Cello sonata Op.65] Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson, with Isata Kanneh-Mason [ Decca Records / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] "The uniqueness of the present coupling is hardly the least of its assets. With sound of unfailing definition and focus, it demonstrably takes Kanneh-Mason's standing on to a whole new level." Gramophone |
HINDEMITH / MAXWELL DAVIES / ELGAR / LEIGHTON / BRIDGE / etc
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - 20th-Century Organ Recordings Simon Preston (the organ of the Church of St John, Islington, Organ of Royal Festival Hall, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] Three original Argo albums demonstrating the vitality and variety of 20th-century organ music, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time in a 2CD set, with new booklet notes on the music and a tribute to Simon Preston. |
CHARBRIER / DURUFLE / SAINT-SAËNS / DEBUSSY / IBERT
Escales: French Orchestral Works Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] John Wilson and Sinfonia of London release their second album, following widespread and universal critical acclaim for their first recording, of Korngold's Symphony in F sharp. This new recording explores the unique sound world of French orchestral... |
GEORGE ENESCU / EUGENE YSAYE / GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz/Ysaÿe/Enescu: Music For Strings Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/May/2024 ] For this their fourth album of music for string orchestra, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London present a programme of works by three composers from the Franco-Belgian school of string pedagogy, who were all themselves virtuosic string players. |
SERGE RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 / Preludes in C Sharp Minor Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] "… To experience the full magnificence of Rachmaninov's orchestration, we need Wilson's imaginative attention to details and Chandos's superior engineering" Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony no.1 / Symphonic Dances Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/May/2025 ] John Wilson and Sinfonia of London complete their set of Rachmaninov symphonies with this recording of the First Symphony and the Symphonic Dances. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls Ma Mère L'oye, Boléro & La Valse) Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "What really shines here is the illumination of so many colouristic permutations, sounding for all the world as if Ravel had just in this moment heard them." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Spatial Audio |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Orchestral BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Orchestral |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "I have never heard Rachmaninov's imaginative scoring here [in The Isle of the Dead] brought out so vividly, allowing us to appreciate the powerful pictorial imagination of the composer." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Sir John Eliot Gardiner London Symphony Orchestra [ LSO / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] The second album in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Schumann series with the London Symphony Orchestra travels from glorious fanfare to dream-like passages with the lively Spring and Rhenish symphonies. From the dramatic first trumpet-call which awakens... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence / etc Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] Among the sumptuous and deeply romantic music on this disc is the substantial selection from Walton's score for Richard III; colourful and richly detailed music, the suite is conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and makes a fitting tribute to William... |
WALTON
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'The Chandos series of William Walton Film Music is simply and obviously certain to be a great classic of recording art. It serves all the higher purposes of truly distinguished record-making: not only are all aspects of performance and recording... |
WALTON
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario / As you Like it: A Poem for Orchestra Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Catherine Bott (soprano) / Academy St Martins / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marriner and the Academy draw out all the romantic warmth of both scores, and the sound is richly atmospheric to match, with a sharper focus and a keener sense of presence than on some recordings from this source. The Hamlet music may not match... |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Swansong Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Juian Bliss (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill. Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert's death,... |
BARTOK
Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11 Sir John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung & Juliet Stevenson (narrator) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Voices, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Signum Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2014 ] An unforgettable live-concert recording, selected from the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa- ekka Salonen's season of works by Béla Bartók - 'Infernal Dance'. |
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Sleepy John Estes
Goin' To Brownsville [ Testament / CD ] |
