TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / PROKOFIEV / WALTON / ADAM / etc
I Love Ballet (music from Swan Lake, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Coppelia, etc) The Philarmonia Orchestra, London Symphony, Paris Opera Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Orchestra, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "I Love Ballet is overall an attractive compilation of some very good music and other, slightly less good but pleasant enough. Above all, I think it is an excellent introduction to classical ballet music for beginners of all ages" (MusicWeb March 2010) |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade Philharmonia Orchestra, London, Enrique Bátiz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] |
SIBELIUS
Incidental Music (Incls 'Karelia Suite' & 'King Christian II Suite') Philharmonia Orchestra / Enrique Batiz / London Symphony Orchestra / Loris Tjeknavorian [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Tjeknavorian is a serious and thoughtful [Sibelius] interpreter...we [do not] find him trying to score interpretative points or playing to the gallery" (Gramophone) |
MAHLER (COMPLETED BY DERYCK COOKE)
Symphony No. 10 (1964 Proms premiere of the completed version and 1960 lecture/performance on BBC radio) Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Berthold Goldschmidt / [ Testament / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "What it must have been to experience the finale's flute melody for the first time outside a BBC studio! Goldschmidt gives this exquisite moment all the time in the world...Strongly recommended." (Gramophone) |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, Op.100 (with works by Rossini & Vivaldi) (Recorded 1955/57/74) Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti / Thomas Schippers [ Medici Masters / CD - released 26/Oct/2007 ] "Overall this is a fascinating memento of a talent cut short too soon. Impossible to say how Schippers' career would have developed, but there is sufficient evidence of real musicality and real individuality on this disc to make us regret what might... |
ELGAR / DELIUS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GRAINGER / WARLOCK / etc
Lyrita Classics Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman / etc [ Lyrita / CD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] "It's good that so many tapes from the Lyrita treasury are being issued in this way. Otherwise they might remain beached for ever. This disc has intrinsic satisfactions" (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
CYRIL ROOTHAM
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1932) (with works by Granville Bantock & Josef Holbrooke) Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "All in all a fine release which makes a signal virtue of variety." (MusicWeb June 2007) |
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Ancora - Triumph of Time Philharmonic Orchestra, Elgar Howarth(Conductor), London Sinfonietta [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "It is good to have [these] excellent recordings of two of the composer's major orchestral works resurrected from their Collins Classics grave by the ever-welcome new-music specialist label NMC." The Daily Telegraph 2004 |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles / Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] *** 'The Concerto for Double String Orchestra receives a performance more sumptuous and warm-hearted than any before on record ... the recording is outstanding' Penguin Guide |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Death in Venice (complete opera) Philip Langridge (tenor) Alan Opie (baritone) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / BBC Singers / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "A vivid portrayal from Langridge and Hickox on top form does Britten proud" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (May 2005) |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Thurston Dart: Consort Music Philomusica of London, Jacobean Ensemble, Thurston Dart (harpsichord) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] A feast of melancholia: three L'Oiseau-Lyre albums of early English chamber music from the dawn of the period-performance era, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time with much material new to CD. With this and several other... |
Pickett/New London Consort
Music From Time Of Columbus [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Cosa fan tutte (Complete opera) SPECIAL PRICE Pilar Lorengar / Teresa Berganza / Tom Krause / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Compact Opera / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "Berganza’s voice is rich, strong and secure with a well focused tonal beauty" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
BRAHMS / SIBELIUS
Violin Concertos [with Beethoven - Romance No 1 in G] Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "I think the performance is superb and Barenboim's evident enthusiasm for the music, allied to the splendid orchestral playing and a flawless recording, all add up to a desirable record." Lionel Markson, Records and Recording, October 1975 (Sibelius) |
BERG
Violin Concerto / Chamber Concerto for Violin and Piano / Three Orchestral Pieces Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera) Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes, Renato Capecchi / London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "Recorded in 1975 and recently re-issued at a bargain price, this recording of "Barbiere" is hard to beat for sheer, sportive fun, with everyone involved sounding like they're enjoying themselves." (Amazon.com) |
LEONCAVALLO
Pagliacci (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe & Sherill Milnes / John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Nello Santi [ Sony Opera House / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "...spine-tingling from start to finish. Nello Santi is...full of fire but excellent at eliciting the subtleties of Leoncavallo's score, especially in tandem with Caballé's supremely artistic Stridono lassù...this is a compelling document of... |
VARIOUS
Be My Love Placido Domingo (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Loges [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Domingo's original 'crossover' LP, re-presented as it was originally, complete with artist interview in the package and including an alternative cover on the inside! |
CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / BACH / LISZT / MOZART / etc
Pogorelich - Complete Recordings Ivo Pogorelich (piano) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "What matters is not what he can do, for this is only the beginning. What matters is how many ideas occur to him and how much he can demand of the music and of himself. In short, he is an artist who must be taken seriously, a hugely talented pianist... |
JOHN RUTTER
Christmas Music Polyphony / City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] "A christmas treat for fans of Rutter's choral music, perhaps best taken in small doses." - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001) |