WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / John Light, Pearce Quigley, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Matthew Tennyson / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius - but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods. |
Linda Thompson
Proxy Music [ Storysound / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] The revered British singer/songwriter Linda Thompson's latest project, the aptly named 'Proxy Music' features artists handpicked by Linda and her son (and album co-producer) Teddy Thompson, to record a new set of her tunes by "proxy". Thompson, who... |
Richard Thompson
Ship To Shore [ New West / CD - released 31/May/2024 ] When Richard Thompson began writing songs for his latest album, Ship to Shore, the artist was instinctively drawn to his own musical roots, employing them in the service of fashioning a deep and diverse 12-track collection that pulls from various... |
Various Artists including Crombie Murdoch, Julian Lee, Murray Tanner, Thompson Yandall & Mavis Rivers
Jazz Concert 1950, Auckland Town Hall [ Ode Records / 2 CD - released 25/May/2012 ] Recorded at the Auckland Town Hall on the 7th August 1950, this is a truly historical, landmark document on 2 CDs - and the first time it has been issued to play at the correct speed as recorded! |
Chris Thompson
Jukebox: The Ultimate Collection [ Cherry Red Records / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2015 ] Chris Thompson continues to draw enthusiastic live crowds throughout Europe - "Jukebox: The Ultimate Collection" is a fine, brand new compilation of material that has defined Chris Thompson's career. |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Curt Thompson (violin) Rodney Waters (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "Ives's four extraordinary Violin Sonatas were written between 1902 and 1906, and are quite a find. Their erratically stimulating originality is in no doubt, but they are also among his most immediately appealing works." Penguin Guide |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / MENDELSSOHN / WOOD / PARRY / STAINER / MOZART / etc
Songs of Praise (Includes Let all the world in every corner sing Praise My Soul and Hear My Prayer Darius Battiwalla, organ / Michael Thompson, tenor; Halifax Choral Society; John Pryce-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] With this instruction the Book of Common Prayer of 1622 motivated several centuries of English composers to focus their creativity into the huge collection of short choral works that are the English Anthems. |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Haddon Hall [with Cellier: Captain Billy & Ford: Mr Jericho] Ed Lyon, Henry Waddington, Ben McAteer, Fiona Kimm, Adrian Thompson, Donald Maxwell, Angela Simkin, Eleanor Dennis / BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andre [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Complete Schumann Edition: Vol 6 Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Stella Doufexis (alto) Adrian Thompson (tenor) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] "Another winner in this profoundly satisfying series from Graham Johnson ." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Works [5 CD set] Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano) [ ASV Decca Australian Eloquence / 5 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2019 ] 'For those who wish to savour Scriabin's often bewildering changeability without having their emotions torn to shreds, Fergus-Thompson is uniquely spellbinding in this repertoire.' International Piano |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete Music for Solo Piano Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano) [ ASV Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] 'Fergus-Thompson confirms his calibre and status as a distinguished, most individual Francophile …Even the most experienced Ravelians will find themselves returning to these finely recorded accounts for a special and magical enlightenment' Gramophone |
Hank Thompson
Five Classic Albums (Songs Of The Brazos Valley / Dance Ranch / Songs For Rounders / Most Of All / An Old Love Affair) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] AVID Country continues with its Five Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release featuring country legend Hank Thompson, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
Jack Thompson (piano)
Evergreens [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 4/Feb/1999 ] Here are 47 piano hits from New Zealand pianist, Jack Thompson. |
DAVID LYON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyon: Concerto For Horn And Strings - Fairytale Suite Michael Thompson, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Marco Polo British Light Music / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] The English composer David Lyon was a pupil of John Gardner at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His career has involved music for the theatre and an association with the activities of younger people. He writes in an approachable style,... |
Richard Thompson
Live At Rock City Nottingham - November 1986 [ Angel Air / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2020 ] Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time, Richard Thompson is also one of the world's most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for Songwriting on both sides of... |
Richard Thompson
Ship To Shore (indie Exclusive, Marbled Yellow Vinyl LP) [ New West / 2 LP - released 31/May/2024 ] When Richard Thompson began writing songs for his latest album, Ship to Shore, the artist was instinctively drawn to his own musical roots, employing them in the service of fashioning a deep and diverse 12-track collection that pulls from various... |
ARVO PART / J.S. BACH
Pärt über Bach Simone Lamsma (violin), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (violin) [ Channel / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] Violinists Simone Lamsma and Candida Thompson explore connections between J.S. Bach and Arvo Part on their new release Part uber Bach with Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Arvo Part's groundbreaking Tabula Rasa is presented alongside Bach's Concerto for Oboe... |
Teddy Thompson
Up Front and Down Low [ Verve Records / CD - released 26/Jul/2007 ] Teddy Thompson's self-produced third album offers distinctive readings of beloved country classics. Throughout 'Up Front & Down Low', the songs are supported by artful, evocative arrangements that often diverge from the material's original country... |
Thompson
Family [ Fantasy / CD - released 13/Feb/2015 ] Teddy Thompson, together with parents Richard and Linda, brother Jack, younger sister Kami, her husband James Walbourne, and nephew Zak Hobbs (collectively dubbed Thompson) have released a collaborative album of all new original songs entitled... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM WALTON / MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten/Walton/Tippett: British Composers [Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber Music] Dame Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong, Ida Haendel, Michael Thompson Horn Quartet, Paavo Berglund, Neville Marriner, Andre Previn [ EMI Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] "The Britten-Walton-Tippett set is an exemplar of the excellence found in the EMI house tradition. There are whoopingly good recordings of the Spring Symphony and the Four Sea Interludes - sadly the Grimes - Passacaglia is not included. What a... |