Posts Tagged ‘Vaughan Williams’
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRITTEN Arcadia Lost – Feb 01, 2012
Here’s yet another classy SACD offering from the Australian Melba label. The three items featuring the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Mark Wigglesworth’s shapely lead [...]
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra MATHIAS Piano Concertos – Nos. 1 & 2 – Jan 13, 2012
Vaughan Williams’ early Fantasia may get top billing on the sleeve of this fascinating Somm anthology of world premiere recordings, but it’s the first [...]
Simon Keenlyside records ‘Songs of War’ for Sony Classical – Oct 12, 2011
Baritone Simon Keenlyside is to follow Tales of Opera, his award-winning debut on Sony Classical, with a recital of songs dealing with war. The [...]
Leslie Howard makes his debut on Melba Recordings with Rakhmaninov’s Piano Sonatas – Apr 23, 2011
Leslie Howard has recorded Rakhmaninov’s two Piano Sonatas for Melba Recordings. The Melbourne-born pianist has recorded the sonatas – including the original version of [...]
BENJAMIN HULETT & ALEXANDER SODDY Departures – Jan 10, 2011
The young English tenor Benjamin Hulett has been enjoying a rising profile in Europe’s concert halls and opera houses over the past half decade [...]
SO SWEET A MELODY – Dec 01, 2010
Amidst the perennial glut of Christmas-themed recordings that will be released (and re-released) this year, few seem likely to match this entrancingly filigree-fine collection [...]
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sacred Choral Music – May 17, 2010
Although inevitably colored by his upbringing as the son of an Anglican clergyman, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ religious outlook developed notably free from dogma and [...]
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Concerto; The Wasps; English Folk Song Suite (excerpts); The Running Set – May 04, 2010
Here’s yet another feather in the cap of Ashley Wass, as he turns his attention to one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s most searching and [...]
