| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
 Symphony No.8, Two Hymn-Tune Preludes, Partita for Double Orchestra, Greensleeves |
LPO - Thomson |
CHAN 8828 |
Chandos |
£3.99 |
| Symphony No.6, Bass Tuba Concerto in F minor* |
LSO - Thomson, *Harrild (tuba) |
CHAN 8740 |
Chandos |
£3.99 |
| Job, The Lark Ascending |
English Northern Philharmonia - D Lloyd-Jones |
8.553955 |
Naxos |
£2.75 |
| Five Mystical Songs, Five Tudor Portraits |
S Walker (mezzo), H Herford (baritone), Guildford Choral Society, Philharmonia - Wetton |
CDH55004 |
Hyperion |
£3.49 |
| Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 PG"There is much lovely orchestral playing with the soloists of the BSO very sympathetic to the music's subtle, lyrical resonance..plenty of life and vigour and Bakels sustains the epilogue (No.6) with an ethereal, glowing pianissimo. First-rate recording in both works" |
Bournemouth SO - Bakels |
8.550733 |
Naxos |
£2.75 |
| Sinfonia Antartica, The Wasps Arisophanic Suite |
LPO - Boult, with Burrowes and London Phil Choir |
CDM 7 64020 2 |
EMI |
£3.49 |
| A London Symphony, Thomas Tallis Fantasia. PG*** (only available in box set) |
LPO - Boult |
CDM 7 64017 2 |
EMI |
£2.99 |
| Five Mystical Songs, On Wenlock Edge, Dirge for Fidele, It was a Lover and his Lass, The Lawyer, The splendour falls, The Water Mill, Tired, Silent Noon, Searching for Lambs, Nocturne, Joy Shipmate Joy! Come Love come Lord |
Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Keenlyside (bar), G Johnson (pno), Duke Quartet |
8.557114 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
| Sinfonia Antarctica, Serenade to Music (choral version), Partita for Double String Orchestra. PG*** |
RLPO & Chorus - Handley, with Hargen (sop), Tracey (organ) |
5 75313 2 |
EMI |
£2.99 |
| Symphony No.5, Mass in G minor* (rec. BBC Proms 26.07.2007 & All Saints' Church, tooting, London 18.10.2007) |
BBC SO - A Davis, *BBC Singers - Carwood |
BBC MM294 |
BBC |
£1.99 |
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Hodie - A Christmas Cantata* (Remastered) |
Barrow (bar), Choir of Guildford Cathedral, String Orchestra - Rose, *Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, Shirley-Quirk, Bach Choir, Choristers of Westminster Abbey, LSO - Willcocks |
CDM 5 67427 2 |
EMI |
£3.99 |
| Folksong Arrangements for solo voice and piano - The Captain’s Apprentice, As I walked out, Bushes and Briars, Geordie, On Board a Ninety-Eight, The Ploughman, The Brewer, Rolling in the Dew, The Truth sent from Above, Joseph and Mary, The Saviour’s Love, Réveillez-vous Piccars, Chanson de quête, Ballade de Jésus Christ, She’s like the swallow, The Morning Dew, The Maiden’s Lament, The Cuckoo, The Lawyer (with violin), Searching for Lambs (with violin), How cold the wind doth blow (with violin & piano), Six Studies in English Folk-Song* |
Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Ledger (piano), Hugh Bean (violin), *Jean Stewart (viola), Daphne Ibbott (piano) |
2 16156 2 |
EMI |
£3.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| OVERTURES VOL 2 - Ernani: Prelude. Il finto Stanislao: Sinfonia. Don Carlo: Prelude to Act III. Giovanna d'Arco, Rigoletto: Prelude. Nabucco: Overture. I masnadieri: Prelude. Macbeth: Sinfonia. La battaglia di Legnano: Sinfonia. I due Foscari: Prelude. La forza del destino:Sinfonia. PG "....ripely robust accounts....with excellent playing" |
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra - Pier Giorgio Morandi |
8.553089 |
Naxos |
£2.25 |
| OVERTURES VOL 1 - Aroldo Sinfonia, Il Corsaro Prelude, Luisa Miller Sinfonia, La Traviata Prelude Acts I & III, Alzira Sinfonia, Un ballo in maschera Prelude, Oberto Sinfonia, Aida Prelude, Attila Prelude, I vespri siciliani Sinfonia. PG "....ripely robust accounts....with excellent playing"
|
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra - Morandi |
8.553018 |
Naxos |
£2.49 |
| Overtures:La Forza del destino, I Vespri Siciliani, Nabucco.Preludes: La Traviata (Acts I & III), Un Ballo un Maschera, Aida (Act I, Danza & Ballabile), Macbeth (Ballet Music Act III) DELETION |
The Philharmonia - Kaspszyk |
10722 |
Collins |
£3.99 |
| Luisa Miller [2 CD SET] PG*** ORIGINAL CD RELEASE WITH FULL LIBRETTO |
Pavarotti, Caballe, Milnes, Giaotti, van Allan, Reynolds, Celine, London Opera Chorus, NPO - Maag |
417 420-2 |
Decca |
£8.99 |
| Aida [3 CD SET] |
Caballe, Domingo, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Roni, Martinucci, Casas, ROH CC Chorus, Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, New Philharmonia - Muti |
CDS 7 47271 8 |
EMI |
£12.99 |
| Simon Boccanegra [2 CD SET] PG*** |
Gobbi, Christoff, Monachesi, De Los Angeles, Campora, Orchestra & Chorus Rome Theatre Opera - Santini |
CMS 7 63513 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Attila [2 CD SET] DELETION |
S Ramey, C Studer, Shicoff, Zancanaro, La Scala Milan Orchestra & Chorus - Muti |
CDS 7 49952 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Don Carlo [3 CD SET] Covent Garden 12.5.1958 - Bonus Bergonzi in Un Ballo in Maschera. Venice'58 |
Christoff, Jon Vickers, Gobbi. Brouwenstijn, Barbieri, ROH Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus - Giulini |
3 MCD 941.97 |
MYTO |
£17.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET]. Classic CD Top Recommend |
Cotrubas, Domingo, Milnes Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Carlos Kleiber |
415 132-2 |
DG |
£9.99 |
| La Forza del Destino: Overture. Rigoletto: Prelude. Aida: Prelude, Triumphal March & Ballet Music. I Vespri Siciliani: Overture & Ballet Music. La Traviata: Preludes to Acts I & III |
CSR SO - Lenard |
8.550091 |
Naxos |
£0.75 |
| Otello [2 CD SET]. PG*** |
Jon Vickers, L Rysanek, Gobbi, Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Serafin |
GD81969 |
RCA |
£9.99 |
| Don Carlo [3 CD SET] PG*** (DELETION) |
Gorchakova, Borodina, Hvorostovsky, Scandiuzzi, Margison, Lloyd, ROH CC Orchestra & Chorus - Haitink |
454 463-2 |
Philips |
£12.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide Rosette Award |
Gheorghiu, Lopardo, Nucci, ROH CC Orchestra and Chorus - Solti |
448 119-2 |
Decca |
£11.99 |
| Overtures & Preludes Vol.2 - Overture & Ballet Music to Jerusalem, Luisa Miller Overture, Stiffelio Sinfonia, Rigoletto Prelude, Il Trovatore Ballet Music |
BBC PO - Downes |
CHAN 9594 |
Chandos |
£2.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto |
Merrill, Moffo, Kraus, Elias, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Solti |
GD86506 |
RCA |
£8.99 |
| La Traviata 'A Paris' after the Televised Film Version [2 CD SET] (Still Sealed) |
Jose Cura, E Gvazava, R Panerai, Solisti Cantori, RAI NSO - Mehta |
8573-82741-2 |
Teldec |
£3.99 |
| Il Corsaro [2 CD SET] PG*** |
Caballe, Carreras, Norman, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia - Gardelli |
416 398-2 |
Philips |
£11.99 |
| Don Carlos (Live Recording) in French PG*** |
Alagna, Van Dam, Hampson, Mattila, Choeur du Theatre du Chatelet, Orchestre de Paris - Pappano |
CDS 5 56152 2 |
EMI |
£13.99 |
| Ernani [2 CD SET] in English |
Patterson, Opie, Gavin, Rose, ENO - David Parry |
CHAN 3052 |
Chandos |
£6.99 |
| Falstaff [2 CD SET] Turin 1949, Remastered 2000 |
Taddei, Carteri, Meletti, Pagliughi, Renzi, Turin RAI SO & Chorus - Rossi |
8573 82651 2 |
Warner Fonit |
£3.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] |
Tumagian, Ferrarini, Ramiro, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Czecho-Slovak RSO - Rahbari |
8.660013-14 |
Naxos |
£3.99 |
| Un ballo in maschera [2 CD SET] PG***"..a warmly dramatic reading. Muti's rhythmic resilience and consideration for the singers go with keen concentration. The sound is full and vivid." |
Arroyo, Domingo, Cappuccilli, Cossotto, Grist, ROH CG Chorus, New Philharmonia - Muti |
CMS 5 66510 2 |
EMI |
£8.99 |
| Un ballo in maschera [2 CD SET] Live 1957, digitally remastered 2002 |
Callas, Di Stefano, Bastianni, Simionato, La Scala - Gavazzeni |
CMS 5 67918 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| La Forza Del Destino [3 CD SET] PG*** "Levine directs a superb performance.The results are electrifying." |
L Price, P Domingo, Milnes, John Alldis Choir, LSO - Levine |
74321 39502 2 |
RCA |
£10.99 |
| Attila [2 CD SET] Vienna 1980 |
Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Zampieri, Visconti, Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Sinopoli |
LS 347.20 |
Living Stage |
£5.99 |
| An Introduction to Il Trovatore (still sealed) |
Written by Thomson Smillie, Narrated by David Timson |
8.558079 |
Naxos |
£1.49 |
| FRITTOLI Sings IL CORSARO: Egli non riede ancora...Non so le tetre immagini. DON CARLO: Tu che la vanità. LUISA MILLER: Sinfonia, Tu puniscimi, o Signore...A brani, a brani, o perfido! SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Come in quest'ora bruna.
IL TROVATORE: Timor di me? D'amor sull'ali rosee. Tu vedrai che amore, Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amore. LA TRAVIATA: Act III Prelude, E strano, è strano...Sempre libera, Tenesta la promessa...Addio del passato |
Frittoli (sop), LSO - Colin Davis |
8573-85823-2 |
Erato |
£2.99 |
| Falstaff [2 CD SET] Recorded 17-23 / 05 / 2004
BBC Radio 3 Disc of the Week - November 2004
Gramophone Editors Choice - November 2004
The Guardian "A magnificent interpretation..Glorious, every single second of it" |
Pertusi, Alvarez, Ibarra, Domashenko, Henschel, LSO & Chorus - Colin Davis |
LSO0055 |
LSO Live |
£4.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET] |
Ghiuselev, Nikolov, Viner-Chenisheva, Smochevski, Sofia National Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Marinov |
CD 1008 |
AVM Classics |
£3.99 |
| Requiem, I Vespri Siciliani Overture. SCHUBERT: Mass D950* [2 CD SET] rec. Royal Albert Hall August 1963 and Edinburgh Festival 31.08.1968 |
Shuard, Reynolds, Lewis, Ward, Philharmonia and Chorus - Giulini, *Pashley, Michelow, Hughes, Robertson, McCue, Scottish Festival Chorus, New Philarmonia - Giulini |
BBCL 4029-2 |
BBC Legends |
£6.99 |
| TOSCANINI (The Verdi Recordings) - Aida (complete), Falstaff (complete), I Lombardi Act III Trio, Hymn of the Nations, I vespri siciliani Overture, La Traviata (complete), Luisa Miller Overture and "Oh! Fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido", Requiem, Nabucco, Otello (complete), Te Deum, Rigoletto Act IV, Un ballo in maschera (complete) [12 CD SET] |
NBC SO - Toscanini, with Albanese, Moreland, Stellman, Peerce, Merrill, Della Chiesa, Milanov, Warren, Moscona, Haskins, Neli, Turner, Cehanovsky, Stitch-Randall, Gustavsson, Tucker, Valdengo, Merriman, Vinay, Chabay, Di Stefano, Barbieri, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Chorus, Westminster Choir |
82876 67893 2 |
RCA |
£16.99 |
| Requiem [2 CD SET] |
Studer, Zajic, Pavarotti, Ramey, Coro e Orchestra Del Teatro alla Scala, Milano - Muti |
CDS 7 49390 2 |
EMI |
£8.99 |
| I Vespri Siciliani [3 CD SET] Edition with only liner notes PG"..remains a first choice." |
Arroyo, Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi, Goeke, Ewing, Morris, John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia - Levine |
ADD-DP |
RCA |
£7.99 |
| Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri* [2 CD SET] PG*** |
Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela, Vienna State Opera Chorus, VPO - Solti, *CSO and Chorus - Solti, Pickens (sop) |
475 7735 |
Decca Originals |
£7.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET] |
Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - Mehta |
3 58645 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET] 28.03.1965 |
Stratas, Wunderlich, Prey, Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus - Patane |
C 344 932 I |
Orfeo |
£9.99 |
| Un Ballo in Maschera [2 CD SET] Januray 1954, remastered |
Nelli, Peerce, Turner, Merrill, Haskins, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC SO - Toscanini |
GD60301 |
RCA |
£7.99 |
| Il Trovatore [2 CD SET] (Moscow 1964) DELETION |
Bergonzi, Tucci, Cappuccilli, Simionato, La Scala Milan Orchestra and Chorus - Gavazzeni |
OPD-1129 |
Opera D'Oro |
£7.99 |
| Luisa Miller [2 CD SET] rec. 11.01.1976 |
Zampieri, Cecchele, Zancanaro. Bortoli, Jori, Orchestra Stabile della Emilia Romagna - Kobayashi |
2 MCD 071.340 |
MYTO |
£9.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| "Il Proteo" Double & Triple Concertos RV 564 for Two Violins, Two Cellos, Strings and B.C., RV551 for Three Violins, Strings and B.C., RV531 for Two Cellos, Strings and B.C., RV552 for Violin, Strings and B.C., RV561 for Violin, Two Cellos, Strings and B.C. & RV544 "Il Proteo o sia Il Mondo al rovescio". Gramophone Awards Winner 96 |
Christophe Coin (cello, testore 1749), Il Giardino Armonico - Antonini |
4509-94552-2 |
Teldec |
£4.99 |
| Violin Concertos Op.8 Nos. 5 - 8 & 10 - 12 |
Banfalvi (violin), Budapest Strings |
8.550189 |
Naxos |
£1.99 |
| The Four Seasons |
ECO - N Kennedy (violin & cond) |
CDC 7 49557 2 |
EMI |
£4.49 |
| Concertos For Two Mandolins P133, For Flute Bassoon & Orchestra 'La Notte' P342, For Strings & Harpsichord in A P235, For Bassoon & Strings in G minor P401, For Violin Two String Choirs & Two Harpsichords in C major P14 (DELETION) |
Soloists, I Solisti di Zagreb - Janigro, Tachezi (harpsichord) |
08 6128 71 |
Vanguard |
£2.99 |
| The Four Seasons, Concerto in B flat Op.8/10 RV362 'The Hunt',Concerto in A RV552 'With Distant Echo' |
I Musici, Michelucci (violin) |
450 051-2 |
Belart |
£1.49 |
| L'Estro Armonico Op.3, Oboe Concerto RV456, Bassoon Concerto RV498, Flute Concerto RV441, Concerto for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Horns & Violin RV574 [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide*** |
ASMF - Marriner |
443 476-2 |
Double Decca |
£3.99 |
| CECILIA BARTOLI - THE VIVALDI ALBUM - 'Dell'aura al sussurrar' (Dorilla in Tempe). 'Dopo un'orrida procella' (Griselda). 'Di due rai languir costante' & 'Zeffiretti che sussurrate'(Foa 28). 'Qual favellar?...Andero, volero, gridero' (L'Orlando finto pazzo). 'Alma oppressa Dite oime (La fida ninfa). 'Sventurata navicella', 'Sorte che m'invitasti..Ho nel petto un cor si forte' (Giustino). 'Tra le follie...Siam navi all'onde algenti (L'Olimpiade). 'Gelido in ogni vena' (Farnace). 'Anch'il mar par che sommerga' (Bajazet). 'Di trombe guerriere' (Teuzzone) |
Bartoli, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Il Giardino Armonico - Antonini |
466 569-2 |
Decca |
£4.99 |
| Concertos - RV151, 548, 558, 516, 461, 532, 159, 271, 484, 436, 540, 545, L'estro Armonico Op.3, 6 Flute Concertos Op.10 [5 CD SET] |
Standage, Wilcock, Comberti & Golding (violins), Reichenberg (ob), Turkovic (bass), Beznosiuk (trans fl), Linden (vc), Tyler & Jeffrey (mandolins), Roy Goodman (viola d'amore), North (lute), The English Concert - Pinnock |
471 317-2 |
Archiv |
£12.99 |
| Cello Concerti Vol.3 - RV 402, 403, 407, 409, 418, 423 & 424. PG Rosette Award |
Wallfisch (cello), City of London Sinfonia - Kraemer |
8.550909 |
Naxos |
£2.25 |
| The Four Seasons, Concerto for Two Violins RV522, Concerto for Two Violins RV511 [with bonus DVD] |
Kennedy (vn), Members of the BPO, with Takeuchi (lute), Studnicka (hpschd), Maninger (cello), Stabrawa (2nd vn) |
5 57666 0 |
EMI |
£5.99 |
| 8 Concerti RV116, 124, 256, 415, 524, 533, 425 & 571 for Harpsichord, Violin, Organ, Mandolin, Two Violins, Two Flutes, Two Oboes |
I Musici di San Marco - Lizzio |
CLG 7069 |
Classical Gallery |
£1.49 |
| The Four Seasons. PG*** |
ASMF - Marriner |
460 613-2 |
Decca |
£2.49 |
| The Four Seasons, Concerto for 2 mandolins RV532, Concerto for Mandolin RV425, Concerto for Two Trumpets RV537 |
I Musici with Accardo (vn), Vescovo & Ruta (mandolins), Parisi (mandolin), Adelbrecht & Mathez (tpts), I Solisti delle Settimane Interzionali di Napoli |
442 393-2 |
Philips |
£2.75 |
| The Four Seasons, Concerto for two oboes, bassoon, two horns and violin in F major RV 569, Concerto for two horns in F major, RV 539, L'Estro Armonico Concertos 1-12 Op.3, Oboe Concerto in F major RV 456, Bassoon Concerto in A minor RV 498, Flute Concerto in C minor RV 441, Concerto for two oboes, bassoon, two horns and violin in F major RV 574, La Stravaganza Concertos 7-12 (Op.4), La Cetra Concertos 1-12 Op.9, Concerto in D minor for two oboes, RV 535, Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443 [7 CD SET] This set now deleted |
Loveday/Brown/Kaine/Gillard (vns), Heath (vc), Bennett (fl/piccolo), Black/Nicklin (oboes), Gatt (bass), Brown & Davis (horns), ASMF - Marriner |
475 471-2 |
Decca |
£15.99 |
| "Il Pastor Fido" - 6 Sonatas for Oboe and Basso Continuo Op.13 |
Schellenberger (ob), Krapp (hpschd), Geringas (vc), Stoll (dble-bass) |
610 035-231 |
Eurodisc |
£3.25 |
| Violin Concertos RV 210 & RV 178, Concerto for Transverse Flute Rv429*, Cello Concerto Rv424**. CPE BACH: Harpsichord Concerto WQ 43/5*** (DELETION) |
Standage (baroque violin), English Concert - Pinnock, *Preston (trans fl), **Pleeth (baroque cello), ***Pinnock (hpschd) |
3411 |
CRD |
£2.99 |
| Vespers - Versicle, Response, Psalm III - Beatus Vir (RV597), Hymn - Stabat Mater (RV621), Canticle - Magnificat (RV610) |
Groves (sop), Short (alto), Gleave (alto), Agnew (tenor), Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra - Skidmore |
CD GAU 137 |
ASV |
£3.99 |
| Six Viola D'Amore Concertos RV392 - RV397 |
Mackintosh (viola d'amore), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
CDA66795 |
Hyperion |
£4.49 |
| Recorder Concertos RV441, 444, 433 'La tempesta di mare', RV443, RV434 & RV439 'La Notte' |
Dan Laurin (recorder), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble |
BIS-CD-635 |
BIS |
£3.99 |
| The Great Choral Masterpieces - Introduzione al Gloria RV639, Gloria RV588, Nulla in mundo pax RV630, Magnificat RV611, Stabat Mater RV621, Gloria RV589. Beatus Vir RV597 [2 CD SET] |
Ameling, Marshall, Lott, Finnie, Kowalski, Rolfe Johnson, Holl, Burgess, Murray, John Alldis Choir, ECO/Concertgebouw CO - Negri |
462 170-2 |
Philips Duo |
£3.99 |
| String Concertos Vol.2 - RV 109, RV152, RV128, RV117, RV163, RV153, RV168, RV124, RV120, RV112, RV143 & RV162. PG*** "The performance is full of life and expressively penetrating throughout. The recording is as fine as ever" |
Collegium Musicum 90 - Standage |
CHAN 0668 |
Chandos |
£4.99 |
| Dresden Concerti Vol.3 - RV228, RV384, RV262, RV323, RV285 & RV245. PG*** |
Fornaciari (violin), Accademia I Filarmonici - Martini |
8.553860 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
| The Complete Cello Sonatas [2 CD SET] |
Anthony Pleeth (period cello), with Robert Woolley (harpsichord/organ), Suki Towb (period cello) |
CD GAD 201 |
ASV |
£9.99 |
| Concerti da Camera II - Concertos RV87, RV103, RV88, RV100, RV95 "La Pastorella", RV63 "La Follia" |
Il Giardino Armonico |
2564 69766-1 |
Teldec |
£3.99 |
| Juditha Triumphans [2 CD SET] |
Banditelli, Nemeth, Markert, Gemes (mezzos), Zadori (sop), Savaria Vocal Ensemble, Capella Savaria - McGegan |
99961 |
Brilliant |
£3.99 |
| Sonatas for Strings Vol. II - RV75, RV6, RV68, RV77, RV64, RV2, RV79 |
The Purcell Qt |
CHAN 0511 |
Chandos |
£3.99 |
| Sacred Music Vol. 10 - Gloria RV589, Nisi Dominus RV803, Ostro picta RV642. RUGGIERI (c.1690-1720): Gloria (includes the first recording of newly discovered Nisi Dominus) |
Sampson & Lunn (sops), Didonato & Semmingsen (mezzos), Blaze (countertenor), Summers (alto), The King's Consort & Choir - King |
CDA66849 |
Hyperion |
£5.99 |
| Vespers of Sorrow (Music for an imagined celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, 15th September 1727) - Stabat Mater RV621, Sonata al Santo Sepolcro RV130, Nisi Dominus RV608, Magnificat RV611, Salve Regina |
La Tempesta with Jakub Burzynski (counter-tenor) |
BIS-CD-1426 |
BIS |
£5.99 |
| Concert for the Prince of Poland - Sinfonia in G major RV149, Violin Concerto in E-flat major Op. 8/5, Concerto in D minor RV540, Concerto in A major RV552, Violin Concerto in C major Op. 8/6, Concerto in C major RV558
Gramophone "This is a delightful, well-conceived programme, executed with refinement of taste and technique." BBC Music Magazine "Andrew Manze and the Academy of Ancient Music bring a sense of occasion to the music, exploring the composer’s invention and deftly wrought instrumental sonorities with affection and lively imagination. This is a veritable pageant of colour." |
The Academy of Ancient Music - Andrew Manze |
HMU 907230 |
Harmonia Mundi |
£3.99 |
| The Four Seasons - Gramophone Editors Choice Disc of The Month - August 2003 |
Concerto Italiano - Rinaldo Alessandrini |
OP 30363 |
Opus 111 |
£3.49 |
| In furore iustissimae irae RV 626, Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV 630, In turbato mare irato RV 627, Sum in medio tempestatum RV 632.
BBC Radio 3 Disc of the Week - May 2007 |
Simone Kermes (soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra - Andrea Marcon |
477 5980 |
Archiv |
£6.99 |
| Sonatas for Solo Violin & Basso Continuo - Book II (RV755, RV17a, RV756, RV6, RV754, RV759) (Manchester Manuscript) DELETION |
Fabio Bondi (violin), with R Alessandrini, M Naddeo, P Pandolfo, R Liselvand |
AA 5 |
Arcana |
£5.99 |
| Trio Sonatas Op. 1 Venice, 1705 [2 CD SET] |
Ensemble Aurora / Enrico Gatti (violin & direction) |
GCD 921203 |
Glossa |
£10.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg [4 CD SET] PG*** "Jochum's is a performance which, more than any, captures the light and shade of Wagner's most warmly approachable score, its humour and tenderness as well as its strength. ..the choice of Domingo as Walther is inspired. The key to the set is of course the searching and highly individual Sachs of Fischer-Dieskau. There is a lovely bloom on the whole sound." |
Fischer-Dieskau, Ligendza, C Ludwig, Domingo, Lagger, Maus, Herman, Laubenthal, Berlin Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Jochum |
415 278-2 |
DG |
£22.99 |
| Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Munich 1.9.1955 |
Aldenhoff, Uhde, B Nilsson, Rysanek, Malaniuk, Frick, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus -Knappertsbusch |
C 356 944 L |
Orfeo |
£22.99 |
| Die Walkure [4 CD SET]. PG*** |
Elming, Holle, Tomlinson, Secunde, Evans, Finnie, Floeren Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Barenboim |
4509 91186-2 |
Teldec |
£12.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide *** |
Tomlinson, Brinkmann, Schreibmayer, Clark, Finnie, Johansson, Bayreuth Festival Orch & Chorus - Barenboim |
4509-91185-2 |
Teldec |
£7.99 |
| Siegfried [4 CD SET] Penguin Guide *** |
Jerusalem, Clark, Tomlinson, Kannen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra - Barenboim |
4509-94193-2 |
Teldec |
£16.99 |
| Overtures - Rienzi, Tannhauser & The Flying Dutchman, The Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried Idyll, Lohengrin Prelude Act III (DELETION) |
RPO - Handley |
TRP008 |
Tring |
£3.99 |
| The Ring Cycle [14 CD SET] Bayreuth 1989 |
Behrens, Varady, Lipovsek, H Schwarz, Balslev, Meier, Hale, Kollo, Moll, Schunk, Tear, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Sawallisch |
CZS 5 72731 2 |
EMI |
£24.99 |
| WALKURE - "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater", "Dich selige Frau", "Wintersturme", Siegmund heiss ich". SIEGFRIED - "Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!", "Ho-Ho! Schmeide mein Hammer", "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist", "Heiss ward mir", "Selige Ode auf sonniger Hoh". GOTTERDAMMERUNG: "Mime heiss ein morrischer Zwerg", "Brunnhilde heilige Braut" |
John Treleaven (tenor), Slovak RSO - Anguelov |
74321 72114 2 |
Artenova |
£2.75 |
| The Ring Cycle [16 CD SET] in English |
Remedios, Rita Hunter, Haugland, Dempsey, Bailey, ENO - Goodall |
CHAN 3065 |
Chandos |
£74.99 |
| Lohengrin [4 CD SET] PG Rosette Award |
Domingo, J Norman, Randova, Nimsgern, Sotin, Fischer-Dieskau, Vienna State Opera Chorus, VPO - Solti |
470 795-2 |
Decca |
£24.99 |
| NILSSON and HOTTER Arias and Duets - TANNHAUSER: Act II - Dich teure Halle gruss ich wieder. THE FLYING DUTCHMAN: Act II - Johojoe! Johohoe! & Wie aus der Ferne. LOHENGRIN: Act I - Einsam in truben Tagen. DIE WALKURE: Act III, Sc3 - War es so schmahlich, Deinen leichten Sinn lass dich denn leiten, Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht, Leb wohl du kuhnes herrliches Kind!, Loge hor! Lausche hieher! |
Nilsson, Hotter, Philharmonia - Ludwig |
SBT 1201 |
Testament |
£5.99 |
| The Ring Cycle [14 CD SET] |
Adam, Altmeyer, Jerusalem, Kollo, Moll, Nimsgern, Norman, Schreier, Salminen, Dresden Staatskapelle & Chorus - Marek Janowski |
82876-55709-2 |
RCA |
£27.99 |
| Siegfried [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1955, remastered |
Windgassen, Varnay, Hotter, Neidlinger, Kuen, Greindl, Hollweg, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra - Keilberth |
SBT4 1392 |
Testament |
£22.99 |
| Der Ring Des Nibelungen [14 CD SET] |
Ludwig, Haggander, Svenden, Norman, Behrens, Battle, Studer, Schwarz, Morris, Jerusalem, Lorenz, Wlaschiha, Moll, Zednik, Rootering, MET - Levine |
471 678-2 |
DG |
£22.99 |
| Overtures - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Tannhauser, Die Fliegende Hollander. Lohengrin - Preludes Acts I & III, Ortrud's Aria*. Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod* |
Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris - Cluytens, *with Rita Gorr |
SBT 1256 |
Testament |
£5.99 |
| Parsifal [2 CD SET] - Complete Opera - Dual channel technique used to double play back time. Bayreuth 1953 (DELETION) |
London, Greindl, Weber, Vinay, Uhde, Modl, Bayreuth Festival - C Krauss |
RPC 32516.17 |
Rodolphe |
£5.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 1955 |
Varnay, Windgassen, Traxel, Uhde, Weber, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
WLCD 0161 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] New York 17.04.1954, remastered (STILL SEALED) |
Varnay, Svanholm, London, Hotter, MET - Stiedry |
WLCD 0070 |
Walhall |
£12.99 |
| Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Oslo 1955, remastered. Plus bonus - Tristan und Isolde - Act I, London 1950* |
Svanholm Flagstad, Bjoner, Johnsen, Nordjo, Gronnberg, Norwegian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Fjelstad, *Svanholm, Flagstad, Shacklock, Schoffler, ROH GC - Rankl |
WLCD 0178 |
Walhall |
£9.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] STILL SEALED Naples 17.03.1956 |
Lustig, Rysanek, Nilsson, Frick, Cordes, Terkal, Coro e Orchestra Del Teatro San Carlo |
WLCD 0174 |
Walhall |
£8.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1956 |
Vinay, Modl, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Hotter, Herwig, Bayreuth Orchetra & Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
4 CDLSMH 34035 |
Hunt |
£8.99 |
| Marches and Overtures - Polonia (Overture), American Centennial March (Grosser Festmarsch), Rule Britannia (Overture), Imperial March (Kaisermarsch) |
Hong Kong PO - Kojian |
8.220114 |
Marco Polo |
£2.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman Overture, Rienzi Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Prelude, Tannhauser Overture, Lohengrin Prelude Act III, Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Isoldens Liebestod [SACD, playable on CD and SACD players] |
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra - Yakov Kreizberg |
PTC 5186 041 |
Pentatone |
£4.99 |
| Rienzi Overture, Lohengrin Prelude Act III, The Ride of Valkyries, Gotterdammerung Funeral March, Tannhauser Overture, Tristan und Isolde Vorspiel and Isoldes Liebestod Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Prelude Act I |
Oslo PO - Jansons |
CDR 5 69848 2 |
EMI |
£2.75 |
| Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] Libretto Missing |
Domingo, Stemme, Fujimura, Pape, Bar, Bostridge, The Royal Opera House CG Orchestra and Chorus - Pappano |
3 52423 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| Eine Faust Overture, Columbus Overture, Die Meisteringer von Nurnberg Prelude, Parsifal Prelude, Tristan und Isolde - Prelude Act I, Liebestod* |
BRSO - Tate, *with Cheryl Studer |
5 85461 2 |
EMI |
£2.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] (Bayreuth 26 July 2004) |
Youn, Gould, Terkel, Bieber, Wegner, Bezuyen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Thielemann |
THIEL1 |
Bayreuth |
£14.99 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Milan 18.03.1965 (DELETION) |
Jess Thomas, Ingrid Bjoner, Franz Crass, Astrid Varnay, Gustav Neidlinger, Tom Krause, La Scala Milan Opera - Sawallisch |
LS 4035151 |
Living Stage |
£14.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] London 1969, remastered (DELETION) |
Theo Adam, Martti Talvela, Kenneth Macdonald, James King, New Philharmonia and BBC Chorus - Klemperer |
LS 347.07 |
Living Stage |
£8.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] STILL SEALED.Rec. Leipzig 1954 |
Ernst Gruber, Brunnhild Friedland, Dora Zschille, Leipzig Radio Chorus and Orchestra - Gerhard Pfluger |
WLCD 0222 |
Walhall |
£8.99 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET] Covent Garden 27.09.1957, remastered. First Release (STILL SEALED) |
Nilsson, Fisher, Vinay, Hotter, Dalberg, Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Kempe |
WLCD 0228 |
Walhall |
£9.99 |
| GLENN GOULD Conducts Siegfreid Idyll - Original Version for 13 instruments (Gould's conducting debut and fianl recording). Piano Transcriptions - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude Act !, Gotterdammerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried Idyall (arr. Gould) |
Ensemble - Gould, Gould (piano) |
SK 46279 |
Sony |
£4.99 |
| WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN Sings Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab (Rienzi), Wie sie selig, hehr und milde« (Tristan und Isolde), Notung, Notung, Neidliches Schwert (Siegfried), Hoho, Hoho, Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, Brünhilde, heilige Braut« (Götterdämmerung), Nur eine Waffe taugt (Parsifal), In fernem Land« (Lohengrin), Mein lieber Schwan, O Fürstin (Tannhäuser), Fanget an! (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Selig wie die Sonne, Morgenlich leuchtend (First Release on CD) |
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), with Walter Carnuth, Annelies Küpper, Annelies Küpper, Hertha Töpper, Richard Holm, Josef Hermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Münich PO/Berlin RSO - Richard Kraus, Ferdinand Leitner, Leopold Ludwig |
477 6543 |
DG |
£3.99 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1958 plus bonus of Rysanek in excerpt from Flying Dutchman Bayreuth 1959 and Die Walkure Bayreuth 1958 |
Rysanek, Konya, Varnay, Blanc, Bayreuth Orchestra & Chorus - Cluytens |
3 MCD 890.02 |
MYTO |
£11.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Covent Garden 25.09.1957 (track listing only) |
Hotter, Von Milinkovic, Lindermeier, Von Ilosvay, Witte, Evans, Allmann, ROH CG Orchestra & Chorus - Kempe |
KEMPE1 |
ROH |
£3.99 |
| CELIBIDACHE conducts Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude Act I, Siegfried Idyll, Gotterdammerung - Funeral March, Tannhauser Overture (EMI CELIBIDACHE EDITION) |
Munich PO - Celibidache |
CDC 5 56524 2 |
EMI |
£6.99 |
| The Mastersingers of Nuremburg [4 CD SET]
Gramophone Editors Choice - August 2008
BBC Music Magazine Recommended - August 2008 |
Alberto Remedios, Norman Bailey, Gregory Dempsey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Margaret Curphey, Ann Robson, Sadlers Wells Chorus & Opera Orchestra -Reginald Goodall |
CHAN 3148 |
Chandos |
£16.99 |
| Parsifal [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1956, digitally remastered |
Modl, Vinay, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Blankenheim, Hotter, Bayreuth Festival - Knappertsbusch |
WLCD 0192 |
Walhall |
£10.99 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET]Bayreuth1956, 24 bit remastering |
Varnay, Brouwenstijn, Von Milinkovic, Windgassen, Hotter, Greindl, Bayreuth Festival - Knappertsbusch |
ANDRCD 9014 |
Andromeda |
£6.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 26.07.2006 Not Commercially available. Liner notes only |
Struckmann, Breedt, Vihavainen, Fuijimura. Bezuyen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Thielemann |
THIEL10 |
Live |
£12.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
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| Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. Palmer), As You Like It - A Poem for Orchestra after Shakespeare (arr. Palmer). PG*** " (Hamlet).. offers some 40 minutes of music, a rich and colourful suite, superbly played and recorded and much enhanced by the contribution of Sir John Gielgud in two of Hamlet's solioquies. |
Gielgud (narrator in Hamlet), Bott (sop), ASMF - Marriner |
CHAN 8842 |
Chandos |
£4.99 |
| First String Quartet ed. C Palmer (Premier Recording), String Quartet in A minor. PG*** "The first quartet, long thought lost..is full of fire and imagination. The Gabrieli performance brings out all the latent power and lyrical warmth. A fascinating contrast with the mature A minor Qt in a red-blooded recording" DELETION |
Gabrieli String Quartet |
CHAN 8944 |
Chandos |
£6.99 |
| Symphony No.2, Troilus and Cressida Symphonic Suite (arr. Palmer) |
LPO - Thomson |
CHAN 8772 |
Chandos |
£3.99 |
| Symphony No.1, Cello Concerto. PG*** (not available as a single disc) |
R Cohen (cello), Bournemouth SO - Litton |
443 450-2 |
Decca |
£3.49 |
| Symphony No.1, Scapino, Siesta |
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria - Leaper |
74321 39124 2 |
ArteNova |
£1.99 |
| Violin & Viola Concertos PG*** |
N Kennedy (violin & viola), RPO - Previn |
CDC 7 49628 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| Symphony No.2, Viola Concerto, Johannesburg Festival Overture. Penguin Guide *** |
Tomter (viola), English Northern Philharmonia - Daniel |
8.553402 |
Naxos |
£2.75 |
| Sonata for Violin & Orchestra (orch. Palmer - premiere recording), Two Pieces for Violin & Orchestra (orch. Palmer - premiere recording), Violin Concerto. PG*** |
L Mordkovich (violin), LPO - Latham-Koenig |
CHAN 9073 |
Chandos |
£4.99 |
| THE WALTON EDITION - Symphony No.1, Belshazzar's Feast, Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto, Partita for Orchestra, Johannesburg Festival Overture, Facade Suites, Portsmouth Point, Sheep may safely graze, Crwon Imperial, Orb & Sceptre, The Wise Virgins, Hamlet - Funeral March, Richard III - Prelude & Suite, Henry V Suite and Scenes from the film, Spitfire Prelude & Fugue [4 CD SET] PG*** "One of the big revelations is Walton's recording of the first symphony. It emerges as one of the most exciting versions ever. What consistently comes out throughout the set is that in his seemingly reticent way Walton was just as an inspired conductor of his own music as Elgar was of his." (DELETION) |
Bell (baritone - Belshazzar), Menuhin (violin & viola), Olivier (Henry V), LSO/Philharmonia & Chorus - Walton |
CHS 5 65003 2 |
EMI |
£19.99 |
| Viola Concerto, Hindemith Variations, Sonata for String Orchestra. PG*** " |
Imai (viola), LPO - Latham-Koenig |
CHAN 9106 |
Chandos |
£4.99 |
| The Bear. PG*** |
Della Jones (mezzo), Alan Opie (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Northern Sinfonia - Hickox |
CHAN 9245 |
Chandos |
£7.99 |
| Violin Sonata, Piano Quartet PG*** "The performance of the Piano Quartet with Hamish Milne at the piano makes one marvel that such music could have been the inspiration of a 16 year old." DELETION |
Sillito (vn), Smissen (va), Orton (cello), Milne (piano) |
CHAN 8999 |
Chandos |
£4.99 |
| Piano Quartet, String Quartet in A minor |
Maggini Quartet, Peter Donohoe (piano) |
8.554646 |
Naxos |
£2.75 |
| As You Like It, Hamlet (adapted by Palmer) |
Michael Sheen, RTE Orchestra - Penny |
8.553344 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
| Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario (1943-44: arr. Palmer 1988) |
Samuel West (narr), BBC Singers, Trinity Boys Choir, BBC SO - Slatkin |
BBC MM 215 |
BBC |
£1.49 |
| Belshazzar's Feast*, Henry V Suite, Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Crown Imperial, Orb and Sceptre |
RLPO - Groves, *Wilson-Johnson (bar), LSO & Chorus - Hickox |
HMV 7 67846 2 |
HMV |
£2.49 |
| Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Violin Concerto*, Viola Concerto (1961 Version)**, Cello Concerto*** [2 CD SET] DELETION |
RPO - Ashkenazy, *Chung (violin), LSO - Previn, **Neubauer (viola), Bournemouth SO - Litton, ***Cohen (cello), Bournemouth SO - Litton |
475 6534 |
Decca |
£7.99 |
| Belshazzar's Feast, Coronation Te Deum, Gloria |
Howell (bar), Gunson (contralto), Mackie (tenor), Roberts (bass), Scott (organ), The Bach Choir, Philharmonia - Willcocks |
CHAN 8760 |
Chandos |
£3.49 |
| Willaims Walton conducts Symphony No.1, Violin Concerto*, Partita for Orchestra, The Death of Falstaff & Touch Her Soft Lips and Part (from Henry V), The 1964 New Zealand Tour [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED |
The New Zealand SO - Walton, *Berl Senofsky, |
9133 |
Bridge |
£6.99 |