classical music: Richard Rodney Bennett

classical music: Richard Rodney Bennett

classical music:

Richard Rodney Ben...

The 20th Century Album
Malcolm Arnold, Richard Rodney Bennett, ...

Decca, 2002

Warsaw Concerto

Richard Addinsell, Hubert Bath, ...

Naxos, 1998

Classic Movie Pieces
I am a pinaist, and several of thses pieces find themselve in my repertoire, and by hearing them on this cd, one is able to truly appreciate the composition and performance of these songs, which are not very popular nowadays. A great collection that I highly recommend ...

Love Blows as the Wind Blows: English and American Songs / Jonathan Lemalu

Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Quilter

EMI Classics, 2005

Promises Kept
Some months back Jonathan Lemalu was introduced to us with a collection of Opera Arias, a recording that showed great promise of an important voice but also one that raised questions about the durability of the vocal technique. He sounded promising: with this ...

The Great Waltz

Richard Rodney Bennett, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Polygram Records, 1993

A Little Night Magic
Do you want a disc that will provide you with 73+ minutes of hypnotic music for romance, or background music while reading a good frivolous book? Here's the Hollywood Bowl under John Mauceri bringing lovely, intelligent renderings of waltes from various corners of the ...

Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke

Vernon Duke, Fred Hersch, ...

Nonesuch, 1999

Upshaw Astounds Again: Brings Duke to Life, and Back to Life
If anyone needed it, this album is solid proof that Dawn Upshaw's overwhelmingly positive reception in the popular field is no more dependent on sticking with charming chestnuts than her success in classical music was. Extending her commitment from the modernist ...

Noël: Carols & Chants for Christmas - Anonymous 4 (4 CD Set)

Codex Las Huelgas Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Harmonia Mundi, 2005

Compilation of 4 existing CDs
This is a great compilation of Anonymous 4 Christmas music - but it is NOT new. It simply boxes 4 existing CDs together. The CDs are Legends of St. Nicholas, Wolcum Yule, On Yoolis Night, and A Star in the East. If you already have those CDs, there is nothing new ...

Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King

John Tavener, Richard Rodney Bennett, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2003

lovely and unusual Yule album
Anonymous 4 has brought us a beautiful selection of 19 traditional songs from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. These include a lesser known work by Henry VIII as well as more contemporary songs by John Tavener, Richard Bennett, Geoffrey Burgon and Benjamin ...

I Saw Three Ships
Greg Skidmore, Richard Rodney Bennett, ...

Avie, 2007

British Guitar Music

Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, ...

Naxos, 2005

Exquisite.
Thanks to Naxos for bringing us more great repertoire, impeccably presented and recorded by an ace musician. Recordings of the Walton are easy to come by, but the collection of all of Berkeley's solo guitar music on one disc, along with the spooky Rawsthorne which I ...

On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Edward Grint, Thomas Ades, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Latest from the King's College Choir
I am immensely fond of the various Christmas albums put out by the Choir of King's College at the University of Cambridge. They represent the English tradition at its finest. I especially like the variants of the 9 Lessons and Carols in which biblical lessons are ...

Lyrical 20th century guitar music
Agustin Barrios-Mangore, Richard Rodney Bennett, ...

Accent Records, 1999

Well, most of this disc is lyrical. It's an intriguing concept for a record: stressing the lyrical side of a century most people think of as dissonant. Richard Rodney Bennett's Impromptus aren't very lyrical, and they were the pieces I liked least (not only for that reason). But Frank Martin's Four Brief Pieces is one of the guitar's ...

Fair With Her Firstborn
Tudor Choir, Fullington

Loft Recordings, 2002

Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Jonathan Lemalu, Paul Watkins, ...

Chandos, 2007

Beware
Mr Bennet has always been one of my favorite contemporary composers; but this Chandos recording of four of his works for Orchestra, is not his best output.... I should have listened to the samples provided, before I purchased the disc. I did not. The best piece on ...

Saxophone Concertos

Richard Rodney Bennett, Claude Debussy, ...

Angel Records, 1992

Not as bad as everyone would have you believe
I would buy this cd just to hear Harle's arrangement of the Debussy Rhapsody, which gives the saxophone more music. The accompaniment is excellent, consistently. However, Harle isn't consistent. His performance of the Debussy is very epic and dramatic, not subtle or ...

I Never Went Away

Richard Rodney Bennett

Delos Records, 1992

The best lounge piano music ever!
I had the pleasure of seeing Sir Richard Rodney Bennett live in London, and his performance sparked my purchase of this album. He is by far one of the most talented lounge pianists I have heard. His smooth voice and interpretations of these wonderful songs add to ...