A belated thank you for your support, Antonio.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Various Composers - A Shropshire Lad. English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams


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  1. John Ireland - Great Things
  2. John Ireland - Sea Fever
  3. Ina Boyle - The Joy of Earth
  4. William Denis Browne - To Gratiana Dancing and Singing
  5. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 1, Loveliest of trees
  6. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 2, When I was one-and-twenty
  7. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 3, Look not in mine eyes
  8. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 4, Think no more, lad
  9. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 5, The lads in their hundreds
  10. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 6, Is my team ploughing?
  11. Ruth Gipps - The Pulley
  12. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 1, Love-sight
  13. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 2, Silent noon
  14. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 3, Love’s minstrels
  15. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 4, Heart’s haven
  16. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 5, Death in love
  17. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 6, Love’s last gift
  18. Madeleine Dring - Take, O Take Those Lips Away
  19. James Burton - When I set out for Lyonesse
  20. Rebecca Clarke - The seal man
  21. Ernest Farrar - Silent noon

Roderick Williams, baritone & arranger
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Hallé Concerts Society

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Hubert Parry - Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 3 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Hubert Parry
  1. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1, My Heart Is like a Singing Bird
  2. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 4, The Blackbird
  3. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 6, If I Might Ride on Puissant Wing
  4. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 3, A Moment of Farewell
  5. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 7, The Sound of Hidden Music
  6. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 5, Through the Ivory Gate
  7. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 2, Nightfall in Winter
  8. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 6, Sleep
  9. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 1, When the Dew Is Falling
  10. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 1, Thine Eyes Still Shined for Me
  11. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 2, When Lovers Meet Again
  12. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 4, A Lover's Garland
  13. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 5, The Faithful Lover
  14. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 1, A Stray Nymph of Dian
  15. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 6, A Girl to Her Glass
  16. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 4, When the Sun's Great Orb
  17. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 1, One Golden Thread
  18. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 1, Whence
  19. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 5, At the Hour the Long Day Ends
  20. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 5, Looking Backward
  21. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 8, She Is My Love Beyond All Thought
  22. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 5, From a City Window
  23. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 3, The Spirit of the Spring
  24. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 4, The Child and the Twilight
  25. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 6, Grapes

Sarah Fox, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2018
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Hubert Parry - Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 2 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Hubert Parry
  1. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 1, When Comes My Gwen
  2. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 2, And yet I Love Her Till I Die
  3. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 3, Love Is a Bable
  4. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 6, O World, O Life, O Time
  5. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 3, When We Two Parted
  6. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 2, Gone Were but the Winter Cold
  7. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 5, There Be None of Beauty's Daughters
  8. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 6, Bright Star!
  9. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 2, Proud Maisie
  10. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 3, Marian
  11. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 4, Dirge in Woods
  12. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 2, If Thou Wouldst Ease Thine Heart
  13. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 2, What Part of Dread Eternity?
  14. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 5, Love and Laughter
  15. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 7, A Welsh Lullaby
  16. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 5, Dream Pedlary
  17. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 1, Three Aspects
  18. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 2, A Fairy Town
  19. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 3, The Witches' Wood
  20. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 4, Whether I Live
  21. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 5, Armida's Garden
  22. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 6, The Maiden
  23. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 7, There

Sarah Fox, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2018
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Hubert Parry - Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 1 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Hubert Parry
  1. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 1. My True Love Hath My Heart
  2. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 2. Good Night
  3. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 3 Where Shall the Lover Rest
  4. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 4 Willow Song
  5. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 1. O Mistress Mine
  6. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 2. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
  7. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 3. No Longer Mourn For Me
  8. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 4. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
  9. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 5. When Icicles Hang By The Wall
  10. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 1. To Lucas on Going to the Wars
  11. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 3. To Althea from Prison
  12. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 4. Why so Pale and Wan
  13. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 4. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  14. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 6. Of All The Torments
  15. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 4. Lay A Garland On My Hearse
  16. English Lyrics, Set 11: English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 7. Why Art Thou Slow
  17. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 1. On a Time the Amorous Silvy
  18. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 2. Follow a Shadow
  19. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 3. Ye Little Birds that Sit and Sing
  20. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 4. O Never Say that I was False of Heart
  21. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 5. Julia
  22. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 6. One Silent Night Of Late
  23. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 2. To Blossoms
  24. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 3. Rosaline
  25. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 3. Crabbed age and youth
  26. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 6. Under the Greenwood Tree
  27. Sonnet 32, "If Thou Survive My Well-Contended Day"
  28. 4 Sonnets: No. 1. Sonnet 29, "When In Disgrace"
  29. 4 Sonnets: No. 2. Sonnet 87, "Farewell, Though Art Too Dear"
  30. 4 Sonnets: No. 3. Sonnet 18, "Shall I Compare Thee"
  31. 4 Sonnets: No. 4. Sonnet 30, "When to the Sessions"

Susan Gritton, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2016
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Billy Mayerl - Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Philip Martin)


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Composer: Billy Mayerl
  • Insect Oddities
  • White Heather
  • Nimble-Fingered Gentleman
  • Song of the Fir Tree
  • Jasmine
  • The Big Top Suite
  • 6 Pianolettes
  • 3 Japanese Pictures, Op. 25
  • 3 Syncopated Rambles

Philip Martin, piano
Date: 2016
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Billy Mayerl - Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Philip Martin)


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Composer: Billy Mayerl
  • Autumn Crocus
  • Wistaria
  • Evening Primrose
  • Aquarium Suite
  • Puppets Suite
  • Weeping Willow
  • Railroad Rhythm
  • Siberian Lament
  • 3 Contrasts
  • Harp of the Winds
  • Shallow Waters
  • Robots, Op. 81

Philip Martin, piano
Date: 2014
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Moritz Moszkowski - Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (Ian Hobson)


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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
  • 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15
  • 3 Klavierstücke in Tanzform, Op. 17
  • 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18

Ian Hobson, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Toccata Classics

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Moritz Moszkowski - Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. I (Ian Hobson)


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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
  1. Conservatoristen-Polka, WV 64
  2. Scherzo in B-Flat Major, Op. 1
  3. Albumblatt, Op. 2
  4. Caprice in A Minor, Op. 4
  5. Hommage à Schumann, Op. 5
  6. Fantaisie-Impromptu in F Major, Op. 6
  7. 3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7: No. 1, Allegramente
  8. 3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7: No. 2, Con moto
  9. 3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7: No. 3, Tranquillo e semplice
  10. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 1, Melodie
  11. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 2, Thema
  12. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 3, Mazurka
  13. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 4, Impromptu über Sachs
  14. Humoreske in D Major, Op. 14

Ian Hobson, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Toccata Classics

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Stéphan Elmas - Complete Piano Sonatas (Heghine Rapyan)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in B Minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Major
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor

Heghine Rapyan, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Solo Musica

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Stéphan Elmas - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Mikael Ayrapetyan)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  • 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan)

Mikael Ayrapetyan, conductor
Date: 2023
Label: Grand Piano

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