Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res
Until 11th September 2024, we are offering 50% off Naxos Hi-Res downloads - a great opportunity to build your digital library in the highest possible sound quality.
Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res, David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
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Special offer. Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Three Russian Sacred Choruses & other choral works
RecommendedMary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Bogdan (tenor), Fred Sherry (cello), Stephen Taylor (oboe), Melanie Feld (oboe and cor anglais), Michael Parloff and Bart Feller (flutes) & David Wilson-Johnson (narrator)
The Simon Joly Chorale, The Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s &...
Any Stravinsky recording making the point that the 20th century's paramount composer wrote more than just a few early ballet scores (however great those are) is resoundingly welcome, and even... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Historical Recommendation
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Stephen O’Mara (tenor), Melanie Diener (sopano), Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Martyn Hill (tenor), Ernst Haefliger
Simon Joly Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
On the evidence of this superb performance we've quite clearly been underestimating Robert Craft. Precision and finely moulded detail are evident throughout, at least as clearly as in Chailly's... — More…
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Special offer. Schoenberg - Choral Works
Jennifer Welch-Babidge (soprano) & David Wilson-Johnson (rabbi-narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Simon Joly Chorale, Robert Craft
There are few alternative versions of most of these pieces, and the disc is well worth acquiring by any Schoenbegian. — More…
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Special offer. The English Song Series Volume 11 - Roger Quilter 2
Amanda Pitt (soprano), Joanne Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), David Owen Norris (piano)
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Special offer. Schoenberg - Violin Concerto
Rolf Schulte (violin), David Wilson-Johnson (Narrator, Reciter) & Jeremy Denk (Piano)
The Fred Sherry Quartet, Simon Joly Chorale & Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Hilary Hahn's recording of Schoenberg's Violin Concerto (see above) paraded cool beauty where others could find only sweat and tears. Yes, an overstatement perhaps – Louis Krasner and Israel... — More…
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Special offer. Howard Blake - The Passion of Mary & The Passion of Mary
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Robert William Blake (treble), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
London Voices, Brass of the Royal Philharmonic & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Blake
Patricia Rozario is the tireless soprano soloist, with Richard Edgar-Wilson giving a Peter Pears-like representation of Jesus. — More…
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Special offer. Stravinsky: Duo Concertant
Jennifer Frautschi (violin) & Jeremy Denk (piano), Ralph van Raat and Maarten van Veen (pianos), Sally Burgess (contralto) & Roderick Williams (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Richard O’Neill (Viola)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft
It's the performances of the two late serial works [the Requiem Canticles and Abraham and Isaac] that make this disc worthwhile. Craft brings real urgency to these masterpieces, and a dramatic... — More…
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Special offer. Webern - Vocal and Orchestral Works
Tony Arnold (soprano), Claire Booth (soprano) & David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Simon Joly Chorale & Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Craft's approach seems to have mellowed somewhat; he allows more space for the impacted lyricism of Webern's writing to make its mark, though still without quite the Viennese flavour that composers... — More…
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Special offer. Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Les Noces
Edward Fox, Jennifer Lane, David Wilson-Johnson, Andrew Greenan, Joseph Cornwell, Alison Wells (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor), Alan Ewing (bass)
The Simon Joly Male Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, International Piano Quartet, Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble, Simon...
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Special offer. Peter Maxwell Davies: Black Pentecost & Stone Litany
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Davies conducts performances of state-of-the-art vividness. — More…
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