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Toivo Kuula: Songs & Orchestral Music / Susan Gritton, soprano

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2011-09-13

Works: Toivo Kuula: Merenkylpijäneidot (The Sea-bathing Nymphs), for voice & orchestra, Op. 12; South Ostrobothnian suite for orchestra no 2, Op. 20; Kesäilta (Summer Evening), for voice & orchest...
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: ; BBC Concert Orchestra

This disc presents a survey of music by Finnish composer Toivo Kuula, a pupil of Sibelius. Best-known for his songs and choral music, Kuula's arresting...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Hampstead, London (01/24/2011-01/26/2011)....continue...

Her Song - Orchestral Songs and Arias / Susan Gritton, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-09-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Torch, Op. 60, no 1; The Wind at Dawn; Pleading, Op. 48; Like to the Damask Rose; The Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, no 1; Song Cycle, Op. 59; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; The Kingdom, ora...
Performers: Fleming, Cynthia; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Susan Gritton's solo recital with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins is focused on orchestral songs by Elgar and John Ireland. This enchanting and...continue...

American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 5 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Leroy Anderson: Goldilocks; Suite of Carols (6), arranged for woodwind ensemble
Performers: Criswell, Kim; Dazeley, William
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Praised by composer John Williams as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music", Leroy Anderson was a meticulous craftsman, a composer and...continue...

American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 4 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Leroy Anderson: Irish Suite; Summer Skies, for orchestra; Scottish Suite; Blue Tango; Forgotten Dreams; Belle of the Ball; Alma Mater; A Christmas Festival; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Performers: Criswell, Kim; Dazeley, William; Fleming, Cynthia
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson's orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release, with...continue...

Verdi: Il corsaro, etc / Dods, Gielen, Tinsley, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-11-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; Nabucco; Macbeth; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81
Performers: Engh, Wim van den; Erwen, Keith; Fry, Leslie; Heath, Roger; Jones, Emlyn; McCarry, Patricia; Meeuwsen, Lodewijk; Sharpe, Terence; Tinsley, Pauline; Willems, Mary
Conductors: Dods, Marcus; Balkwill, Bryan; Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: BBC Concert Chorus; BBC Concert Orchestra; Netherlands National Radio Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus; ORTF National Orchestra

This 2-CD set features the artistry of the English soprano Pauline Tinsley (born 1928) in Italian roles. One of the most gifted singers of her...continue...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Matheson, Arroyo, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2005-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bowen, Kenneth; Collins, Kenneth; Coster, Janet; Fieldsend, David; Garrard, Don; Glossop, Peter; Hammond-Stroud, Derek; Kennedy, Roderick [Bass Vocals]; O'Reilly, Philip; Truefitt, A...
Conductors: Matheson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Portman: The Little Prince

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-03-29

Works: Rachel Portman: The Little Prince; The Little Prince Song
Performers: Carlin, Mairead; Coxon, Richard; Garrett, Lesley; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Jones, Aled; McManners, Joseph; Randle, Tom; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Robinson, Timothy; Suart, Richard; White, Willard
Conductors: Abell, David Charles
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Children's Chorus

Portman: The Little Prince

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-03-29

Works: Rachel Portman: The Little Prince; The Little Prince Song
Performers: Carlin, Mairead; Coxon, Richard; Garrett, Lesley; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Jones, Aled; McManners, Joseph; Randle, Tom; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Robinson, Timothy; Suart, Richard; White, Willard
Conductors: Abell, David Charles
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Children's Chorus

Lloyd: Iernin / Lloyd, Hill-Smith, Powell, Pogson, et al

3 CD / Albany Records / 1994-06-01

Works: George Lloyd: Iernin, opera; Spoken Word: Conversation between Chris de Souza and George Lloyd
Performers: Herford, Henry; Jackson, Stephen [Choral Conductor]; Lloyd, George; Pogson, Geoffrey; Rivers, Malcolm; Robarts, Jonathon; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]; Souza, Chris de; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Lloyd, George
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra