Johnson, Graham [Piano] > Classical Period

Summertime

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8; Edward Elgar: Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)....continue...

A Fantasy Idyll: Music by David Bowerman

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-04-27

Works: David Bowerman: Fanfare, for 3 trumpets & organ; Improvisation on Little Cornard, for organ; Spiritual Fantasy, for piano trio; Shakespeare Settings (2), for voice & piano; An Equal Music, for voice ...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Earis, Andrew; Fichert, Jakob; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Galvydyte, Diana; Helsdon, Claire; Hodges, Katie; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Leese, Anna; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Nea...

The third CD from new English composer David Bowerman, this CD further explores his love of song and his natural affinity for the organ, as...continue...

Women's Lives & Loves / Lott, Kirchschlager, Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-06-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Erste Begegnung ("Von dem Rosenbusch"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liederspie; Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & piano (Fra...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Taking as its cue the 'Frauenliebe und Leben' cycles by Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe, this captivating duet recital follows the poet Chamisso's story of...continue...

Hyperion Schubert Edition - Songs by Schubert's Friends

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Der Greis, part song for 4 voices & keyboard, H. 25c/5; Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Sehnsucht, for 2 voices & piano; Rastlose Liebe, for voice & piano (1st setting) (Lyrische Gedi...
Performers: Comberti, Sebastian; Doufexis, Stella; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thorsen, Marianne

These three generously filled discs were included as a 'bonus' in Hyperion's landmark forty-disc boxed set 'The Complete Songs by Franz Schubert,' released in November...continue...

Souvenirs de Venise / Songmakers' Almanac

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (23) of Various Nationality for voice & piano trio, WoO 158a; Franz Schubert: Der Gondelfahrer, D 808; Felix Mendelssohn: ...
Performers: Brooks, Brian; D'Alton, Hugo; Jackson, Richard; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Pearson, Justin [Vocals, Bass Guitar]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"This fizzing multilingual Venetian 'Souvenir' slips down as gratefully as Prosecco and a hot day. Hahn's Venezia is a delicious epilogue." -Paul Riley, BBC Music...continue...