Bass Baritone > Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion / Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Ian Bostridge, Nicholas Mulroy, Neal Davies, Roderick Williams. Polyphony

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Davies, Iestyn; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Sampson, Carolyn; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Stephen Layton leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and his own superb choral ensemble Polyphony in a powerful performance of Bach's most dramatic...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (04/10/2012-04/13/2012)....continue...

Elgar: The Starlight Express / Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78; The Starlight Express, suite for 2 voices & orchestra (arranged by Andrew Davis); Clive Carey: Songs (3) from "The Starlight Express", for voice & orchestra
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, for a West End theatre production staged during World War...continue...
Recording information: Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, Lon (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Plac...continue...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Schumann: Kerner Lieder, Op. 35; Songs by Wolf, Korngold & Mahler / Roderick Williams, baritone; Helmut Deutsch, piano (live, Wigmore Hall, 2/25/11)

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-09-25

Works: Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I; Italienisches Liederbuch II; Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten hüllen, song for voice & piano (Italienisches Liederbuch); Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blum...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Described by Opera magazine as 'Britain's best baritone', London- born Roderick Williams and leading pianist Helmut Deutsch perform an atmospheric Liederabend, featuring some of the...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (02/25/2011)....continue...

Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works - The Collector's Edition / Connolly, Langridge, Gerhardt, Hickox

6 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Isabella, symphonic poem for orchestra, H. 78; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; Mid of the Night, symphonic poem for ...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Langridge, Philip; Shelley, Howard; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The complete orchestral works by Frank Bridge are here released in an attractive six-disc box for the first time, as part of the new Hickox...continue...
Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, England....continue...

English Song Series Vol. 22 - Britten: Songs; Proverbs of William Blake; Tit for Tat; Folk Songs / Roderick Williams, baritone; Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Benjamin Britten: Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, song cycle for baritone & piano, Op. 74; Tit for Tat; The Plough Boy, folksong for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3); Folksongs (7), Volume 3; Tom B...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Britten wrote his Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 for the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 1965. The singer admired the 'concentration and...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk (01/04/2011-01/06/2011)....continue...

Songs of Martin Shaw: The Airmen / Sophie Bevan, soprano; Andrew Kennedy, tenor, Roderick Williams, baritone, Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-05-08

Works: Martin Shaw: Venizel, for voice & piano; Jack Overdue, for voice & piano; The Melodies You Sing, for voice & piano; The Airmen, for voice & piano; Over the Sea, for voice & piano; Pity the Poor Fight...
Performers: Bevan, Sophie; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Despite a compositional career spanning both World Wars, remarkably little is known about Martin Shaw's music. It has yet to enjoy the revival of interest...continue...
Recording information: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)....continue...

Berio: Realisations; Schubert, Brahms, Mahler / Roderick Williams, Michael Collins

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-02-28

Works: Luciano Berio: Schubert-Berio; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Gustav Mahler: Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Berio had an abiding fascination with reconciling the past and the present, which can be seen in his orchestral realizations of works by Mahler and...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (08/16/2011-08/19/2011)....continue...

Corp: And All The Trumpets Sounded; Hurd / Mark Stone, Roderick Williams

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-01-10

Works: Ronald Corp: And all the Trumpets Sounded, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Michael Hurd: The Shepherd's Calendar, choral symphony for voice, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: ; Members of the Highgate Choral Society

Conductor-composer Ronald Corp couples two supremely engaging choral works of our time, pairing his own cantata And all the Trumpets Sounded (of 1989) with Michael...continue...
Recording information: Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset (06/27/2011-06/28/2011)....continue...

Michael Head: Songs / Ailish Tynan, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Roderick Williams

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-01-10

Works: Michael Head: Dear delight, for voice & piano; Oh, for a March wind, for voice & piano; Sweet Chance That Led My Steps Abroad (Michael Head); Tewkesbury Road, song; Songs (6) for Voice and Piano; Lim...
Performers: Glynn, Christopher; Tynan, Ailish; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

Who is Michael Head? His name may be largely forgotten but the music here forms part of the rich seam of English song in the...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (2009-07-08_2009-07-09&2010-)....continue...

Elgar: The Fringes of the Fleet

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: John Ansell: Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture), for orchestra; Windjammer Overture, for pops orchestra; Edward Elgar: The Fringes of the Fleet, pieces (4) for baritone solo, 3 baritones & orchestra;...
Performers: Lester, Nicholas; Meikle, Laurence; Rock, Duncan; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Higgins, Tom

The major work on this recording is Elgar's The Fringes of the Fleet, here receiving its first fully professional orchestral recording in 92 years....continue...
Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London NW3 (05/09/2009/05/10/2009)....continue...

Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew / BBC Singers

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew, opera
Performers: Bundy, Michael; Cahill, Teresa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Danby, Graeme; Gibbs, Charles; Johnston, Robert; Lodge, Rebecca [Vocals]; Mirfin, Timothy; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Peacock, Adrian; Poole, Elizabeth...
Conductors: de Ridder, André
Ensemble: BBC Singers

The Times
This project blew me away...Saxton's tonal (or modal) musical language ranges from the cinematic spectacular to rapt spirituality. And the piece is compellingly delivered...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 (2008-12-18_2008-12-19&2009-)....continue...

Barber: Complete Orchestral Works / Marin Alsop

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Symphony no 2, Op. 19; Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 22; Medea (Serp...
Performers: Buswell, James; Craigie, Lesley; Gauvin, Karina; Gracie, John; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Prutsman, Stephen; Rancourt, Stephane; Trotter, Thomas; Wall, Simon; Warner, Wendy [Cello]; Williams, Roderick [Ba...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"The first complete orchestral Barber set makes its appearance on the market in the year of the composer's centenary. It's a pretty impressive set of...continue...

Richard Rodney Bennett: Songs Before Sleep

1 CD / NMC Classics Import / 2010-09-06

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: A Garland for Marjory Fleming, for voice & piano; Songs Before Sleep, for solo voice & piano; A History of the Thé Dansant, for voice & piano; Dream-Songs, for voice & pi...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Coates, Oliver [Cello]; Daneman, Sophie; Hulett, Benjamin; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

This new recording spans five decades of Ricahrd Rodney Bennett's song-writing. It couples some of his most accessible and lyrical pieces - including the melodic...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (2009-06-17&2009-11-14_2009-)....continue...

George Butterworth: English Song Series, Vol. 20

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Folk Songs (11) from Sussex, arrangements for voice & piano; Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice ...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

One of England's most distinctive composers, George Butterworth belonged to the generation of young men decimated in the Great War of 1914–1918. His sensitive and...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (01/11/2010-01/13/2010)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Rare Songs from the Operas / Fox, Williams, et al

1 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover; Sir John in Love; The Pilgrim's Progress
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Fox, Sarah; Pochin, Juliette; Staples, Andrew; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

This is the first CD issued by Albion. 'The Sky Shall Be Our Roof' is comprised of 19 songs from Ralph Vaughan Williams operas. An...continue...

Kissing Her Hair: Twenty Early Songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: To Daffodils, song for voice & piano; Rondel ("Kissing her hair I sat against her feet"), for alto or baritone & piano (incomplete); How Can the Tree but Wither?, song for voi...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Fox, Sarah; Staples, Andrew; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Kissing Her Hair is a collection of early Vaughan Williams songs. One, "Rondel," from which the title is gained, is unpublished and this is its...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, UK / Henry Wood Hall, (03/2007/05/2007)....continue...

E.J. Morean: Complete Solo Songs

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-05-25

Works: E.J. Moeran: Spring goeth all in white, for voice & piano; When June is come, for voice & piano; Mantle of Blue, for voice & piano; Twilight, for voice & piano; Ludlow Town, songs (4) for voice & pia...
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Talbot, John; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Moeran was part of the group of English composers who sought inspiration in the melodic beauty of traditional folksong in the first two decades of...continue...
Recording information: Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, C (01/20/2009/01/22/2009); Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, C (04/14/2009/04/16/2009); Menuhin Hall, Y...continue...

John Ireland: Orchestral Songs and Miniatures

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Peter Andrew Tranchell: Festive Overture, for orchestra; Herbert Murrill: Country Dances, for orchestra; Walter Collins: Prelude to Ecstasy, for orchestra; Lionel Sainsbury: Allegro risoluto, for str...
Performers: Mutter, Charles; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wilson, John; Sutherland, Gavin; Murphy, Paul; Yates, Martin

Dutton's survey of works for voice and orchestra by John Ireland, including the last two unrecorded songs orchestrated by Ireland himself and sung here by...continue...

Elgar: Sea Pictures; Pageant of Empire

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Edward Elgar: Pageant of Empire, songs (8) for voice (or chorus) & orchestra; The Pipes of Pan, song for voice & piano; Op. 60; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; Ivor Gurney: Lights out; Michael Hurd: Shore Leav...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Yates, Martin

Listening to Elgar's beloved Sea Pictures sung by a male voice will be an eye-opening experience for all Elgarians, making one wonder why it had...continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford (2009-10-06_2009-10-07&2009-)....continue...

In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthem - Finzi, Holst, Vaughan Williams, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; A babe is born, Op. 55; Herbert Howells: Here ...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Doyle, Julia; Glassberg, Ben; Oberst, Simon; Williams, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst's surprisingly neglected...continue...

Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...

The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...

Eccles: The Judgement of Paris, Mad Songs / Curnyn, Williams, Hulett, Bickley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-04-28

Works: John Eccles: The Judgment of Paris or the Prize Music, masque; Mad Songs (3)
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Booth, Claire; Crowe, Lucy; Hulett, Benjamin; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

BBC Music Magazine
Christian Curnyn elegantly captures the unique charms of Eccles's music. ... as Venus, Lucy Crowe's melting lyricism, delicately underpinned by plucked and bowed...continue...

NMC Songbook [Box Set]

4 CD / NM Classics Import / 2009-04-07

Works: David Sawyer: The Source, for 2 voices & tubular bells; Luke Bedford: Upon St. George's Hill, for voice & guitar; Anthony Powers: Shining Plain, for voice & piano; Gary Carpenter: Interlude, for voic...
Performers: Atherton, Elizabeth; Ball, Andrew; Barry, Gerald; Bickley, Susan; Booth, Claire; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Chance, Michael; Chapman, Jane [Harpsichord]; Ebrahim, Oma...

Beethoven: Lieder und Gesänge / Ann Murray, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

2 CD / Signum UK / 2009-02-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 75; Bitten, song for voice & piano, Op. 48/1; Gottes Macht und Vorsehung, song for voice & piano, Op. 48/5; Die Liebe des Nächsten, song fo...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

The first in a two part set of Beethoven's Lieder und Gesange. Beethoven himself was not a keen songwriter, yet despite this almost half of...continue...
Recording information: The Warehouse, London (2008-02-18_2008-02-19&2008-)....continue...

The World of Epoch

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Farnon: Captain Horatio Hornblower, suite from the film score; David Dubery: Mrs Harris in Paris, for recorder & string orchestra; Haydn Wood: Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs, transcriptions ...
Performers: Gibbs, Robert; McAslan, Lorraine; Mead, Steven; Owen, Martin; Scott, Ian; Trusler, Matthew; Turner, John; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wu, Mary; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Wilson, John; McKenzie, Philip; Lloyd-Jones, David; Vass, George; Handley, Vernon; Bell, Stephen; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Horovitz, Joseph; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Drummond, David; Yat...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Ensemble

'The World of Epoch' is a mid-priced sampler containing twenty tracks that highlight the classical and light music repertoire featured in Dutton's Epoch series. Composers...continue...

Britten: Billy Budd / Harding, Bostridge, Gunn, Saks, Davies, Rose, Lemalu, London SO, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Benson, Laurie; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Charles, Oba Kush; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Elliott, Alasdair; Green, Adam; Gunn, Nathan; Jeffrey, Darren; Kean, Kyle; Lemalu, ...
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

After the award-winning recording of Britten's 'Turn of the Screw' (Virgin Classics, 2002), Daniel Harding and Ian Bostridge meet again for another Britten opera, this...continue...

The Best of Finzi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Let us garlands bring, for voice & piano, Op. 18; Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17; Prelude f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Donohoe, Peter; Hugh, Timothy; Plane, Robert; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard; Robinson, Christopher; Lloyd-Jones, David; Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical...continue...

The Best of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Linden Lea; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The wasps; House of life; Variants (5) of 'D...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Greed, David; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Judd, James; Bakels, Kees; Lloyd-Jones, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest...continue...

Ireland: Songs / Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: John Ireland: Great things, for voice & piano; Songs (3) to Poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano; Sea fever; Bells of San Marie; The vagabond, for voice & piano; Santa Chiara; Tryst, for voice & ...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Although John Ireland is best remembered for his orchestral works, his 91 songs convey a peculiarly English quality of emotion expressed through reserve. The many...continue...

Coro Live - Faure: Requiem; Mozart: Vespers / Christophers, et al

1 CD / Coro / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Dobell, Mark; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

This is the first recording with The Sixteen and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and looks set to become the benchmark recording...continue...

Chisholm: Symphony no 2; Hold, Fogg / Yates, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-01-08

Works: Erik Chisholm: Symphony no 2 ("Ossian"); Trevor Hold: The Unreturning Spring, song cycle to poems by James Farrar; Eric Fogg: Sea-Sheen, an idyll for orchestra, Op. 17; Merok, for orchestra
Performers: Tynan, Ailish; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Yates, Martin; Sutherland, Gavin; Handley, Vernon

The Scottish composer Erik Chisholm was one of those who, because he went to live abroad at a crucial phase in his career, have tended...continue...

Sea Fever / Yates, Williams, BBC Concert Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-01-08

Works: Arnold Bax: The Bard of the Dimbovitza; Welcome, Somer; Viking Battle Song; John Ireland: Sea fever; When lights go rolling round the sky; Marigold; Preludes (4) for Piano; Hope the hornblower; If th...
Performers: Tynan, Ailish; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Yates, Martin

This survey of music for baritone and orchestra includes songs written between 1903 and 1935, and includes a duet - featuring soprano Ailish Tynan -...continue...

Bantock: Omar Khayyám / Handley, Wyn-Rogers, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Granville Bantock: Omar Khayyam, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Menna, Sian; Price, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Spence, Toby; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bantock succeeded Sir Edward Elgar at Birmingham University in 1908. During his time there he developed an interest in large-scale choral composition, producing among other...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; On Christmas Night, ballet; The First Nowell, opera (completed by Douglas)
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Fox, Sarah; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Joyful Company of Singers

"There's no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with this enchanting RVW disc, which contains some delightful rarities. OK, so there are...continue...

Bairstow: Choral Music / Hill, Williams, Provost, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-08-14

Works: Edward Bairstow: Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee for chorus & orchestra/organ; Blessed city, heavenly Salem; Evening Service for chorus & organ in D; Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, for chorus & orch...
Performers: Provost, Paul; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

On this new disc, the dazzling Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, led by their Director of Music David Hill, turns to the music of...continue...

Bainton: Symphony no 3; Boughton / Handley, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-07-10

Works: Edgar Leslie Bainton: Symphony no 3 in C minor; Rutland Boughton: Symphony no 1 "Oliver Cromwell"
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Moonstruck -Songs of Francis George Scott

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-07-08

Works: Francis George Scott: Milkwort and Bog-Cotton, song; Crowdieknowe, song; Moonstruck, song; The Eemis Stane, song; The Sauchs in the Reuch Heuch Hauch, song; Ay Waukin, O!, song; Amang the Trees, song...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Milne, Lisa; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Francis George Scott is a key figure in Scotland's musical history. Often referred to as Scotland's Hugo Wolf, his poetic settings draw on material from...continue...

Howells: Hymnus Paradisi, Sir Patrick Spens / Hill, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Sir Patrick Spens, for tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 23; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Rutter, Claire; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bach Choir

On 'Sir Patrick Spens': "Putting my cards on the table straight away I must state three things. Firstly I cannot for the life of me...continue...

The English Song Series 15 - Finzi / Williams, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15; To a Poet for alto (or baritone) & piano, Op 13a; By Footpath and Stile, Op. 2, for voice & piano
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Gerald Finzi made an unrivalled contribution to British twentieth-century song-writing, especially in his settings of Thomas Hardy, his favorite poet. This second volume of Finzi...continue...

Elgar: The Apostles / Cooke, Philharmonia Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Quartz Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Campbell, Colin; Leese, Anna; Poole, Louise; Rice, Robert W.; Staples, Andrew; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Flood, David; Cooke, Richard
Ensemble: Canterbury Choral Society

A rare and long-awaited new recording of Elgar's greatest and most important choral works. It is the only version recorded in a cathedral, as Elgar...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood, etc / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Willow-wood, cantata for baritone or mezzo-soprano, female chorus & orchestra or for voice & piano; The Voice out of the Whi...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Here's an enormously useful and enjoyable disc containing some well-known favorites (Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Toward the Unknown Region), alongside three rarities... The...continue...

The English Song Series 14 - Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano; Linden Lea; Poems by Fredegond Shove (4), for voice & piano
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

As in his Symphonies and large-scale choral works, the musical essence of Vaughan Williams can be heard in his songs, which demonstrate a peerless sensitivity...continue...

Lennox Berkeley: Ruth / Hickox, Rigby, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Ruth, opera in 3 scenes, Op. 50
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Rigby, Jean; Rutter, Claire; Tucker, Mark [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

Unlike Berkeley's 'A Dinner Engagement', Ruth is a serious opera, based on the Old Testament story of the marriage of Boaz of Bethlehem to the...continue...

English Song Series 12 - Finzi / Williams, Burnside

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Gerald Finzi: I Said to Love for baritone & piano, Op 19b; Let Us Garlands Bring, song cycle for voice & piano (or string orchestra), Op. 18; Before and after the Summer for baritone & piano, Op 16
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

"...I haven't encountered [Roderick Wiliams'] work before, but if this is representative, I'll gladly seek him out again. The voice is a rich, darker than...continue...

Walton: Christopher Columbus, etc / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: William Walton: Christopher Columbus, music for radio for speakers, soloists, chorus, guitar & orchestra (also chora; Hamlet and Ophelia, poem for orchestra (from film score "Hamlet"; arr. by M.Mathi...
Performers: Carragher, Caroline; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Rigby, Jean; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales

This SACD contains the premiere recording of the full score to 'Christopher Columbus - A Musical Journey'. It was originally a radio play by Louis...continue...

American Classics - Barber: Capricorn Concerto / Alsop

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21; A Hand of Bridge, chamber opera, Op. 35; Mutations from Bach's "Christe, du Lamm Gottes"; Intermezzo (from Vanessa), for...
Performers: Craigie, Lesley; Gracie, John; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Rancourt, Stephane; Wall, Simon; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

This is the sixth and final volume in the acclaimed Naxos series of the complete orchestral works of Samuel Barber conducted by Marin Alsop. 'The...continue...
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Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 5 - Suite, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Frank Bridge: Suite for string orchestra, H 93; The Hag, song for baritone & orchestra, H 14; Songs (2) of Robert Bridges, for baritone & orchestra, H. 65; Threads (2 Intermezzi), incidental music fo...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox's series of Frank Bridge's orchestral works is the first comprehensive survey of works by this quintessentially English composer. It has brought many new...continue...

Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement, opera in 1 act, Op. 45
Performers: Collins, Anne; Fischer, Blake; Kenny, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Rigby, Jean; Rutter, Claire; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

"The opera is a total delight, and so is the recording. Excellent diction and characterization are heard from all, with many a subtle sly inflection...continue...

Rameau: Règne Amour / Sampson, Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-06-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, opéra-ballet; Les Paladins, comédie lyrique; Platée ou Junon jalouse, opera; Zoroastre, tragédie en musique; Dardanus, trag&eacut...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Sampson, Carolyn; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Skidmore, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Orchestra

"Skidmore has been making a name for himself in both Renaissance and baroque literature, and here he leads a splendid show. He marshals a period-instrument...continue...