Edgar-Wilson, Richard

S. Rodgers, Bax, Rubbra, Vaughan-Williams / Coull, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Sarah Rodgers: The King of the Golden River; Arnold Bax: O mistress mine; My eyes for beauty pine; Edmund Rubbra: Amoretti, Op. 43; Medieval Latin Lyrics (4), Op. 32; Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlo...
Performers: Edgar-Wilson, Richard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Coull String Quartet

Howard Blake: Passion Of Mary

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Howard Blake: The Passion of Mary, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 577; Songs (4) of the Nativity, Op. 415
Performers: Biazeck, Simon; Crawford, Peter; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Fallas, Richard; Renais, Ann de; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Blake, Howard

Howard Blake is a popular and prolific composer whose output includes film scores (not least the extraordinarily successful 'The Snowman'), choral, orchestral and instrumental works,...continue...
Recording information: 2009-08-12_2009-08-13 (08/12/2009-08/13/2009)....continue...

My Beloved

1 CD / Guild / 2009-12-08

Works: Anthony Bolton: A Garland of Carols, for chorus & harp; Black Sea, song cycle (5) for voice & piano; Impromptu for harp; My Beloved, for chorus
Performers: Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Pavri, Fali; Williams, Sioned

Anthony Bolton, an investment banker, is also a composer. This is the first published compact disc of his music. The set of 10 carols were...continue...

Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes / Catherine Bott, Philippa Hyde, Christopher Robson, Roy Goodman, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2009-11-10

Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Campbell, Colin; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Gibbs, Charles; Hyde, Philippa; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Robson, Christopher [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Spence, Patricia
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

Thomas Arne's 'Artaxerxes' was the first opera seria libretto in English. Arne's work was a huge success in large part because it was an excellent...continue...

Coates: Sound and Vision, etc / Wilson, Allen, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Eric Coates: Sound And Vision, march for orchestra; From the Countryside, suite for orchestra; Holborn, march; Moresque, danse interlude; Four Ways, suite for orchestra; The Three Bears, phantasy for...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Edgar-Wilson, Richard
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

In this unmissable Eric Coates program, with the BBC Concert Orchestra in top form, conductor John Wilson demonstrates his special empathy with and long study...continue...

Music in Zurich 1500-1900 - Senfl, Wagner, etc

1 CD / Guild / 2007-10-01

Works: Huldrych Zwingli: Herr nun heb den wagen; Ludwig Senfl: Allein din huld; Paul Hofhaimer: Nach Willen Dein; Anonymous, Hor Tablature: Scaramella; Johann Caspar Bachofen: Lobe Zion; Welt, ich achte dei...
Performers: Boreham, Abigail; Davies, Chris; Davislim, Garrie; Davislim, Steve; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Fong, William; Hooper, Richard; Howard, Robert; Howard, Yvonne; Howat, Roy; Jaco...

During the summer of 2007, the Central Library of Zurich, Switzerland, displayed musical manuscripts, music prints and archival material from their vast collection under the...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Pople, London Festival Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-09-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Barrell, David; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Lees, Benjamin [Composer]; Lester, Harold; Liebeck, Anne
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: Tallis Chamber Choir

Handel's Messiah is not only one of the most famous works in the oratorio literature, but without doubt is also the best-known work by its...continue...

Music for Fanny Hünerwadel / Howard, Edgar-Wilson, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2006-06-01

Works: Alexander Müller: Tempo di Mazurka, for piano solo; Johann Carl Eschmann: Kleine Studie, for piano solo; Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Moderato, for piano solo; Ferdinand Furchtegott Huber: Sehnsucht ...
Performers: Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Fuller, Andrew; Gough, Ursula; Howard, Yvonne; Inoue, Yuko; Liebeck, Jack; Molloy, Niamh; Ruhemann, Ileana; Sewart, Charles; Sturrock, Kathron

Many of the composers featured on this unique recording, such as Baumgartner, Eschmann, and Muller, actively promoted Hunerwadel's talents, resulting in ever-increasing contacts with her...continue...
Includes work(s) for violin & piano: andante espressivo for by Henri Vieuxtemps....continue...

Songs of Johann Carl Eschmann / Howard, Edgar-Wilson

1 CD / Guild / 2006-05-01

Works: Johann Carl Eschmann: Two Poems by Pauline E., for voice & piano, Op. 2; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 7; Heimgekehrte, for voice, piano & horn, Op. 10; Zwiegesang, for voice, cello & piano, Op. 1...
Performers: Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Fuller, Andrew; Howard, Yvonne; Korth, Nicholas; Sturrock, Kathron

Johann Karl Eschmann was born in Winterhur, Switzerland on April 12, 1826. His father was a music teacher and introduced Johann to music at an...continue...

Sullivan: The Rose of Persia / Higgins, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2005-08-16

Works: Arthur Sullivan: The Rose of Persia (The Story-Teller and the Slave), operetta; Overture di ballo, for orchestra in E major; HMS Pinafore; Pirates of Penzance; Mikado; Yeomen of the Guard; MacBeth
Performers: Bellamy, Marcia; Black, Lynton; Caddy, Ian; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Harrison, Sally; Henry, Claire; Morrison, Richard; Pendleton, Claire; Roddy, Alison; Sharpe, Ivan; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Higgins, Tom
Ensemble: Hanover Band

'The Rose of Persia' was supposed to mark a new long-term collaboration between Sir Arthur Sullivan and dramatist Basil Hood after Sullivan's falling out with...continue...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur, Dioclesian, etc/Pinnock

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger,; Timon of Athens,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Stephen; Amps, Kym; Argenta, Nancy; Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Davidson, Angus [Counterten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir

Christmas Carols and Motets / Phillips, Tallis Scholars

1 CD / Gimell / 2001-11-01

Works: Anonymous: Angelus ad Virginem; Nowell sing we; Ther is no rose of swych vertu; Dieu vous garde "Sir Christèmas"; Traditional: Lullay I saw; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Caro...
Performers: Davies, Simon; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Müller, Rufus; Roberts, Deborah; Wilson, Tim [Classical]
Conductors: Phillips, Peter
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars

"Guaranteed to give pleasure even in the heat of the summer." -Gramophone...continue...