Ricotti, Frank

Henry Jackman: Puss in Boots, music from the motion picture

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-15

Works: Henry Jackman: Puss in Boots, film score; Gabriela Quintero: Diablo Rojo; Hanuman
Performers: Barclay, John; Bright, Dudley; Carnac, Jon; Chamberlain, Simon; Clarvis, Paul; Fordham, Ben; Gabriela, Rodrigo Y; Hartley, Dave; Jackman, Henry; Jacobs, Bryce; Jemison, Daniel; Jones, Karen [Flute]; ...
Conductors: Greenaway, Gavin

Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst, London.

Composer Henry Jackman takes an obvious tack in the early and late parts of his score for the animated prequel to the Shrek series, Puss i...continue...

Kung Fu Panda 2, film score

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2011-05-24

Works: John Powell: Kung Fu Panda 2, film score; Tom Holkenborg: Dumpling Warrior Remix
Performers: Baker, Michael; Clarvis, Paul; Henderson, Stephen; Kettel, Gary; Lockhart, Bill; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Qi, Hua; Ricotti, Frank; Thomas, Ian

Personnel: Michael Hobe, Sam Estes (sampler).

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; AIR Studios.

Co-composed by Hanz Zimmer and John Powell, both of whom helmed the first in...continue...

Duke Ellington

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Duke Ellington: Caravan; Le Sucrier Velours; The Mooche; Sultry Sunset; Minnehaha; Isfahan, song; Sonnet for Caesar; Star-Crossed Lovers, song; In a Mellotone; I let a song go out of my heart; Don't ...
Performers: Barclay, John; Beckett, Edward; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Brooks, Stuart; Downey, Alan; Eastop, Philip; Edwards, Terry [Bass Vocal]; Findon, Andrew; Harle, John; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Monty Alexander Trio

BBC Music Magazine
The Duke might have bridled at John Harle's arrangement of Ellington standards, but the saxophonist's virtuosity would have brought him to his feet.
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Very Best Of Karl Jenkins / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Karl Jenkins: Requiem; The Armed Man; Palladio; Gloria; Sarikiz; Stella natalis; Stabat Mater; In these Stones Horizons Sing (Cantorion (Only Men Aloud)); Quirk; Adiemus, for female voices & orchestr...
Performers: Alberman, David; Alley, John [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bo, Alfie; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Clarvis, Paul; Davies, Gareth; Finch, Catrin; Hitchcock, Nigel; Hugh, Timothy; Jenki...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Edwards, John O.
Ensemble: ; Adiemus Wind and Brass; EMO Ensemble

The Very Best of Karl Jenkins is a 2-CD compilation that presents a selection of the most popular pieces by the nation's best-loved living composer...continue...

Gulliver's Travels

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2010-12-21

Works: Henry Jackman: Gulliver's Travels, film score
Performers: Abrahams, Leo; Dolman, Jack; Hartley, Dave; Ricotti, Frank; Salmins, Ralph; Talbot, Jamie
Conductors: Greenaway, Gavin

Personnel: Jack Dolman, Leo Abrahams (guitar); Jamie Talbot (baritone saxophone); Dave Hartley (piano); Ralph Salmins (drums); Frank Ricotti (percussion).

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst, ...continue...

Batman Begins [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 Super Audio CD / WaterTower Music / 2010-09-07

Works: James Newton Howard: Batman Begins, film score
Performers: Kettel, Gary; Ricotti, Frank; Tillman, Martin
Conductors: Greenaway, Gavin

Recording information: Air Studios, London.

BATMAN BEGINS is by all accounts one of the darkest and most serious films in the Batman series. In part, this must certainly be attributable to the ...continue...

Robin Hood [2010 Soundtrack]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2010-05-11

Works: Marc Streitenfeld: Robin Hood, film score
Performers: Akers, James; Bowes, Thomas; Dale, Caroline; Donockley, Troy; Eaton, Nigel; Fry, Tristan; Herringman, Jacob; Kettel, Gary; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; MacInnes, Kathleen; Marxhall,...
Conductors: Foster, Ben

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios....continue...

The London Horn Sound / Simon, London Horns

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: James Horner: Titanic Fantasy for horn ensemble; Gioachino Rossini: La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ("Già la luna è in mezzo al mare"), for voice & piano (Soirées music; Engelber...
Performers: Henderson, Stephen; Kettel, Gary; Lockhart, William; Ricotti, Frank; Saberton, Peter
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey

"Cala's acclaimed "London Sound Series" was a neat idea hatched several years ago by conductor and Cala artistic director Geoffrey Simon. Why not gather together...continue...

Georg Schumann: Jerusalem / Ford, McGreevy, Nelson, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2007-11-01

Works: Georg Schumann: Chorale-Motets (3) for mixed choir, Op. 75; Chorale-Motets (5) for mixed choir, Op. 71
Performers: Atkins, Joseph; Barclay, John; Davies, Peter; Eastop, Phillip; Evans, Iestyn; Gromme, Nigel; Henderson, Stephen; Laird, Michael; Lee, Graham; McGreevy, Geraldine; Nelson, Mary; Ricotti, Frank; Slade,...

George Schumann, brother of organist and composer Camillo Schumann, first studied with his father and later, at the Leipzig Conservatory, under Carl Reinecke. Although he...continue...

The Joshua Bell Collection

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-01-24

Works: Alexander Courage: Fantasy on Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", for violin & orchestra; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, f...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bucknall, Nicholas; Hessian, Eddie; Laurence, Christopher; Ricotti, Frank; Schwartz, Alexys; Williams, John [Film Composer]; Wright, Gavyn
Conductors: Williams, John; Zinman, David; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Shanghai Film Studio Children's Chorus

Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); Alexys Schwartz (vocals); Gavyn Wright (viola); Eddie Hession (accordion); Nick Bucknall (clarinet); John Williams (piano); Chris Laurence (double bass); Frank Ricott...continue...

Beyond Imagination

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-01-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsumme...
Performers: Babes, Opera; Bova, Jeff; Clarvis, Paul; Cohen, Jon; Cottle, Richard; Dalton, Mitchell; England, Karen; Goldberg, Ivor; Hartley, David; Knight, Rebecca; Kodo; Martin, Juan [Guitar]; Parricelli, John;...
Conductors: Masterson, Cliff; Griffiths, Paul Wynne; Ingman, Nick

Operababes: Rebecca Knight, Karen England.

Producers include: Jon Cohen, Noely, Anne Dudley, Frank Gallagher, Jim Steinman, Avi Geller.

Recorded in London, England and New York, New York...continue...

Julian Lloyd Webber plays Andrew Lloyd Webber

1 CD / Philips / 2001-05-08

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera; Whistle Down the Wind; Cats; Evita; Beautiful Game; Sunset Boulevard; Jesus Christ Superstar; Starlight Express; Aspects of Love; Song and Dance; Variations...
Performers: Argent, Rod; Copley, Michael; Cullen, David; Dalton, Mitch; Findon, Andy; Green, Colin; Hiseman, Jon; Jones, Paul; Karlsson, Fridrik; Keogh, Paul; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Mole, John; Morgan, Paul [Orga...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra