Rutherford, James

Most Grand to Die - Songs by George Butterworth and Ralph Vaughan Williams / James Rutherford, baritone; Eugene Asti, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-14

Works: George Butterworth: Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ivor Gurney: In Flanders for voice & piano; Severn M...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Rutherford, James

The First World War marked an entire generation of composers, both in England and on the continent. Of the three composers represented here, George Butterworth...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Petersen, Varano, Rutherford [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Petersen, Marlis; Rutherford, James; Varano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Evans, Tecwyn;
Ensemble: Grazer Opera Chorus; Grazer Philharmonic Orchestra

The first ever production of La Traviata by Konwitschny of Graz Opera featuring Petersen's debut in the title role of Violetta is a highly-focused, intelligent...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Fre...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Petersen, Varano, Rutherford [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Petersen, Marlis; Rutherford, James; Varano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Evans, Tecwyn
Ensemble: Grazer Opera Chorus; Grazer Philharmonic Orchestra

The first ever production of La Traviata by Konwitschny of Graz Opera featuring Petersen's debut in the title role of Violetta is a highly-focused, intelligent...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Ita...continue...

The Power of Handel: Oratorio Highlights for Choir & Orchestra

1 CD / K&K / 2011-08-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Solomon; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Saul; Jephtha; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Allan, Miriam; Argenta, Nancy; Balbach, Steffen; Berner, Michael; King, Catherine; Kirkby, Emma; LeBrocq, Marc; Morsch, Andre; Nolte, Raimund; Oitzinger, Margot; Paulsen, Melinda; Petersen, Marlis; P...
Conductors: Budday, Jürgen
Ensemble: Maulbronner Chamber Choir

These live recordings are part of a cycle of oratorios and masses, performed in the basilica of Maulbronn Abbey under the direction of Jürgen Budday....continue...

Mendelssohn: Songs & Duets Vol. 5 / Hyperion

2 CD / Hyperion / 2010-07-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Lied zum Gebrutstag meines guten Vaters ("Ihr Töne schwingt euch"), song for voice & piano; Pauvre Jeanette, song for voice & piano; Songs (6), Op. 99; Des Mädchens Klage...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bjarnason, Finnur; Broderick, Katherine; Grevelius, Anna; Loges, Stephan; Morrison, Hannah; Rutherford, James

Eugene Asti's pioneering Mendelssohn song series, which contains a wealth of fi rst recordings and rarities, concludes with this specially priced two CD set. The...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth, UK (11/08/2008-11/12/2008).

Includes work(s) by Felix Mendelssohn....continue...

Honegger: Cantate de Noël, Cello Concerto, etc / Fischer, Rutherford, Gerhardt, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: Arthur Honegger: Horace victorieux, "mimed symphony" for orchestra ("Symphonie mimée"), H. 38; Concerto for Cello in C major, H. 72; Prélude, fugue, postlude, for orchestra (extracted from ...
Performers: Court, Robert; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Rutherford, James
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Honegger's 'Une Cantate de Noel' is Christmas music with a difference. His last work and one of his most popular compositions, it was written for...continue...

Handel: Operas - Flavio, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo / René Jacobs, et al

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16; Giulio Cesare; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Sento là che ristret...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dumaux, Christophe; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Gall, Jeffrey; Genaux, Vivica; Hogman, Christina; Kalna, Inga; Lallouette, Oli...
Conductors: Jacobs, René;
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale

Handel: Josua / Budday, Allan, Allsopp, Rutherford, et al

2 CD / K&K / 2007-11-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
Performers: Allan, Miriam; Allsopp, David; LeBrocq, Marc; Rutherford, James
Conductors: Budday, Jürgen
Ensemble: Hanoverian Orchestra; Maulbronn Chamber Choir

Joshua was one of four oratorios written in quick succession between 1746 and 1748 that all have strong military traits. Morell had hardly recovered from...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...

Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible

1 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2005-11-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible, film score, Op. 116
Performers: Rutherford, James; Tschistiakova, Irina
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard

Britten: Peter Grimes / Davis, Winslade, Watson, LSO

3 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2004-08-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Buchanan, Alison; Davies, Ryland; Gillett, Christopher; Gunn, Nathan; Lemalu, Jonathan; Matthews, Sally; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Rutherford, James; Watson, Janice; Winslade, Glenn; Wyn-Rogers, Cathe...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

"Hearing this performance in the theater would be a most satisfying experience, but in a recording one wants more. Any lover of Britten's music really...continue...

Fauré: Requiem, etc / Tortelier, Plazas, Stephen, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-11

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; La naissance de Venus, for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra or piano ("mythological scene"), Op. 2; Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Crabtree, Libby; Plazas, Mary; Robinson, Timothy; Rutherford, James; Scott, Jonathan; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Choir

Fauré: Requiem, etc / Tortelier, Plazas, Stephen, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; La naissance de Venus, for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra or piano ("mythological scene"), Op. 2; Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Crabtree, Libby; Plazas, Mary; Robinson, Timothy; Rutherford, James; Scott, Jonathan; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Choir

"Recorded in All Saints, Tooting in January this year, this SACD is a very welcome addition to Hickox's fine Vaughan Williams cycle for Chando. It's...continue...

Liste: Piano Sonata, Masonic Cantata, etc / Fong, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2000-07-01

Works: Anton Liste: Sonata for Piano in A major, Op. 8; Cantata upon the opening of the new Masonic Hall in Zurich, Op. 5; Lied im Freyen; Neujahrslied; Der Gesang; Sonata for Piano 4 hands, Op. 2 "Grand"
Performers: Davislam, Garric; Davislim, Steve; Fong, William; Rutherford, James; Zolinsky, Andrew