Wakeford, Lucy

Britten: Complete Scottish Songs / Mark Wilde, tenro; Lucy Wakeford, harp; David Norris, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Birthday Hansel, song cycle for tenor & harp, Op. 92; Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Cradle Song; Beware!; Ca' the yowes, for voice & piano (Folk S...
Performers: Norris, David Owen; Wakeford, Lucy; Wilde, Mark

Steeped in an atmosphere of ancient Scottish musical tradition, Benjamin Britten's setting of texts by Robert Burns in A Birthday Hansel was his final song-cycle....continue...
Recording information: Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton University (09/17/2009-09/19/2009)....continue...

William Alwyn: Chamber Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: William Alwyn: Sonata for clarinet & piano; Sonata for oboe & piano; Sonatina for viola & piano; Suite for oboe & harp; String trio; Conversations, for clarinet, violin & piano
Performers: Bradley, Sarah-Jane; Francis, Sarah; Gould, Lucy; Plane, Robert; Rahmann, Sophia; Wakeford, Lucy

Among British composer William Alwyn's large body of work, including five symphonies, concertos for flute, oboe, violin, harp, piano, and many shorter orchestral works, there...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London, England (10/04/2009-10/05/2009)....continue...

Tann: Songs of the Cotton Grass, The Walls of Morlais Castle, etc / Jones, Hampton, Donovan, et al

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2009-04-14

Works: Hilary Tann: The Walls of Morlais Castle, for flute, guitar & cello (also version for oboe, viola & cello); Songs of the Cotton Grass, song cycle for voice & viola; The Cresset Stone, for solo cello ...
Performers: Carroll, Thomas; Darbyshire, Alun; Donovan, Elizabeth; Hampton, Michael; Jones, Matthew; Thomas, Kathryn; Wakeford, Lucy

This recording features the chamber music of Welsh composer Hilary Tann who now lives in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York....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...

Alwyn: Concerto for Flute, etc / Davies, Nash Ensemble

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: William Alwyn: Concerto for flute & 8 winds; Fantasy-Sonata for Flute and Harp "Naiades"; Divertimento for flute solo; Trio for flute, cello & piano; Flute Sonata; French Suite
Performers: Broman, Malin; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Davies, Philippa; Wakeford, Lucy; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]; Williams, Louise
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Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

"Of the six works here I'm particularly drawn to Naiades, a pellucid, often ravishing fantasy-sonata for flute and harp composed in 1971 for Christopher Hyde-Smith...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Elizabeth Futral

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Semele; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Gioachino Rossini: Zelmira; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seragli...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Cohen, David; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Montague, Diana; Robinson, Dean; Wakeford, Lucy; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: White, Steven

"...there is much to enjoy here, especially in the French items where Futral's whitish tone sounds idiomatic, her high notes even tending towards the slight...continue...

Opera in English - Donizetti: Lucia of Lammermoor / Parry

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Chaundy, Stephen; Clarke, Paul Charles; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rice, Christine; Rose, Peter de; Wakeford, Lucy; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"Parry is an old pro when it comes to bel canto scores, as his many recordings for Opera Rara prove. Tempos are reasonable: never sluggish...continue...

Christmas Adagios - Works by Adam, Schubert, Harold Darke. Christmas Traditional / Karajan, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Bach Choir; Barter, Robin; Bostridge, Ian; Briggs, David; Carter, Elinor; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Ca...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Lewis, Henry; Guadagno, Anton; ; Malcolm, George; Marin, Ion; Music], John Scott [Choral; Davis, Colin; Bonynge, Richard...
Ensemble: ; German Bach Soloists