Walker, Thomas

Enchanted Forest - Arias by Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Cavalli / Anna Prohaska, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Fida ninfa, RV 714; George Frederick Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A 14; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), HWV 122; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alcina, HWV 34; Henry Purcell: The Fairy ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Prohaska, Anna; Riches, Ashley [Bass Vocal]; Walker, Thomas
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Archangelo

The Times, 16th March 2013
Superlative backing from Jonathan Cohen's instrumental group Arcangelo. In a programme ranging from Monteverdi to Handel the plus points are delicate...continue...
Recording information: St John at Hackney Church, London; All Hallows' Church, (04/2012/09/2012)....continue...

Janacek & Dvorak: Moravian Choruses & Duets

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Leos Janácek: Six Moravian Choruses (Sechs Klänge aus Mähren); Kacena divoká (The Wild Duck), folk song for chorus, JW 4/18; Vlcí stopa (The Wolf's Trail), for soprano, femal...
Performers: Mayers, Philip; Walker, Thomas
Conductors: Reuss, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Cappella Amsterdam; Radio Blazers Ensemble

Janácek's choral works draw on an extremely rich repertory of folksongs and folk tales. The composer employed idioms from Bohemian and Moravian traditions, with their...continue...
Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam (11/2010)....continue...

Janacek: The Makropulos Case / Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: Leos Janácek: The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), opera, JW 1/10; Spoken Word: Interview with Sir Charles Mackerras
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Brubaker, Robert; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Danby, Graeme; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; Tudor-Thomas, Susanna; Walker, Thomas; Wegner, John; Wilkinson, Kathleen...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

"Sir Charles Mackerras conducts with the energy of a man possessed, confirming his status as the world's pre-eminent Janácek interpreter and producing a blistering performance...continue...