Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner & Mark Brown. Alto, 2012. Palestrina - Missa Aeterna Christi Munera Hymn: Aeturna Christi...

Charles Brett, Timothy Penrose, Ashley Stafford (countertenors), Wynford Evans, James Griffett, Neil Jenkins, Ian Partridge (tenors) David Beavan,...

The sacred choral music of Owain Park (b.1993), performed by Trinity College Choir Cambridge, directed by Stephen Layton . Hyperion, 2018. BBC Music...

Sarah Fox (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor) & Henry Waddington (bass-baritone) with the Crouch End Festival Chorus...

Sir Hubert Parry's chamber music, played by members of the Leonore Piano Trio. Hyperion, Feb. 2019. Parry, C.H.H. - Piano Trio no.1 in E...

BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, directed by Rumon Gamba, in a celebration of the centenary of C.H.H.Parry, with premiere recordings of 3...

Sir Hubert Parry's songs, vol.3, recorded by Sarah Fox (soprano) & Roderick Williams (baritone) with Andrew West (piano). Composed 1874-1918. Somm,...

In 2017, 14-year-old Welsh schoolgirl Elan Catrin Parry made a pledge to Davina McCall on ITV’s life-transforming primetime show, ‘This Time Next Year’,...

Gwŷ l Gerdd Menai yn perfformio’r opera “Blodwen” gan Joseph Parry. Rhyddhawyd y recordiad gwreiddiol ar LP ddwbl ym 1978, ac mae’r CD ddwbl hon ar...

Choral works by Arvo Pärt, performed by Aquarius directed by Marc Michael de Smet, released by Jade in 2015 in celebration of the composer's 80th...

2010 double CD Warner compilation to celebrate Arvo Pärt's 75th birthday year. Pärt – Summa & Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Vasari Singers...

Popular Italian songs from the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, with the Orchestra & Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Henry...

Best loved classical piano music compiled from 1989-2015 Naxos recordings, 2020. Beethoven - Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor WoO59) - Jenö...

Pergolesi - Stabat Mater - Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano) & James Bowman (counter-tenor) with the Academy of Ancient Music directed by Christopher...

Arranged for jazz orchestra by Bastlen Ballaz, Jon Boutellier & Frederic Nardin David Tennant (narrator) with T he Amazing Keystone Big...

Pipers Jonathan Shorland & Ceri Rhys Matthews play Welsh folk melodies, + some newly-composed tunes by Ceri (marked as *). Fflach, 1998....

String quartets by Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1757-1831) performed by the Enso String Quartet. Naxos, 2006.

Holl Anifeiliaid y Goedwig’ yw ail albwm y band gwerin o ardal Eryri ac mae’n cynnwys 15 cân ar thema anifeiliaid sy’n gymysgedd o ganeuon gwreiddiol,...

Franco Fagioli (countertenor) with the Academia Montis Regalis directed by Alessandro de Marchi performing arias by Neopolitan Nicola Porpora (...

Pianist Tom Poster’s debut recital disc for Champs Hill Records takes ‘Song and Dance’ as a theme, exploring obvious and more subtle connections....

Tom Poster's thoughtfully programmed piano recital for Edition Classics, 2015. 4-star review, Daily Telegraph, 7 June 2015. Beethoven - Piano...

" Pascal Rogé et ses amis " play chamber pieces by Francis Poulenc ( 1899-1963 ). Michel Moraguès (flute), Liang Wang (oboe), Howard Wall (horn),...

This release is the first in a series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and...

2nd in a series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional...

3r d in a series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional...

5th in a series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean-Luc Tingaud. Recorded March 2017, National Concert Hall, Dublin. Naxos, 2018. Poulenc - Les...

Works by Francis Poulenc conducted by Georges Prêtre (& Donald Hunt, "Litanies"). Alto reissue, 2020: original EMI recordings 1961-2....

Favourite works by Francis Poulenc in a Double Decca reissue. Gramophone Magazine Collection Recommendation. NB now out of print - last physical copy....

Dances from Praetorius' "Terpsichore" and more , Praetorius Consort, Christopher Ball (director). Alto, Aug 2010. Praetorius - 7 Dances...

In an age when globalisation & mass media tend to destroy local variation in world culture, Arfon Gwilym is a shining example of how the Welsh...

Prokofiev - Cinderella op.87 - London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Recorded April 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London...

A beautifully crafted recording featuring soloist Vladimir Ashkenazy with André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Decca 1975,...

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn EMI: Recorded June 1973 , Kingsway Hall, London , reissued Warner 2009 in their "Ballet Edition"....

Hélène Perraguin (soprano), Jean-Luc Viala (vocals), Jules Bastin (bass), Gregory Reinhart (bass), Georges Gautier (vocals), Vincent Le Texier...

A best-seller from the Naxos label grouping 3 great children's classics on one disc. Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf...

The most dramatic of Puccini's three 1-act operas in a famous recording of 1956 starring Tito Gobbi, plus bonus Puccini arias, reissued by Regis in 2008....

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Gianni Maffeo...

Renata Tebaldi (Minnie), Cornell MacNeil (Jack Rance), Mario del Monaco (Dick Johnson), Giorgio Tozzi (Jack Wallace): Accademia di Santa Cecilia,...

Leo Nucci (Guglielmo Wulf), Renata Scotto (Anna), Plácido Domingo (Roberto) & Tito Gobbi (narrator) with the National Philharmonic Orchestra...

José Carreras (tenor) & Hermann Prey (baritone) with the Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Singers / L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de...

Maria Callas (Tosca), Giuseppe di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) with the Orchestra La Scala Milan, conducted by Victor de Sabata. 1950s...

Double CD reissue from Alto, 2017, with 32 of Puccini's most famous operatic pieces. Gianni Schicchi - Firenze e come un albero fiorito & O...

The choir of Trinity College Cambridge sing the anthems of Henry Purcell, conducted by Richard Marlow. Alto reissue, 2014. Blow up the...

Gillian Fisher (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass) & Simon...

Sir Thomas Allen (bass), John Williams (counter-tenor), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) & Charles Brett (counter-tenor) with the Monteverdi Orchestra...

The Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers. Coro, 2021. Purcell, Henry - God save our sovereign Charles Z.250 Swifter, Isis, swifter flow...

The King’s Consort. Vivat, 2014. BBC Music Magazine 4-star review, Sep.2014. The King’s Consort's international performer line-up includes...

Alto 2019 reissue of the famous Vanguard recordings by Alfred Deller (counter-tenor) & the Deller Consort of music by Henry Purcell, recorded 1957-9....

T he BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s inaugural Composer in Residence, Guto Pryderi Puw (b.1971) studied composition with John Pickard, Andrew Lewis and...

The Moscow Chamber Choir conducted by Vladimir Minin perform Rachmaninov's Liturgy, coupled with Russian Orthodox hymns by Chesnokov, Arkhangelsky...

A Gramophone "Critic's Choice" winning collaboration between Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), André Previn (conductor) & The London Symphony...

Martino Tirimo (piano) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yoel Levi. Recorded for EMI, 1982, reissued by Alto, 2022. Rachmaninov -...

Byron Janis (piano) with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, conductors Kyrill Kondrashin & Antal Dorati. Alto,...

Rachmaninov Symphony no. 2, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan, Alto, Jan 2009. NB now out of print - last physical copy...

London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Alto, 2015. 4-star review, BBC Music Magazine, June 2015.

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) with Samuel Boden (tenor), Aimery Lefèvre (bass-baritone), Les Ambassadeurs & Le Jeune Choeur de Paris...

3 major works by Finnish composer Rautavaara played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu with Laura Mikkola (piano)....

The great Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara 's choral music. Schola Cantorum of Oxford, director James Burton. Hyperion, 2010. BBC Music...

Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit. BBC Radio 3 Building a Library June 2014 First Choice, Penguin Guide Rosette. Ravel...

Steven Osborne (piano) in a Gramophone-award nominated collection of Maurice Ravel's solo piano music. Hyperion, 2011: 2 CDs. BBC Music Magazine...

Favourite orchestral works by Maurice Ravel, played by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Pierre Boulez. Recorded 25/3/1993 & 26/5/1994,...

From 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952 - the ultimate collection of great historical singers. The recordings are all taken from the original 4...

Holst-Sinfonietta with Klaus Simon (piano / conductor). Naxos, 2020. Recorded Freiburg, 2006-10. Reich - Music for 2 or More Pianos...

Alto reissue, 2019. Respighi - Pines of Rome & Fountains of Rome - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Reiner Roman...

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Naxos, 2019. R ecorded May /June 2018, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York. BBC...

Debut album from the Welsh soprano Rhian Lois. An Die Musik - Schubert Ar Lan y Mor (feat. Catrin Finch) -...

Rhian, born in 1982, hails from Idole near Carmarthen: she studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music under Beatrice Unsworth and Catherine...

The renowned tenor Rhys Meirion and composer Robat Arwyn first worked together as members of Rhuthun Youth Choir, and their friendship has blossomed...

Choral music by Jean Richafort (1480 - 1547) performed by the Huelgas Ensemble, directed by Paul Van Nevel. HM, 2002. NB now out of print: last...

Sviatoslav Richter (piano) performs great Russian works. Regis reissue, 2011. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition Prokofiev - Piano...

USSR Symphony, conducted by Evgeni Svetlanov. Originally on Melodiya, 1990: Alto reissue, 2017. Rimsky Korsakov - Dubinushka op. 62...

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Naxos, 2016. Recorded Sep.2015, Haus des Rundfunks, Masurenallee, Berlin,...

Seattle Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz, with soloist Maria Larionoff (violin). Naxos, 2011. Recorded May 2010, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,...

Recordings by the great American bass & civil rights activist Paul Robeson from the 1920s-50s. Alto reissue, 2014. All God’s Chillun...

Works for classical guitar & orchestra performed by John Williams (guitar) with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim &...

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez - Spanish National Orchestra, conducted by Ataulfo Argenta, with Narciso Yepes (guitar) Fantasia para un...

Pauline Haas (harp). Naxos, 2017. Recorded May 2014, S onatine Hall, Gueberschwihr, France Thomas, John - The Minstrel's Adieu to his Native...

Susan Patterson (Berenice), Robert Gambill (Conte Alberto), Natale de Carolis (Don Parmenione), Monica Bacelli (Ernestina), Alessandro Corbelli...

John Del Carlo (Tobia Mill), Janice Hall (Fanny), David Kuebler (Eduardo), Alberto Rinaldi (Slook), Carlos Feller (Norton) & Amelia Felle (Clarina)...

Cecilia Bartoli (Cenerentola), William Matteuzzi (Ramiro), Enzo Dara (Don Magnifico), Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini), Michele Pertusi (Alidoro), Gloria...

Katia Ricciarelli (Ninetta), William Matteuzzi (Giannetto), Samuel Ramey (Il Podesta), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Pippo), Luciana D'Intino (Lucia),...

Tullio Pane (Dormont), Carmen Lavani (Giulia), Tiziana Tramonti (Lucilla), Ernesto Palacio (Dorvil), Mario Chiappi (Blansac) & Robert Coviello...

Classic recordings originally issued on HMV & M-K in the 1960s from Mstislav Rostropovitch (cello) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Prokofiev)...

The English Northern Philharmonia & Leeds Festival Chorus conducted by Paul Daniel in music associated with the Last Night of the Proms....

Russian orchestral favourites played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yuri Ahronovitch. Alto reissue, 2018: 5-star review, BBC Music...

Alto reissue of Vanguard recordings, 2022. Rimsky-Korsakov - 'Antar' Suite (Symphony) op.9 Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches op.10...

3 major choral works by John Rutter, performed by E lizabeth Cragg (soprano) & Tom Winpenny (organ) with The Choirs of St Albans Cathedral &...

Catrin Finch (harp), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano ) & Sinfonia Cymru, directed by John Rutter. DG, 2012. Rutter (b.1945) - Gaelic...

Cerddoriaeth a Chomedi / Music & Comedy from this legendary duo. Beth sy' 'Nawr...

A varied collection of rare live performances from this master of entertainment. A brief interview A brief...

The CD reissue of Ryan Davies' most famous live performance, including his popular rendition of Myfanwy. And I Love Her So...

Favourite light classics played by the Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra, directed by Iain Sutherland. Alto reissue, 2019. Arnold -...

20 folk melodies arranged for flute & harp, presented in full performance then with "playalong" tracks where one instrument is removed. The...

The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice directed by Michael Halász in premiere recordings of works by Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de...

The four most famous classical works for young listeners, presented by a first-class young orchestra under one of the most inspirational conductors of...