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Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)

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Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)

Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:16:00 | 326 Mb
Genre: Classical

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce Vaughan Williams – A Birthday Garland, a recording of baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan’s popular 2022 concert tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams originally marking the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Ailish Tynan, Roderick Williams, Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn - Schumann in English, Vol. 1 (2024)

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Ailish Tynan, Roderick Williams, Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn - Schumann in English, Vol. 1 (2024)

Ailish Tynan, Roderick Williams, Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn - Schumann in English, Vol. 1 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 304 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 183 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:18:26
Classical, Vocal | Label: Signum Classics

Christopher Glynn continues his Lieder in English series by joining three of today’s foremost singers to perform Robert Schumann’s best-loved song cycles in new English versions by Jeremy Sams – a new way to encounter and enjoy some of the most romantic and atmospheric songs ever composed.

Roderick Williams - The Essential Roderick Williams (2024)

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Roderick Williams - The Essential Roderick Williams (2024)

Roderick Williams - The Essential Roderick Williams (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 73:00 | 257 Mb
Genre: Classical

Baritone Roderick Williams began to establish his operatic career in the mid-'90s. A Mozart specialist at first, he has developed a varied repertory and has also written a substantial body of music for chorus and piano.

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Delius: A Mass of Life (2023)

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Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Delius: A Mass of Life (2023)

Roderick Williams, Gemma Summerfield, Claudia Huckle, Bror Magnus Tødenes, Collegium Musicum Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Delius: A Mass of Life (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 340 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 220 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:34:21
Classical, Choral, Vocal | Label: LAWO Classics

Roderick Williams heads up the cast for this new recording of Delius' A Mass of Life with the Bergen Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. Accompanied by soloists Gemma Summerfield, Claudia Huckle and Bror Magnus Todenes, the Bergen Philharmonic Choir and Edvard Grieg Kor join Collegium Musicum Choir to complete the tour de force needed to perform and record this monumental work.

Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Roderick Williams - A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams (2022)

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Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Roderick Williams - A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams (2022)

Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Roderick Williams - A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 247 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 167 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:44
Classical, Vocal | Label: Hallé Concerts Society

This album represents the culmination of what leading British baritone Roderick Williams described as ‘a dream come true’. It features premiere recordings of his orchestrations of songs by Vaughan Williams and other composers associated with him and is released to commemorate those who perished in WWI.

Roderick Williams, Martin Ford, Vasari Singers & Jeremy Backhouse - Music on Christmas Morning (2023)

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Roderick Williams, Martin Ford, Vasari Singers & Jeremy Backhouse - Music on Christmas Morning (2023)

Roderick Williams, Martin Ford, Vasari Singers & Jeremy Backhouse - Music on Christmas Morning (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 268 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 177 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:13:25
Classical, Choral | Label: Naxos Records

Christmas is a time for special musical experiences, from gentle traditional carols to rousing calls for worship. This recording fully represents the Vasari Singers' renowned seasonal programmes, mixing familiar festive fun with newly inspired creations such as the world premiere recording of Helena Paish's beautiful setting of words by the youngest of the Bronte sisters. From the evocative narrative of Finzi's In Terra Pax to the joyous potpourri of A Merry Little Christmas, this, like the Vasari Singers' previous Christmas release, A Winter's Light (Naxos 8.573030), is a recording to treasure.

David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood; The Sons of Light (2005)

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David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood; The Sons of Light (2005)

Roderick Williams, David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood; The Sons of Light (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 259 Mb | Total time: 61:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.557798 | Recorded: 2005

This release was an "Editor's Choice" in Gramophone Magazine (12/05) and features the world premiere recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's "Willow-Wood" as well as the return to the catalog of his "The Sons of Light." Both are cantatas dating from 1909 and 1951 respectively. The former is a passionate outpouring for baritone, women's voices and orchestra that's not to be missed. Drawn from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The House of Life, it consists of four interlinked sonnets, which describe a dreamlike, amorous encounter by a rustic well.

Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams & Joseph Middleton - Sounds and Sweet Airs: A Shakespeare Songbook (2023)

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Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams & Joseph Middleton - Sounds and Sweet Airs: A Shakespeare Songbook (2023)

Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams & Joseph Middleton - Sounds and Sweet Airs: A Shakespeare Songbook (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 276 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 201 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:24:53
Classical, Vocal | Label: BIS

The 37 songs in this recital, written by 27 composers – male, female, English, French, Swiss, German, Romantic, modern and contemporary – bear witness to the richness of Shakespeare’s works to which this recital is dedicated.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights; Echoes for Strings (2023)

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Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights; Echoes for Strings (2023)

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams, Mario Venzago & Joshua Tan - Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights; Echoes for Strings (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Digital booklet | 01:20:41 | 187 Mb
Classical, Vocal | Label: Chandos Records

Bernard Herrmann is widely regarded as one of Hollywood’s most important composers, responsible for more than fifty film scores (in addition to his work for TV, radio, and the concert hall), and noted for his collaborations with Orson Welles and, later, with Alfred Hitchcock. Welles was unofficially involved with Robert Stevenson’s film of Jane Eyre in the 1940s, and it was Welles that suggested Herrmann as composer for the project. Herrmann became obsessed with all things Brontë, and within months was writing to friends of his plans to write an opera on Wuthering Heights. It took him eight years to complete the vocal score, using a libretto written by his wife, Lucille Fletcher. Although he conducted a recording of the work, in 1966, he failed to see a live production in his lifetime.

Roderick Williams, Martin Ford, Vasari Singers - Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Others: British Sacred Choral Works (2022)

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Roderick Williams, Martin Ford, Vasari Singers - Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Others: British Sacred Choral Works (2022)

Roderick Williams, Martin Ford, Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse - Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Others: British Sacred Choral Works (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 281 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 190 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:16:14
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Naxos Records

Featuring Vaughan Williams’ masterly and intensely personal Five Mystical Songs, this album reflects on the sources of inspiration of some of his sacred choral works, alongside gems of 19th- and early-20th-century English church music. Often setting the poetry of the King James Bible, the finely spun melodies and sensitivity to word-rhythm of composers from S. S. Wesley to Herbert Howells result in a uniquely British form of expression.

Roderick Williams, Clare Hammond, Fidelio Trio, St Paul's Sinfonia - Robert Saxton: Portrait (2022)

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Roderick Williams, Clare Hammond, Fidelio Trio, St Paul's Sinfonia - Robert Saxton: Portrait (2022)

Roderick Williams, Clare Hammond, Fidelio Trio, St Paul's Sinfonia - Robert Saxton: Portrait (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 287 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 163 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:09:38
Classical | Label: Divine Art Records

These works by Robert Saxton were written between 2013 and 2019 and represent his continuing journey of exploration in modal and harmonic structures; complex in structure but creating no jarring modernist difficulty for the listener. A mix of orchestral, chamber and vocal works, it features top performers including world-renowned baritone Roderick Williams and equally famous (and now film star) Clare Hammond. Robert Saxton received early guidance from Benjamin Britten and studied with Elisabeth Lutyens, Robin Holloway and Luciano Berio among others. He has received commissions from the BBC (TV, radio and Proms) and many prominent ensembles. Until retiring in 2021 Robert was Professor of Composition at Oxford University and is a Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.

London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron - Colourise (2022)

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London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron - Colourise (2022)

London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron - Colourise (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 247 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 152 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:03:54
Classical, Choral | Label: Orchid Classics

The catalyst for this disc came with the chance discovery of a vocal score of Berkeley’s Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons. Not ever having heard of the piece, I saw the forces it is scored for and thought it fit rather well the remit of the LCS. A little research soon revealed that the piece had never been recorded, nor was there anything of a performance history either. I could tell there was a piece of real merit and substance here, and it most definitely deserved an outing. All this coincided with the arrival of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Planning live performances was impossible but working towards a recording further down the line seemed doable. January 2021 came and we – like so many others – had to cancel the planned recording. By January 2022, the project finally happened. I would like to add my personal thanks to the Lennox Berkeley Society, who have been so helpful and supportive since my very first email to them, not to mention patient as the pandemic forced recording plans to keep being postponed.

Julia Jones, Royal Opera House Orchestra - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2021/2017) [BDRip]

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Julia Jones, Royal Opera House Orchestra - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2021/2017) [BDRip]

Julia Jones, Royal Opera House Orchestra - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2021/2017) [BDRip]
BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1280x720 / 2735 kbps / 29,97 fps | 152 min | 3.27 Gb
Audio: Deutsch / AC3 / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 320 Kbps
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean

David McVicar’s classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work. The audience is transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies. The setting provides a wonderful backdrop for Mozart’s kaleidoscopic score, from the Queen of the Night’s coloratura fireworks to Tamino and Pamina’s lyrical love duets and Papageno’s hearty, folksong-like arias.

Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside - Franz Schubert: Winterreise (2021)

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Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside - Franz Schubert: Winterreise (2021)

Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside - Franz Schubert: Winterreise (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 252 Mb | Total time: 71:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 20163 | Recorded: 2020

Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside complete their survey of Schubert's song cycles with this recording of Winterreise. Composed in the late 1820s, towards the end of Schubert's tragically short life, Winterreise (Winter Journey) is a setting of twenty-four poems by Wilhelm Müller and describes a traveller leaving the town which was the home of the object of his unrequited love, to embark on a long journey, through a chill, wintry landscape, which ends in near-suicidal despair. This recording represents the culmination of a project that started back in 2015, when Williams accepted the challenge to prepare and perform all three song cycles in one season at the Wigmore Hall in London.

Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams & William Vann - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 3 (2021)

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Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams & William Vann - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 3 (2021)

Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams & William Vann - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 3 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 205 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 140 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:00:41
Classical | Label: Albion Records

Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties is is the third in a series of four albums recording all 81 of the folk songs in English that Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged for voice and piano or violin. 57 of the 81 songs have not previously been recorded in these arrangements.