This CD of a rarely performed English choral symphony was recorded at the Watford Colosseum in November 2007. It features Susan Gritton, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Oriana Choir and is conducted by the choirs musical director David Drummond. It tells the familiar story of Odysseus' legendary wanderings around the eastern Mediterranean after the fall of Troy, and his return to Ithaca. The disc also includes Dyson's Four Songs for Sailors
This double-CD set is the first release in a four-CD series which will feature all the songs by the English composer Roger Quilter (1877-1953). They were recorded with the pianist Stephen Barlow at Champs Hill in Sussex, UK. These first two CDs include settings of poems by Shakespeare and Shelley.
This double-CD was recorded by Opera Rara at Henry Wood Hall, London with the LPO conducted by David Parry. It features rare arias and ensembles from the world of Offenbach operetta and is an absolute hoot!
Along with Mark Stone, this disc features Bruce Ford, Diana Montague, Barry Banks, Majella Cullagh, Elizabeth Vidal, Paul Austin Kelly, Sine Budgaard, Roland Wood. Susie Beer, Richard Simpson & David Harper. This latest release in the "Il Salotto" series takes its title from a setting by Ambroise Thomas, and includes his most famous song, the enchanting Le soir, as well as other examples from the pens of Mercadante, Donizetti, Offenbach and Pacini and several of their lesser-known contemporaries. And there’s a sure winner in the sextet La Galopomanie, written by Amédée de Beauplan in 1840 in response to the latest dancing craze – the gallop!
This disc was recorded in London in 2007 by the Classical Opera Company under the direction of Ian Page. It was based on their series of concerts which featured items from Mozart's operatic output (from "Apollo et Hyancinthus" to "Die Zauberflöte" - hence "A to Z"). Mark sings the "Don Giovanni" serenade and ensembles from "Così fan tutte" and "Die Zauberflöte".
