Richard Watkins, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Andrews – Barton & Wright: Orchestral Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:11 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Toccata Classics
This album brings together orchestral music by two English composers who are also good friends – and both born in East Anglia: Nicholas Barton in Norfolk in 1950 and Christopher Wright in Suffolk in 1954. Moreover, they share a similar musical language: largely tonal, if loosely so, rhythmically alert, transparently but dramatically scored and with a natural feeling for symphonic argument and growth, and a powerful sense of scale.
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Kimberly Reighly, Sandra Mosteller, Richard Watkins, John Dee – Figments, Vol. 3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:02 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Navona
On FIGMENTS VOL. 3 from Navona Records, the imaginations of composers Jacob E. Goodman, Gary D. Belshaw, Andrew Lewinter, Thomas Mann Jr, Elliott Miles McKinley, and Eleanor Alberga are brought to life in a dynamic breadth of emotional performances, from soothing to exhilarating and natural to mythical. A dynamic assortment of contemporary chamber music, fantasy and reality collide to bring forth exhilarating stories spanning scenes from Greek Mythology to those of spirited animals and surreal scenic portraits. Universal melodies and rhythms find their form, short sketches evoke seasonal qualities, and fantasies float into reality in this collection.
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Richard Watkins & Julius Drake – The Romantic Horn (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:01 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
This recording presents a selection of some of the most well-loved works for the horn. Titled The Romantic Horn, the works highlight the lyrical gems of the European repertoire for the instrument, with works by Beethoven, Schumann and Scriabin.
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