classical music: Derek Hammond-Stroud

classical music: Derek Hammond-Stroud

classical music:

Derek Hammond-Stroud

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Norman Welsby, ...

Chandos, 2001

I Love This Recording
I was a little suspicious when approaching this English-language version of Das Rhinegold. I was considering assembling this as my third RING set (behind Solti and Levine) and had listened to THE VALKYRIE (Die Walkure) with a little initial disappointment. Although ...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition (30 CDs)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Peter Glossop, ...

Emi Classics, 2007

Great Bargain of Elgar Masterworks and Forgotten Gems!
Like Sony's Stravinsky set, this Elgar set from EMI seems to want to challenge the Brilliant Classics label by providing lots of music for little money. This costs more than the Stravinsky, but you get 30 cds here as opposed to the 22 in the Stravinsky set. On the ...

Richard Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg [Archive Edition]

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Norman Bailey, ...

Chandos, 2008

'Meistersinger' in English: Good News, Bad News -- Mostly Good
This is a much-talked-about live recording, long thought lost, of a BBC broadcast in 1968 of an English-language production of Wagner's 'Die Meistersinger' from the Sadler's Wells Opera (now called the English National Opera). It was conducted by Reginald Goodall who ...

Gilbert & Sullivan - Iolanthe / Hammond-Stroud, Mills, Collins, Opera World

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Beverley Mills

Acorn Media, 2002

5 Stars for The Real Gilbert and Sullivan
This review is mostly written for people who don't know "Iolanthe" because over here in America the musical isn't very famous and is seldom put on. I only learned about it myself by accident several years ago when it was produced by a local college in my area. I went ...

Wagner: The Ring Cycle (Box Set)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Norman Welsby, ...

Chandos, 2001

"Mein Erbe nun nehm ich zu eigen."
There are over 20 complete Ring recordings on the market, and all of them have different interpretations. There are those who follow the score as closely as possible: Janowski, Haitink, Haenchen. There are those who take a more mystical and more lyrical approach: ...

The Twilight of the Gods (Goodall Ring Cycle/Chandos Opera in English)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Norman Welsby, ...

Chandos, 2001

A Miracle!
I had long cringed at the thought of this magnificant masterpiece recorded in English. Even after reading several rave reviews on this cylce that I've read by authoritive Wagnerites and critics, I was still skeptical. Finally, I decided to add Goodall's 'Ring' as my ...

Gilbert & Sullivan - Patience / Hammond-Stroud, Fryatt, Collins, Opera World

Donald Adams, Derek Hammond-Stroud

Acorn Media, 2002

You may as well.
In discussing this BBC/PBS series--conceived to take all of Gilbert and Sullivan and get it over with--many reviewers fault the diction of the casts, but the obscurity is not their fault. The sound is simply not up to basic professional standards. The orchestral ...

Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Eric Shilling, ...

Class. for Pleas. Us, 2003

A wonderful evening of Operetta
Operetta has so gone out of fashion, which is a real shame. England has always had wonderful singers who chose not to concentrate on Opera and made careers of everything from Offenbach to G&S to Ivor Novello and occasional leaps into the Viennese composers. June ...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino

Giuseppe Verdi, Lamberto Gardelli, ...

Angel Records, 1999

A magical recording!
I can't believe no one has written a review of this gem of a recording! This has to be one of the best Verdi sets I've ever heard. "La Forza del Destino" is a product of Verdi's mature period, which I think has given us his finest work. "Forza" is not quite in the ...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino

Giuseppe Verdi, John Matheson, ...

Opera Rara UK, 2005

Glorious...
.... simply glorious. Martina Arroyo is Leonora to perfection. I'm very fond of Leontyne Price, but Arroyo is better (if you'll excuse the comparison). Her voice just soars, her diction is perfect and she's very musical. The surprise was the production. I didn't ...

Siegfried (Goodall Ring Cycle/Chandos Opera in English)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Norman Bailey, ...

Chandos, 2001

Absolutely better than you think, the best of Goodal's Ring!
As good as his die Walkure is, Goodall's Siegfried is even better. For me this is the most difficult opera of the entire Ring and Goodall pulls it off with honors indeed. Remedios is a wonder! Wish we had had him in the Met Ring Cycles of the past decade. Hunter again ...

Tchaikovsky: Hamlet - Overture and Incidental Music; Festival Overture
Derek Hammond-Stroud, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...

Chandos, 2003

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss, Edo de Waart, ...

Decca, 2003

COMPLETE IN ALL ITS GLORY.
I couldn't help but notice the scathing opinions posted here about this recording; I will hazard a guess that they were written by opera absolutists who shine a harsh, glaring light on every sound that issues forth from every singer in question. And while I find ...

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Hamlet Overture & Incidental Music

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...

Chandos, 1994

A must for Tchaikovsky fans
The 1880 version of Tchaik's beloved "Romeo and Juliet" is rightfully well-loved, but few people realize that the 1880 one was really the 3rd version. it was written in 1869 and revised the following year and again in 1880, the version we all know. However, it would do ...

Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Music

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...

Chandos, 1992

Tchaikovsky's Unfamiliar Gold Nuggets!
Tchaikovsky is one of my favorite composers. His music to me is always warm, jubilant, majestic and haunting. This CD with the unfamiliar works listed does not disappoint. By the way, since these were World Premiere Recordings, I had to have this 2-CD set. I was not ...