Events
Recording, mixing and mastering of RWC 2011 opening ceremony music in collaboration with Victoria Kelly (Musical Director)
Orchestral
ELGAR: Orchestral Miniatures
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Judd
NAXOS
“An enjoyable recording of light music. I continue to marvel at how Naxos can issue such excellent recordings at such an affordable price”
Fox, American Record Guide, February 2007
Good sound, as we’ve come to expect from Naxos.
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, September 25th, 2006
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa
NAXOS
“Right from the beginning beautifully recorded …”
Guy Rickards, Gramaphone, October 2004
LISZT: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 3
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Michael Halasz
NAXOS
“Balances are exceptional throughout—and the engineers don’t get in the way. All in all, a superb release.”
Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare, May/June 2007
RIES: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
NAXOS
“Sonics are first-rate, too, and in keeping with Naxos’s bright but never constricted audio perspective.”
Michael Carter, Fanfare
MAYUZUMI: Bugaku / Mandala Symphony / Rumba Rhapsody
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
NAXOS
“Anyone who remembers the old Denon LP of this will recall that it’s extremely powerful music, masterfully orchestrated and an audiophile’s dream come true, if properly recorded, as it is here. Batten down your speakers! “
Bob McQuiston, Classical Lost & Found, February 9, 2006
WALTON: Viola Concerto
Helen Callus / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Marc Taddei
ASV Sanctuary Classics
“Helen Callus plays with sumptuous tone matched by flawless intonation to give the most beautiful account i have ever heard of the Walton Concerto. She brings out the warmth of Walton’s lyricism, one memorable theme after another, and finds a rare mystery in the pianissimo passages, above all in the haunting epilogue.”
Edward Greenfield, Gramophone Magazine
LILBURN: Orchestral Works
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Judd
NAXOS
“The engineering is beguilingly warm, rich and truthful.”
Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone, December 2006
Whitehead: Alice
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Atoll
“A Kiwi masterpiece that, at last, you can take home with you, in the best orchestral company.”
William Dart, NZ Herald
Ritchie: Any Bugle Will Do
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Atoll
Finalist for Best Classical Album 2012
“Technically, this is a superlative recording. Wayne Laird’s finely-gauged production draws on the sympathetic acoustics of Wellington Town Hall to match glowing climaxes with individual glimmerings in the more lightly scored passages.”
William Dart, NZ Herald
Williams: Symphony. 1 Letters from the Front
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Northey, Madeleine Pierard, Paul Gittins
Atoll
Eve de Castro-Robinson: Releasing the Angel
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Atoll
Finalist for Best Classical Album 2012
Holmes: Solstice
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Atoll
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Belshazzar’s Feast, Kuolema
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Naxos
Majestic Journey: Original Works for Euphonium and Orchestra
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Naxos
Janacek: Orchestral Suites from the Operas – 3
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Peter Breiner
Naxos
Janacek: Orchestral Suites from the Operas – 2
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Peter Breiner
Naxos
LISZT: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 4
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Michael Halasz
NAXOS
Blake: Angel at Ahipara
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Young
Atoll
Winner of Best Classical Album 2012
Chamber
Flight
Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills
ATOLL
Gillian Whitehead: Puhake Ki Te Rangi
New Zealand String Quartet, Richard Nunns, Alexa Still, Tuhonohono
ATOLL
STAMITZ: Orchestral Quartets, Op 14
NZSO Chamber Orchestra
NAXOS
“… the audio quality is spacious and resounding. This is a superb performance and recording!”
Giv Cornfield, The New Recordings, Cliffs Classics, 2006
Alban Berg String Quartet Opus 3, Lyric Suite
Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade
New Zealand String Quartet
NAXOS
Jack Body: O Cambodia
NZ Trio
ATOLL
Ahi
The Ogen Trio
ATOLL
Keith Statham: … of wine and roses
Puertas Quartet
Atoll
Tui
Estrella
Atoll
Solo
Guitar @ Museum
Bruce Paine
ODE
“The whole CD is beautifully recorded and played.”
“The sound is warm and resonant with a nice sheen to it that seems perfectly natural.”
Classical Guitar Magazine June 2006
Piano Preludes – Anthony Ritchie
Sharon Vogan
ATOLL
Lateral Lines
Bruce Paine
“…..an excellent production all round: a great recorded sound: superb music and performance of it…”
Steve Marsh, Classical Guitar Magazine, January 2009
Tonewoold and Bear Claw: Nineteenth Century Guitar Music
Bruce Paine
Works for Solo Flute
William Dowdall
Celestial Harmonies
The Distance: Songs of David Hamilton
Morag Atchison (soprano), Rachel Fuller (piano), Luca Manghi (flute)
Atoll
Organ
Inaugurial Townhall Organ
John Wells
ATOLL
Handel, Stanley, Corelli etc
Organ Music
James Tibbles
ATOLL
Music in St Matthews in the City
Michael Bell
Herbert Howells
Organ Music
Robert Costin
ATOLL
Opera
The Prodigal Child
Michael Williams, Alan Riach
ATOLL
Choral
Hope is our Song
Viva Voce
NZ Hymnbook Trust
Christmas Acapella II
Musica Sacra
ATOLL
My Spirit Sang All Day
The Graduate Choir
ATOLL
Sing in Exultation
The Graduate Choir
ATOLL
A Voices Christmas
Tower Voices NZ
TRUST
Christmas
V8 Vocal Ensemble