100 BEST BALLET
100 Best Ballet (music from Swan Lake, Cinderella, Le Corsaire, les Deux Pigeons, Rodeo, Nutcracker, etc) The Philadelphia orchestra, London Symphony, City of Birmingham, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Orchestra, etc [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2008 ] This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite Ballet Classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Includes excerpts from 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Swan Lake', 'Sleeping Beauty', 'The Rite of Spring' & 'Spartacus'. |
London Music Works, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, etc
100 Greatest Film Themes Take 3 [6 CD set] [ Silva Screen / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Apr/2013 ] Silva Screen's packed with value 100 track box sets have achieved over 23,000 sales in the UK with a repertoire ranging from film and TV soundtracks to military themes. This third soundtrack release in the series embraces over 80 years of first-class... |
SCHUTZ
11 Motets Pro Cantione Antiqua London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Restoration Academy Edgar Fleet, conductor [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] Penguin Guide 3 stars |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien (with Beethoven-Wellington's Victory) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati [ Mercury Originals / CD - released 14/Jun/2007 ] "This most famous of all Mercury records was one of the most successful classical LPs of all time, selling some two million copies in the analogue era. Remastered for CD, it sounds even more spectacular than it ever did in its vinyl format, vividly... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
18th Century Portuguese Love Songs L'Avventura London, Zak Ozmo [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] "L'Avventura's performances tend towards the genteel, suggesting decorous courtly soirees rather than raunchy street theatre...These are, in short, charming accounts" (BBC Music) |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
The 1946 New York and the 1949 London Recordings Andres Segovia (guitar) / New London Orchestra / Alec Sherman (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Guitarists / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Segovia at the height of his powers during this period. A worthy addition to any respectable collection of guitar music" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
JASON ROBERT BROWN
Brown: Parade Mark Bonnar & Jane Wisener / 2007 Donmar Warehouse (London) Cast Recording [ First Night / 3 CD/DVD Box Set - released 3/Dec/2007 ] Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical is a dramatization of the 1913 trial and imprisonment, and 1915 lynching, of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia. |
BRAHMS
21 Hungarian Dances London Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'Järvi has captured the feel of the music - more Gypsy than Hungarian - very well… If you missed this one the first time around , grab it now. At its new medium price, it's hard to go wrong. Good notes and attractive packaging complete the... |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
4 Horn Concertos / Fragment in E major Barry Tuckwell (horn) / London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] in the words of Gramophone, "deliciously performed and ideally recorded... a worthy tribute to one of the great horn players of our time". |
ORFF / WAGNER / ELGAR / PROKOFIEV / HANDEL / BRITTEN / SAINT-SAENS
Simply the best Classical Anthems (2 CDs) Various Performers incls BBC Symphony, London Philharmonic, Monteverdi Choir, Toronto Symphony [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] Simply the Best Classical Anthems - a 2CD collection featuring 38 of the most powerful classics on earth. Includes O'Fortuna (X Factor), Ride of the Valkyries (Apocolypse Now), and, Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 A Space Odyssey) |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
50 BEST BALLET
50 Best Ballet (music from Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker, etc) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, etc [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] This 3 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 50 favourite Ballet Classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Includes excerpts from 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Swan Lake', 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Coppelia' & 'Spartacus'. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / PROKOFIEV / ADAM / MINKUS / DRIGO / etc
50 X Ballet London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, etc [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] From the famous Swan theme in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake to the final moments of Stravinsky's Firebird immerse yourself in the wonderful world of ballet music. |
BERG
7 Early Songs / Altenberg Lieder and other songs Jessye Norman (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] |
London Philharmonic
75Th Anniversary Volume 2 [ Lpo / 4 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] |
London Philharmonic
75Th Anniversary Volume 3 [ Lpo / 4 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] |
London Jewish Male Choir
80 Years London Jewish Male Choir [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] One of the most famous Jewish Choirs, the London Jewish Male Choir is celebrating its 80th anniversary! A cross-section of 80 years of singing, with some rare historic recordings as well as modern repertoire. The pieces selected show the character... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: A German Requiem / Symphony No 4 / Schicksalslied Jessye Norman (soprano) Jorma Hynninen (mezzo) / London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/1996 ] "Generally fine, spacious recording which matches the spaciousness of the interpretation." (Penguin Guide) |
Julie London
About the Blues (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 30/Oct/2017 ] 2017 reissue of Julie London's 1957 album. |