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Bailey/Roanoke So/Wiley
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos [ Delos / CD ] |
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BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Proust, or How The Heart Skips A Beat (complete ballet recorded in 2007) Choreography by Roland Petit Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris / Stéphanie Romberg / Eleonora Abbagnato / Manuel Legris / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G - In 1974, Roland Petit, probably the greatest and certainly one of the most prolific of 20th century French choreographers he was the first person to create a work based on Proust's novel, A la recherche du temps perdu, completed in 1922, the... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for London: Music for a historial city Band of the Welsh Guards / Harlow Chorus / Band of the Army Air Corps / Sara Stowe & Martin Souter [ Britannia / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A musical tour of London's sights, with an atmospheric piece of music for every one. A fine reminder of a great city, from band music for changing the guard to Lloyd Webber in theatre land, and from soaring church music to popular songs from the East... |
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MICHAEL HAYDN
Horn Concerto / 6 Minuets / Duo Concertante / netc Barry Tuckwell (horn) Simon Preston (organ) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "The neatest of orchestral playing informs these performances: alert strings, restrained wind, and enterprising harpsichord" (Gramophone) |
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SAINT-SAENS
Romances Sans Paroles: songs transcribed for oboe & piano Bart Schneeman (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
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ARNOLD BAX
Octet / String Quintet / Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp, and String Quartet / etc Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] In Memoriam, originally subtitle 'An Irish Elegy', is scored for cor anglais, harp and string quartet. The music is announced, bard-like, by the harp, with a repeated spread chordal motif; the cor anglais immediately sounds the folk-like main theme,... |
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SAINT-SAENS / BLACKFORD / KRAUSE
The Great Animal Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals (in a new Orchestration) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Nimbus Alliance / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] The Great Animal Orchestra, Symphony for Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes by English composer Richard Blackford and wild soundscape recordist Bernie Krause combines the sounds of the natural world with the traditional sounds of the orchestra.... |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Mered [ Lyrita Mono / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "I urge anyone interested in postwar British opera to give Lyrita's handsome issues a hearing." Opera |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS / IGOR STRAVINSKY / PAUL DUKAS / JOHN WILLIAMS / BEATRICE BERRUT / SHERMAN BROTHERS
Abracadabra Beatrice Berrut [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Her intensive frequentation of the works of Liszt has nurtured her sense of narrative and her talent as a colourist. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Images / Le martyre de Saint Sebastien Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Rahbari is a sensitive and perceptive Debussian." Gramophone |
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SCRIABIN / SAINT-SAENS / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN
Bella Davidovich - The Philips Legacy Bella Davidovich (piano) [ Philips Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 2/Sep/2022 ] The Philips recordings of Russian pianist BELLA DAVIDOVICH, collected together for the first time on CD and digitally. Includes recordings previously unreleased on CD and digitally. |
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DAMASE / KOECHLIN / DAMASE / DUKAS / SAINT-SAENS / MARSHALL-HALL
Rhapsodie Fantasie Poeme: Music for Horn and Orchestra Ben Jacks (horn) / The Queensland Orchestra / Barry Tuckwell (conductor) [ Melba Recordings / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] An exciting recording of French and Australian works for horn and orchestra featuring one of Australia's most acclaimed soloists, BEN JACKS, Sydney Symphony Principal Horn |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticles I-V Ben Johnson (tenor) James Baillieu (piano), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Martin Owen (horn) & Lucy Wakeford (harp) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] As part of the celebration Britten's Centenary in 2013, this new recording presents Britten's five Canticles, performed by tenor Ben Johnson with James Baillieu accompanying. |
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Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
Dear Companion [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] 'Dear Companion' explores the musician's ties to the place they love and aims to draw attention to the problem of Mountaintop Removal coal mining (MTR) and its impact on the people and heritage of central Appalachia. |
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EDVARD GRIEG / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / FRANZ LISZT
Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 5 (1939-1947) Benno Moiseiwitsch (Piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] "Naxos's fifth volume of Benno Moiseiwitsch's (1890-1963) recordings is of considerable interest. The Russian pianist's 1941 recording of the famous Grieg concerto with the Halle Orchestra is played fast and loose, a bit ragged, with the emotional... |
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Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, with Joe Pass, Dave Young & Martin Drew
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/1995 ] What would in any other instance be a potent Jazz at the Philharmonic meeting of the minds, the pairing of Oscar Peterson and Benny Carter in the studio turns out to be a neat and trim session of mutual respect between these two titans of American... |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: King Olaf / The Banner of Saint George Emily Birsan, Barry Banks, Alan Opie, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2015 ] "The Chandos sound is full-blooded and excellent in every respect... for this project Ralph Couzens was assisted by Gunner Herleif Nilsen of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation; between them they've produced very fine results." (MusicWeb Feb '15) |
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TRADITIONAL / PEROTINUS / de BORNELH / etc
Amor de Lonh - The Distant Love of the Troubadors Martin Best Consort [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "this is one of those discs which, because of its varied pattern, gentle songs and lively dances, you can play through in one go." MusicWeb May 2020 |
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MARTIN SHAW
Shaw: Songs - The Airmen Sophie Bevan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] "This attractive selection benefits from having three excellent singers, all with good diction. With persuasive performances like these it looks as if there's a case for making room for another English song composer." Gramophone |
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The Black Sorrows
Saint Georges Road (LP) [ Ambition / LP - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Saint Georges Road is produced by Peter Solley (The Sports, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons) and represents Joe Camilleri's 50th career release! The Black Sorrows are one of Australia's most prolific and enduringly popular bands renowned for their... |