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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Opera Australia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Cheryl Barker's voice opens up excitingly on the top notes, but in the medium-high range her timbre has no especial qualities. She gives a committed performance" (MusicWeb March 2008) |
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ANDERSON / COPLAND / CORIGLIANO / IVES / SCHUMAN / etc
Leonard Slatkin - The American Collection Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (narrator) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Music Masters / 13 CD Box Set - released 25/Apr/2018 ] "It is certainly one of the best symphonies by an American composer, possibly one of the greatest symphonies of the 20th century." [Corigliano Symphony 1] |
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The Choir of Girton College, Cambridge / Directed by Martin Ennis with William Ings and Samuel Hudson (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 17) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Dec/2004 ] Recorded in the Chapel of Girton College, Cambridge on 17 /18 April 2004 |
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PETER PHILIPS & RICHARD DERING
Philips & Dering: Motets The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; In Echo; Matthew Martin [ Linn Records / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] One of the UK's leading collegiate choirs, The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and its Precentor Matthew Martin make their debut on Linn. This new recording offers a fresh insight into the lives and works of two expatriate English... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Saint Nicolas / Hymn to St Cecilia / etc Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "This new recording on King's own label does it superb justice...The disc includes equally polished performances of two of Britten's most popular choral works, Hymn to St Cecilia and Rejoice in the Lamb." (Financial Times) |
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PALESTRINA / BYRD / STAINER / BRITTEN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Carols by Candlelight The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bill Ives (with Martin Ford, organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "This choir is always a pleasure to hear, and in repertoire such as this you won't find more musically assured or more tonally concordant interpreters." (10/10 ClassicsToday Nov 2009) |
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VARIOUS
Silent Night at Saint Thomas The Choir of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Ave, New York [ CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] |
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The Choir of The King's School, Canterbury, Directed by Howard Ionascu with Matthew Martin (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 16) (Includes 'Father Eternal Lord of Ages') [ Priory / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] Recorded in Sandwich Parish Church on 22&23 April 2003 |
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GIBBONS / BYRD / PARRY / PURCELL / etc
Evensong of the Feast of the Translation of Saint Edwards Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston & William McKinney [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Simon Preston's rendering of Widor's organ toccata is brilliant." BBC Music "The recording captures a wide range of tone … An enjoyable record, reaching a very high standard" (Gramophone) |
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Chris Potter
The Dreamer Is the Dream [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] For his third ECM release as a leader, Chris Potter presents a new acoustic quartet that naturally blends melodic rhapsody with rhythmic muscle. The group includes superlative musicians well known to followers of ECM's many recordings from New York... |
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FRANK MARTIN / KAZIMIERZ SEROCKI / ERNEST BLOCH / JAN SANDSTROM
A Trombone Odyssey Christian Lindberg (trombone) / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] "Lindberg has added another rung to the ladder." (American Record Guide) |
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DEBUSSY / MASSENET / SAINT-SAENS / SCHUBERT / RACHMANINOV / etc
Songs for Sunset Christian Lindberg (trombone) Per Lundberg (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] An incomparable virtuoso of the trombone, Christian Lindberg mesmerizes audiences and orchestras all over the world with his charismatic performances of a wide repertoire ranging from the classics to adventurous contemporary works. |
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MARTIN / HONEGGER / SCHOECK
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] The Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra here performs works by Frank Martin, Arthur Honegger and Othmar Schoeck. |
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FRANK MARTIN
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra / Ballade for Cello and Piano / etc Christian Poltara (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) / Malma Symphony Orchestra / Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] "A wonderful performance of a noble work advances the Martin cause." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - April 2008 |
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FRANZ LISZT
Transcriptions Christian Schmitt, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Martin Haselböck [ CPO / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] Franz Liszt was one of the most dazzling and influential musical personalities of the nineteenth century. He repeatedly set out on new paths and engaged in a permanent quest for new expressive opportunities. His Weimar period (from 1843) was... |
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FRANK MARTIN
Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (1943) Christianne Stotijn (contralto) / Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur / Jac Van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "A very powerful musical experience and this fine account b ythe Winterthur Orchestra and Jac van Steen serves it well." BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 + Five stars for sound. |
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VIVALDI
The Four Seasons (with Geminiani-Concerto Grosso) Christina Day Martinson (violin) / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] For years, Telarc has urged its premier baroque orchestra to record Vivaldi's great violin showpiece, the ever fresh, ever popular Four Seasons. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 (recorded in 2012) Christina Landshamer (sop) Stefan Kahle (alto) Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (ten) Klaus Mertens Gotthold Schwarz (bass) / Gewandhausorchester [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "This is a performance which has Bach liturgically wired into its DNA...Biller's direction exudes profound integrity and commitment, the chorales in particular shaped by a deeply-felt inevitability..this is a moving testament to a choir celebrating" |
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RICCARDO ZANDONAI
Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini Christina Vasileva, Martin Muhle, Juan Orozco, Adriano Graziani / Freiburger Kammerchor, Freiburg & Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, Fabrice Bollo [ CPO / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2016 ] ".Fabrice Bollon conducts the score with a sure touch and is particularly adept at bringing out its moments of beauty." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2016) |
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GLUCK
Iphigénie en Tauride [complete opera] Christine Goerke, Rodney Gilfry, Vinson Cole, Stephen Salters, Sharon Baker / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2012 ] |