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BODY / BYARS / de CASTRO-ROBINSON / EASTGATE / FARQUHAR / WELLS / WHITEHEAD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Zealand Choral Music Auckland University Festival Choir / Auckland University Singers / Uwe Grodd (flute) [ Trust / CD - released 3/Jul/1998 ] This album features choral works by influential New Zealand composers such as Jack Body and Gillian Whitehead, showcasing the diversity of New Zealand choral writing. |
MAURICE RAVEL / FRANCIS POULENC / GABRIEL FAURE
Réveiller - Violin Sonatas Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Sep/2024 ] Réveiller is an exploration of some of the most exquisite French works for violin and piano, featuring sonatas by Ravel, Poulenc, and Fauré. Each piece evokes a unique character, blurring the lines between dreams and reality. |
GEORGES BIZET
The Best Of Bizet Various soloists / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD ] Compiled from recordings previously released by Naxos International |
Brendan Power
Dawn To Dusk [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD ] This is a compilation album of tunes from five of previous albums, selected by James Moss of Jayrem Records for relaxed listening. They are all ballad tempo tunes in a smooth jazz or celtic style. |
HARRIS / ELMSLEY / WHITEHEAD / BLAKE / RITCHIE / etc
Taurangi - New Zealand Music for Flute and Piano Bridget Douglas (flute) / Rachel Thomson (piano) [ Trust / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] "Trust Records welcomes the year with Taurangi, a generous collection of New Zealand music for flute and piano expertly played by Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thomson." (William Dart) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 5: Piano Concerto in E flat, Op. 42 / Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 177 / etc Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra takes on the fifth and final volume, coupling the first and last of the concertos with a charming Introduction et Rondeau Brillant." William Dart NZ Herald Five Stars |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 2 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Felicity Lott (soprano) Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Lorna Anderson (soprano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Jonathan Lemalu has two cameos, embodying solemnity and wry fun...Martineau is the binding presence as he responds to both songs and singers with a transparent understanding of character." BBC Music |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes & Transcriptions (recorded in England 1954) Colin Horsley (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] Perhaps the finest NZ pianist of his generation, these London recordings from the mid 1950s sparkle with musicianship. |
Crowded House
Time on Earth [ Parlophone Records / EMI Music New Zealand / 4 CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] Crowded House have re-formed and are back in 2007 with their first studio album in 14 years! Produced by Ethan Johns and Steve Lillywhite. 'Time on Earth' features 14 new original compositions, plus guest appearances by Johnny Marr and Dixie Chicks. |
Dame Major Malvina (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
I Remember [ Kiwi-Pacific / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'In the still ofthe night' - A little light music by our own diva |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sings Opera Dame Major Malvina (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Kiwi-Pacific / CD ] A night at the opera with our own Dame Malvina |
Darren Watson
Overnight Sensations [ Pagan Records New Zealand / CD - released 16/Jun/2008 ] This is a re-issue of 'Overnight Sensations' by NZ blues man, Darren Watson. |
Dartz
The Band From Wellington, New Zealand [ Flying Nun / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] The Wellington Sound has arrived, and it is DARTZ. The party-punk foursome have recorded a collection of their fan favourite songs; their debut album titled The Band from Wellington, New Zealand. DARTZ are guitarist Crispy, bassist Clark Mathews,... |
The Datsuns
Dehumanise (Yellow Vinyl 7 inch) [ Hellsquad Records New Zealand / 7in - released 11/Jun/2021 ] 'Dehumanize' by The Datsuns is the third single from their LP 'Eye To Eye'. It sees the New Zealand rockers channeling the high-energy hard rock of 'In Rock'-era Deep Purple over a blistering two-and-a-half minutes. Over on the b-side there's... |
The Datsuns
Headstunts [ Hellsquad Records New Zealand / CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] In 2008, The Datsuns followed up their great album 'Smoke & Mirrors' with the magical 'Headstunts', which is chocka with full throttle rock 'n' roll, psychedelia and pop melodies. |
The Datsuns
Smoke & Mirrors [ Capitol / EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] The Datsuns present their third album, which at last establishes the breadth of what The Datsuns are about musically on record - a bigger, bolder, more "classic" sound, but without losing touch with the trashy, poppy kicks of old. |
The Datsuns
Suspicion (7") [ Hellsquad Records New Zealand / 7in - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Born musically from the marriage of two very different sounding tracks. One of heavy fuzz riffs and a pounding danceable beat. The other: a spooky, reverb laden acoustic track. Somehow they merged together into a new kind of beast, one laid on top of... |
PAUL CRESTON / ANTHONY RITCHIE / KENNETH YOUNG / GARETH FARR / etc.
Gung-Ho: Virtuoso Works for Trombone David Bremner (trombone) with Sarah Watkins (piano) and Leonard Sakofsky (percussion) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] This superb release was awarded the Best Clasical Album at the 2009 NZ Music Awards. "Gung-Ho is one classy production...one of our premier trombonists...the group's ensemble work is awe-inspiring" (William Dart, NZ Herald) |
BOSSI / BRAHMS / HANDEL / KAIHAU / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Australasian Organs Vol 8 Douglas Mews (The Norman & Beard Organ of Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand) [ Priory / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] This fine Norman and Beard Organ stands untouched in Wellington Town Hall in New Zealand. Douglas Mews, the Town hall organist plays an exciting progamme of little recorded music to suit this fabulous instrument. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
