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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Dec/2013 ] "Tavener's flair for drama is here; so are the influence of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and his gift for writing melodies and harmonies that are hard to shake off." (Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cantique De Noël: French Music For Christmas, From Berlioz To Debussy Choir Of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber (Director), Michael How & Luke Fitzgerald (Organ) [ Delphian / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Geoffrey Webber and his choir have developed a reputation for exploring the unusual, and this album is no exception. A number of traditional French melodies have been adapted over the years to become familiar Christmas fare in English-speaking lands;... |
TRADITIONAL / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Carols From King's College, Cambridge Choir of King's College, Cambridge [ Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] A wonderful collection of 15 of the favourite and most popular carols for the Christmas season, performed by the world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge. |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas-Time Carols from King's College Cambridge Choir of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks [ Griffin / CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] The earliest 15th century carols were based on simple folk melodies, with texts added representing Christmas ideas, but it was a long gap then until the Victorians, followed shortly by great 20th Century composers (Vaughan Williams, Holst etc),... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Chillout (LP) Choir of King's College Choir, Tasmin Little (violin) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Thibaut Garcia (guitar), etc [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] Originally released in 2001 to popular success, Classical Chillout was as well-known for its iconic cover artwork as it was for its innovative selection of music. A skilful blend of traditional classical pieces - many known from film and television -... |
TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / and many more
The Glory Of New College Choir Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom, with the Academy of Ancient Music [ Erato / Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
ANONYMOUS
Gregorian Chant Choir of the Monks of the Abbey of Santa Domingo de Silos: Dom Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta. [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD - released 24/May/2000 ] Authentic Gregorian Chants from Spain |
DAVID BEDNALL
Welcome All Wonders: A Christmas Cantata The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford / Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] 'Welcome all Wonders: A Christmas Cantata' is a large-scale work for choir, organ and trumpet spanning 15 movements. It celebrates the Christmas story through an imaginative selection and juxtaposition of poetry and liturgical texts, and provides a... |
HOWARD ARMAN / PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Arman: Christmas Story / Davies: Carols from "O magnum mysterium" Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman (Chorus Master) [ BR Klassik / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Based on the apocryphal Revelation of James with music by Johann Hermann Schein, Nicolaus Zangius, Hieronymus Praetorius, Hans Leo Hassler and Melchior Vulpius. In the Revelation of James, an apocryphal gospel that was not included in the Bible,... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / NIGG / FRANCK / BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / etc
Christian Ferras Edition Christian Ferras (violin) with Ernest Lush, Shuku Iwasaki, Pierre Barbizet, etc (piano) / various conductors [ Deusche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] This Limited Edition original-jackets collection brings together the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Christian Ferras, supplemented by those he made for these labels' French and Japanese divisions. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete four hand piano music Christian Koehn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / 18 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] To make his works more accessible to the general public, Johannes Brahms produced a raft of arrangements for piano four hands and two pianos. These included his symphonic and orchestral music, as well as concertos, chamber works, and more. |
MICHAEL HAYDN / GEORG CHRISTOPH WAGENSEIL / JOHANN GEORG ALBRECHTSBERGER / LEOPOLD MOZART
Classical Trombone Concertos Christian Lindberg (alto trombone) / Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, artistic director and leader [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Anyone who has ever played a trombone will be delighted at these recordings. Any lover of rarely recorded works will doubtlessly enjoy this album..It cannot be more highly recommended." (MusicWeb) |
TORU TAKEMITSU
How slow the wind: Orchestra Music Christian Lindberg (trombone) / Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo conducted by Tadaaki Otaka [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "It is rare to find a disc as creatively programmed as this BIS release. Enhanced by lovely performances, played with great devotion to the memory of the recently-deceased Japanese master, the repertoire was chosen by conductor Tadaaki Otaka and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Beethoven / Sibelius: Violin Concertos Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] If Beethoven's Concerto emerges as uncompromisingly provocative, Tetzlaff's Sibelius also errs on the side of danger…In many respects, a real knock-out." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Concerto |
JOSEPH RHEINBERGER
Rheinberger: Complete 20 Organ Sonatas Christian von Blohn (organ of the Josefskirche St. Ingbert, Germany)) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) was a German romantic composer of mainly works for the organ, his own instrument. He was one of the leading figures in the "Cecilian Movement" which, in a world of increasing secularization, propagated the return to... |
J S BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Katherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] "The acoustic of the Trinity College Chapel has been used most sympathetically and the recording combines ambience and clarity in a most pleasing way. Nicholas Anderson's booklet essay is first rate." (Recording of the Month - MusicWeb November 2013) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
BACH / BARTÓK / BERG / GESUALDO
The Art of Classical Guitar Transcription - Christophe Dejour (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Christophe Dejour's arrangements of music by Albéniz (8.557064) and Granados (8.557709) performed by Trio Campanella have won much acclaim. For this recording he has made three pioneering arrangements that further expand the instrument's repertoire... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
BERLIOZ / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / POULENC
Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc Claire Chevalier (piano), Claire Chevallier (piano) & Jos van Immerseel (piano), Katerina Chrobokova & Jos van Immerseel (harpsichord) Anima Eterna Br [ Alpha / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Happy Birthday, Mister Jos! Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases that will punctuate the end of the year at Alpha: a symphonic programme (Janacek, Dvorak), a chamber music programme (Schubert) and a set... |
