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Julie Mason and the Jazz Divas
Charmed Life [ Vox Records New Zealand / CD - released 17/Dec/2007 ] Julie and the Jazz Divas (Susan De Jong, Trudy Lile, and Jenine Bailey) are joined on this wonderful album by well known New Zealand jazz performers, Brian Smith (saxophone), Lance Su'a (guitar), and Phil Broadhurst (piano). |
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Kenny Dale
The Very Best Of Kenny Dale [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 7/Oct/1999 ] This CD contains all Kenny's best hits - "Bluest Heartache Of The Year", "Only Love Can Break A Heart" etc. |
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PUCCINI / GERSHWIN / VERDI / CILEA / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri's Homecoming - recorded live in New Zealand Kiri te Kanawa (coprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins [ Kiwi Pacific / CD - released 17/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at "Kiri's Homecoming" concert at Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt, 28 January 1990 |
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Ladi6
The Liberation of... [ Question Music New Zealand / CD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] Winner of 2011 Taite Music Prize! Ladi6 has been wowing audiences with her unique blend of hip hop, soul and funk. This second album has production by Parks and top German producer, Sepalot. |
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TELEMANN / BARTOK / MOZART / HINDEMITH / BRAHMS / etc
Vivid Viola: Best loved classical viola music Ladislav Kyselák, Hong-Mei Xiao, Roger Chase, Roberto Díaz, Tabea Zimmermann, Heinrich Koll (Violas) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The viola is only slightly larger than the violin but possesses a middle range that is richly expressive and full of pathos. It has been played by some of the greatest composers, including JS Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Dvorak. |
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Lawrence Arabia
Chant Darling [ Honorary Bedouin Records New Zealand / CD - released 9/Mar/2009 ] This sophomore effort features the musical contributions of James Dansey & Daniel Ward (The Sneaks); Matt Eccles (Betchadupa); Liam Finn; Luke Buda & Sam Scott (Phoenix Foundation); Tom Watson (Cassette); Andy Watts (Hot Grits); John White (Mestar);... |
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JEROME MOROSS
Moross: Symphony No 1 / Last Judgement / Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] 'Dominating my Critics' Choice for 1993 are Koch 's outstanding discs of concert works by esteemed film composers … Although the disc of Moross world premieres is especially exciting, both are distinguished not only by superb sound but also by... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Egmont (complete incidental music) / Ah! perfido, / Marches Madeleine Pierard (soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "Those curious for some not too often heard music by Beethoven can safely invest in this well played disc" MusicWeb May 2010 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Intermezzi Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] The Brahms Intermezzi are among the finest works ever written for solo piano, and it is our very great pleasure to release this wonderful album to mark the occasion of Michael's 70th birthday. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Festival Overture / The Age of Gold Suite Michael Houstoun (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Michael Houston is a clear and characterful soloist." (Gramophone) |
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Mi-Sex
Graffiti Crimes [ CBS Records / Sony Music New Zealand / CD - released 7/Apr/1996 ] Eleven great tracks from the popular New Zealand rock band on this original Mi-Sex album. |
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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of Samuel Barber (with Howard Hanson: Piano Concerto) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice / MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, Euge List (piano) [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
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Gary Daverne / Moravian Philharmonic
Gallipoli - New Zealand Orchestral Music [ Viscount / CD - released 15/Jun/2009 ] The centerpiece of this album is the composition Gallipoli. It was composed in memory of the World War I battle that took place between Turkey and Anzacs, symbolizing as a whole, the mutual good relations of the countries of Turkey, Australia and New... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Christmas a Cappella Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 27/Oct/2001 ] "Christmas carol CDs don't come better than this" -Christchurch Press |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas Spectacular [includes John Rutter - Gloria] Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] "What sets this stunning CD apart..is that it avoids the often over-reverberant, stained-glass window sound-world of distant, ethereal Cathedral organs, boys and men choir and liturgical carol services." Martin Setchell writing in ORGANZ |
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JOHANN STAMITZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stamitz: Orchestral Trios Vol 1 New Zealand Chamber Orchestra / Donald Armstrong [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2002 ] "The playing is fleet, lively, expressive - altogether first-rate - and the recorded sound is fine. Most warmly recommended." - Fanfare - July/August 1996 |
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FRANZ BECK
Beck: Six Symphonies, Op. 1 New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Donald Armstrong (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Aug/2005 ] MUSICWEB BEST RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR (2005) |
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JOHN PSATHAS
Corybas: The Piano Chamber Music of John Psathas New Zealand Chamber Soloists [ Atoll / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] This new album from the NZCS features all of renown New Zealand composer, John Psathas' works for chamber ensemble that include piano - most originally commissioned for the ensemble. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] Brahms's two String Quartets, op.51, were the first he published but, completed in his 40th year, are very much mature masterpieces. He was very conscious of the tradition that lay behind the quartet genre, and the spirits of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven... |