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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Airs & Dances from Dublin Castle Spackling Band [ Atoll Records / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] The halls of 18th Century Dublin resounded with this music, much of it now rediscovered and recorded for the first time. In the 18th Century Dublin was the second city of the Empire with a population only slightly less that London's, and was... |
Split Enz
Enzyclopedia - Volumes One And Two (CD Box Set) [ Warner Australia / 5 CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] Split Enz present 'Enzyclopedia', a new series exploring the enduring musical legacy of one of New Zealand's most influential and innovative groups. 'Enzyclopedia Volumes One & Two' marks 50 years since the release of the band's debut album 'Mental... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Staatskapelle Dresden / Renée Fleming, Robert Dean Smith, Sophie Koch / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Filmed live in Baden-Baden by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Shadows Crossing Water Stamic Quartet, Jindřich Pazdera (violin) Vilém Veverka (oboe) Patricia Goodson (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] This project began with a concert of my music in Prague in 2012, curated by American-born Prague-based pianist Patricia Goodson and featuring some of Prague's most respected musicians, including the Stamic Quartet, oboist Vilém Veverka, and Patricia... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 (recorded live in 2007) Stattakapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (piano and conductor) [ Euroarts / 2 DVD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2007 ] In November 2007, Daniel Barenboim completed a cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos. Recorded live at the prestigious Klavier-Festival Ruhr in May 2007, this DVD recording reflects both a very individual and special reading of Beethoven's music. |
LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: The Art of Black and White Stephen De Pledge (piano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Jennifer Maybee (soprano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Lyell Cresswell is one of New Zealand's most important contemporary composers. He has written for most genres and settings across a broad classical spectrum, but much of his chamber music (particularly unrecorded songs and piano works) remain... |
GARETH FARR / DON MCGLASHAN / ROSS HARRIS / MURRAY HICKMAN / KENNETH YOUNG / DAVID DOWNES
Strike - New Zealand Percussion Music Strike - New Zealand Percussion Music [ Morrison Music Trust / CD - released 28/Nov/2000 ] "Fans of percussion music or other drum ensembles are encouraged to give this album due attention. Just make sure you don't turn it up too loud" - MusicWeb April 2005 |
The String Theory
The Los Angeles Suite (LP) [ ADA / Warner / LP - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Grammy-nominated neoclassical pop orchestra from Berlin/Gothenburg releases new album on newly founded label Project C/Clouds Hill. Maverick orchestra The String Theory may be known primarily for their long-term collaboration with the gentle... |
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE
Angel at Ahipara Strings of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] Works for string orchestra based on four images from A Journey (1994) by Robin Morrison, a photographic presentation of Northland, New Zealand. |
Sufjan Stevens
Silver & Gold (Songs For Christmas Volumes 6-10 LP Box Set) [ Asthmatic Kitty / 6 LP - released 21/Feb/2025 ] "Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10," now available to retail for the first time since its original 2012 release. Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set. Four Single LPs and One Double LP Housed in Full Colour Inners in a Slipcase. First time... |
SUFJAN STEVENS
Stevens: Reflections For Two Pianos (Limited Edition LP) Timo Andres (piano), Conor Hanick (piano) [ Asthmatic Kitty / LP - released 19/May/2023 ] "I'm constantly thinking about bodies moving through space when I'm writing for ballet - that is what has informed this music, first and foremost," says Sufjan Stevens on Reflections, his latest collaboration with choreographer Justin... |
BELA BARTOK / ERNEST BLOCH
Bartok / Bloch: Recital Suyeon Kang (violin), Stephen De Pledge (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/May/2017 ] This recording is an element of the First Prize of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, won by Suyeon Kang in 2015. The competition aims to recognise and encourage musical excellence and artistry, and to expand performance opportunities... |
Talking Heads
More Songs About Buildings And Food (Super Deluxe Edition Limited Vinyl Box Set) [ Rhino / 4 LP - released 25/Jul/2025 ] Talking Heads' groundbreaking second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, is released as a 4LP Super Deluxe Edition. The collection captures a pivotal moment in their evolution and marks the first of three albums produced with Brian... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello / Alexander Titov (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2018 ] With lightness and irony, this journey into the universe of Mozart tips its hat to the 1700s also with the scenery and costumes, and fills the garden with fun and passionate virtuoso dances, which follow each other dynamically and quickly. |
LISZT / WAGNER
Piano Works Terence Dennis (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2007 ] Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Terence Dennis is a graduate of the University of Otago, New Zealand and of the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik in Cologne, Germany, where he was awarded the Konzertexamen with Distinction. He is currently professor... |
LEHAR / STOLZ / J. STRAUSS / MILLOCKER / ZELLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Thomas Hampson - Operetta Arias Thomas Hampson (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMI / Virgin / Warner Classics / 10in - released 9/Feb/1999 ] Recorded X.1994 & XI.1998, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (complete opera recorded in 1995) BLU-RAY Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet / Thomas Allen, Eva Jenis, Hannah Minutillo , Ivan Kusnjer / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] This enchanting production by Nicholas Hytner, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Charles Mackerras, a master of the best Janáček style. Through myriad shifts of scene, the episodic story is presented in brightly coloured sets and costumes... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio Op 1, No 3 (with Brahms - Piano Trio in C) Turnovsky Trio [ Trust / CD - released 1/Aug/2000 ] The debut album by the Turnovsky Trio! |
NELSON / SPOLIANSKY / HOLLAENDER / GOLDSCHMIDT / TUCHOLSKY / SCHIFFER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlin Cabaret Songs Ute Lemper / The Matrix Ensemble, Robert Ziegler [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 7/Oct/1996 ] The German chanteuse, Ute Lemper has long mined the cabaret songs of the '20s and '30s - this European imported CD compilation features all her best interpretations of numbers from that era in Berlin. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (piano) / RCA Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Kirill Kondrashin [ Philips / BMG/RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War |
