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Eardrops
Eardrop's Journey - Sounds of the Country [ The Eardrops Company New Zealand / CD - released 2/Aug/2010 ] Eardrop and his friend the Farmer explore the farm and along the way discover many exciting sounds! 'Sounds of the Country' is designed to improve your preschooler's listening skills and is a wonderful way to introduce young children to animals. |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: Violin & Piano works Elizabeth Holowell (violin) Dean Sky-Lucas (piano) with Cameron Rhodes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "The music of Douglas Lilburn with its clear connection to both his teacher, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and to the landscape of his beloved New Zealand, is a delight and an inspiration." |
Various Artists
Seeing Voices: New Zealand Poets Reading [ Atoll / CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] New Zealand poets reading their own works |
Eva & Chris Prowse
Five Songs [ Red Rocks Records New Zealand / CD - released 14/Apr/2009 ] Eva & Chris Prowse offer fresh country / pop arrangements of songs by writers as diverse as Little Feat's Lowell George and New Zealand's own Bic Runga. |
Fiona Pears
Fire and Light [ Fruitsalada Records New Zealand / CD - released 17/Oct/2008 ] Virtuoso New Zealand violinist Fiona Pears returns with her fourth album 'Fire and Light', which features her fantastic Kiwi band plus the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. |
Fiona Pears
Memories of Home [ Fiona Pears Music New Zealand / CD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] 'Memories of Home' is the third release from acclaimed New Zealand jazz / classical / world music violinist, Fiona Pears. |
Forbidden Joe
In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore [ Forbidden Joe Music New Zealand / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] 'In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore' is the debut album from Auckland-based band Forbidden Joe. The group bring together their diverse musical backgrounds and influences of jazz, soul, Celtic and folk... |
Gillian Whitehead
Ipu [ Rattle Records / CD ] Ipu is a poetic tale of love based on a story by Tungia Baker (translated into Maori by Wena Tait). Literally, an ipu is a gourd used to carry food and goods. Accordingly, ipu korero denotes a storyteller, someone who 'carries' stories. The ipu is... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Complete Opera recorded at the New Zealand Festival 2000) Gordon Hawkins, Vladimir Vaneev, Yaron Windmuller, Nuccia Focile / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, Marco Guidarini [ Trust / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2006 ] Verdi's sombre and powerful operatic masterpiece, with its themes of love, hate, treachery and reconciliation, is brought to life in this production from the 2000 New Zealand Festival, featuring the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Chapman... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Sound Came from Heaven The Graduate Choir / Terence Maskell [ Atoll / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] Considered one of the finest choirs in NZ, here is a terrific second CD from them, with repertoire based on their 2007 tour. |
Grant Smithies
Soundtrack: 118 Great New Zealand Albums [ Craig Potton Publishing / Paperback - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 'You hold in your hands a book crammed with blind prejudices, foggy memories, rash declarations, unsubstantiated assertions and, quite probably, lies.' So begins Soundtrack, Grant Smithies' marvellously passionate, insightful, hilarious and always... |
BRUCE PAINE
Paine: Waitemata Reverie, New Zealand Guitar Music, Vol. 3 Gunter Herbig (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Classical guitar music has flourished in New Zealand in recent years, and Bruce Paine, among the country's leading composers for the instrument, is one of the most imaginative and original. This album charts the course of his writing from one of his... |
LILBURN / FARQUHAR
Prospero Dreaming - New Zealand Guitar Music by Lilburn and Farquhar Gunter Herbig (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] This is the first comprehensive recorded survey of the guitar music of Douglas Lilburn and David Farquhar, the two pre-eminent composers who enriched New Zealand's musical culture in the modern era. |
HDU (High Dependency Unit)
Fire Works [ Flying Nun Records New Zealand / CD - released 15/Mar/2001 ] Spacey riffs, tempos shift like tectonic plates, it's powerful stuff. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / WALTON / BOWEN
British Music for Viola and Orchestra Helen Callus (viola) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Helen Callus plays with sumptuous tone matched by flawless intonation" Gramophone |
Helen Medlyn and Penny Dodd
Darling Its Hell [ Medlyn / Dodd Music New Zealand / CD - released 31/Oct/2006 ] Those two "hell" cabaret divas - the divine Miss Medlyn and Miss Dodd - offer eleven delicious songs of love that lie in the warm, luxurious lap of jazz. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Perspectives Henry Wong Doe (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] An album of recent commissions for solo piano featuring works by Gemma Peacocke, Leila Adu-Gilmore, Alex Taylor, Poulima Salima, Leonie Holmes, and Penelope Axtens. "This album celebrates the artistry of six New Zealand composers. The recent... |
Houston Wells
Then And Now - From Joe Meek to New Zealand [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] This double CD is a mixture of Houston's classic old cuts, some of which have been lovingly re-mixed. Plus on CD 2 all new never-heard material recorded in stereo, all exclusive to this release. |
Howard Morrison Quartet
This Was the Howard Morrison Quartet [ Zodiac Records New Zealand / CD - released 2/Nov/2009 ] These are the first recordings ever of the Howard Morrison Quartet. The name was Eldred Stebbing's idea as they had previously been touring as the Ohinemtu Quartet, but Howard was the gregarious leader and frontman. |
Jade String Quartet
Melencolia [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2025 ] String quartets have long been the preferred choice for composers seeking to express their most personal thoughts and expand their musical voice. For Anthony Ritchie, the string quartet medium is one of the most challenging in classical music,... |
