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JACK BODY / GARETH FARR / ROSS HARRIS / JENNY MCLEOD / JOHN PSATHAS / ANTHONY RITCHIE
Sarajevo: A Collection of New Zealand Piano Works Jian Liu (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] A theme of remembrance pervades this recital of works by some of New Zealand's foremost composers, sometimes elusive and discomforting as in Jack Body's Sarajevo, which launches the programme, and at other times affectionate or nostalgic. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Vaughan Williams Anthology [8 CD set] Joan Rodgers (sop) Christopher Maltman (bar) Jennifer Pike (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmon [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of Britain's most illustrious composers, and this specially curated selection of works demonstrates the sheer breadth of his achievement. |
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LILBURN
Duos for Violin & Piano Justine Cormack (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Atoll / CD - released 12/Oct/2013 ] Four compositions for violin and piano, including 2 newly discovered works heard here for the first time. |
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Kere Buchanan
Starting Over [ Kere Buchanan Music New Zealand / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] Kere's first solo venture, 'Starting Over' features self-penned songs and co-writes with Glenn Bidmead & Steve Clisby. This album is in the jazz / rock genre and features a host of local talent... |
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KIRI te KANAWA
I Could Have Danced all Night (Concert & Portrait) BLU-RAY Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stephen Barlow [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's story has all the best elements of an operatic fairytale. Coming from a part-Maori background she went on to become one of the world's most famous opera stars. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
The Very Best of Shostakovich Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano) Michael Houstoun (Piano) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Conductor) Ilya Kaler (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "As an introduction to the composer's work, it gives a wide-ranging and typical selection, which is in itself some achievement." (MusicWeb August 2006) |
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BENDA / PISENDAL / TORELLI
Concerti By Benda, Pisendal, Torelli Lara Hall (baroque violin) / NZ Barok, Peter Walls [ Atoll Records / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] This CD is the culmination of a long-held desire to record little-known 18th century concerti. Players' parts were prepared for this project from digital copies of manuscripts in the Schank II Collection (Dresden) including Pisendel's scores of his... |
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TELEMANN
Telemann - 12 Fantasias for solo violin Lara Hall (violin) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "As a performer on both the baroque and modern violin, I have two very different musical personas. With this CD I have tried to create, on a modern violin, as much of the sound world of a baroque violinist as possible with minimal concession to the... |
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Liam Ryan
Mississippi 2 Mauao (M2M Hear No Evil) [ Torch Records New Zealand / CD - released 13/Apr/2009 ] The 'M2M: Mississippi To Mauao' project is a ten track album of electronica based recordings composed and produced by Liam Ryan featuring some of New Zealand’s finest jazz players and well known blues musicians. |
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Little Bushman
Pendulum [ Little Bushman Music New Zealand / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] On LB's sophomore album, be prepared to be taken on a musical journey of purples, blues and hazy oranges, with musical influences from the likes of Cream, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, beneath that uniquely NZ style. |
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ROSS HARRIS
Harris: Symphony No. 4, "To the memory of Mahinārangi Tocker" / Cello Concerto Li-wei Qin (cello) / Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Brett Dean, Garry Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "There is no question that the Auckland Philharmonic are superbly in control as is Brett Dean, himself a violist and composer and just forging an extra career as a conductor. The recording is vivid and allows the music space although the quiet passag |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Quays Luca Manghi, flute, David Kelly, piano [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] These mainly unrecorded 20th c. Italian and 21st c. NZ pieces reveal Manghi as an exceptional musician. |
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CHOPIN / ROSSINI / OFFENBACH / BIZET / LALO / CHABRIER / etc
Art and Music: Manet - Music of His Time Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony, Kodály Quartet, etc [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] Edouard Manet (1832-83) has been called the father of modern painting. In the 1860s he was the leader of a group of young artists who later became known as the Impressionists, though his own work resists any simple label. On this CD, the world of... |
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CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO / SCHUBERT / FAURE / DAVIDOV / KREISLER / etc
Martin Rummel: Salut d'Amour Martin Rummel (cello), Gerda Guttenberg, Stefan Stroissnig (piano) [ Paladino / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] Austrian cellist Martin Rummel is currently living in Auckland. |
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PINK & WHITE
Pink and White - New Zealand Organ Music by Anthony Ritchie, David Farquhar, Douglas Lilburn, Jack Body, etc Martin Setchell (organ) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 23/Mar/2005 ] Inspired by the famous Pink and White Terraces which were destroyed by the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886. |
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ALAIN / BERTULETTI / HANDEL / JENKINS / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Great Australasian Organs Vol 7 Martin Setchell (The Rieger Organ of Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand) [ Priory / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] This is a newish organ that sits in the main concert hall in Christchuch, New Zealand. Built by Rieger, its sounds are exciting and for a concert hall not entirely dry. Martin Setchell is well known throughout the world as a concert organist and here... |
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JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Missa pastoralis in G / Missa Solemnis in C Mary Enid Haines, Nina Scott Stoddart / Tower Voices New Zealand / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos 18th Century Sacred Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Recorded at St John's Cathedral, Napier-July/August 2000 |
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Michael Halasz & New Zealand S
Liszt:from The Cradle To Th [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN / KENNETH YOUNG / MIKE NOCK / GAO PING / etc
Inland: New Zealand composers Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2007 ] NZ MUSIC AWARDS: CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2008 - This 2 disc, solo piano album by New Zealand's favourite classical musician both stretches and soothes. Inland realizes Michael Houstoun's long-held goal to record the music of composers he has... |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano Monique Lapins (violin), Jian Liu (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] An album of newly recorded works composed by Béla Bartók featuring Monique Lapins (violin) and Jian Liu (piano). |