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Alt-J
Live At Red Rocks (CD, DVD & Blu-Ray) [ 3 CD/DVD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] Recorded at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison, Colorado, in the summer of 2015, Live At Red Rocks captures alt-J in one of many defining moments in an already exceptional career, performing for 6,000 devoted fans. The 75-minute live... |
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MATTEIS / REBEL / BACH / CORELLI / VIVALDI / etc
Portrait (2 CD set) Amandine Beyer (violin) [ Zig-Zag Territoires / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2013 ] This double album offers a portrait of the violinist Amandine Beyer drawn from the recordings she has made for ZZT. The first CD selects highlights from her chamber repertoire, including works by Jean-Féry Rebel, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Nicola... |
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse at the BBC (CD + DVD) [ Island UK / 2 CD/DVD - released 29/Nov/2012 ] This 2-disc set features the 14-track BBC Sessions CD and the hugely acclaimed DVD 'Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came To Dingle'. |
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Andrea Bocelli
Concerto: One Night in Central Park (Deluxe 10th anniversary CD and DVD edition) [ Universal Music / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] Recorded September 2011 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Alan Gilbert, this very special package includes the CD along with companion DVD. |
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von WOLKENSTEIN / DOWLAND / HANDEL / BACH / etc
The Art of Folksong / Baroque Cantatas [2 CD set] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin, Julian Behr (lute) / Accademia Bizantina / Collegium Vocale [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Whether Scholl's voice at all resembles that of the great original [Senesino] we cannot know, but it is wonderfully pure and moves with marvellous flexibility. He has the art of making recitative sound spontaneous and of catching the rhythmic... |
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PONCE / ALBENIZ / GRANADOS / VILLA-LOBOS / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / etc
Andres Segovia (4 CD set, 20 page booklet) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ ArtOne / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Andres Segovia, the most celebrated classical guitarist the world has ever known, is unquestionably acknowledged as the founding father of the modern classical guitar movement. |
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ALBENIZ / BACH / GRANADOS / TARREGA & OTHERS
Definitive Gold [Five CD set] Andres Segovia, guitar [ Deja Vu / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2010 ] |
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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
The Platinum Collection (2 CD) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Murray Head, Sarah Brightman, Julie Covington, Michael Ball, Yvonne Elliman & others [ Polydor Records CD / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The ultimate greatest hits collection from the works of one the most successful composers of the modern era. Features newly-recorded versions of songs by artists the stature of LANA DEL REY, GREGORY PORTER, and NICOLE SCHERZINGER. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Exeter Cathedral (concert recorded in 2011) [plus free CD] Andrew Millington (Grand organ of Exeter Cathedral) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] "This is one of the finest DVDs to come my way in quite some time...Millington makes every piece sound as if it had been written for Exeter.Beautifully filmed by Richard Knight - this is a splendid release, informative, enlightening and warmly recomm |
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RICHARD. STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 1995) Royal Opera House / Ann Murray / Anna Tomowa-Sintow / Kurt Moll / Barbara Bonney / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "All three characters are splendidly drawn here, Octavian (a winning Ann Murray, not too feminine), Baron Ochs (Kurt Moll) with a rich low register to all but dignify his underlying boorishness, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow a commandingly sympathetic,... |
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VERDI
Anna Netrebko sings Verdi - DELUX EDITION Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / CD/DVD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] "her soprano now offers darker colours and greater weight than it ever did before...she makes every heroine leap before us, fully alive, each widely different from the other...Along the way we also get some of Netrebko's slippery flights of coloratur |
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VIVALDI / BOCCHERINI / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / SERVAIS / FRANCHOMME
Anner Bylsma plays Concertos and Ensemble Works [6 CD set] Anner Bylsma (cello) with Tafelmusik, L'Archibudelli, Collegium Aureum, etc [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2014 ] "Anner Bylsma is a tremendous enthusiast, whose high spirits and nervous energy never fail to manifest themselves in his performances." (Gramophone) |
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ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
The Complete Musician (Highlights) [2 CD set] Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) with Lambert Orkis, Andre Previn & various orchestras [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] A special 2CD set released to mark Anne-Sophie Mutter's 35-year-long association with Deutsche Grammophon. Arranged chronologically, the compilation's sequence offers a comprehensive look at Mutter's Deutsche Grammophon career. |
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BACH / ELGAR / KARG-ELERT / LEFEBURE-WELY / WILLIAMS
The New Organ [CD+Blu-ray Video Edition Dolby Atmos] Konstantin Reymaier (organ of the St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna) [ Deutsche Grammophon CD plus Blu-ray Video / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Oct/2020 ] For centuries, Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral has cultivated a strong musical tradition. A fire in 1945 destroyed the previous organ. The replacement is an astonishingly powerful and versatile instrument with countless shades of colours that remain... |
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Anohni
Hopelessness (180g LP + CD) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 6/May/2016 ] ANOHNI, the singer of Antony and the Johnsons, announces her new album, HOPELESSNESS, a collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke. HOPELESSNESS is a dance record with soulful vocals and lyrics addressing subjects including... |
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TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: The Collected Concertos for Oboes & Strings [3 CD set] Anthony Robson, Catherine Latham (oboes) / Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "[Robson's] tone is most appealing and his phrasing and musicianship are second to none. Simon Standage provides alert accompaniments, also using original instruments, and creates bright, athletic string timbres...The artistic results are very lively |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (CD+DVD) Apollo's Fire, Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, JeannetteSorrell [ Avie / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] "The 18-strong Apollo's Fire ensemble...plays with great crispness and vigour, offering terse supporting musical pillars to the voices and emphasizing rhythmic vigour over a sense of line." International Record Review |
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TRADITIONAL
Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers [CD & DVD] Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord & conductor) & Meredith Hall (soprano) / Apollo's Fire [ Avie / 2 CD/DVD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "This type of fusion is increasingly popular, and Apollo's Fire do it enthusiastically, if perhaps without the final degree of finessed musicality that other ensembles bring to this type of project" (BBC Music) |
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Arctic Monkeys
AM (Digipak CD) [ Domino / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] AM is the stunning fifth album from Sheffield's finest. This time round, Arctic Monkeys progress from the traditional rock'n'roll of 2011's Suck It And See to capture a sound that warrants stadium attention yet remains resplendent in its British... |
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Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [ Virgin Records CD / CD - released 20/Feb/2006 ] Surely the most anticipated album of 2006, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' debuted at #1 in the UK to become the fastest-selling debut album of all time! |