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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
European Choral Music [6 CD set] Rundfunkchor Stockholm & Stockholmer Kammerchor, Eric Ericson [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The great recordings of the "Nordic choral marvel": Swedish choral conductor Eric Ericson was one of the true legends in his field. When he died in 2013 at the age of 94, he had spent decades working to place his two Stockholm choirs among the... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Great Ballet [10 CD set] Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Andrew Mogrelia / etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection starts in France, with one of the most haunting and memorable examples of the ballet form: Giselle. We are then swept along in a whirlwind tour of some of the greatest Russian ballets by such composers as Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 1-9 / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / On Wenlock Edge; etc (7 CD set) Sarah Chang (violin) Ian Bostridge (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra. Bernard Haitink [ Warner Classics Budget Boxes / 7 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2013 ] Building a Library - First Choice - May 2002 |
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DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / JOSQUIN / GOMBERT / BRUMMEL / etc
O Magnum Mysterium [4 CDs plus bonus CD Rom] Schola Cantorum Stuttgard, Clytus Gottwald [ Brilliant Classics Choral Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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RODRIGO / TARREGA / WALTON / BRITTEN / BACH / BROUWER / etc
Great Masterworks Of the Guitar [5 CD set] Sharon Isbin (guitar) [ Erato Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2017 ] The many faces of the guitar are explored by Sharon Isbin, hailed as "the pre-eminent guitarist of our time" and twice a Grammy Award winner. Its origins in the lute are acknowledged in the four graceful suites composed by Johann Sebastian Bach,... |
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Shona Laing
Whispering Afraid / Shooting Stars Are Only Seen At Night [ Frenzy CD / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Shona Laing is an intelligent and hugely talented singer/songwriter who surfaced as a result of extensive television exposure on the show New Faces in 1972 with her song '1905'. |
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MIECZYSLAW WIENBERG
Weinberg: String Quartets 14 + 15 Silesian Quartet, with Joanna Freszel (soprano) [ CD Accord / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "...a sound which is muscular, authoritative, stern when necessary, but with an acute sense of detail and poetry when appropriate....Recording quality is very fine, capturing detail very well." MusicWeb |
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MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi in Mantua (Special Edition with 2 CD recording of the Vespers of 1610) Simon Russell Beale (presenter) / The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Single DVD / 2CD Set The BBC's celebrated Sacred Music journey continues with Monteverdi in Mantua - the story of a Renaissance duke and the composer who worked for him and how their volatile relationship would create one of the most revolutionary... |
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TRADITIONAL
The Christmas Collection: 3 classic CD recordings The Sixteen. Harry Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "A sublime Gloria by Sheppard ... and, finest of all, Byrd's Lullaby in a masterly performance." Gramophone on Christus Natus Est |
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ETON CHOIRBOOK
The Eton Choirbook Collection [5 CD set] The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "It is difficult to believe that any 15th or 16th century choir could have sung this music with the refined blend, the rich tone, or the shapeliness shown by The Sixteen, under the direction of Harry Christophers." THE TIMES on Vol 3 |
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ALLEGRI / ANERIO / PALESTINA / MARENZIO / SCARLATTI / HANDEL
The Italian Collection [5 CD set] The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "It's great to see The Sixteen taking their large fanbase on a daring journey of discovery. They come up trumps with works, and performances, which reflect the majesty and artistic ambition of the august venue from which this music was drawn." ... |
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TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
The Victoria Collection [4 CD set] The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2011 ] "Harry Christophers's love of Victoria suffuses this sumptuous recording...the seamless plainsong, searing climaxes, subtle dynamic shading and responsiveness to text is captivating." (BBC Music May 2011 Five Stars) |
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartets Op 95, 127, 130, 131, 132, 135 [3 CD set] Smetana Quartet [ Supraphon / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] |
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Solas
Reunion (Cd & Dvd) [ 2 CD ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Complete Orchestral Works [9 CD set] Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2015 ] 'This is one of the great classics of the gramophone..... Highly recommended.' Gramophone of Don Quixote and Til Eulenspiegels |
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Stanley Black & his orchestra
The Big Instrumental Hits / Hollywood Love Themes (rec 1958) [2 LPs on one CD] [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] Recorded in 1958 |
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Stanley Black & his orchestra
Exotic Percussion / Intimate Percussion (rec 1961/62) [2 LPs on one CD] [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] |
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Stanley Black & The London Festival Orchestra
France / Russia (Recorded 1965/67) (2 Original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] Reissued from recordings made in 1966 & 1967 |
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JOHN TAVENER
The Essential John Tavener on Naxos [5 CD set] Stefan Berkieta (bar) Maria Kliegel (cello), Eileen Hulse (sop) Ralph van Raat (piano) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / St. John's College Choir [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Strongly recommended - but you may need to persevere. It's well removed from the cosy Christmas of renaissance art or of chestnuts roasting by the fire, though there's a place for those, too." (MusicWeb on the Clare College Recording) |
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Sting
Live in Berlin (DVD & CD) [ Deutsche Grammophone / 2 CD/DVD - released 27/Jan/2010 ] This live CD and DVD collection features Sting Live, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, with special guest Branford Marsalis. |