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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New Millennium The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha (director) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "Contemporary music and Commissioning have been central features of the last fifteen years at St John's. It's been a joy to work with talented student composers, singers and instrumental- ists; my own musicianship has been greatly enriched by their... |
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GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral Music (Including Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice & Magnificat) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. Christopher Robinson (conductor) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] "St. John's Choir has enjoyed a renaissance under its music director Christopher Robinson and received a major boost with its major contract with Naxos, something guaranteed to raise its profile." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Jan 2003) |
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David Byrne & St. Vincent
Love This Giant [ 4AD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] David Byrne & St. Vincent's first record together, Love This Giant, was released on 10th September 2012. The album developed like many a New York City-bred friendship. Both parties are kind of hazy about how it began, but after a couple of... |
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CARISSIMI / VIVALDI / GLUCK / CALDARA / HANDEL / etc
Arie Antiche: songs and arias Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner [ SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] The sequence of Italian operas on this recording take us from the birth of opera at the end of the sixteenth century to the first flowerings of the Classical period nearly 200 years later. The extraordinary power and agility of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's... |
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E^St
I'm Doing It (Limited Edition LP) [ Warner Australia / LP - released 4/Sep/2020 ] The debut album from E^ST was recorded with acclaimed long-term collaborator Jim Eliot (Ellie Goulding, Anne-Marie, Halsey), and deals with heartbreak, feelings of isolation, and failure. It signals a huge leap forward in subject matter and sound... |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
This is Alkan John Wells (organ St Matthews-in-the-city) [ Ribbonwood / CD - released 15/Sep/2001 ] 'An excellent new recording' (The Diapason, USA) |
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JONATHAN BESSER / GREG FOX
Cathedral Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral Organ, Dunedin Town Hall), Greg Fox (Guitar & Treatments) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] An improvised live concert featuring Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral pipe organ) and Greg Fox (electric guitar and treatments), originally performed and recorded in 1984, here presented in a newly edit, mixed and mastered version. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Sacred Choral Music Jonathan Vaughn (organ) / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson, conductor [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 21/Jul/2004 ] "Consistently true to Elgar's spirit, a fine collection from a great choirmaster. Despite the fact that he was Catholic, he wrote extensively for the Anglican liturgy. This disc represents his writing for both denominations and is beautifully done by... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Arias Kathleen Battle (soprano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "The American soprano, Kathleen Battle, has chosen a delightful anthology of arias from Handel's operas, oratorios and English odes" Gramophone |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Berkeley: Sacred Choral Music Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 17/Aug/2003 ] "This is an impressive collection which merits repeated hearings. The choir sounds well and boasts fine soloists." Gramophone |