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Barbra Streisand, also featuring Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Jamie Foxx, Antonio Banderas, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, etc
Barbra Streisand - Live in Concert: The Music …The Mem'ries...The Magic! [ Sony / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2017 ] The Music…The Mem'ries…The Magic! is the live recordings of Barbra Streisand's triumphant concert tour of the same name in 2016. This collection captures the iconic songstress culminating her 13 city tour in Miami, Florida on Dec 5th, 2016 |
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Hugh Cornwell
Monster [ Sony / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] |
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Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
Rejoice (Special Edition) [ World Circuit / ADA / 2 CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] 'Rejoice' is the classic collaboration between Tony Allen, the legendary drummer and co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master trumpet player of South African jazz. The record, released to great acclaim in March 2020, became the first... |
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LARCHET / STANFORD / BAX / NELSON /HARDEBECK / O/BRIEN / VICTORY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Sheaf Of Songs From Ireland Bernadette Greevy (mezzo) Hugh Tinney (piano) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] A Sheaf Of Songs represents the great literary and musical flowering of the turn of the last century, A continuation of Irish national traditions of song. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires follows suit technically and stylistically but exploits every opportunity to remind us of the voice she is interpreting," The Whole Note |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Symphony No. 3 'American' / 'Tom Sawyer' Overture / etc Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Hugh Wolff [ CPO / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] "George Antheil is doing well on disc and he is lucky here to have a conductor of the calibre of Hugh Wolff taking up his cause and reviving a Frankfurt connection going back to the premiere of Transatlantic, the opera acclaimed there in 1930" Gramop |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Music for the Theatre / Three Latin Sketches / Appalachian Spring (original version) / Quiet City Saint Paul Chamvber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Teldec / CD - released 6/Jun/1991 ] "The playing of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is first class throughout. I recommend this album most warmly" MusicWeb |
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GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Cello Concerto / Grand Fantasia and Toccata / Eclogue for Piano & Strings Tim Hugh (cello) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Northern Sinfonia / Howard Griffiths [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Tim Hugh and the Northern Sinfonia communicate with depth and feeling. Hugh is recorded more as first among equals than prominent soloist, which works well" (BBC Music) |
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KABALEVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Russian Cello Sonatas Timothy Hugh (cello) Kathron Sturrock (piano) [ IMP Masters / CD - released 30/Aug/1992 ] Originally recorded in July 1991 |
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ALISSA FIRSOVA
Fantasy: Music of Alissa Firsova The Tippett Quartet, Mark Van De Wiel (clarinet) Ellie Laugharne (soprano), Tim Hugh (cello), etc [ Vivat / CD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] "Firsova may be the mature side of 30 but this album radiates youth in all its wonder, complexity and heartening naivety." Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2018 |
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Cornwell, Hugh
Totem And Tabu [ Cadiz / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] |
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Hugh Cornwell
The Fall and Rise of Hugh Cornwell [ Republic of Music / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] The first ever Anthology of his post-Stranglers career. Since leaving The Stranglers in 1990, Hugh Cornwell has made a series of well-received solo albums 25 years on from leaving the band, this album brings together 12 (super-high-quality remastered... |
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Hugh Marsh
Violinvocations [ Western Vinyl / CD - released 15/Feb/2019 ] Even if you've never heard the name Hugh Marsh you almost certainly have heard the sound of his violin. He is a featured player (not just an orchestra member) on major soundtracks by Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams, was nominated for a Juno... |
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Hugh Marsh
Violinvocations (LP) [ Western Vinyl / LP - released 22/Feb/2019 ] Even if you've never heard the name Hugh Marsh you almost certainly have heard the sound of his violin. He is a featured player (not just an orchestra member) on major soundtracks by Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams, was nominated for a Juno... |
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Hugh O'Conner
For The First Time [ True North / CD ] |
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CELEBRATION
Celebration: Christmas Fanfares and Carols Aled Jones (readings) / BBC Welsh Chorus / John Hugh Thomas (conductor) with Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A lovely collection of music and readings for Christmas. There are seven readings, which, within the context of the recording, is just about right for ultimately it is the music for which you will be buying this disk." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Concertos For Two Pianos Benjamin Frith / Hugh Tinney / Rte Sinfonietta / Proinnsias O Duinn [ NAXOS / CD ] "To the great credit of Benjamin Frith and Hugh Tinney that without score in hand, you would be hard pressed to guess who was playing what. In short, a not-to-be-missed opportunity to explore the precocious young Mendelssohn at super-bargain... |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Old American Songs / Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson / Billy the Kid Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw /Saint Paul Chamvber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Teldec Apex / CD - released 6/Jun/2005 ] BARGAIN OF THE MONTH MusicWeb October 2005 "Copland is in the first rank of those whose skill has created an American music, quite distinct from that of their own roots. A great disc." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Violin and Cello Concertos Dong-Suk Kang (Violin) Tim Hugh (Cello) / English Northern Philharmonia / Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] "At any price, this version would be a top contender." BBC Music |
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CARL REINECKE
Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet Fenwick Smith (flute) Hugh Hinton (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, members [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music purely for wind ensembles was largely overlooked by Romantic composers and as a result Carl Reinecke's genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Very Best of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir Glasgow Orpheus Choir, Sir Hugh Roberton [ Alto Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Choir fanciers starting out on an Orphean collection would do very well to start here. The technical aspects have been lovingly handled. The only real criticism is the surfeit of the smooth and the dreamy - but that's the recorded legacy of the... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 / Triple Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Haitink demands attention from an orchestra, in his telling pauses as much as in the playing itself and the results were revelatory … To experience Haitink conducting is to witness a master at work" Daily Telegraph (UK), 19 November 2005 |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
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Hugh Griffith
Degas: Music Of His Time [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
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Hugh Griffith
Picasso, Music Of His Time [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
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Hugh Griffith
Riemenschneider: Mus Of His Ti [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] |
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Hugh Masekela
Revival [ Heads Up / CD - released 24/May/2005 ] |
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LUCRETIUS
On the Nature of Things (Unabridged) Hugh Ross (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 7 CD Box Set - released 2/Mar/2011 ] On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos. It is one of the most influential writings in Western thought. |
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PROKOFIEV / HAYDN / BIZET
First Symphonies Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
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Hugh/Northern Sinfonia
Hofmann:cello Concertos [ Naxos / CD ] |
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BURTON / COPLAND / PISTON / LIEBERMANN / HIGDON / RUBINSTEIN
American Flute Music Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Hugh Sung (piano). [ Avie / CD ] Jeffrey Khaner is one of today's most notable orchestral musicians. Principal flautist of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990, he has won numerous accolades for his silvery tone, soaring phrases, remarkable breath control and nimble virtuosity.... |
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GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] (1871 London version) (Sung in English) Michelle Areyzaga (soprano) Russell Hugh (baritone) Madeline Slettedahl (piano) Terry Craig (piano) / Bella Voce, Andrew Lewis [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The recording, made in St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL, is superb, with an acoustic that combines marvelous definition, rich and beautiful reproduction of both voices and pianos" Fanfare |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (the complete opera, recorded in 2005) Netherlands Opera / Hasmik Papian / Hugh Smith / Irini Tsirakidis / Julian Reynolds (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Nov/2006 ] G :- "Conductor Julian Reynolds extensively studied Bellini's score in manuscript and introduces lots of surprising details." -De Telegraaf |
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BELLINI
Norma (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Hugh Smith / Giorgio Giuseppini / Hasmik Papian / Julian Reynolds(cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Irini Tsirakidis, a Greek soprano with a lowish mezzo extension to her voice, takes on the role of Adagisa in more than competent fashion." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) Hugh Davies (trumpet) / Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Unbridled talent on display here… his control of rhythm and dynamics exemplary...Both concertos receive very proficient and idiomatic performances." MusicWeb |
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ROUND THE HORNE
Round The Horne: Collectors Edition - Series 2 Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Kenneth Horne is the suave host, whilst around him orbit those no-holds-barred satellites Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick and Bill Pertwee. |
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ROUND THE HORNE
Round the Horne: The Very Best Episodes: Volume 1 Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2005 ] Four of the best episodes from the classic BBC radio comedy series, which took comedy to a new level of outrageousness in the late 1960s. |
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ROUND THE HORNE
Round The Horne: Collectors Edition - Series 1 (Rec 1965) Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This is a comprehensive collection of "Round the Horne", presented here is a special collector's edition box set of 8 CDs. The zany humour of the original 1960s radio shows makes for essential listening. |