ALLEGRI / GABRIELI / NANINO / FRESCOBALDI / etc
Allegri: Miserere & other choral favourites Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Cambridge University Musical Society / The Bach Choir [ EMI Encore / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] King's College Cambridge Choir, Stephen Cleobury, David Willcocks |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice (Complete opera recorded in 2000) Theatre Musical de Paris / Magdalena Kozena, Madeline Bender, Patricia Petibon / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] When the historic Theatre du Chatelet in Paris re-opened after a period of extensive refurbishment, the first two productions mounted in the theatre were Gluck's Alceste and Orphée et Eurydice. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
England My England Alastair Hussain (treble) Thomas Bullard (baritone) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, etc [ EMI / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] There is surely no more quintessentially English sound than that of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, its unaccompanied voices - evocative of immemorial sandstone, of cool cloisters, of evensong in church, chapel and cathedral. |
FRANCISCO SOTO DE LANGA
Soto De Langa: 20 Laude Spirituali Capilla Musical de la Iglesia Nacional Espanola de Roma|Alessandro Quarta [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Born in the context of the popular devotion of the peoples of the Mediterranean during the late Middle Ages, the spiritual lauda became well established in the central part of Italy, where a strong oral tradition is still preserved today. They were... |
Musical
Highlights from Miss Saigon [ Geffen Records / CD - released 26/Jan/1990 ] |
SCARLATTI / CAVALLI / PAISIELLO / CALDARA / MARCELLO / HANDEL
Quella Fiamma - Arie Antiche Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto/musical direction), Shai Kribus (oboe), Patrick Langot (cello), Marie-Domitille Murez (harp) & Miguel Rincòn (theorbo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "One has to admire Parisotti's taste, as well as (not for the first time) Stutzmann's rich, win-dark voice, noble emotional articulation and, when required, flashing virtuosity. Some of these arias are simply ravishing in her hands" Gramophone |
WOOD / FARNON / WALTON / COATES / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GIBBONS / etc
The Three Elizabeths (music from the times of the Three Queens) A musical celebration of Britain through the centuries. Various artists [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2002 ] a two-disc compilation of Naxos recordings |
WALTON / CLARKE / HANDEL / WOODS / McCORMICK / TRADITIONAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pomp & Circumstance - Sounds of Glory The New Zealand Army Band with the Christchurch Musical Society Choir [ Bianco / CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] The New Zealand Army Band (Māori: Puoro Puoro Ngāti Tūmatauenga) is a brass band that primarily provides musical support for the New Zealand Army at all state and ceremonial occasions. It was founded in 1964 by Captain James Donald Carson (1935-2008). |
ENCHANTED CAROLS
Enchanted Carols Victorian musical boxes, handbells, church bells, barrel organs, street pianos, handbell choir & brass band [ Saydisc / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "One of the most delightful & imaginative Christmas records I have ever come across" commented the record reviewer in the Oxford Times and we think this is a fair assessment of our biggest selling album. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Volume 2 Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (Harpsichord and musical direction) [ CPO / CD - released 12/Jul/2016 ] |
ALESSANDRO STRIGGIO / THOMAS TALLIS / etc
Supersize Polyphany Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (musical director), Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge [ Signum / CD - released 22/May/2019 ] Supersize Polyphony is a celebration of large-scale choral works from the 16th century, performed here by the Armonico Consort and the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, under their musical directors Christopher Monks and Geoffrey... |
Black Star Musical Club / Lucky Star Musical Club
Nyota [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 6/Apr/1995 ] |
Culture Musical Club
Taarab - Volume Four - The Music of Zanzibar [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights
Musical Nights [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] With many recordings available on CD for the first time this 2 CD set covers the neglected 1940's period of the band with some fantastic swing arrangements. Kicking off with the original 1937 recording of "I'll Love You In My Dreams"... |
Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club
Taarab 2 [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
ANTON WEBERN
The Complete Music of Anton Webern Robert Craft (conductor & musical director) with Marni Nixon, Grace-Lynne Martin, Richard Robinson, Charles Scharbach & others [ Sony Classical Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection of Anton Webern. All of the performers, as well as additional instrumentalists and choral singers, were selected from Hollywood film studios. |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (complete opera recorded in 1995) BLU-RAY Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet / Thomas Allen, Eva Jenis, Hannah Minutillo , Ivan Kusnjer / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] This enchanting production by Nicholas Hytner, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Charles Mackerras, a master of the best Janáček style. Through myriad shifts of scene, the episodic story is presented in brightly coloured sets and costumes... |
Zuhura Swaleh W Maulidi Musical Party
Jino La Pembe [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
MONTEVERDI
L' incoronazionedi Poppea (complete opera) Gian Paolo Fagotto / Patrizia Biccire / Liliana Rugiero / William Matteuzzi / Musical Chapel of S. Petronio / Sergio Vartolo (conductor / cembalo) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] A brand new recording made in Italy by Renaissance and Baroque specialist Sergio Vartolo. This harpsichordist conducts the Musical Chapel of S. Petronio and a group of specialized singers such as tenor Gian Paolo Fagotto. |
Culture Musical Club
Shine! [ CD - released 22/Dec/2008 ] |