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Beastie Boys
Licensed To Ill [ Def Jam / CD - released 20/Jul/1995 ] Who woulda thunk it? More than a decade after its release, this detention-hall classic remains a must-have among college freshmen everywhere. The Led Zep samples. The jerky postures. The joiky boy accents. If you couldn't get with this record you... |
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Destroy Boys
Sorry, Mom (LP) [ Epitaph / LP - released 29/Nov/2024 ] DESTROY BOYS formed in 2015, when founding members Violet Mayugba and Alexia Roditis were just 15 years old, and each release has marked a period of growth and change. "Looking back, our first three albums marked the deaths of things," says guitarist... |
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HANDEL / WOLF / MOZART / BACH / MASCAGNI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grace Kathleen Battle (soprano) with the American Boys Choir & Nancy Allen (harp) [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Apr/1997 ] the world's most popular works from the sacred music repertoire. |
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VERDI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / GOUNOD / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dies Irae - The Essential Choral Collection The Monteverdi Choir. Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Münchener Bach-Chor, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Choir Of Westminster Abbey, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] 30 of the greatest classical choral works ever written. From Monteverdi to Orff, here are the choral bangers absolutely guaranteed to make your heart sing. |
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ALEXANDER KNAIFEL
Knaifel: Chapter Eight Patrick Demenga, The State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen [ ECM New Series / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] "It is amazing with what a deep sense of beauty this composition for church, choruses and cello is imbued" said Mstislav Rostropovich on first experiencing Chapter Eight. Basing the music on the Old Testament Song of Songs, The Song of Solomon,... |
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Pet Shop Boys
Discography: The Singles Collection (Remastered LP) [ Plg Uk / 2 LP - released 18/Jul/2025 ] 'Discography' was first released in 1991. The album charted No 3 in the UK album chart and includes 'West End Girls', 'Always on My Mind', 'It's a Sin', 'Domino Dancing' and 'Suburbia'. |
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Pet Shop Boys
Nonetheless (LP) [ PLG / Warner / LP - released 26/Apr/2024 ] 'Nonetheless' is the duo's first with producer James Ford, who has previously worked with artists including Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, Blur, Gorillaz and Simian Mobile Disco. The album also sees the duo return to Parlophone, the label which... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV114, BWV57 & BWV155 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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SCUBERT / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / DOWLAND / EDWARDS / ORFF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Swooning Various Artists incls Yvonne Kenny, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Vienna Boys Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Barbara Bonney, etc [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/2001 ] Showcasing some of the most stunning music ever written, this collection is a must-have for Swoon devotees new and old. |
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Yancey Boys
Sunset Blvd Instrumentals (LP) [ Kartel / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Reissue of this sought after & seminal hip-hop record, with all beats by J Dilla, featuring Common, Talib Kweli, Posdnuos, T-3 & Guilty Simpson, and the first time re-issued on vinyl since 2013. Back in 2008, just two years after James Yancey aka... |
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Backstreet Boys
The Very Best Of the Backstreet Boys [ Sony Music / CD - released 3/Oct/2014 ] |
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The Beach Boys
The Millennium Collection [ Capitol / CD ] Calling this collection 10 Great Songs tells you everything you need to know. There are bigger, better, more interesting, and more comprehensive Beach Boys compilations readily available, but this pocket-sized set of hits features ten nuggets of... |
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The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds (2CD) [ Capitol / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] Deluxe 2CD version. The Beach Boys' iconic 1966 album, Pet Sounds, is universally hailed as one of popular music's most important recordings of all time. Deluxe 2CD version. The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group... |
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The Beach Boys
The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer [ Universal / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Originally released in 2003 with 30 tracks, UMe is updating and reissuing the classic Sounds Of Summer compilation, featuring 13 new stereo mixes including 1 first-time stereo mix. Newly remastered and available on 1CD with updated photos and liner... |
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
Go Tell it to the Mountain - Live in New York [ Kaleidoscope Film & DVD / Shock Entertainment Group / DVD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The Blind Boys of Alabama have spread the spirit & energy of pure soul gospel music for over 60 years, ever since the first incarnation of the group formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, back in... |
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PALESTRINA / HOWELLS / HANDL / GIBBONS / BULLOCK / BACH / etc
Music for Advent The Choir of Men and Boys of the Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, with Douglas Stevens (counter-tenor) & John Fenstermaker (organ) [ Gothic Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] Recorded in 2000, "Music for Advent" is a program of nineteen hymns, carols and organ works for Advent and includes the Matin Responsory adapted from Palestrina (which opens many an Advent service in Anglican churches around the world)... |
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LEOPOLD KOZELUCH
Koželuch: Joseph der Menschheit Segen (Masonic Cantata) Siegfried Gohritz (speaker), Simona Eisinger (soprano) Czech Boys Choir Boni Pueri [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Joseph der Menschheit Segen (Joseph, Mankinds Blessing) is a powerful Masonic cantata that unusually includes Melodrama, where spoken text is followed by instrumental passages. The two sacred arias are masterful compositions . |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 8 'symphony of a Thousand' / Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Hans Sotin, etc / Tiffin School Boys' Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2001 ] 'This Symphony of a Thousand is one of the superlative Mahler performances on record. It is very moving and the choral singing and orchestral playing are magnificent. As a rounded and convincing account of this... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No 3 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir & Rijnmond Boys' Choir, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] "the RCO brass and string majesty remains a thing of wonder. Bernarda Fink brings real gravitas and weight to the Nietzsche text and, with the finale on the horizon, Jansons keeps it simple: let the music do the work." (ClassicFM) |
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VARIOUS
All The World's Most Beautiful Melodies (the complete five CD set) The Golden Cornet Of Phillip Mccann / Sellers Engineering Band / Boys Of Leeds Parish Church Choir / Simon Lindley (Organ) / Roy Newsome (Conductor) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1995 ] From 'Panis Angelicus' to 'Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms' here are all your favourites performed by the world's number one cornet player. |