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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Master Works for Strings Martin Riseley (violin) with the chamber players of the New Zealand School of Music [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Jan/2012 ] "The performers match their playing to their obvious commitment to the music of their worthy compatriot. A fine achievement altogether." (MusicWeb Dec 2014) |
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. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) BLU-RAY Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
SAMUEL ADLER
Adler: One Lives But Once, A 90th Birthday Celebration Eastman School of Music, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Emily Freeman Brown [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Feb/2018 ] March 4th 2018 marks the 90th birthday of one of the twenty-first century's most influential and prolific composers: Samuel Adler. This three-disc boxed set provides a cohesive overview of his output and includes many premiere recordings. |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies No. 3 / Elegy / The Lament For Beowulf Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Eastman School of Music Chorus. Howard Hanson [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1991 ] Recorded 1957 - 1963 The original Three Track original recording |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
Tea Party Revenge Porn (LP) [ Alternative Tentacles / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Hot on the heels of five viral video singles, Tea Party Revenge Porn, the first full album since 2014 by Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, is finally here! This is very strong stuff. Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place the... |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
The Audacity Of Hype (LP) [ Alternative Tentacles / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] This is a limited edition LP of 'The Audacity of Hype' album by Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine - on VINYL. You will need a good ol' record player to listen to it! |
Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir, Aric Prentice, with Charles Harrison (organ)
Great Hymns from Lincoln [ Priory / CD - released 15/Mar/2013 ] "The singing is solid and secure throughout, but the choir is definitely at its strongest during the unaccompanied passages, where the balance between vocal parts is very good, the diction at its clearest and the ensemble tight." MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Golden Years of the Gramophone (incl. Gendarmes' Duet, Cats' Duet & Song of the Flea) Manchester School Children's Choir / Halle Orchestra / Peter Dawson / Feodor Chaliapin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] A nostalgic issue of mostly vocal pieces. Twenty-three original recordings - classic and fondly remembered recordings from the 78 era. |
JEKOBS JANCEVSKIS
Jančevskis: Aeternum & other choral works Riga Cathedral Choir School Mixed Choir, Jurģis Cābulis (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Arrestingly beautiful and dramatic contemporary choral works that might make me a convert." MusicWeb May 2020 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Requiem / Symphonie funebre et triomphale Ronald Dowd (tenor) / Wandsworth School Boys' Choir / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Originals / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] "Davis's readings of imagination and vision are still highly competitive after 30 years." Gramophone Magazine August 2001. |
Rodger Fox and the NZ School of Music Big Band (with special guests)
Funk City Ola [ T-Bone / Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Under the musical direction of Rodger Fox, the NZSOf M's Big Band recording of 'Run For Cover' was voted "Tui Jazz Album Of The Year" in 2009. This new offering is equally as fine a set of recordings... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
LEONARD SLATKIN
Slatkin Conducts Slatkin - The Raven / Endgames / Kinah / In Fields Alec Baldwin (narrator) / Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphnoy Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Leonard Slatkin celebrated his 75th birthday in September 2019. Many of the selections in this program come from a concert given in his honour and are also a tribute to his remarkable musical family, both past and present. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (complete opera) Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bed [ Signum / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "...[Oke's] is a strong, ballasted performance, less purely plangent than many, but deeply moving in its simple strength and keen imagination...There's much to relish throughout this hand-picked cast." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Opera WINNER |
MAURICE SAYLOR
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits / Music for Silent Films Cantate Chamber Singers / The Snark Pit-band / The Holton-Arms Lower School Chorus / Gisele Becker / Snark Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] The result is music of vibrancy, excitement, and even dangerous volatility. The three silent film scores are pacey, dapper and splendidly jazzy. |
The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury / Directed by Benjamin Nicholas with Carleton Etherington (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 9) [ Priory / CD - released 21/Nov/2003 ] Recorded in Tewkesbury Abbey on 22nd and 23rd May 2001 |
The Choir of The King's School, Canterbury, Directed by Howard Ionascu with Matthew Martin (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 16) (Includes 'Father Eternal Lord of Ages') [ Priory / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] Recorded in Sandwich Parish Church on 22&23 April 2003 |
FLOR PEETERS
Flor Peeters: Organ Music D'Arcy Trinkwon (Marcussen organ of Tonbridge School Chapel) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] "Although it must be a daunting challenge to reduce Peeters's vast organ output down to a 75 minute representative selection, Trinkwon has managed successfully to cover most angles...the playing is mostly top-notch, with the Tonbridge Marcussen... |
FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
Film School
Film School [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2006 ] The debut recording from Film School is the recalling of an early eighties alternative spirit mixed with an unprecedented fervent and conviction. “These SF alt-rockers are utterly enchanting" - Kerrang! |
Film School
Hideout [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] This album builds on the Film School's pretty, shoegazer pop, richly textured space-rock soundscapes by emphasizing powerful rhythms & beautiful melodies. "This San Fran quintet has harnessed a psychedelic velocity that Joy Divison would... |
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Film School
Hideout (Vinyl) [ Beggars Banquet / 2 LP - released 18/Feb/2008 ] |
ANONYMOUS / ANTICO / GABRIELI / CABEZON / ASTON / etc
The Organ at European Courts Francesco Cera (Positive organ [organ ottavino] of the Neapolitan school, dated 1772) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] The organ is usually associated with the church and sacred music. However, in Renaissance and early baroque small organs were often used in noble mansions and courts for performance of secular music. Collections of instruments held by courts in... |
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Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
A Celebration of Scotland [incls 'An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise'] George MacIlwham (Highland bagpipes) & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor/pianist) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Choir of St. Mary's School, Edinburg [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Davies is a master story-teller in this vividly detailed tone painting…." (Gramophone) |
Handsome Boy Modeling School
So...How's Your Girl? [ Elektra / Ada / CD - released 19/Oct/1999 ] Features De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Sean Lennon, Cibo Matto, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Moloko, Sadat X etc. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Raw Earth: New Music for Wind Band The Hartt School Wind Ensemble, Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The contemporary wind ensemble has expanded and redefined its identity, now offering composers as broad a canvas as that of a virtuoso symphony orchestra. Each work heard on this recording reflects this new image of the wind ensemble |
HANDEL
Judas MacCabeus (recorded in 1971) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Johannes Somary [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The solo singing is excellent with Alexander Young a ringing tenor, and Helen Watts singing the opening aria in Act III exquisitely. Very good recording... the effect is wholly natural - and a sense of commitment throughout from all departments." -... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
NIGEL HESS
Hess: The Winds of Power Pupils of Daubeney Middle School, The London Symphonic Wind Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Nov/1999 ] |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
No More Selfies / The Ghost Of Vince Lombardi [ Alternative Tentacles / 7in - released 20/Aug/2021 ] At last, Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine have finally delivered the two songs missing from the "Tea Party Revenge Porn" LP version on vinyl! Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place we've put ourselves in, like no one else would... |
Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine
The Audacity of Hype [ Alternative Tenticles / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] 30 years on, Dead Kennedys leader, Biafra solidifies and expands his uncompromising vision and updates it for the new century, with a powerhouse band that promises to be a terrifying live machine. |
GRYC / ZIVKOVIC / SCHWANTNER
Passaggi / Tales from the Center of the Earth / Recoil Joseph Alessi (trumpet) / Benjamin Toth (percussion) / Hartt School Wind Ensemble / Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Stephen Gryc and Nebojsa Zivkovic composed their concertos-Passaggi and Tales from the Center of the Earth, respectively-for the instruments they play themselves. The artistic integrity and natural virtuosity of these major works is further magnified... |
Manhattan School of Jazz
Que Viva Harlem [ Jazzheads / CD - released 15/Jul/2014 ] |
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MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
The Music of Volume 3 The Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble / Curtis Macomber (violin) / Aleck Karis (piano) / Eric Bartlett (cello) [ Bridge Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
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Mannheim School
Concertos & Symphonies [ Profil / 2 CD ] |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Version for Two Pianos, S647/R369) (Complete Piano Music Vol. 34) Marcus Ullmann (tenor) / Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Liszt School of Music Chamber Choir, Weimar [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Edition / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] A recording of the Faust Symphony arranged for two pianos |
HANDEL / GIBBONS / PARRY / WALTON / WESLEY / STANFORD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Music From the Official Record 2nd June 1953 Massed Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, Coronation Choir, Coronation Orchestra, Dr. Osborne Harold Peasgood (organ) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] This recording of the BBC's broadcast of the coronation service from Westminster Abbey was taken by means of a direct line to Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London. |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Peter and the Wolf / L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges The Nederlands Dans Theater / Lorin Maazel / The Royal Ballet School / Paul Murphy [ Arthaus Musik / RM Associates / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] G :- Regions 2 + 5 - Widescreen 16:9 & Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo - Colour - 82 Minutes (total) - PAL Prokofiev's classic and Ravel's fairy tale ballet are different in content but both are thoroughly recommended to all. Starring The... |
