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 |
A FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS
A Festival of Christmas (Incls 'Ding Dong, Merrily on High', 'Dance Little Goatling' & 'Silent Night') St Ambrose R.C. Junior School Choir / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir / Edmund Walters [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Recorded in: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 19-20 July 1981 |
Will Gresson / Preslav Literary School
Will Gresson / Preslav Literary School [ Hell Is Now Love Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2012 ] |
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... |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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. |
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. |
CHILCOTT / MEALOR / HOLST / MacMILLAN / O'Regan / etc
The Song of the Stars: British Music for Upper Voice Choir Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch., with Eleanor Turner (harp) & Elliot Launn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] The 24 singers together create a sound that is both blended and impeccably balanced, completely consistent throughout widely varied repertoire, but also capable of such constant reinvention." Editor's Choice Gramophone (Awards Issue) |
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 |
Will Gresson / Preslav Literary School
Will Gresson / Preslav Literary School (Vinyl) [ Hell Is Now Love Records / 10in - released 12/Oct/2012 ] |
Preston School of Industry
Monsoon [ Matador Records / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] The 2nd album from former Pavement fixture Spiral Stairs under the Preston School of Industry moniker |
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. |
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... |