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JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Magnificat Patricia Forbes (soprano) / The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] Rutter's Magnificat for soprano soloist, choir, and orchestra was written in 1990. The text, based on the prayer ascribed by St Luke to the Virgin Mary on learning that she was to give birth to Christ, is extended by the interpolation of Marian... |
GEFFREY BURGON
Viola Concerto ‘Ghosts of the Dance’ / Cello Concerto / Merciless Beauty Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Philip Dukes (viola) / Josephine Knight (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Chandos releases premiere recordings of Geoffrey Burgon's viola and cello concertos, alongside the song cycle Merciless Beauty, all performed by the City of London Sinfonia under Rumon Gamba. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Christmas Music (Incls 'On Christmas Night' & 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols') Sarah Fox (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] "Beautifully sensitive performances atmospherically recorded … irresistible … There's even a sprig of holly on the CD!" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten on Film Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano) / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] 'This generous 79-minute collection consists of the film music without the film, so if you've once seen some of the better known ones such as Night Mail or Coal Face your visual memory fills the gap. An excellent feature is the provision of Auden's... |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / MAHLER / R. STRAUSS / etc
Orchestral Music in the 20th Century Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with Felicity Palmer, Gidon Kremer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard White, etc [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "The series was one of the last intelligent contributions to classical music by British television and, even by 1996, one suspects that only a musician of Rattle's stature and determination could have got it made." Gramophone |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Now Is Drawing Near Sneak's Noyse / The City Waits / Roddy Skeaping (violin, baroque violin & viola) [ Saydisc / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 30 of the most beautiful traditional English folk carols performed in an authentic rural style with original instrument accompaniment. |
SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder Soile Isokoski / Monica Groop / Stig Andersen / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & The Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Signum SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "Sometimes less is not more. More is exhilarating...the music-making was superb...And what terrific soloists!" ***** Richard Morrison, The Times |
Spike Jones and the City Slickers
Spiking The Classics (1945-1950) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] Through much of the 1930s, Spike Jones was a drummer with a variety of dance bands and stage bands in California, also working the radio studios and free-lancing on recording sessions. |
Spike Jones & his City Slickers
'Mis-taken Music' [ Alto / Take: 2 / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 - May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuate |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra Stephen Hough (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 27 / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- "This seems to me a spiffing set and pleasurable discoveries and rediscoveries await." (Gramophone) |
PERCY GRAINGER
An Introduction to Percy Grainger (Including Country Gardens & Handel in the Strand) Stephen Varco (baritone) Penelope Thwaites (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / BBC Philharmonic / City of London Sinfonia / etc [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Here's a recipe guaranteed to delight Grainger acolytes and inquisitive newcomers alike: a liberal sprinkling of old friends." (Gramophone) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: King Roger (Complete Opera) / Symphony No. 4 Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Gramophone Magazine 2000 Winner - Opera |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: A Child of Our Time Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Jon Garrison & John Cheek / City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett [ Naxos / CD ] "..the composer's own lovingly crafted reading has a special place in the discography of this still-modern masterpiece." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
RICHARD HICKOX
Within A Dream: A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox Various performers / City of London Sinfonia / Northern Sinfonia / Australian Opera & Ballet / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November, 2008, at the age of just 60, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and breadth of his musical achievements were astonishing as this 2 CD collections reveals. |
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Watkinson/Kraemer/City Of Lond
Vivaldi:la Stravaganza Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] |
Avalanche City
We Are For The Wild Places (LP) [ LP - released 13/Nov/2015 ] Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Avalanche City is the musical moniker of Dave Baxter, whose debut single Love, Love, Love was propelled into radio mainstay back in 2011. While he spent two years travelling the world off the back of the breakout... |
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The Bay City Rollers
Rollermania - The Anthology [ Salvo / 4 CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] |
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Bay City Rollers
Rollerworld: Live At Budokhan [ Acrobat / CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] |
DEBUSSY / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / FAURE / etc
Cécile Ousset - The Complete Warner Recordings Cecile Ousset (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "Cecile Ousset is an arrestingly ebullient artist...who leaves her own distinctive stamp on everything she plays" Gramophone |
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Circle City Band
Circle City Band (Double Vinyl) [ UNIQUITY / 2 LP - released 18/Jan/2013 ] |
