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BERLIOZ / SCHMITT / MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / BOZZA
French Wind Band Classics Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 'There are only a handful of conductors who know this repertoire really well and Tim Reynish rules supremely amongst them. His interpretations are authoritative, as are his programme notes, and I cannot recommend this CD too strongly to serious... |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band Music Vol. 20 [Includes 'Oh, How I've Waited for You' & 'El Capitan Fantasy'] Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] "This is a wonderful series and this latest release brings us a range of Sousa's own arrangements of popular music specifically for his own band. It draws on music hall songs as well as arrangements from El Capitan and Good-Bye." Lark Reviews |
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Sam Corkin (saxophones), Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, David Newsholme (director of music), Jamie Rogers (organ)
Palimpsest: New Works from Old for Saxophone and Choir [ Signum / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] "If the saxophone sometimes appears as something of an addition to the choral writing, the best examples - such as Gabriel Jackson's stirring Sancte Deus or Francis Pott's luminescent Rosa sine.." Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Ashley Riches, Elizabeth Watts, Christopher Maltman / Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of the AAM, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Jun/2015 ] "Singing and playing are highly polished and assured throughout, with James Gilchrist superb as the Evangelist, and Matthew Rose a credible if rather forceful Jesus" (BBC Music) |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Sons of Light (with Parry-Ode on the Nativity / Holst-The Mystic Trumpeter) Sheila Armstrong (soprano) Teresa Cahill (soprano) / Bach Choir / Royal College of Music Chorus / London Philharmonic / Willocks [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] "Lyrita here put on the map three neglected scores from the British choral tradition and they do so in magnificent style." (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
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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... |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Voices, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Original Jacket Recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] An enormous success at the time, with a Broadway run of 559 performances, Wonderful Town shows off the talents of Bernstein, Comden and Green, who wrote the songs against the clock in just four weeks. Whether it's jazz, cod-Irish, ragtime, ballad or... |
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KRASA / LAITMAN
Brundibar / I Never Saw Another Butterfly Soloists / Northwest Boychoir / Music of Remembrance / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Cello & Orchestra SOLOISTS OF THE QUEEN ELISABETH MUSIC CHAPEL [ Zig Zag Territories / 3 CD - released 9/Nov/2013 ] This ambitious project consists of a recording of the complete music for violin and orchestra and cello and orchestra by Saint-Saëns. It marks the beginning of an intensive collaboration between Zig-Zag Territories and the Queen Elisabeth Music... |
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EDOUARD LALO
Concertante Works for Violin, Cello & Piano Soloists of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel [ Alpha / 3 CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] Édouard Lalo made his mark on French music with his opera Le Roi d'Ys, but his instrumental output also has considerable historical importance, with its resolutely innovative aims for its time. More specifically, his concertante music rewards the... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No 4 [Chamber arrangement by Erwin Stein] (with Debbusy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune} Sonia Grane (soprano) / Royal Academy of Music Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Jul/2013 ] "Under Pinnock, the Royal Academy of Music's Chamber Ensemble bring to the surface the lithe counterpoint that usually lumbers under thicker string textures." Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 |
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Ted Heath & his music
Big Band Bash & America Swings Coast to Coast (Recorded 1962 & 1964) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] Recorded 1962 & 1964 |
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Ted Heath & His Music
You've Gone To My Head [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/2001 ] |
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Ted Heath & His Music
Beaublieu Jazz Festival & 21St [ Vocalion / CD - released 10/Nov/2003 ] |
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Ted Heath & His Music
Big Band Blues/Big Band Dixie [ Vocalion / CD - released 11/Nov/2002 ] |
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Ted Heath & His Music
Euphoria! [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
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Ted Heath & His Music
Hits I Missed & Ted Heath Play [ Vocalion / CD - released 3/Mar/2003 ] |
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Ted Heath & his Music
Swings in Hi-Fi / Listen to my Music / Selection (Recorded between 1950-56) (Original LP & EPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Here is the finest single CD selection available of Britain's greatest and most popular band during the 50s - Ted Heath. |
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Ted Heath & His Music
Rare Transcription Recordings [ Vocalion / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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Ted Heath & His Music
Ted Heath Plays Great The Film [ Vocalion / CD - released 3/Mar/2003 ] |