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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: The Birds & Ancient Dances and Airs Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] With the present album, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and John Neschling bring us the sixth and last instalment in a series that has been called 'the finest-ever survey of the composer's orchestral output undertaken by a single... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Transcriptions Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] A great orchestrator adds new colours to music by Bach and Rachmaninov. |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Sinfonia Drammatica & Belfagor Overture Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2016 ] Ottorino Respighi is primarily associated with his Roman trilogy, composed between 1916 and 1928 and celebrating the eternal city and its fountains, pines and festivals. Respighi was however a highly prolific composer - in most genres - and all of... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa [Church Windows] / etc Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling, Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] In their acclaimed series of Ottorino Respighi's orchestral music, John Neschling and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège have transported listeners to destinations as diverse as Brazil (Impressione brasiliane) and King Solomon's Jerusalem... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "These are the kind of performances that remind us of what a revolution of reassessment period-instrument bands provoke." (Gramophone) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz Rediscovered [8 CDs + 1 DVD] Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca Philips / 9 CD/DVD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2019 ] "Gardiner wins the palm: the Monteverdi Choir's incisive diction and expressive phrasing make them a real player in the drama" GRAMOPHONE on Roméoet Juliette |
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FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
Price: Symphony No. 3 / The Mississippi River / Ethiopia's Shadow in America ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Florence Price was one of the most versatile and accomplished american musicians of her generation whose unstoppable creativity and earliest successes were set against the backdrop of 1930s economic depression |
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FRANCK / WIDOW / DUPRE / BACH / etc
Organ Works Organ at St. John the Divine / Michael Murray [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "...dazzling moments in this hour's worth of music, and all of it suits Michael Murray down to the ground." -Stereo Review |
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DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes Volume 1 Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 9/Jan/2006 ] Dad's Army fan Phill Jupitus selects four of his favourite episodes from the evergreen radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. As with other volumes in the Very Best Episodes range, Jupitus has also written an... |
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DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes Volume 2 Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] A second volume featuring four of the very best episodes from the evergreen radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. Diehard Dads Army fan Phill Jupitus has chosen four of his favourite episodes of the sitcom that... |
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DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes Volume 3 Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2007 ] Diehard Dads Army fan Phill Jupitus has chosen four of his favourite episodes of the sitcom that captured the heart of the nation. In addition, he has written an introductory sleeve note explaining just what makes these four episodes great. As he... |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
On the Town (Original Cast Recording 1940-1956) Betty Comden, John Frank, Adolph Green, Nancy Walker, Leonard Bernstein & others [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 5/Apr/2010 ] "We'll catch up some other time," sing the lovers in the touching finale to On the Town, but the irony is that this show, perhaps more than any other in musical comedy history couldn't have happened at any other time than exactly when it did. Not... |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
The Fabelmans Original Soundtrack composed by John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2022 ] John Williams wrote for the film is what Spielberg describes as 'a love letter to his parents,' a gift to them which is as small, intimate, and quietly emotional as the story. (Movie Music) |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Lincoln Original Soundtrack composed by John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] This is the original motion picture soundtrack to multi-BAFTA nominated Steven Spielberg movie "Lincoln". A magnificent new score written by John Williams, with score performed by the renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus. |
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Original soundtrack composed & conducted by John Williams
Star Wars - Attack of the Clones [remastered] [ Universal / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] 'Attack of the Clones' has been remastered, featuring new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. The soundtrack was reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound. |
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CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Symphony Nos 2 & 3 / Abertura Concertante Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo / John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 3/Apr/2002 ] a world-class orchestra from the city of São Paolo |
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W. A. MOZART
The sonatas for violin and piano [recorded 1977] (4 CD set) Oscar Shumsky (violin) Robin Miller (oboe) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell, violin and director [ Nimbus / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2010 ] It is particularly felicitous that Shumsky and Balsam, both very experienced chamber musicians, should have come together to record Mozart's music for violin and piano. |
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PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Dacapo / CD - released 5/Sep/2016 ] "The Oslo Philharmonic sound settled at the foundations while suggesting spontaneity on the surface…the brass and percussion offer extreme restraint and delicacy" (Gramophone) |
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John Williams
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker [ CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Original soundtrack to the 2019 motion picture. The music was composed by John Williams, who has worked on every Star Wars film since the first one in 1977. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy,... |
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Otis Spann, with Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Junior Wells, Chuck Berry, etc
Otis Spann in Session - Diary of a Chicago Bluesman 1953-1960 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] Joining Eddie Taylor and Jody Williams (JASMCD3070 & JASMCD3100) in Jasmine's popular 'In Session' series comes this excellent 43 track 2CD set of Otis Spann's sessions that he cut in Chicago between 1953 and 1956 along with live performances at... |