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JOHN BARRY
Film Music Masterworks (Incls 'Born Free' & 'Somewhere In Time') City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra [ Silva Screen Records / CD - released 16/May/2006 ] This collection of film composer John Barry's finest moments includes music from 'Out Of Africa', 'Born Free', 'Lion In Winter', 'You Only Live Twice', 'Midnight Cowboy' and many more! |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
An introduction to Beethoven (Incls Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' & Symphony No. 5 in C minor) John Lill (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Walter Weller [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'You'll know the meaning of the term 'heart-rending beauty' when you listen to the slow movement of the Piano Concerto.' CD Review |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos 2 & 3 Jorge Luis Prats (piano) / Mexico City Philharmonic / Enrique Batiz [ Regis Records / CD - released 3/Jun/2007 ] "virtuoso flamboyance guaranteed to set the pulse racing... enthusiastically recommended" (CD Review) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.10 / Symphony in C Major for Piano, Cello and Violin Op. 56 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Walter Weller [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
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RENE CLAUSEN
Life and Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Although he writes in all genres, René Clausen is today one of America's most popular choral composers...On this release, choral works by Clausen are performed by the Kansas City Chorale, another choir of great international renown" |
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NATIVITAS
Nativitas: American Christmas Carols Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy (conductor) with James Higdon, organ [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "As beautiful a disc of precious Christmas music as you are likely to hear this or any year." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
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Kraemer/Watkinson/City Of Lond
Vivaldi:concerti For Violins & [ Naxos / CD ] |
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DONIZETTI / GOUNOD / MASSENET / PUCCINI / etc
Beloved Arias Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Constantine Orbelian (conductor), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra [ Delos / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Acknowledged as one of the most exciting lyric tenors of his generation, Liparit Avetisyan releases his first solo album on Delos: a crowd-pleasing programme of celebrated arias which the Armenian has performed in major opera houses including the... |
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GEORGE DYSON
Dyson: Symphony in G / Overture, At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City London Symphony Chorus / City of London Sinfonia / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'This is a very fine recording, beautifully set in the glowing acoustic of the Blackheath Hall.' - Gramophone on In Honour of the City and At the Tabard Inn |
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PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev (incls Violin Concerto No.1 in D & Symphony No.1 in D Op.25) Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Michel Baroff / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal [ Warner Classics 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Rattle's...is a pretty stunning Scythian Suite, combining foundation-threatening pagan spectacle and heart-stopping beauty in ideal equilibrium. A terrific display, excitingly engineered" (Gramophone on the Synthian Suite) |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 3 [Incls Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang''] Mary Bevan (soprano I), Sophie Bevan (soprano II) & Benjamin Hulett (tenor) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "The playing of the CBSO is of the highest quality, and the perfectly balanced and blended sound of the wind sections is something very special. It is all so well rendered by the engineers; they have successfully preserved the feeling of spaciousness |
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WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Concertino Michael Collins (clarinet & conductor) / City of London Sinfonia [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, plays the clarinet in three works for clarinet and orchestra by Weber, as well as conducting the City of London Sinfonia. The disc also includes Weber's horn concertino, featuring the... |
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Aram Khatc
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester; Konzert für Violine und Orchester Müller-Schott, Steinbacher; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ ORFEO / CD - released 9/Mar/2004 ] |
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Motion City Soundtrack
Commit This To Memory [ Epitaph Records / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] A masterpiece of pop harmonies and singalong choruses layered on top of their trademark angular guitars, loopy synths, and stop/start dynamics. |
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Motion City Soundtrack
Even if it Kills Me [ Epitaph Records / CD - released 17/Sep/2007 ] Featuring guest appearances from Max Bemis of Say Anything and Shawn Harris of The Matches, this is a smart, catchy third album from MCS, filled with infectious songs from start to finish. |
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Motion City Soundtrack
Panic Stations [ CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] When Motion City Soundtrack formed in Minneapolis in 1997 there was a sense of fun that threaded through everything that involved the band. That youthful glee, the feeling that everything was exciting and anything was possible, has been inevitably... |
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My Burning City
Lone Wolves [ I Scream / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] |
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New Lost City Ramblers
Songs from the Depression [ Smithsonian Folkways / CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] NLCR are Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley. They are a contemporary old-time string band that formed in New York City in 1958 during the Folk Revival and focus on traditional playing styles. |
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The New Lost City Ramblers
Old Time Music [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (complete ballet recorded December 14, 2011) New York City Ballet / Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Teresa Reichlen, Daniel Ulbricht [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Choreography - George Balanchine Experience the wonder of New York City Ballet's iconic holiday classic on the big screen. In George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's beloved melodies transport the young and young at heart to a magical... |