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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 ] |
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ALEXANDER LEVINE
The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Tenebrae Early Music Ensemble, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] "This is a notable new choral work and it's impossible to imagine that it could have been served better than by Tenebrae. Both this composition and the performance it receives are significant achievements." [Musicweb-International] |
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JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (LP) Theatre of Voices, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Hillier [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 20/May/2022 ] The previously unrecorded Drone Mass was described by its composer, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, as "a contemporary oratorio". Written for voices, string quartet and electronics, it was commissioned and premiered by the American Contemporary Music... |
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TORU TAKEMITSU
Takemitsu: Chamber Works: And Then I Knew 'twas Wind / Rain Tree and others Robert Aitken (flute) Steven Dann (viola) / Toronto New Music Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] "Outstanding release that showcases these musicians' empathy with Takemitsu's world" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2003) |
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Music by Trevor Jones
Merlin - O.S.T. [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Trevor Jones' score for the 1998 NBC television mini-series Merlin artfully captures the epic sweep and rousing adventure one expects from such a quintessential sword-and-sorcery yarn. Eschewing the modern musical approach that underscored Gulliver's... |
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HANDEL
Chandos Anthems Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "Stephen Layton directs the small forces of the Academy of Ancient Music with precision and tact." (MusicWeb May 2009). |
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Turkish Music Ensemble
Traditional Music from Turkey [ ARC Music / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Traditional Turkish music and songs from various regions of Turkey: Black Sea Coast, Anatolia, Aegean region, South region (Adana) and from Lake Van near the Eastern border, etc. Played on traditional instruments, recorded live at the "Festival... |
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GEORGE DYSON
Choral Music by George Dyson David Willcocks, Nettle and Markham Piano Duo, Osian Ellis, Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Roberts [ Somm / CD - released 25/May/2009 ] Dyson's music is akin to Parry's in vocal colour and texture with exciting, sonorous climaxes and a rich orchestral harmony indebted as much to Richard Strauss (Dyson's idol), as to Delius. Dyson brings his choral work to life in music of rare charm... |
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Sufi Music Ensemble
Sufi Music from Turkey [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Relaxing Sufi music recorded in Turkey played on kanun, ney, ud, tanbur, kemençe, bendir, halile and cello. |
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TELEMANN
Ino Cantata Dramatic Barbara Schlick (soprano) / Music Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 31/Aug/2009 ] Of all the composers who witnessed the widespread blossoming of the arts in the middle of the 18th century, it was Georg Philipp Telemann who responded the most enthusiastically to each new phase of musical development. In his last works in... |
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Gulizar Turkish Music Ensemble
Music of the Whirling Dervishes [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] This is an excellent collection of music focussing on the music that the wonderfully named Whirling Dervishes dance about to. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Mass Vojtěch Dyk (baritone) / Wiener Singakademie, Company of Music, ORF Vienna RSO/Dennis Russell-Davies [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "It is certainly a valuable addition to the Bernstein discography." MusicWeb |
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VICTORIA
Ave Regina caelorum Westminster Cathedral Choir Robert Quinney (organ & continuo) Martin Baker (master of music) [ Hyperion / CD - released 24/Nov/2004 ] The Choir of Westminster Cathedral continues its survey of the music of Tomás Luis de Victoria with this new recording of the Missa Ave Regina caelorum, an opulent double-choir setting based on Victoria's two eponymous motets. |
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JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Messe Solemnelle Academy of Ancient Music / AAM Choir, Richard Eggar, with Stefanie True (soprano) & Gwilym Bowen (tenor) [ AAM Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] "This enjoyable, well recorded rendition, with lovely solo singing, has clear passionate advocacy; notwithstanding the odd rough edge the performance does Dussek's mass proud." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Choral |
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Music by Alexandre Desplat
Tamara Drewe (Original Soundtrack) [ Silva Screen / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] Alexandre Desplat's spirited score to Stephen Frears' humorous and romantic film based on Posy Simmonds' well-loved graphic novel. In Tamara Drewe, Desplat's animated contemporary orchestral score is driven by tuned percussion leitmotifs. It leads... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (LP) Alice Coote, Stephen Cleobury, Academy of Ancient Music [ Warner Classics / 3 LP - released 18/Sep/2020 ] In 2009 in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge performed Handel's best known work, Messiah, on Palm Sunday,... |
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American Music Club
A Toast To You - Live In Pittsburgh, PA - November 2004 [ Decor / CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] |
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Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra
Baby Einstein:- Meet the Orchestra [ CD - released 2/Jul/2009 ] |