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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21 Gidon Kremer (violin) / Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Grazinytė-Tyla [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2019 ] All in all, this has to be one of the most important symphonic releases of the year." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Orchestral / RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
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Gorgon City
Sirens [ Virgin EMI / CD - released 3/Oct/2014 ] With a deft history of music making behind them individually as Foamo & RackNRuin, Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott joined forces as Gorgon City and things quickly began to snowball at a barely comprehensible rate. "Because we each had a bit of... |
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EDOUARD LALO
Symphonie Espagnole / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 20 / Fantaisie Norvegienne Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) / Granada City Orchestra / Kees Bakels [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The three works gathered here all resulted from the friendship between the composer and the Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate. The melodious and charming violin concerto held a great significance for Lalo who regarded it as his first work truly... |
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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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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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SIBELIUS / SULLIVAN
ShakespeareAEs Tempest: Incidental music for The Tempest Kansas City Symphony / Michael Stern [ Reference / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "This is a fine and thoughtfully put together project. I hope we will hear more from this orchestra and conductor in similarly inventive couplings...Their Sullivan is excellent." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Violin Concerto / Children's Suite Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] ..a 'rarity to treasure' (The Penguin Guide) |
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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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The New Lost City Ramblers
Old Time Music [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Owl City
Mobile Orchestra [ Republic / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] This is multi-platinum, chart-topping alternative pop trailblazer Owl City's fifth full-length album. Musically conceived everywhere from airports and hotels to tour buses, the album Mobile Orchestra, follows up 2012's Midsummer Station, which... |
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Owl City
Ocean Eyes [ Universal Republic / CD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] Owl City has reached the Top Unsigned Artist position on Myspace, having over 30 million total plays and 6 million profiles views, which is outstanding in such a short span of time. |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Simon Rattle Edition: Stravinsky Peter Donohoe (piano) / London Sinfonetta, Berlin Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Simon Rattle Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Feb/2009 ] The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of Stravinsky's musical life including six ballets, Symphonies, Suites, the Ebony Concerto, and more. |
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JOHN FOULDS
Dynamic Triptych / April Evening / 2 Short Indian Works Peter Donohoe (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2006 ] "Brilliant music Stokowski would have loved and Oramo does proud" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2006) |
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MANTYJARVI / TICHELI / MARTIN / CLAUSEN
Eternal Rest Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy |
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JOSEF RHEINBERGER
Sacred Choral Works (Incls Mass, Op. 109) Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "This new recording was made by two professional American choirs, the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale, conducted by Charles Bruffy. The two groups come together annually to record double choir works. The resulting ensemble is... |
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Pokey Lafarge & South City Three
Live In Holland [ Continental Song City / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
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Pokey Lafarge And The South City Three
Middle Of Everywhere [ Trade Roots / CD - released 22/Nov/2013 ] Pokey LaFarge is a musician, songwriter, bandleader, entertainer, innovator and preservationist, whose well‐rounded arsenal of talents has placed him at the forefront of American music. Over the last decade, Pokey has won the hearts of music lovers... |