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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies Nos 1 & 15 Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] The second release on the Mariinsky label features Shostakovich's first and final symphonies. Valery Gergiev made award-winning recordings of Symphonies 4-9 for Philips, however he will release a complete cycle on the Mariinsky label, starting with... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes (The Card Game) / Danses concertantes / Capriccio Mark Wait (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 9 / CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] "This compilation of material previously issued on Koch International Classics...continues Robert Craft's highly regarded series of Stravinsky works for Naxos. If you didn't purchase these earlier at full price, now is the time to take advantage of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Abide With Me And Other Favourite Hymns Marlowe Brass Ensemble / The Choir Of St George'S Chapel Windsor Castle / Tim Byram-Wigfield [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] Vernacular hymns, etymologically songs of praise, are a particular feature of the worship of the Protestant Reformation, assuming various forms over the centuries, as Christian beliefs and practices have undergone changes. The German hymns of Martin... |
HOWELLS / HUBERT PARRY / EDISON / GOSS
Psalms For The Spirit Matthew Larkin (Organ) / St John's Choir Elora / Noel Edison (Director) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Psalms have always played a central part in Christian, as in Jewish worship. With the shift of emphasis in worship in England after the Protestant Reformation, Psalms, in one form or another, metrical or unmetrical, assumed even greater importance. |
HANFORTH / HARVEY / MACMILLAN / PAULUS / POULENC / STAINER / STANFORD / etc
Psalms and Motets for Reflection Michael Bloss (organ), Choir of St John's, Elora, Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] This release, builds not only on centuries of ecclesiastical tradition: superb recordings under the directorship of Noel Edison have also become something of a fixture and highlight of our choral catalogue. This beautifully balanced new programme... |
MESSIAEN
Organ Works Michael Bonaventure, The Rieger Organ of St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh [ Delphian / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2008 ] Nourished by Messiaen s beloved birdsong and Hindu rhythms, the Méditations bring alive the deepest mysteries of Catholicism, here performed with a visceral intensity by Michael Bonaventure. This is the second release in Delphian s survey of Messiaen... |
VALERY GAVRILIN
Gavrilin: The Russian Notebook / Anyuta (excerpts) Mila Shkirtil (mezzo), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Serov [ Naxos / Northern Flowers / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Valery Gavrilin was one of the most colourful and significant Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century. He was only 25 when he composed The Russian Notebook, a poem of love and death. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gregorian Chant Easter The Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey of Solesmes [ Paraclete Recordings / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2018 ] SINCE 1833, the research and study of Gregorian Chant by the Monks of the Abbey of St. Peter in Solesmes, France, has focused on making this sung form of prayer the finest possible offering for God, to whom it is addressed six times a day at the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Vespers & Compline The Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey of Solesmes [ Paraclete Recordings / CD - released 10/Jul/2018 ] The complete Office of Sunday Vespers and Compline in Gregorian chant The great bell of Solesmes calls the listener to the complete Office of Sunday Vespers and Compline on this exquisite chant recording. Includes Gregorian antiphons, psalms,... |
The Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abby of Solesmes
Chants for Passiontide [ Paraclete Recordings / 3 CD - released 10/Jul/2018 ] SINCE 1833, the research and study of Gregorian Chant by the Monks of the Abbey of St. Peter in Solesmes, France, has focused on making this sung form of prayer the finest possible offering for God, to whom it is addressed six times a day at the... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos in D & C (LP) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Academy St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] "A quite extraordinary achievement. Marvellously expressive cello playing. The orchestra gives splendid support and the sound is warm and ingratiating" (Gramophone) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos 1 and 2 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Academy St Martins in the Fields [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 17/Mar/2000 ] "A quite extraordinary achievement. Marvellously expressive cello playing. The orchestra gives splendid support and the sound is warm and ingratiating" (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) (recorded in 1988) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts Medici Arts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto." (BBC Music) |
WIDOR
Organ Symphony No.5 & excerpts Sym.6 & 8 / Romantic French Organ Encores The Nash Ensemble (organ of St.Peter's London & Bath Abbey) [ Alto / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Sanger's account of the Widor No.5 is first class in every respect and is recorded with fine bloom and clarity. His restraint in registering the central movements prevents Widor's cosy melodic inspiration from sounding sentimental, and the finale is... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Symphony No. 18 'War - there is no word more cruel' St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande, Andrew Balio (trumpet), St Petersburg Chamber Choir [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] Mieczysław Weinberg's Eighteenth Symphony is the centrepiece of his symphonic trilogy On the Threshold of War. |
Noel Edison, choirmaster / Paul Halley, organ / St. John's Choir, Elora
Faire is the Heaven: Hymns and Anthems [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Given the beautiful singing and the crystal-clear Naxos recording, this is an immensely rewarding disc." -- Marc Rochester, Gramophone, September 2004 |
FRANCK / BARRERA / de HEREDIA / de SOLA / CABANILIES / etc
Great European Organs No 73 Michael Novenko (organ of St Andreu, Santanyi, Mallorca) [ Priory / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "I was truly amazed by the sound of this organ and I have to say this will be a gem in my collection. I'm sure it will prove distinct in yours." Star Recording - The Organ |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Evening Hymn: Music For Solo Treble Oliver Lepage-Dean (Treble) / The Choir Of St John'S College Cambridge / Christopher Whitton (Organ) / Christopher Robinson (Director & Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "His [Oliver Lepage-Dean] voice is well recorded: firm and even, true in pitch, pure in quality. In two items he sings, as soloist, with the choir: Stanford's G Major Magnificat (the treble's violin concerto) and Mendelssohn's Geistliches Lied... |
Various
Russia's Most Beautiful Song The Optina Pustyn Male Choir - St. Petersburg [ ARC Music / CD ] The Optina Pustyn Male Choir of St. Petersburg, singing a cappella in the tradition of the world famous Don Cossack Chorus directed by Sergei Jaroff, presents Russian traditional songs including favourites such as the 'Volga Boat Men' and the 'Legend... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 100 Military 101 "Clock" 104 "London" & 103 "Drum Roll""" Orchestra of St Luke's / Sir Charles MacKerras [ 2 CD - released 20/May/2009 ] |
