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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. |
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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... |
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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,... |
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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... |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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... |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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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 ] |
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Orchestra Of St Luke's/Runnicl
Mozart: Symphonies 39/41 'Jupi [ Delos / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
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Orch.Stabile St.Cecilia/Sabata
Debussy/Respighi:la Mer/Fon [ Testament / CD ] |
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The Organ of St Laurenskerk, Rotterdam / Roger Judd
Great European Organs Vol 61 [ Priory / CD - released 16/Jun/2002 ] Volume 61 of the on-going series |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Mount Rushmore, Radio City & The Gospel According to Sister Aimee (World Premiere Recordings) Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores three icons of "The Greatest Generation", a turbulent period of adversity and achievement in the United States of America spanning the Great Depression of the 1930s through the Second World War |
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PAGANINI
The Best Of Paganini Ilya Kaler (violin), Moshe Hammer (violin), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Scott St. John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) Polish Nat [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Artists: Ilya Kaler (violin), Moshe Hammer (violin), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Scott St. John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Laudate Dominum: Vespers & Litanies Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The Wren Orchestra, Neville Marriner, George [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Mozart at his most imaginative and vital...highly responsive performance" Penguin Guide |