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J.S. BACH / CARISSIMI / CLARKE / GRAZIANI / LEGRENZI / MONTEVERDI / PURCELL
Baroque Vocal Masterpieces Emma Kirkby (soprano) / St Albans Chamber Choir / Richard Stangroom (conductor) [ Griffin / CD ] A live concert recording by Lance Andrews, 26th February 1983 from St John's Smith Square, London. |
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MASSENET
Don Quichotte (complete opera recorded in 2011) Ferruccio Furianetto, Anna Kiknadze, Andrei Serov / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: The Barber of Seville [Il Barbiere di Siviglia] (Complete Opera recorded in 1983) Francisco Araiza, Agnes Baltsa, Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd / Academy St Martins / Neville Marriner [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Sir Neville Marriner makes one of his rare appearances as an opera conductor and the combination of a superb cast and stylish orchestral playing combine to make a magnificent recording of Rossini's comic masterpiece. |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Edition: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, dances, operas, songs, instriumental & incidental music] Alfred Brendel, Staatskapelle Dresden, Elly Ameling, Suske Quartett, Janet Baker, Yefim Bronfman, Walter Klien, Academy St Martins-in-the-Fields, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 86 CD Box Set ] t would not be an overstatement to declare that Ludwig van Beethoven stands as one of the most significant figures in Western civilisation: a composer who shaped the course of music history through his mastery of rhythm, melody and harmonic... |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 - 3 / Souvenir de Florence Gabrieli String Quartet / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "the Gabrielis give a finely conceived performance, producing well-blended tonal quality" Penguin Guide |
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WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2010) Gary Lehmen, Violeta Urmana, Rene Pape / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "What really distinguishes this...is Gergiev. His reading is vivid and luminous, generally expansive but with fluidly shifting tempos, unashamedly guilty of theatrical excitement." BBC Music Magazine Disc of the month - October 2010 |
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Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
A Celebration of Scotland [incls 'An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise'] George MacIlwham (Highland bagpipes) & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor/pianist) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Choir of St. Mary's School, Edinburg [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Davies is a master story-teller in this vividly detailed tone painting…." (Gramophone) |
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C. P. E. BACH / J. C. BACH / THOMAS ARNE
Arne, CPE Bach & JC Bach: Harpsichord Concertos George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] There were many worlds in George Malcolm's (1917-1997) universe - organist, harpsichordist, pianist, composer, choral director and conductor - and this one demonstrates his unique skill as a solo performer who, throughout his career, more than any... |
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STRAVINSKY
Les Noces / Oedipus Rex Gerard Depardieu (narrator) Sergei Semishkur, Ekaterina Semenchuk / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "this performance [of Les Noces], recorded live, has idiomatic vocal forces, essential for this fundamentally Russian work...the Mariinsky Chorus and players relish the primitivist rhythmic verve of this singular masterpiece." Sunday Times, 16th May... |
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JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
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HOWELLS / SWAYNE / WATSON / WALTON / BERKELEY / PART / etc
Magnificat Vol. 2 Glen Dempsey (organ) Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] 'This project is shaping up to become the most significant recording project ever in the field of choir-and-organ English church music.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2021 |
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CHESNOKOV / HOWELLS / MOORE / DYSON / STANFORD / KELLY / etc
Magnificat Vol. 3 Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, George Herbert (organ), Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "I can't think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director's time at St Johns" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2023 |
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PHILIP W. J. STOPFORD
Stopford: Sacred Choral Music Grace Davidson (soprano) / Choir of St Luke's Chelsea, Chelsea Camerata, Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Philip Stopford is admired in Britain and America for his beautifully crafted music, rooted in the Anglican tradition. His works are memorable and colourful, as these world premiere recordings demonstrate. The biggest piece on this album is the Missa... |
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Graden/St Jacobs Chamber Choir
Durufle: Requium [ Bis / CD ] |
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Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne/St
Mahler: Symphonie No 8 [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
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Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne/St
Mahler: Symphonie No.5 [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
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PIAZZOLLA / ROTA / WEILL / RODGERS / MORRICONE / etc
Both Sides Now Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Hardenberger is often rhythmically too straitlaced for this material. Still, we can admire his smoky flugelhorn tone and deft high passagework on muted trumpet. And the selection, from My Funny Valentine to The Godfather theme, is enjoyable... |
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EBERHARD
Piano Concerto 'Shadow Of The Swan' Halida Dinova (Piano) / St Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Tchernoushenko [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Tchernoushenko |
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ERNEST BLOCH
Concerto symphonique in B minor / Scherzo fantasque / Hiver-Printemps Halida Dinova (piano) / Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Cappella of St Petersburg; Alexander Tchernushenk [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is an important collection of Bloch's rarely recorded music for piano and orchestra. |
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ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK
Orchestral Songs Hans Christoph Begemann (baritone) / Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Otto Tausk [ CPO / CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] With its Holland edition cpo has set important revivals in motion. Röntgen, Badings, van Gilse, Andriessen - these are names that one had hardly ever heard of before. The current case is somewhat different: Alphons Diepenbrock - even today -... |