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JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss (J.): Die Fledermaus (operetta in English) Rosemarie Arthars, Paul Barnhill, Lynton Black, David Fieldsend, Ade Grummet, Deborah Hawksley / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, John Owen Edwards [ Sony music / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/1995 ] "John Owen Edwards never forces the tempo but allows the melodies to unfold naturally, and eases gently into the big waltz tunes. " Gramophone |
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SHAKESPEARE
Henry V (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Alex Hassell, Jane Lapotaire, Sarah Parks, Leigh Quinn, Joshua Richards [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/May/2016 ] Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well (recorded live in 2022) Royal Shakespeare Company / Claire Benedict, Benjamin Westerby, Rosie Sheehy, Jamie Wilkes, Will Edgerton, Bruce Alexander [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Bruce Alexander [The King of France] is best known as Superintendent Mullett in A Touch of Frost and has appeared in many other TV shows such as Berkeley Square, Casualty and Peak Practice. He has also played major roles in the theatre. |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (recorded live in 2016) Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet), Natalie Simpson (Ophelia), Cyril Nri (Polonius), Clarence Smith (Claudius), Tanya Moodie, Hiran Ab [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] Press Reviews "It is an utterly engaging performance by Paapa Essiedu." (The Times ★★★★) "... the percussive music of Sola Akingbola makes a vital contribution to a production that makes you feel, even if you are seeing Hamlet for the 50th... |
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SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (recorded live in 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet), Natalie Simpson (Ophelia), Cyril Nri (Polonius), Clarence Smith (Claudius), Tanya Moodie, Hiran Ab [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Nov/2016 ] ... an arresting, accessible and entertaining production, with a shooting star of a central performance." (The Stage ★★★★) |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) Royal Shakespeare Company / Sam Alexander, Peter Basham, William Belchambers, Edward Bennett, David Horovitch, Chris Nayak [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Containing Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost and Love's Labours Won, this double set features outstanding Royal Shakespeare Company productions available for the very first time. Running time: 4 hours 48 minutes (plus extras) Subtitles:... |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Sam Alexander, Peter Basham, William Belchambers, Edward Bennett, David Horovitch, Chris Nayak [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Containing Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost and Love's Labours Won, this double set features outstanding Royal Shakespeare Company productions available for the very first time. Running time: 4 hours 48 minutes (plus extras) Subtitles:... |
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Pop-up Globe Theatre Company / Victoria Girling-Butcher (vocals) Paul McLaney (guitar & vocals) & others
Under the Greenwood Tree [ Pop-Up Globe International Ltd CD / CD - released 31/Mar/2017 ] Following on from the 2016 sell-out season of the replica Globe Theatre's Shakespeare plays comes this CD featuring the 2017 cast. Paul Mclaney, Oscar West and Bruce Lynch have again melded their compositions seamlessly with William Shakespeare's... |
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Big Brother & The Holding Company
Cheap Thrills (LP) [ Columbia / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] |
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Pop-up Globe Theatre Company / Paul McLaney
Heart's Ease: Music From Pop-up Globe Auckland 2016 [ Independent / CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] This collection features the all-original music composed by Paul McLaney for the 2016 Pop-Up Globe seasons of Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night. Musicians: Paul McLaney - guitar, vocals Oscar West - fiddles, irish whistles, pipes,... |
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ECCLES
Eccles: The Judgment of Paris / Three Mad Songs Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Claire Booth (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Christian Curnyn, whose reputation continues to grow in the world of Baroque opera, here conducts the world premiere recording of Judgment of Paris performed by the award-winning Early Opera Company, along with a stellar cast of soloists. |
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PATRICK HADLEY
Fen and Flood - A Cantata (with works by Vaughan Williams) Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano) & Leigh Melrose (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & The Joyful Company of Singers, Paul Dan [ Albion / Launch Music / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Here's something to fascinate any lover of British music...Jane Irwin is radiant in the solos and the Joyful Company of Singers is an excellent, well-balanced choir..Daniel has often demonstrated great warmth and understanding in his performances of |
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Chestnut Brass Company
Berlin:berlin For Brass [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
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ARNE
Artaxerxes Classical Opera Company / Ian Page [ LINN / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "The very fine cast enters with spirit into the text's convoluted scenario of love and betrayal in ancient Persia and delivering [sic] the notes with assurance. Ian Page conducts the period-instrument forces with conviction and the sound is... |
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BARBER / CARTER / LAURIDSEN / O'REGAN / TRADITIONAL / etc
A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert Conspirare / The Company of Voices [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] This CD captures the exquisite sound of Conspirare's Company of Voices, as heard and seen on national television in the US. In this one-hour concert contemporary music blends seamlessly with classical favourites, taking the listener on a journey of... |
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HOWELLS / WHITACRE / GRANTHAM / PIZZETTI
Requiem Conspirare / The Company of Voices [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The perfect, and perfectly lovely, unity of Conspirare's choral tone was not entirely welcome. But they're not bland: their care for words and expression guards against that, as does their alertness to changes of mood, whether by movement or... |
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TARIK O'REGAN
Threshold of Night: Music for strings and voices Conspirare / The Company of Voices [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] A selection of new works by the young British composer Tarik O'Regan, here given their premiere recording. Written since his move to New York, these compositions reflect the cultural plurality of today's urban environment. Here is an art that seeks... |
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN
The Essential Collection - Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights & Overtures The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company [ AVID / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2010 ] The glorious Gilbert & Sullivan partnership covered a twenty five year period from 1871 to 1896 during which they collaborated on fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these operas are undoubtedly 'The Mikado', 'HMS Pinafore', 'The Pirates Of... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Sorcerer (complete) with Martyn Green & Danny Kay's Gilbert & Sullivan recordings The D'oyly Carte Opera Company, with Peter Pratt, Fisher Morgan, Ann Drummond-Grant & Muriel Harding [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] Continuing AVID's successful series of Gilbert & Sullivan releases, we present the first full length collaboration between what was to become the famous Gilbert & Sullivan partnership....."The Sorcerer". |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Pirates of Penzance / Trial by Jury (Rec 1949) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2001 ] "The 1949 Pirates was the old company's high point, with stalwarts such as Green, and the imposing Darrell Fancourt as the Pirate King, reveling in their parts in a way that still sounds fresh. It's and impression greatly enhanced by the deft... |