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LEONIN / PEROTIN de MACHAUT / de VITRY / ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of the Gothic Era The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow [ Archiv / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] Singers include Charles Brett, David James, James Bowman, Geoffrey Shaw, Martyn Hill, John Potter and Rogers Covey-Crump. |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow, with Norma Burrowes, James Bowman, Charles Brett & Robert Lloyd [ EMI Classics For Pleasure / CD - released 24/Sep/1990 ] Purcell's odes for Queen Mary show him at his best. A glorious succession of overtures, choruses, arias and delicious ritornelli display astonishing imagination and ingenuity: whilst overtly celebratory, never far beneath the surface lies the sense... |
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SAMUEL ADLER
Adler: One Lives But Once, A 90th Birthday Celebration Eastman School of Music, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Emily Freeman Brown [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Feb/2018 ] March 4th 2018 marks the 90th birthday of one of the twenty-first century's most influential and prolific composers: Samuel Adler. This three-disc boxed set provides a cohesive overview of his output and includes many premiere recordings. |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete Piano Music Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano), Norwegian State Institute of Music Chamber Choir [ Naxos / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "Steen-Nøkleberg is entirely inside this music. He manages to make the familiar pieces sound fresh, and the less familiar... are most imaginatively played" Gramophone |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Gloria in D / Nulla In Mondo Pax Sincera / Stabat Mater Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, James Bowman / The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] The men and boys of Christ Church Cathedral sing with a clarity and fineness of tuning on this album that all choirs everywhere should emulate. |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Rubaiyat / Balada / Cantov / Four Songs from Rasputin Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) Mika Pohjonen (tenor) / Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Apr/2016 ] "John Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic, in fine form, record a selection of [Rautavaara's] recent, largely vocal works…well worth hearing" (BBC Music) |
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LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Gottschalk: A Night In The Tropics Hot Springs Music Festival / Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2007 ] "If you know Gottschalk's unorthodox two-movement symphony A Night in the Tropics...hearing Richard Rosenberg's scrupulous new restoration will be akin to hearing Mussorgsky's Boris after living with Rimsky-Korsakov. Most obviously, the new edition... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Four Hymns / etc Ian Partridge (tenor) / Music Group of London [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1996 ] Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs (with Warlock: The Curlew) Ian Partridge (tenor) / Music Group of London [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Mar/1977 ] Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: The Messiah (highlights) Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas / Choir of Christ Church Cathedral / Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher H [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 19/Nov/1982 ] Christopher Hogwood has gained international recognition as a pioneer in the field of "authentic" music making - but the adjective is one of which he is wary...."Historically informed" is the description he prefers. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Zaide K344 (Complete opera) Lynne Dawson, Hans Peter Blochwitz,Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert / The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin-director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jun/2004 ] Mozart began this masterpiece in 1780 for the new Viennese Singspiel company, but at their insistence on a comedy he switched to writing Idomeneo, and Zaide remained unfinished. |
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Music by Ben Charest
The Triplets of Belleville (Score) [Original Soundtrack] [ Higher Octave / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] This unique and eclectic soundtrack serves as the dialog for this acclaimed animated feature and is sure to connect with moviegoers. Includes English and French versions (and an original demo version) of the big band flavored title track and single... |
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Music by Daniel Pemberton
All the Money in the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This soundtrack album for Ridley Scott's dramatic thriller All the Money in the World features original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Molly's Game, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Gold) who previously... |
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Music by Thomas Newman
1917 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] This is the x19 song, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the highly anticipated British-American war film, composed by the six-time Grammy award-winning composer Thomas Newman. Newman has composed the music to Skyfall, Tolkien, Spectre, Finding... |
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CHARLES WUORINEN
Tashi / Percussion Quartet / Fortune New Jersey Percussion Ensemble / The Group for Contemporary Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Charles Wuorinen writes virtuosic music for virtuoso performers. He has a profound desire to engage with the listener and with sympathetic performers, and essential to this engagement is a spirit of adventure and fun. |
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MONTEVERDI / LEGRENZI / BORETTI / STRADELLA / MERULA
Infinite Refrain - Music of Love's Refuge Randall Scotting (counter-tenor), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings [ Signum / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] The first of its kind, this duet album is a musical journey that draws back the curtain that has obscured gay love-stories for centuries. |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Film Music Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Mark Heron, Clark Rundell [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2017 ] "These transcriptions work surprisingly well especially for the marches and the swiftly moving extrovert scores. Try the swashbuckling excitement that is The Crimson Pirate and the military pride and pomp and braggadocio of Desert Victory." MusicWeb |
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Roxy Music
Avalon [ Virgin Records / CD - released 12/Apr/1999 ] Originally released in 1982, the brilliant 'Avalon' album features smooth songs, such as "More Than This", "Avalon" and "Take a Chance With Me". |
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Roxy Music
The Best of Roxy Music [ Virgin Records / CD - released 25/Jun/2001 ] Roxy Music re-formed in 2001 after 18 years apart! This great collection features their finest 18 tracks, all digitally re-mastered. |