FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
Film School
Film School [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2006 ] The debut recording from Film School is the recalling of an early eighties alternative spirit mixed with an unprecedented fervent and conviction. “These SF alt-rockers are utterly enchanting" - Kerrang! |
Film School
Hideout [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] This album builds on the Film School's pretty, shoegazer pop, richly textured space-rock soundscapes by emphasizing powerful rhythms & beautiful melodies. "This San Fran quintet has harnessed a psychedelic velocity that Joy Divison would... |
Film School
Hideout (Vinyl) [ Beggars Banquet / 2 LP - released 18/Feb/2008 ] |
ANONYMOUS / ANTICO / GABRIELI / CABEZON / ASTON / etc
The Organ at European Courts Francesco Cera (Positive organ [organ ottavino] of the Neapolitan school, dated 1772) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] The organ is usually associated with the church and sacred music. However, in Renaissance and early baroque small organs were often used in noble mansions and courts for performance of secular music. Collections of instruments held by courts in... |
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) |
Handsome Boy Modeling School
So...How's Your Girl? [ Elektra / Ada / CD - released 19/Oct/1999 ] Features De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Sean Lennon, Cibo Matto, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Moloko, Sadat X etc. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Raw Earth: New Music for Wind Band The Hartt School Wind Ensemble, Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The contemporary wind ensemble has expanded and redefined its identity, now offering composers as broad a canvas as that of a virtuoso symphony orchestra. Each work heard on this recording reflects this new image of the wind ensemble |
HANDEL
Judas MacCabeus (recorded in 1971) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Johannes Somary [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The solo singing is excellent with Alexander Young a ringing tenor, and Helen Watts singing the opening aria in Act III exquisitely. Very good recording... the effect is wholly natural - and a sense of commitment throughout from all departments." -... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
NIGEL HESS
Hess: The Winds of Power Pupils of Daubeney Middle School, The London Symphonic Wind Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Nov/1999 ] |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
No More Selfies / The Ghost Of Vince Lombardi [ Alternative Tentacles / 7in - released 20/Aug/2021 ] At last, Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine have finally delivered the two songs missing from the "Tea Party Revenge Porn" LP version on vinyl! Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place we've put ourselves in, like no one else would... |
Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine
The Audacity of Hype [ Alternative Tenticles / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] 30 years on, Dead Kennedys leader, Biafra solidifies and expands his uncompromising vision and updates it for the new century, with a powerhouse band that promises to be a terrifying live machine. |
GRYC / ZIVKOVIC / SCHWANTNER
Passaggi / Tales from the Center of the Earth / Recoil Joseph Alessi (trumpet) / Benjamin Toth (percussion) / Hartt School Wind Ensemble / Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Stephen Gryc and Nebojsa Zivkovic composed their concertos-Passaggi and Tales from the Center of the Earth, respectively-for the instruments they play themselves. The artistic integrity and natural virtuosity of these major works is further magnified... |
Manhattan School of Jazz
Que Viva Harlem [ Jazzheads / CD - released 15/Jul/2014 ] |
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
The Music of Volume 3 The Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble / Curtis Macomber (violin) / Aleck Karis (piano) / Eric Bartlett (cello) [ Bridge Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
Mannheim School
Concertos & Symphonies [ Profil / 2 CD ] |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Version for Two Pianos, S647/R369) (Complete Piano Music Vol. 34) Marcus Ullmann (tenor) / Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Liszt School of Music Chamber Choir, Weimar [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Edition / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] A recording of the Faust Symphony arranged for two pianos |
HANDEL / GIBBONS / PARRY / WALTON / WESLEY / STANFORD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Music From the Official Record 2nd June 1953 Massed Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, Coronation Choir, Coronation Orchestra, Dr. Osborne Harold Peasgood (organ) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] This recording of the BBC's broadcast of the coronation service from Westminster Abbey was taken by means of a direct line to Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London. |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Peter and the Wolf / L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges The Nederlands Dans Theater / Lorin Maazel / The Royal Ballet School / Paul Murphy [ Arthaus Musik / RM Associates / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] G :- Regions 2 + 5 - Widescreen 16:9 & Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo - Colour - 82 Minutes (total) - PAL Prokofiev's classic and Ravel's fairy tale ballet are different in content but both are thoroughly recommended to all. Starring The... |