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WILLIAMS / BRITTEN / IRELAND / DOWLAND
English Love Mark Stone (baritone), Stephen Barlow (piano) [ Stone / CD - released 7/Jan/2013 ] A collection of English love songs from 1597 through to the present day. |
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HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 3 Geraldine McGreevy, Mark Stone, Sholto Kynoch [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
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RONALD CORP
The Songs Of Ronald Corp Mark Stone (baritone), Stephen Barlow (piano) [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] A collection of songs by Ronald Corp OBE, including his settings of Walt Whitman & A.E. Housman. |
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C. W. ORR
The Complete C. W Orr Songbook Volume 2 Mark Stone (baritone) & Simon Lepper (piano) [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony' / Oboe Concerto in A minor Stéphane Rancourt (oboe) / Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Both the introduction to the first movement and the introspective slow movement are beautifully judged by Elder and the Hallé string, while the deftness with which he touches the detail of the rather discursive scherzo shows masterly tact." (The... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem 1962 Susan Gritton, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman / Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Choral WINNER |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
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HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio plus bonus DVD of highlights) Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore, Alastair Miles / Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Symphonies Nos 1 - 3 Symphony Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] It seems strange that such a celebrated composer as Alexander Borodin actually spent much of his life as a distinguished research chemist. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in October 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Kristin Lewis, Marco Berti, Anita Rachvelishvili, Mark S. Doss / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "A dramatically satisfying - and well-filmed, production which can stand alongside the finest." MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Conal Coad, Rachelle Durkin, Daniel Sumegi, Henry Choo / Mark Wigglesworth (cond) [ Opera Australia Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "For those who are tired of 'concept' productions of operas, this very traditional Don Giovanni from Australian Opera may be refreshing. Ensembles are spotless. The Australian Opera Orchestra impresses with its energy and accuracy" IRR |
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HANDEL
Samson (Complete oratorio) Thomas Randle (tenor) Mark Padmore (tenor) Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (Alto) Sixteen / Symphony of Harmony and Invention / Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "Powerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable Samson yet recorded." - Sunday Times |
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SAEVERUD
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 8. Truls Mark (cello) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Music from this highly popular Norwegian composer! |
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HARUKI MURAKAMI
The Elephant Vanishes (Unabridged) John Chancer, Rupert Degas, Tim Flavin, Teresa Gallagher, Mark Heenehan, Walter Lewis, Jeff Peterson [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2006 ] A collection of off-the-wall short stories by Japan's leading contemporary novelist. An elephant vanishes; hunger drives a couple to rob McDonalds; an insomniac wife wakes in a different world. Murakami is a cult figure throughout the world with an... |
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JOHN TAVENER
Richard Hickox conducts Sir John Tavener (Incls 'Theophany') Patricia Rozario, John Mark Ainsley & Andrew Murgatroyd / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 28/May/2012 ] "While there may be doubts over the music there can be no doubt as to the excellence and commitment of all three performances on this pair of discs. The recorded sound and booklet are up to the usual very high Chandos standards." (MusicWeb, Aug 2012) |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orch Op 136 / Variation on One Chord Op 39 / Improvisation & Fugue Op 38 Victoria Lyubitskaya (piano) / Russian State Academy Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein (conductor) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Victoria Lyubitskaya, one of Lew Naumov's and Vladimir Krainev's most talented students, is a soloist with the Moscow State Philharmonia. |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur Veronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Erato Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
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PHILIP GLASS
Voices for Organ & Didgeridoo / etc Michael Riesman (organ) with Mark Atkins (didgeridoo) [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Voices for organ & Didgeridoo was commissioned by the City of Melbourne to relaunch the Melbourne Town Organ in 2001. The piece was the first collaboration between Glass and didgeridoo player Mark Atkins. The two would later work together on... |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera) Yevgeni Nesterenko, Elena Obratsova, Vladimir Atlantov / Bolshoi Chorus & Orchestra Mark Ermler (conductor) [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2013 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- A tremendous performance by this all-star cast, in a recording never before issued outside Russia. Nesterenko at the top of his form in his ideal career role. |