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ELGAR / WALTON / ARNOLD / HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Best Of British Various artists incls Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Choir of St. John's College, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] A selection of stirring music from the best of British composers, performed by the elite of British artists. CD 1 features powerful and rousing classics, while CD 2 boasts some of the most serene and beautiful music ever written |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Meditation (Incls 'Agnus Dei' by Barber & 'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughan Williams) Various performers incls St. John's College Choir, Ormond College Choir, Elora Festival Singers, English Northern Philharmonia, Maggini Quartet [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The perfect antidote to these troubled times, this MEDITATION set from Naxos will help you calm down and unwind after a stressful day. |
BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Escape Velocity Michael Collins (clarinet) / Gould Piano Trio / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Orchestra of St John's / York 2, piano duo / etc [ Quartz / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Described by Humphrey Burton on BBC Radio 3 as "a major new name on the new music horizon", Benjamin Wallfisch's fast-growing list of large-scale orchestral, vocal and chamber works shows him, at the age of 27, to be a serious composer for our times. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart For My Baby Teresa Berganza, Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Michel Portal (clarinet), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The music most people call "classical"--works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart--is different from music such as rock and country. Classical music has a more complex musical structure. |
ELGAR / FINZI / HANDEL / ALBINONI / WALTON / etc
Music For A Royal Celebration: The marriage of The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Hunt (oboe) / The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Christopher Warren-Green [ Quartz / CD - released 1/Jan/2014 ] Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Saturday 9th April 2005 |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra, Op. 144, etc. Victoria Postnikova (piano) & Alexander Rozhdestvensky (violin) String Orchestra of St. Petersburg & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] Boris Tishenko's composer's career spans the modest thaw under Khrushchev, the Brezhnev freeze, Gorbachev's perestroika and the great leap into liberal economics under Yeltsin that continues strong under Putin.Though he was Shostakovich's favourite... |
Viktor Lutsiuk, Olga Savova, Fedor Mozahev, Chor des Mariinksy-Theaters St. Petersburg, Orchester des Mariinsky-Theaters St. Petersburg, Valery Gergie
Gubaidulina - Johannes-Passion (St John's Passion) [ Hanssler / 2 CD - released 16/Apr/2003 ] "The work has, in instruments and voices (and especially percussion), a shimmering, ringing, arresting sound that ultimately overwhelms, with climaxes that linger..." - Los Angeles Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Nose (complete opera) Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] "Shostakovich was never so obviously the youthful genius as in this brilliant operatic jape" (Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2009) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem Op 48 / Messe Basse / Motets Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill, St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Top recordings at a special price |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass, K.626 Yvonne Kenny (sop) Sarah Walker (mezzo) William Kendall (tenor) / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra/ George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'George Guests new recording is distinguished by its deliberate tempos but also its very powerful rhythmic momentum and an expressive intensity of a kind one might not expect from a conductor and choir who belong to the English cathedral tradition.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 7 Academy of St Martin In The Fields, Joshua Bell [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "These are splendidly alert performances, responding to every nuance in the music, and they made me listen to Beethoven with fresh ears. Particularly impressive is the pianissimo playing Bell obtains from the orchestra...This recording is a real plea |
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Academy Of St Martin-In-The Fields, with Felicity Lott (soprano), Westminster Abbey Choir, Ivan Moravec (piano), etc
Amadeus [soundtrack] (2CD) [ Fantasy / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Aug/2007 ] Amadeus is a 1984 American period biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman, and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1979 stage play of the same name, in-turn inspired by the 1830 play Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pushkin. Set in Vienna,... |
Anna St. Louis
First Songs (LP) [ Woodsist / LP - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Despite her last name, Anna St. Louis was born and raised in Kansas City. She grew up a painter and singing in punk bands, eventually leaving her hometown to attend art school in Philadelphia. After graduating she made the move to Los Angeles where... |
RCAHMANINOV / DVORAK / MOZART / BIZET / ORFF / etc
Voice Of The Violin Joshua Bell (violin) / Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Stern [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Sep/2006 ] "The playing is unfailingly exquisite; the arrangements are generally sensitive - Mozart's Laudate Dominum being notably effective." Gramophone |
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Benedictine Monks Of St James
Gregorian Chants [ 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (LP) Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm, Maria Stader, Marianna Radev, Anton Dermota, Josef Greindl, Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral [ Vinyl Passion Classical / 2 LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
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Bridget St. John
A Pocketful of Starlight / the Best of [ CD ] |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
