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COLES / HOLST
Cecil Coles, Gustav Holst: Piano Music James Willshire (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] James Willshire's groundbreaking survey of Cecil Coles' piano music reveals a young Scottish composer finding his voice in pre-war Britain, France and Germany, a poignant and distinctive blend of 'happy-sad', as Nigel Osborne's perceptive notes... |
James Wylie
To Our Land [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 9/Oct/2025 ] In recent years, the world has witnessed a surge in pain, suffering, and systemic injustice inflicted by fellow humans in pursuit of power and monetary gain. Where I live, the people, their lands, and the cultures of the broader region are profoundly... |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Violin Duets 2 Jameson Cooper, James Dickenson (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] Louis Spohr's reputation as one of Germany's leading violinists was at its height when he composed his 'Duets for Two Violins, Op. 39', and while it appears his intention was to finance an Italian concert tour with marketable duets, the publishers... |
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 Jay Baylon / Lori Phillips / Robynne Redmon / James Taylor / Nashville Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Symphony Chorus is a splendid group who sing with confidence... The four soloists are really very good" (MusicWeb) |
BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 2 / West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) / Candide Overture Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Florida Philharmonic Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "The inevitable Candide overture goes at quite a lick. So many continents. So little time. James Judd's Florida Philharmonic point and counterpoint with some aplomb and the big lyric tune is not merely glossed over but sung." - Edward Seckerson,... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Complete Incidental Music Jenny Wollerman, Pepe Becker (sopranos) / Varsity Voices / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "The self-contained numbers...may be familiar items, but on disc...you discover and enjoy so much more: the flashes of instrumental colour, the exquisite little tone paintings that intersperse or accompany the spoken text...Judd's New Zealand and... |
JAMES WHITBOURN
Living Voices Jeremy Powell (soprano saxophone) & Ken Cowan (organ) / Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Tonal, tuneful, technically accessible, harmonically palliative: James Whitbourn's music ticks many of the boxes beloved by choral societies" (BBC Music) |
WAGNER / HAYDN / BERLIOZ / BRITTEN / R. STRAUSS
Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters Jessye Norman (soprano) / Gewandhauorchester, Kurt Masur, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine, Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / 3 CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] Decca Classics presents Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters, showcasing never-before-heard recordings of one of the greatest classical singers of all time. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610 [Vespers] / Motetes [with works by Gabrieli] Jill Gormez, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, Philip Langridge, Michael Rippon / Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Gardiner's purposeful approach is stirringly dramatic, boldly eventful and full of ideas" Gramophone |
AMBROISE THOMAS
Thomas: Hamlet (complete opera recorded in 1984) Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris / Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "In the title role, Milnes is simply superb … I can't think of a better performance of his on disc! Sutherland, despite an occasional unsteady moment, continues to astound" Fanfare |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 12: BWV55, BWV89, BWV115, BWV60, BWV139, BWV163, BWV52, BWV140 Joanne Lunn / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] "One of the most ambitious musical projects of all time" Gramophone |
HANDEL
Messiah (highlights) Joanne Lunn, Melanie Marshall, James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves / Cambridge Singers / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first... |
HANDEL
Messiah (complete) Joanne Lunn, Melanie Marshall, James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves / Cambridge Singers / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / John Rutter [ Collegium / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2007 ] John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first... |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 4: 6th and 7th Sundays after Trinity Joanne Lunn / Michael Chance / James Gilchrist / Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Gardiner's Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine award-winning Bach Cantata series on his hugely successful label, Soli Deo Gloria, releases volume 4 in the series featuring Cantatas for the Sixth and Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Recorded live in July... |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 14: BWV91, BWV110, BWV40 & BWV121 Joanne Lunn / William Towers / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of the cantatas for Christmas Day and the 2nd Day of Christmas. Recorded on Christmas Day in St Bartholomew's, New York. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The English Clarinet (Incls Finzi - 5 Bagatelles, Op. 23) John Bradbury (clarinet) James Cryer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] The clarinet is the most versatile of all wind instruments, able to express warmth, brilliance, passion and elegy. All facets of the clarinet are represented here, unified by the English school. Lloyd Webber and Edward German give us enchanting... |
James P Johnson, Art Tatum, Fats Waller
The Gods Are In The House [ Avid / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] This production represents the highest level of achievement in the art of re-creating the music from classic, historic piano solo recordings to 21st century audio clarity. Its basis is the unique work of John Farrell, who has transcribed the music... |
CHARLES WOOD
St Mark Passion Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Simon Wall (tenor), James Birchall (baritone), Edward Grint (bass) Ruth Jenkins (soprano) / Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
PURCELL
Dido And Aeneas Susan Bickley, Della Jones & Peter Harvey / St. James's Baroque Players & St. James's Singers, Ivor Bolton [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] |
Joni James
Let There Be Love [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/1993 ] This isn't Joni's legendary first album, "Let There Be Love," but a collection of cleaned-up radio transcriptions from programs done for the U.S. government and military as a civic service. |
