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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Appassionato Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), James Kirkby (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) David James (counter-tenor) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Sixteen / Christophers [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] 'The performance is one of extraordinary quality. Unequivocally recommended' (The Sydney Sun Herald) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 18: BWV191, BWV63, BWV123, BWV65, BWV154, BWV32, BWV 124 Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Michael Chance / James Gilchrist / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] "With 10 top-flight soloists, it brings this awe-inspiring project to a powerful end." The Independent on Sunday, 31st October 2010 |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 8: BWV51, 99, 100, 138; BWV8, 27, 95, 161 Malin Hartelius, Katharine Fuge, William Towers, Robin Tyson; James Gilchrist . Monteverdi Choir. English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] Cantatas for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity and the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England In total SDG will release 51 CDs, each corresponding to one of the... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 7: BWV25, BWV78, BWV17; BWV50, BWV130, BWV19, BWV149 Malin Hartelius / Robin Tyson / Richard Wyn Roberts / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2006 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (JAN 2007) MUSICWEB.UK Three cantatas for the 14th Sunday after Trinity and cantatas for Feast of St Michael and All Angels. |
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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Orchestral Sets Nos. 1-3 Malmo Chamber Choir / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Holidays Symphony (II - IV): Decoration Day / Fourth of July / etc Malmo Opera Chorus / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Love him or hate him, Charles Ives is now accepted as the major figure he is. This marvellous collection is very well played, expertly recorded and has a good note in the inlay sheet." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
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MARTIN BUSSEY
Through a Glass: Songs by Martin Bussey Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); James Bailieu (piano); Thomas Kemp (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Presenting an instantly striking and diverse collection of world premiere recordings of song by the contemporary composer Martin Bussey, Farnsworth is joined by the renowned young pianist James Baillieu for the A.E. Housman cycle Blue Remembered... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1983) BLU-RAY Salzburg Feastival / Margaret Marshall, Ann Murray, Francisco Araiza, James Morris, Sesto Bruscantini / Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Riccardo Muti had made a sensational Salzburg debut in 1971, and this Cosi fan tutte was his first Mozart opera at the festival. It was acclaimed by both the general public and international critics |
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Schumann,
Ausgewählte Lieder Margaret Price, James Lockhart [ ORFEO / CD - released 12/Jan/1984 ] |
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Brahms, Jo
Ausgewählte Lieder Margaret Price, James Lockhart [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
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Debussy;
Französische und Spanische Lieder Margaret Price, James Lockhart [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Jun/1984 ] |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Britannia / The Berserking / Into the Ferment Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'Energy and wit abound in music with plenty of stories to tell.' (Gramophone) |
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LILI BOULANGER
Clairieres dans le ciel / Hymne au soleil Martyn Hill (tenor) Andrew Ball (piano) / New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] 'Truly one of the great French song cycles of the first quarter of this century' - Fanfare, USA |
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JOHN TAVENER / ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Tavener / Panufnik: 99 Words Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Charlotte Langley (soprano), Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Voce Chamber Choir's new disc is a moving tribute to Sir John Tavener, featuring a selection of works by him (many of which are previously unrecorded) and by Roxanna Panufnik. At the heart of the disc is the premiere recording of Panufnik's 99 Words... |
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ERNST von DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: Orchestral Works BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert (conductor), with Howard Shelley (piano), James Ehnes (violin) & Clifford Lantaff (harp) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Ernst von Dohnányi was for many years a little-known and unjustly neglected composer. Chandos' series of recordings of his orchestral works, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert, with a distinguished roster of soloists,... |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Clavier-Übung III James McVinnie (organ) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] James McVinnie brings Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental Clavier-Übung III to life in a recording that captures both its technical brilliance and profound spiritual depth. Bach's 1739 collection, his first published volume of organ music, is a... |
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JAMES WOOD
Cloud-Polyphonies MDR Rundfunkchor & Ear Massage Percussion Quartet, James Wood, Yale Percussion Group, Robert Van Sice [ NMC / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] James Wood's multi-faceted career has led him into an extraordinarily broad spectrum of musical activities, as conductor, composer, musicologist, instrument designer and percussionist. |
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JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Concerto 'Pilgrimage of the Soul') Melina Mandozzi (violin) James Ehnes (violin) Susanna Andersson (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "James Ehnes is the plush-toned soloist, but it is the intense and gritty playing of the Bergeners, and Gardner's evident empathy with Janacek, that make this music so compelling and dramatic." (Sunday Times) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Jay Hunter Morris, Deborah Voigt / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] This award-winning and ground-breaking production has been seen by over 150,000 people at the Metropolitan Opera in New York |