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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 20: BWV18, BWV84, BWV92 & BWV126; BWV144, BWV181 Miah Persson / Wilke te Brummelstroete / James Gilchrist / Gillian Keith / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] "The standards of performance and presentation are as high in this latest instalment of Gardiner's cantata cycle as they have been in previous issues. The series continues its impressive progress." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
BERNSTEIN
Bernstein - Symphony No 1 'Jeremiah', Symphony No 2 'Anxiety', Divertimento Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), James Tocco (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] 'Strong Soloists, idiomatic playing and nuanced conducting bring Bernstein to bustling life.' Gramophone |
The Temple Church Choir with The Temple Players, James Vivian (director)
The Majesty of thy Glory [ Signum / CD - released 13/Dec/2010 ] "...absorbing and diffusing the wide dynamic range with ease. Such enterprising and polishing music-making deserves widespread currency." Gramophone |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
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James Tenney
Tenney / Foms 1-4 [ HatHut Records / 2 CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Jonty Ward (treble), James Swash (alto), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Howard (baritone) / New College Choir Oxford, Edward Higginbottom [ Novum / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Edward Higginbottom has opted to ignore the plethora of more recent completions in favour of Süssmayr's "official" version, his faithfulness extending to drawing individual soloists from the choir, even using male voices for the higher parts. It's a |
STRAVINSKY
Les Noces and other Russian Choral Music New London Chamber Choir and Instrumental Ensemble; James Wood, director; The Voronezh Chamber Choir (Institute of the Arts); Oleg Shepel director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] BBC 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
XENAKIS
Medea / Nuits / Knephas / Serment / A Colone New London Chamber Choir / Critical Band / James Wood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] New London Chamber Choir, Critical Band, James Wood |
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New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor)
The Brightest Heaven of Invention :-Flemish Polyphony of the High Renaissance [ Amon Ra / CD ] |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Secular Choral Music New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'Strongly recommended!' - Fanfare, USA |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: An American in Paris / Porgy and Bess Suite / Cuban Overture / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 2001 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Marches (Including Pomp and Circumstances) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Apr/2005 ] "a desirable bargain-price collection which should certainly find a niche in the market" - MusicWeb April 2005 |
FRANK BRIDGE
The Sea / Enter Spring / Summer New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] Now generally remembered as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, who made his gratitude clear in his variations on a theme by his mentor, Frank Bridge has been largely neglected as a composer until recent years. Born in Brighton in 1879, he was a pupil... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Fantasia on Greensleeves and others New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] "The whole is nicely balanced in a warm but clear acoustic. There is good solo work, too, from the leading string players as well as the woodwind and brass soloists." Gramophone |
VIRGIL THOMSON
Thomson: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2002 ] "the New Zealand Symphony is the best [Thomson recording] yet" |
EDWARD ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstances Marches Nos. 1-5 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (cond) Adrian Leaper (cond) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "a desirable bargain-price collection which should certainly find a niche in the market" - MusicWeb April 2005 (on the Pomp & Circumstance Marches) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / JAMES MacMILLAN
Vaughan Williams / James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 - Contemporary Winner |
PURCELL
Anthems and Services Vol 6 Nicholas Witcomb (solo treble) James Bowman (countertenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Choir of New College, Oxford / King [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'No fewer than five first recordings in this ... Fans of Purcell will find this disc, Iike the others in the series, indispensable' (Fanfare, USA) |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Elizabethan Lute Songs / Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Norma Burrowes (Soprano), James Bowman & Charles Brett (Countertenors) / Robert Lloyd (Bass) / Early Consort of Music / David Munrow [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "The solo singing, however, is strong, and the music represents Purcell at his finest - the counter tenor duet "Sound the trumpet" (Bowman and Charles Brett) never palls." (Irish Times) |
