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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra Orchestra New England, James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Though Charles Ives wrote large-scale works, he also thrived on miniatures. Ives' Sets for Chamber Orchestra are largely based on his songs and display a panoply of style and technique that proves to be among the most colorful and creative of his... |
CHARLES IVES / FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SHUMANN
Ives: Orchestral Works Orchestra New England, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Charles Ives was a master of miniatures, and this program brings together a miscellanea of numerous shorter pieces that includes seven world premieres. Embracing ragtime before it became a craze at the end of the 19th century, Ives' Four Ragtime... |
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MISSY MAZZOLI
Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright Peter Herresthal (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, James Gaffigan, Tim Weiss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Grammy Awards 66th Awards (2024) Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition Nominee - Best Classical Compendium |
SACKMAN / BURRELL / POOLE
Lucifer - New Music for Piano, Brass and Percussion Philip Mead (piano) / RNCM Brass Ensemble / James Gourlay [ NMC Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "The performances, under James Gourlay's alert direction, are exemplary - the RNCM Brass Ensemble at the top of its game." BBC Music Magazine, 2005 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera) Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes, Renato Capecchi / London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "Recorded in 1975 and recently re-issued at a bargain price, this recording of "Barbiere" is hard to beat for sheer, sportive fun, with everyone involved sounding like they're enjoying themselves." (Amazon.com) |
WALTON
The Twelve / Coronation Te Deum / Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, etc Polyphony, Wallace Collection, Stephen Layton, James Vivian (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jun/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002 - Choral - 'An outstanding collection' |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Best Masses James Griffett, Neil Jenkins, Ian Partridge, Gordon Jones, Christopher Keyte, Stephen Roberts / Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown [ ALTO / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. He had a long-lasting influence on the development of church and secular... |
HENRY JAMES
The Turn of the Screw (abridged) (Read by Emma Fielding and Dermot Kerrigan) [ Naxos Audio Books / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 1987) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, James Morris, Dennis O'Neill / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Luca Ronconi's new production of Verdi's early masterpiece, which was first performed in June 1987 at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, was received in Germany and around the world with great praise. |
Robert Donat, Alec Guinness, Laurie Lee & James Mason
Poetry Album [ Alto Take:2 / CD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] 'Great voices always enhance our understanding and enjoyment of classic poetry' |
GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rejoice, the Lord is king! - Great Hymns from Westminster Abbey Robert Quinney (organ), Julian Empett (bass), Jonathan Brown (bass) Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Jan/2014 ] "the quality of the singing is on a high level and Robert Quinney negotiates the organ accompaniments excellently' (MusicWeb International) |
JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: All Things Majestic Roberto Díaz (viola) James Button (oboe) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] Jennifer Higdon is one of the most distinguished composers working in America today, and her music is a perfect fit for the Nashville Symphony, which has long maintained a commitment to championing the country's most important voices. All Things... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Hymnus paradisi / Sir Patrick Spens Roderick Williams / Claire Rutter / James Gilchrist / Kat Butler / Bach Choir / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "All admirers of Howells will be grateful to Naxos for letting us hear Sir Patrick Spens at long last. They should be equally grateful for a dedicated and eloquent performance of Hymnus Paradisi. This distinguished release is an undoubted feather in... |
JOBY TALBOT
Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (complete ballet recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, James Hay, Laura More / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] ''Cinematic but also unmistakably balletic, Joby Talbot's complex, theme-driven score'' (The Daily Telegraph) |
JOBY TALBOT
Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (complete ballet recorded in 2024) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet & National Ballet of Canada / Lauren Cuthbertson, Francesca Haywood, James Hay, William Bracewell, Bennet Gartside / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Sep/2025 ] From a mysterious Cheshire Cat and a tap-dancing tea party, to frogs acting as footmen and unknown potions that turn you tiny, many treats and eccentricities await in this weird and wonderful world. You never know what you might find when you fall... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony / The Lark Ascending Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, James Ehnes (violin), Sarah Fox (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone) [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] The penultimate album in the critically acclaimed Vaughan Williams symphony cycle from the RLPO and Andrew Manze is of his 1st Symphony 'A Sea Symphony' set to words by Walt Whitman. Premiered in 1910, the start of this work is one of the most... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich; The Complete Symphonies (11 CD set) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, with Alexander Vinogradov (bass) & Gal James (soprano) [ Naxos / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Vasily Petrenko was appointed principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006 and in 2009 became Chief Conductor. He is also Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the Classical BRIT Awards Male Artist of... |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Roman Plays [Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Anthony & Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus] Royal Shakespeare Company / David Troughton, Nia Gwynne, Sope Dirisu, James Corrigan, Andrew Woodall, Josette Simon, Antony Byrne, Andrew Woodall [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2019 ] The Royal Shakespeare Company transports you to Shakespeares Rome with a thrilling collection of four of the playwrights most gripping plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus. Filmed live in Stratford-upon-Avon and... |
