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Ruffer/James/Saunders
Mcguire: Flute, Guitar & Piano [ Delphian / CD - released 11/Sep/2006 ] |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 21: BWV22, BWV23, BWV127, BWV159; BWV182, BWV54 & BWV1 Ruth Holton / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2006 ] John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning series of live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage continues with cantatas for Cantatas for Quinquagesima and Cantatas for the Annunciation/Palm Sunday & Oculi. |
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J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Complete works on 142 CDs Ruth Holton; Peter Schreier; James Bowman; John Mark Ainsley; Dmitry Sitkovetsky; The Sixteen, Jaap ter Linden, Pieter-Jan Belder; Holland Boys Choir; [ Brilliant Classics / 142 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] 142 CDs representing the entirety of Johann Sebastian Bach's oeuvre in historically informed performances. This includes all 200 sacred cantatas recorded for Brilliant Classics on period instruments and sung by the Holland Boys Choir. Big name... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 17: BWV143, BWV41, BWV16; BWV171, BWV153, BWV58 Ruth Holton, Sally Bryce-Payne, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Elliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "So this is one of the more interesting releases to come along, peppered with Gardiner's unique musical and spiritual way with Bach. The sound remains clear and warm in this difficult recording venue, and so the journey continues." (**** AudAud.com) |
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James Tenney
Tenney. Musique Pour Violon & Piano [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
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RANDALL THOMPSON / SAMUEL BARBER / SAMUEL ADAMS
Thompson / Barber / S. Adams: Symphonies Samuel Adams (electronics) / National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, James Ross [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] The second Naxos recording by the elite conservatory students of the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic explores further examples of the breadth of American music. Randall Thompson, famed for his vocal works, is represented by his Symphony... |
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BERNARD HERRMANN
Herrmann: Symphony No. 1 / The Devil and Daniel Webster / Concerto Macabre / etc Sara Davis Buechner (piano) / Phonenix Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Alto / Koch International / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] "James Sedares and the NZSO are on top form throughout this valuable addition to Koch's concert works by acclaimed film composers" (Gramophone) |
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ROB KEELEY
Rob Keeley: Orchestral Music Sarah Desbruslais (flute) Michael Sluman, James Turnbull (oboes) Patrick Flanaghan (cor anglais) / Málaga Philharmonic & Liepāja Symphony Orchestra [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Rob Keeley - born in south Wales in 1960 but immersed in London musical life since boyhood - embraces a wide range of influences. Stravinsky's angular melodies and Tippett's buoyant rhythms can be heard in the spiky but bucolic Second Symphony. |
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PACHELBEL
Complete Organ Works - Vol. I Michael Belotti, James David Christie, Jürgen Essl, Christian Schmitt (organ) [ CPO SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "I have generally admired the way Pachelbel's music is played here. The four organists are excellent interpreters who know how to bring out the qualities of his various works." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb July 2014) |
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RAUTAVAARA
Choral Music (Incls 'Magnificat') Schola Cantorum of Oxford / James Burton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "From the vibrancy of the very first track, the lively imagination of Rautavaara's writing for voices, the pungent palette of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, and the clarity and spatial excitement of this record are immediately apparent." BBC Music... |
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HANDEL / HOLST / ROSSINI / SIBELIUS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Icon: Malcolm Sargent - The Great Recordings Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) with Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, James Johnston, Norman Walker, etc [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 18 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Malcolm Sargent's reputation as one of the great popularisers of classical music in Britain arose not only through his long association with the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (1947-67), but was in evidence much earlier through chief conductorships of... |
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Sonny James
Southern Gentleman (The first four albums) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] |
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HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 2 Sophie Daneman / Anna Grevelius / James Gilchrist / Stephan Loges [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] The second disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This second disc features settings of Mörike. |
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ALFRED CELLIER
Cellier: The Mountebanks (operetta) / Suite Symphonique Soraya Mafi, Thomas Elwin, James Cleverton, John Savournin, Sharon Carty / BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "The Mountebanks is as much a Savoy operetta as any of Sullivan's…Nevertheless [Cellier] has his own distinctive voice, flowingly melodic, orchestral writing more elegant and modern-sounding , looking forward to Edwardian operetta." BBC |
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St George's Chapel Choir Windsor / James Vivian, Luke Bond
Christmas at St George's Windsor [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The Choir of St George's Chapel, world famous through its royal patronage, is one of this country's foremost, participating in daily services throughout the year at its Windsor Castle home. Here the choir performs a wide range of music appropriate... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Eastertide Evensong St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), with James Anderson-Besant & Glen Dempsey (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] St John's first live Evensong album, Ash Wednesday, marked the period of Lent and reflected the tradition of the organ remaining silent. Now with Eastertide Evensong, organists rejoin choir in a blaze of rejoicing. |
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JAMES WOOD
Phainomena / Two Men Meet / Venancio Mbande Talking with the Trees Steven Schick (percussion) / The Critical Band / James Wood [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "James Wood is an all-round musical explorer of a philosophical cast of mind yet with an ardent Messiaen-like sensibility... each piece is an ambitious synthesis of music and the world." The Sunday Times 1997 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
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CHEN GANG / HE ZHAN HAO
Butterfly Lovers: A Music and Dance Film Takako Nishizaki (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd / Dou Dou / Ding Yue Hong (dancers) [ Marco Polo / DVD - released 9/Feb/2006 ] Butterfly Lovers is a music and dance film by director Marikki Hakola. A synthesis of the ever-popular Chinese violin concerto 'Butterfly Lovers' and choreography inspired by Chinese martial arts and modern dance, the film is an imaginative... |
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C.P.E BACH
Bach: Complete Original Works For Violin & Keyboard Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), James Ballieu (piano) [ Signum / 3 CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "Trills glisten over Waley-Cohen, the perfect partner to transform this into bowed song. Waley-Cohen's achievement of pure legato is wondrous" Gramophone Magazine December 2019 Editor's Choice |