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W. A. MOZART
Sir Colin Davis conducts Mozart Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davisa, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Colin Davis [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] "Twelve of Mozart scintillating Overtures are given superlative performances with the justly famous Staatskapelle of Dresden conducted with great panache by Colin Davis on this marvellous CD." classical-music.com |
ANTONIO LOTTI
Lotti: Crucifixus The Syred Consort & Orchestra of St Paul's, Ben Palmer [ Delphian / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] Despite a hugely prolific output spanning a career of more than 50 years, Antonio Lotti is now known almost exclusively for his eight-part setting of the 'Crucifixus'. It is not widely known that that motet is in fact part of a complete Credo... |
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HANDEL / ANONYMOUS / BOYCE / ELGAR / etc
A Shrospshire Idyll (concert recorded in 2013) [plus free CD of the concert] Thomas Trotter (Grand of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow) [ Regent DVD + CD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Thomas Trotter, one of the world's greatest organists, presents a programme of music to mark the 250th anniversary of the organ in St Laurence's Church, Ludlow - the church where the ashes of A E Housman, writer of A Shropshire Lad, are buried. A... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Octet / Dumbarton Oaks Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some fine performances ..if you want these four pieces on a single disc - perhaps as a taster - this is an obvious and rewarding choice. Even the normally erudite Craft liner-notes are more relaxed than usual, making this issue even more attractive... |
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Upshaw/Orch Of St Luke's/Zinma
The World So Wide [ Nonesuch / CD ] |
STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |
MACMILLAN / LEIGHTON /ALLAIN / GOWERS / MESSIAEN
Ascension Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh / Matthew Owens [ Delphian / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] The powerful imagery of the Ascension has been a potent inspiration to generations of composers. This recording presents a Choral Evensong of contemporary works associated with St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, leading up to Messiaen's meditative organ... |
ELGAR / WALTON / ARNOLD / HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Best Of British Various artists incls Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Choir of St. John's College, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] A selection of stirring music from the best of British composers, performed by the elite of British artists. CD 1 features powerful and rousing classics, while CD 2 boasts some of the most serene and beautiful music ever written |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Meditation (Incls 'Agnus Dei' by Barber & 'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughan Williams) Various performers incls St. John's College Choir, Ormond College Choir, Elora Festival Singers, English Northern Philharmonia, Maggini Quartet [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The perfect antidote to these troubled times, this MEDITATION set from Naxos will help you calm down and unwind after a stressful day. |
BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Escape Velocity Michael Collins (clarinet) / Gould Piano Trio / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Orchestra of St John's / York 2, piano duo / etc [ Quartz / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Described by Humphrey Burton on BBC Radio 3 as "a major new name on the new music horizon", Benjamin Wallfisch's fast-growing list of large-scale orchestral, vocal and chamber works shows him, at the age of 27, to be a serious composer for our times. |
ELGAR / FINZI / HANDEL / ALBINONI / WALTON / etc
Music For A Royal Celebration: The marriage of The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Hunt (oboe) / The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Christopher Warren-Green [ Quartz / CD - released 1/Jan/2014 ] Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Saturday 9th April 2005 |
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ORCHESTRAL SPECTACULAR
Orchestral Spectacular (Incls 'Bolero', 1812 Overture & 'Polovtsian Dances') Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / various conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provide their own Spanish magic" - Essex Chronicle |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra, Op. 144, etc. Victoria Postnikova (piano) & Alexander Rozhdestvensky (violin) String Orchestra of St. Petersburg & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] Boris Tishenko's composer's career spans the modest thaw under Khrushchev, the Brezhnev freeze, Gorbachev's perestroika and the great leap into liberal economics under Yeltsin that continues strong under Putin.Though he was Shostakovich's favourite... |
Viktor Lutsiuk, Olga Savova, Fedor Mozahev, Chor des Mariinksy-Theaters St. Petersburg, Orchester des Mariinsky-Theaters St. Petersburg, Valery Gergie
Gubaidulina - Johannes-Passion (St John's Passion) [ Hanssler / 2 CD - released 16/Apr/2003 ] "The work has, in instruments and voices (and especially percussion), a shimmering, ringing, arresting sound that ultimately overwhelms, with climaxes that linger..." - Los Angeles Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Relaxation (Incls 'Air on a G string', Meditation from Thais, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Dance of the Hours) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This set includes two CDs devoted to the music of J.S. Bach and one devoted to Tchaikovsky. The remaining two contain a sublime programme of music by Dvorák, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Canteloube and many more. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Nose (complete opera) Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] "Shostakovich was never so obviously the youthful genius as in this brilliant operatic jape" (Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2009) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem Op 48 / Messe Basse / Motets Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill, St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Top recordings at a special price |
MESSIAEN
Organ Works (Complete) Willem Tanke (organ) at the St Bavo Basilica, Haarlem [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] A rare release: recordings of the complete works for organ by Messiaen (1908-1992). These 8 CD’s guide the listener through most of the composer’s life, starting with his first published work of 1926 and ending with the 2-CD long Book of the blessed... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos Los Romeros / San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 20/Dec/2002 ] A collection of some of the most famous of Vivaldi's Guitar Concertos, many of these being transcriptions of lute works, and some in unique arrangements for four guitars or guitars with strings. Los Romeros are of course a legendary favourite. |
