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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) |
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GRIEG / SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS / BRAHMS / PART / TUUR / FAURE / etc
Paavo Järvi: The Complete Erato Recordings Peter Mattei, Camilla Tilling, Nicholas Angelich, Renaud Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff, Evelyn Glennie, Natalie Dessay, Truls Mork, Solveig Kringelborn [ Erato / 31 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Born in Tallinn in 1962, Paavo Järvi is renowned for his dynamic interpretations and innovative programming. He has held prominent positions with leading orchestras, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony... |
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TAUSCH / SUSSMAYR
Double Clarinet Concertos / Concerto Movement Thea King (clarinet, basset clarinet) Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Leopold Hager (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'I can't imagine a more beguiling account of the music and every lover of the clarinet will want to have this CD' - Gramophone |
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FORSTER / TELEMANN / NERUDA / L. MOZART / HAYDN
Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] Mozart's horn concertos are so well-known that for many listeners the sound of the horn and Mozart are virtually synonymous. Mozart was not the first composer to write solo concertos for the horn, however, and works from earlier on in the eighteenth... |
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DITTERS / WANHAL / ORDONEZ
Forgotten Vienna The Amade Players (ensemble); Nicholas Newland (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] London-based period instrument ensemble, The Amadè Players, with their artistic director and conductor Nicholas Newland, make their commercial recording debut on the Resonus Classics label with this innovative and fascinating programme of works from... |
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Malcolm LIPKIN
Malcolm Lipkin - Recollections David Corkhill, Janet Simpson, John Turner, Nash Ensemble, Nicholas Trygstad [ Divine Art / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] This album celebrates 50 years of the composing career of Malcolm Lipkin (1932-2017) and represents a fitting tribute to a long established and highly respected composer whose music at times was dismissed as old-fashioned. |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works (Incls 'St Paul's Suite') Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Nicholas Ward (violin) Duke Dobing (flute) & Christopher Hooker (oboe) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This 1994 recording is one of the first Holst collections made by Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia. An orchestra he conducted for thirty seven years, until his death. Having brought neglected works by Holst to a more deserved fame in the early... |
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ELENA LANGER
Landscape With Three People Anna Dennis, William Towers, Nicholas Daniel, Roman Mints, Meghan Cassidy, Kristine Blaumane, Robert Howarth, Katya Apekisheva [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] "[Landscape with Three People] nimble and light, sensual without forcing the point, folksy but not quite fey; whimsical, in the deconstructed manner of Berio or Nono. |
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ROBERT CRAWFORD
Crawford - Music for piano and strings Nicholas Ashton (piano) / Edinburgh Quartet [ Delphian / CD - released 4/Feb/2008 ] "Beautifully-crafted music" The Herald (Glasgow) |
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J.S. BACH
The Best of J.S. Bach Eteri Andjaparidze, Hae Won Chen, Pi-hsien, Nicholas Goluses, Alexander Jablokov, Takako Nishizaki & Wolfgang Rubsam [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] The best of J.S Bach from across the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Organ Works Benjamin Nicholas, The Dobson Organ of Merton College, England [ Delphian / CD - released 22/Mar/2016 ] The first recording of Merton's new Dobson organ - a mixed recital spanning repertoire from Bach and Stanley to Dupré and Messiaen - was designed to demonstrate the instrument's considerable versatility. But behind the contemporary sophistication of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Symphonic Brass Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "With the wide appeal of these popular scores and the exceptional standard of the performances from the Black Dyke Band I can see significant interest and many subsequent converts to brass band music being generated by this disc." |
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PETER GRAHAM
Graham: Force of Nature Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Winner of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Award for composition, Peter Graham is one of the leading brass band composers of his generation. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Music: Green & Pleasant Land Christopher Maltman (Baritone) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor) Graham Johnson (Piano) Nicholas Daniel (Oboe) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by the elite of British artists. |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / DELIUS / ELGAR
English Fantasia (Includes 'The Lark Ascending' & 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring') Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Dreamy music from the English countryside. |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Easter Oratorio Magnificat Cantata Collective, Nicholas McGegean [ AVIE / CD - released 11/Apr/2025 ] San Francisco-based Cantata Collective continues its exploration of J.S. Bach's major choral masterworks with a third in the ongoing series, pairing the composer's Easter Oratorio and Magnificat. |
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HANDEL
Great Oratorio Duets Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Nicholas Kraemer [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] Pure delight: two of Britain's most exciting singers together with one of the most vibrant of the English period bands, in a collection of wonderful duets from Händel's English oratorios and odes. |
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NICO MUHLY / DAVID LANG / LIBBY LARSEN / PHILIP GLASS / etc
Sleeper's prayer: Choral Music from North America Choir of Merton College, Choral, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas [ Delphian / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] "The Merton College Choir are on top form throughout this programme and the other musicians who join them at various times perform to the same high standard." MusicWeb |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O Holy Night: A Merton Christmas Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Nicholas [ Delphian / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] The Choir of Merton College joins forces with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for a recording of director Benjamin Nicholas's favourite popular carols. Two of John Rutter's most exquisite works are complemented by orchestral versions of wellloved... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Choral Works Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Ruby Hughes, Nicholas Mulroy, Scottish Chamber Orchestra Soloists, Duncan Ferguson [ Delphian / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] "…to round off their satisfying programme, Ferguson and his Edinburgh choir give an exemplary account of Tres sacrae cantiones…highly recommended." Choir & Organ |