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SCHUBERT
Symphony No 8 Unfinished / Symphony No 9 The Great Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Following an unprecedented success with his Brahms symphony cycle on Telarc, Sir Charles Mackerras and the SCO bring their special brand of scholarship, clarity and vigor to two of Schubert's most important works-both on one CD! |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies No. 2 & 5 Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / etc Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Decca / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Award-winning British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a brand new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto - arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No. 31 & No. 45 'Farewell' Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] "Sir Charles Mackerras' performance with the Orchestra of St. Luke's is first rate. His is a cohesive overall conception...The sound is warm, full and crystal clear." -Classical Music |
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HANDEL
Water Music Sir Charles Mackerras / Orchestra of St. Luke's [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2002 ] "The playing and recording are brilliant, the music breathless." -Stereo Review |
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Sir Charles Thompson/The Hawk
For The Ears [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete opera recorded in 1985) Sir Donald McIntyre, Waltrud Meier, Phillip Joll, Warren Ellsworth, Chorus and orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Reginald Goodall [ EMI The Opera Series / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Parsifal was Wagner's last and many say most accomplished opera, the culmination of the development of the emotional intensity of the German Romantic movement. |
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Sir Douglas Quintet
Live From Austin, TX [ New West Records / CD - released 28/Apr/2006 ] |
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Sir Douglas Quintet
Live Texas Tornado [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Sir Douglas Quintet
Complete Mercury Recordings [ Retroworld / 5 CD Box Set - released 29/Nov/2024 ] The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock and roll band formed by the late great Doug Sahm with longtime friend Augie Meyers in San Antonio, Texas in 1964. With their first hits, they achieved success in their home state and the band then... |
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Sir Paul McCartney, Various Artists
Party At The Palace - The Queen's Golden Jubilee [ Kultur / Opus Arte / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] |
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Sir Richard Bishop
Hillbilly Ragas (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Our fave shaman of the six-string is back. Waving his axe of choice, Sir Richard Bishop once again summons forth damnable truth and beauty on an all-new musical kamikaze run through histories both written and-as of yet-not commonly known. Since... |
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Sir Richard Bishop
Oneiric Formulary [ Drag City / LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] The Sir Richard Bishop show is back in town, alive as ever with exotic action, plus a bit of everything but the kitchen sink. Oneiric Formulary is the sound of surprise - first Sir Rick being surprised, then us! Not simply by six-string acoustic... |
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Sir T
Walk With Me [ Move the Crowd / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] Sir T is an exciting newcomer to the New Zealand Hip Hop scene. The Auckland-based rapper creates music packed full of insane rhymes, killer beats, catchy hooks and real life stories. |
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SIR THOMAS ALLEN
Great Operatic Arias: Thomas Allen Vol 2 Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry (with Susan Gritton soprano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] "The careful husbanding of his vocal resources, and choice of repertoire, over his career means he can take on a recording such as this without fear for his reputation. Darker tone of course, but, unlike many others there is no sign of vocal spread... |
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Sir Victor Uwaifo
Guitar Boy Superstar 1970-1976 [ Soundway Records / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] Nigerian legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo combined the rhythms and traditions of the historic culture of the Empire of Benin with the sounds of Highlife, Soul and Reggae to produce his own unique and culturally vital musical hybrid. |
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Sir Was
Digging A Tunnel (LP) [ City Slang LP / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] "Blending Tame Impala-reminiscent vocals like a beam of light with playful yet melancholy electronic production" - Stereogum Sir Was' debut full length, Digging A Tunnel, is an album that constantly bucks trends and confounds expectations.... |
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BERLIOZ
Overtures [Including Le Carnaval Romain & Benvenuto Cellini] Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal Classic Library / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Mercurial, full of vitality and poetic feeling, wonderfully light in articulation, and superbly played and recorded. A glorious issue, outstanding in every way, and now the best... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Sir Colin Davis: Beethoven Odyssey Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 11/Dec/2020 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone/Concertos) |
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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 |