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FARRANT / BAIRSTOW / WOOD / GIBBONS / SANDERS / LOTTI / etc
Passiontide at St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lucas, organ / John Scott [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "This is one of the most impressive discs I can recall from this choir" Fanfare |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Epiphany at St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Huw Williams (organ), John Scott (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] 'Hurrah for John Scott and St Paul's, who with this wonderful CD remind all how glorious the Epiphany repertoire is. Let us rejoice at the richness of this programme' (Organists' Review) |
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SAMUEL WESLEY / JOHN STAINER / STANLEY VANN / ORLANDO GIBBONS / etc
The English Anthem (Vol 8) (Includes 'A crown of glory' & 'Praise the Lord, my soul') St Paul's Cathedral Choir / Huw Williams (organ) / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Feb/2005 ] 'The performances are excellent, as are William McVicker's booklet-notes, and the great echo's presence is felt as friend, not foe' (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Advent at St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] 'This truly rich advent feast is performed wonderfully well on all counts and can be highly recommended' (Organists' Review) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hear My Prayer St Paul’s Cathedral Choir / John Scott [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] |
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HANDEL / BLOW / BOYCE
Music for St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, John Scott (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Invigorating and uplifting, this is a disc to raise the lowest and most jaded of spirits" Fanfare |
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WILLIAM CROFT
Te Deum & Burial Service St Paul's Cathedral Choir / The Parley of Instruments / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'This is choral singing of the highest quality' - Choir & Organ |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
The Creation (Die Schupfung) Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley / The Monteverdi Choir / The English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / 2 CD - released 3/Mar/2007 ] '...yet his (Gardiner) is a fun Creation and a real enrichment of the library...Gardiner stands firm as an easy first choice; a re-creator of vision, a great invigorator and life-enhancer' Gramophone |
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WAGNER
Tristan & Isolde (complete opera) John Treleaven, Christine Brewer, Dagmar Peckova, Peter Rose / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
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KURT WEILL
Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill Volume 1 Ute Lemper / BIAS Berlin Kammerensemble / John Mauceri [ Decca Records / CD - released 11/Jan/1989 ] This European imported CD compilation features Ute Lemper's cover versions of Kurt Weill favourites. |
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100 BEST WALTZES & POLKAS
100 Best Waltzes & Polkas Various artists including John Barbirolli, Willi Boskovsky, Andrew Davis, Louis Fremaux, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, John Lanchbery, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 waltzes and polkas performed by some of the world's leading orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester,... |
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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
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HANDEL
Handel Edition Volume 9 - Concerti Grossi, Water Music, Fireworks Music, etc. Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warners Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2009 ] "There is both vitality and finesse and a genuine sense of style" (Penguin Guide Royal Fireworks) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Opera Arias Cynthia Sieden, Charlotte Margiono, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rodney Gilfry, Bryn Terfel, Gerald Finley / English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardin [ Archiv Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] "Gardiner's Mozartian style is well sprung and subtly moulded rather than severe. The principals sing beautifully...The electrifying singing of the Monteverdi Choir adds to the dramatic bite." Penguin Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
Wind Concertos Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) William Bennett (flute) John Mack (oboe) David McGill (bassoon) Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2000 ] "[de Peyer's] account remains as fine as any available, fluent and lively...Tuckwell at the time was proving a natural inheritor of the mantle of Dennis Brain. His easy technique, smooth, warm tone and obvious musicianship command allegiance" (Pengui |
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BERLIOZ / CHOPIN / DELIBES / MOZART / OFFENBACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
My Ballerina Album: Favourite ballet scenes and melodies Various orchestras conducted by Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Arthur Fiedler, Neeme Jarvi, Herbert von karajan, John Lanchbery, Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon Double / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] A 2-CD compilation containing all-time favourite ballet melodies, specially chosen to be suitable for children |
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BERLIOZ / BIZET / DELIUS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / BRAHMS / GRIEG / MOZART / etc
Sir Thomas Beecham - Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics Victoria de los Angeles, Ilse Hollweg , Lois Marshall, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, John Cameron, Xavier Depraz, Beecham Choral Society, etc [ Warner Classics / 35 CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "Beecham inspires his players to prodigies of virtuosity" (Gramophone) |
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BIZET / VILLA LOBOS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / etc
Victoria de los Angeles - The Warner Classics Edition Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Alicia de Larrocha, Gerald Moore, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 59 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2023 ] A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". |
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STRAUSS FAMILY / MOZART / GOUNOD / WAGNER / KODALY / etc
100 Best Wiener Philharmoniker Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra], John Barbirolli, Andre Cluytens, Mariss Jansons, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] This 6CD set contains 100 tracks from the finest EMI recordings of the famous Wiener Philharmoniker, know in English as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, under some of the world's greatest conductors including Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von... |