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London Jewish Male Choir
S'u sh'orim [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Classic cantorial and liturgical songs, Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish) songs, Chassidic pieces and modern Israeli compositions. Founded in 1926, the London Jewish Male choir enjoys a reputation for its performance of the broad spectrum of Jewish music... |
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W. A. MOZART
'Gran Partita' K361 London Mozart Ensemble Winds, Jane Glover (conductor), New York Philomusica Winds, Robert Johnson [ Alto / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
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JONATHAN DOVE
Jonathan Dove: For an Unknown Soldier London Mozart Players [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jan/2017 ] For An Unknown Soldier is a cantata of remembrance to mark the centenary of the First World War. Commissioned by the London Mozart Players, Jonathan Dove's poignant work combines the words of war poets such as Wilfred Owen, William Noel Hodgson &... |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concerto in A flat / Concertino in G major / Gesellschafts-Rondo London Mozart Players / David Jurtiz (leader) / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] '…unfailing expertise by Howard Shelley… The recordings are exceptionally well balanced, the acoustic pleasingly spacious.' Gramophone |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos in A and F major / Theme and Variations in F major London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'And it receives eloquent advocacy from Howard Shelley, with his aristocratic command of the glittering Keyboard pyrotechnics'. Fanfare |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 34 / Rondo brillant, Op. 56 in A major (premiere recording) / Rondo brillant, Op. 98 in B flat major London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano and director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] '...this one is every bit as fine as its predecessors, with full, open, well-balanced sound nand sparkling performances... These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be performed or recorded better.' Gramophone |
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HUMMEL
L'Enchantment d'Oberon, Op. 116 / Piano Concerto in A major / etc London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'Shelley's sparkling playing is winning… As ever in this Chandos series, the first-rate recording is clear and vivid, warm and full.' Gramophone.. |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "Howard Shelley's light touch, fresh and colourful orchestral playing, and excellent recording, make this very well worth hearing on its own account, not simply as a rediscovered rarity." BBC Music |
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JOSEF MYSLIVECEK
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] This latest release in Chandos' Contemporaries of Mozart series features music by Josef Myslivecek. |
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JOHANN CHRISTIAN CANNABICH
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'As in the previous issues of Chandos' Contemporaries of Mozart series, Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players provide polished and stylish performances.' BBC Music Magazine |
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LEOPOLD MOZART
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] The symphonies are among the chief works by which Leopold established his compositional popularity, and they take pride of place. They far outstrip in quality, to say nothing of quantity, the symphonies of his Salzburg contemporaries. |
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JOHN MARSH
Marsh: Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "As always in this series, the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert provide impeccably stylish performances." (BBC Music) |
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BOCCHERINI
Symphonies Nos 3, 8 & 21 London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] Luigi Boccherini was born in 1743 in Lucca. He was to become one of the greatest cellists of his time, and travelled all over Europe giving virtuoso performances. His compositional genius only fully emerged when he took up permanent residence at the... |
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SALIERI
Symphonies, Overtures and Variations London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] '…this release is commended by committed, clean, and lively playing, not to mention crisp articulation and nicely sprung rhythms.' Fanfare |
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WRANITZKY
Symphony in D major, Op. 36 / Symphony in C min Op 11 / etc London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] 'I cannot imagine better advocacy for it that this recording...'-Gramophone |
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WESLEY
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] 'The performances brim with joie de vivre, and are further commended by the London Mozart Player's focussed, accurate and committed readings'. (Fanfare) |
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HOFFMEISTER
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] "As in the preceeding instalments of Chandos's 'Contemporaries of Mozart' series, Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players produce splendidly alert and stylish performances. No one interested in the byways of the late 18th century repertoire... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sacred Treasures of Christmas The London Oratory Schola Cantorum / Charles Cole [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] A celebration of Christmas from the Nativity through to Candlemas, in music from across sixteenth-century Europe: Renaissance polyphony at its finest. |
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GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / GIACOMO FINETTI & OTHERS
Sacred treasures of Venice - Sacred motets from the Golden Age of Venetian polyphony The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole [ Hyperion / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] It's tempting to imagine that this is how the music might have sounded four centuries ago in the glorious surroundings of St Mark's. Certainly, any comparisons are unlikely to be to the disadvantage of these exceptional young singers. |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple, Hertfordshire Chorus, Osama Kiwan [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The Armed Man, composed by Sir Karl Jenkins, is one of the most popular classical pieces in the world. Until now there has been only one recording, made over 20 years ago of the full score version which requires a large orchestra. In order to make... |