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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (complete opera recorded in 1931) Paul Milliet, Edouard Blau, Georges Hartmann / Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Elie Cohen [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] "This first recording of Werther is still the best. There have been many others in up-to-date stereo sound with starry international casts, but none so idiomatic, well conducted, and beautifully sung." ClassicsToday |
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BUXTEHUDE / BULL / BACH / GADE / etc
The St. Paul's Gem Timothy Wakerell (Drake Organ in the OBE Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, London) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] St.Paul's Cathedral, unlike most Cathedrals, does not just possess one instrument to lead the services but several housed within different parts of this vast building! This CD is the first recording of the new William Drake organ in the OBE Chapel... |
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Tom Baker and Richard Franklin (starring), Paul Magrs (written by)
Doctor Who: Hornet's Nest: Hive of Horrors [ BBC / CD - released 3/Dec/2009 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Marjanne Kweksilber, James Bowman, Paul Elliott & Gregory Reinhart / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & The Sixteen, Ton Koopman [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Cello Concerto in E Min Op. 85 (with Brahms-Double Concerto for Violin & Cello & Debussy-Cello Sonata) [rec 1959-72] Paul Tortelier (cello) / BBC Symph Orchestra / Adrian Boult, John Pritchard [ BBC Legends / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] "The French Cellist's personality is stamped on every bar of these live performances." (Gramophone) |
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COPLAND / TICHELI / TORKE
Landscapes University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul Popiel, Steve Leisring (trumpet), Ji Hye Jung (marimba), Margaret Marco (cor anglais) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's most admired works, Javelin has been described as a 'sonic olympiad', while his arrangement of... |
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GLASS ./ FAIROUZ
Glass: Concerto Fantasy for 2 Timpanists and Orchestra & Fairouz: Symphony No. 4 University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul W. Popiel [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/2014 ] Philip Glass' Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, composed in 2000 and transcribed for wind ensemble by Mark Lortz in 2004, is a significant addition to the repertoire of large-scale works for timpani. The work is rhythmically... |
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MASSAINO / ROBERT WHITE / MARBRIANUS de ORTO / ROLAND de LASSUS
Lamentations Of The Renaissance Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Apr/2008 ] The heartrending words of the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah have at all times inspired a multitude of musical settings imprinted with a characteristic mixture of pain and hope. It would be wrong to imagine that these famous biblical poems... |
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50 BEST ADAGIOS
50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price] Various Artists including Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & David Daniels (counter-tenor) [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2010 ] Sit back, relax and unwind to some of the most relaxing classical music performed by some of the finest EMI artists. There's nearly 4 hours of well-chosen music split across three CDs and featuring the world's best loved composers. Another winner. |
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James Moody/Paul Horn/Lou Donaldson/Jimmy Woods
Alto Sax - Four Classic Albums (Last Train From Overbrook/Something Blue/Sunny Side Up/Awakening) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] AVID Jazz is proud to introduce an exciting new addition to our Four Classic Album series, Four Classic Jazz Instrumentalists. We continue with Four Classic Jazz Alto Saxophonists, a re-mastered 2CD set complete with original artwork, liner notes and... |
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Various Artists incls Johnny Smith, Jack Wilkins, Django Reinhardt, Baden Powell, Les Paul, etc
Jazz Guitar Giants [ Membran / 4 CD Box Set - released 14/Feb/2011 ] |
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ALLEGRI / GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI / PALESTRINA
The Renaissance of Italian Music: The National Gallery Collection Gerald Finley (bari), Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble), Charles Daniels (ten) / Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh, Taverner Consort, Choir, Andrew Parrot [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "[The Allegri] is one of the highlights, the 1970 recording by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge achieving an almost weightless sublimity, particularly in the Sanctus. The Taverner Consort of the 1980s offers similarly impressive interpretations... |
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BEST ADAGIOS 100
100 Best Adagios [6 CD special price] Various Artists including Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & David Daniels (counter-tenor) [ EMI / Virgin / Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] A slow journey through the classical repetoire from Albinoni to John Tavener. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (complete ballet recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Vienna State Ballet / NLiudmila Konovalova, Vladimir Shishov, Emilia Baranowicz, Davide Dato / Paul Connelly (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/May/2016 ] Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev. This production from the Vienna State Opera presents The Nutcracker ballet in Nureyev's final choreography, the 1985 Paris version. The critic Clive Barnes set the tone by remarking: "No version of The Nutcracker... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stradivarius in Rio Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis (percussion), Luis Guello (dr, perc), Carioca Freitas (guitar) [ Onyx / CD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] Working with musicians from Rio and London, Viktoria has selected 13 wonderfully evocative songs from some of the great composers of Brazilian popular music including Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim, to name just two. |
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BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ Veronique Gens, Paul Agnew / La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-Elysaes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Herreweghe paces it perceptively...the sound is extraordinarily clean and fresh, and the balance deserves much praise for the technicians as well as the artists." (Gramophone) |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Walter Boeykens, Paul Meyer, François-René Duchable / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon [ Warner Classics Erato Apex / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] Apex - the budget label from Warners |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear (unabridged) Read by Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh and full cast [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Dec/2001 ] The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain's senior classical actor, Paul Scofield. He is joined by Alec McCowen as Gloucester, Kenneth Branagh as The Fool, Harriet Walter as Gonerill, Sara... |
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CHARLES IVES
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 2: Charles Ives' America William Sharp, Steven Mayer, Paul Sanchez, James Sinclair Kenneth Schermerhorn, J. Peter Burkholder, Joseph Horowitz, Judith Tick [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY A New Narrative for American Classical Music A PostClassical Ensemble 'More than Music' film series. Written and produced by Joseph Horowitz Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic & Once upon a Castle Zuill Bailey (cello) & Paul Jacobs (organ) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Strikingly impressive performances of wittily crafted and accessible contemporary large-scale orchestral scores." MusicWeb |