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J. S. BACH
Bach: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn BWV1127 Elin Manahan Thomas / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 10/Oct/2005 ] Premiere recording of a newly discovered aria by Bach, unearthed in a library in June 2005 |
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ANDRE CAMPRA
Messe de Requiem Elisabeth Baudry, Monique Zanetti, Josep Benet, John Elwes & Steven Varcoe / La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] This French Baroque icon from the early days of harmonia mundi [around 1986? Ed] has been 'download only' for some years and we are delighted that Herreweghe's benchmark Campra 'Requiem' is now reissued at mid price, on hm gold, due to popular demand. |
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HAROLD MELTZER
Meltzer: Brion / Sindbad / Exiles Elizabeth Farnum (soprano) / Gregory Hesselink (cello) / John Shirley-Quirk (narrator) / Cygnus Ensemble / The Peabody Trio / Sequitur / James Baker [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "[Brion] is a haunting, quirky and continually inventive chamber work for a small ensemble including guitar and mandolin. It receives an elegant, colorful performance on a splendid recording of four fascinating chamber and vocal works by Mr.... |
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Elton John
The Diving Board - Deluxe Edition [ Universal / CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] "The Diving Board" is one of the most distinguished records of Elton John's unparalleled career. The Diving Board is set to be hailed as both a sophisticated new chapter in his unique songbook, and a work of old-school sonic clarity. A return to... |
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Elton John
Duets [ Mercury / CD - released 11/Nov/1993 ] Unlike Frank Sinatra's album, John actually recorded in the studio with his duet partners, adding a spark to his album missing on Sinatra's Duets, even if his choices are nearly as bewildering. Some of the material doesn't work in the duet format,... |
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Elton John
Here And There (LP) [ Universal Music / LP - released 9/Nov/2018 ] Here and There' was originally released in 1976, and featured live recordings from both the Royal Festival Hall in London ("here") and Madison Square Garden in New York ("there") from 1974. The original vinyl release, mirrored in this reissue, was 5... |
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Elton John
Rare Masters [ Mercury Records / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/1992 ] Digitally re-mastered European imported double CD set. |
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Elton John
Victim of Love [ Rocket Records / CD - released 12/May/2003 ] Digitally re-mastered re-issue CD, available on import from Europe. |
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BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN
Clarinet Sonatas Emma Johnson (clarinet) John Lenehan (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "no one is likely to be disappointed by any of the ingredients - music, performances, audio quality - of this new release...There's natural and instinctive responsiveness to each other. This offers, for example, a controlled yet farm-fresh account of... |
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HANDEL
Joshua (Complete oratorio) Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 'With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music' (BBC Record Review) |
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J. S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion / St. John Passion / Mass in B minor / Easter & Christmas Oratorios Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew, Martyn Hill, John Mark Ainsley / various conductors [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2012 ] "This boxed set is perfect for those people wishing to get to know Bach's Passions. Cleobury's performances of the St. Matthew and the St. John are good steady musical performances. Many people will be attracted to this disc by the name of King's... |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Vocal Music, Vol 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / John Holloway (violin) / Manfredo Kraemer (violin) / Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Delightful and moving, theatrical and spiritual too, some of Buxtehude's vocal works get very persuasive performances by Kirkby, Holloway and co. on this reissue" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
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Emmylou Harris, with Roy Orbison, John Denver, Gram Parsons, George Jones & others
Duets [ Reprise Records / CD - released 27/Aug/1990 ] Emmylou's compilation 'Duets' collects previously released performances recorded in conjunction with Neil Young, Willie Nelson and others. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] "I feel sure that anyone acquiring this marvellous EBS set of the Brandenburgs will find it a lasting source of enjoyment and a recording that makes us marvel afresh at the musical skill, imagination and invention of J. S. Bach." (MusicWeb Recording... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music Suites 1-3, HWV348-350 [LP] English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Classics LP / LP - released 7/Apr/2023 ] John Eliot Gardiner will celebrate his 80th birthday on April 20th 2023. Erato Recordings are celebrating this wonderful conductor with two of his most emblematic albums to be released on vinyl: Handel's Water Music and Purcell's King Arthur. When... |
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HENRY PURCELL
England, My England - the music of Purcell (with Monteverdi - Balli e balletti) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2016 ] "I hope that you warm to the CD as much as I did and that together they lead you to explore Purcell further." (MusicWeb on England My England) |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos English Baroque Soloists, Kati Debretzeni, John Eliot Gardiner [ SDG / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] Sir John Eliot Gardiner presents a long-awaited, dazzling and insightful recording of the Violin Concertos with leader and soloist, Kati Debretzeni. Debretzeni also presents her own arrangement and world-premiere recording of the harpsichord concerto... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets (Bwv 225-231) and Cantatas (Bwv 50 & 118) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Albert Herring Peter Pears, Sylvia Fisher, Sheila Rex, John Noble, Catherine Wilson, Joseph Ward / English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Pears was not at his best, but in Britten's hands it is clear that, without losing any pathos, Albert Herring was first and foremost a superior piece of theatrical fun." (BBC Music) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione Lucy Crowe (Angel), Sophie Bevan (Mary Magdalene), Iestyn Davies (Mary Cleophas), Hugo Hymas (John the Evangelist), The English Concert [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] "Bicket and his stellar cast embrace Handel's radical approach, turning sacred figures into intensely dramatic ones. Handel gave instruments their own actor-like parts, which The English Concert deliver ravishingly." BBC Recording of Month July 22 |