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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (complete oratorio) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Olaf Bar / The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv Collectors Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Gardiner's celebrated Christmas Oratorio, first released in 1987, offered at mid-price for the first time. With soloists including Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta and Anne Sofie von Otter. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Violin, Clarinet & Flute Concertos Saeka Matsuyama (violin) John McCaw (clarinett) Jennifer Stinton (flute) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orc [ Alto / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "(she) adapts perfect intonation and fearlessly conquers the first movement's virtuoso passages. Given a perfectly idiomatic accompaniment… the result is as fine a version as any." ClassicsToday |
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Arild Andersen, Bill Frisell, John Taylor, Alphonse Mouzon
Molde Concert [ ECM / CD - released 4/Oct/1982 ] Arild Andersen assembled this distinguished line-up for a dynamic one-off concert at the 1981 Molde Jazz Festival. CD reissue adds more than 20 minutes of previously unreleased material, and the original dramaturgy of the performance has also been... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Totentanz / Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major / Piano Concerto No.2 in A major Arnaldo Cohen (piano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] A mercurial performer, conductor and composer, Franz Liszt epitomizes the Romantic genius, and his chosen instrument, the piano, was the emblematic instrument of the Romantic era. This disc brings together the composer's three mature works for piano... |
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Macbeth / The Tempest / Marmion Overture Mary Bevan (soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Simon Callow (speaker) / BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] "The BBC Concert Orchestra play with warmth and style, the BBC Singers go at it with spirit and Mary Bevan makes an enchanting Ariel. John Andrews does an excellent job of integrating the orchestra with Simon Callow's spoken chunks of Shakespeare" |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (with Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 1) (rec 1929 & 1932) Artur Rubinstein (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Albert Coates & John Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Mark Obert-Thorn, the producer, mentions the difficulties presented by the Brahms. The results of his wrestlings sound as good as we may reasonably expect for the venerable age of the recording, but it is true that the Tchaikovsky sounds more than... |
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Ashley Hutchings, John Kirkpatrick & Chums
The Complete Dancing Master [ Fledgling / CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] |
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DVORAK / YSAYE / MATSUSHITA / WIENAWSKI
Atsuko Sahara (Works for violin and piano by Dvorak, Ysaye, Matsushita & Wieniawski) Atsuko Sahara / John Lenehan [ Quartz Music / CD - released 23/Aug/2005 ] Atsuko Sahara was the Winner of the 2004 Uralsk International Violin Competition and is one of the most eagerly anticipated young musicians currently appearing at international festivals. She has recently recorded her debut disc with Quartz. A... |
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Clark, John / Hackl, Franz / Taylor, Dave
Clark, John / Hackl, Franz / Taylor, Dave - Uncommon Sense [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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DELIUS / BRIDGE / IRELAND / RUBBRA / etc
Twentieth Century Cello Sonatas Alexander Baillie (cello), John Thwaites (piano) [ Somm / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Six significant British cello sonatas impeccably performed. " (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Aug 2013) |
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Long John Baldry
Live at the Iowa State University, 1987 [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 16/May/2008 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 47 Minutes - PAL One of the driving forces of British blues, rock & pop music captured at the top of his form. Long John Baldry is a highly influential singer... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
The Band of the Coldstream Guards: Marches 1902-1922 No. 3 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
The Band of the Coldstream Guards: Marches 1902-22 No. 1 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
Gilbert & Sullivan 1902-22 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
Marches & Bugle Calls 1902-22 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
Musicals 1902-22 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY & DVD Bayreuth Festival / John Lundgren, Georg Zeppenfeld, Asmik Grigorian, Attilio Glaser / Oksana Lyniv (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2024 ] "Lyniv's conducting is superb in terms of pacing and tonal weight and balance...Grigorian and Zeppenfeld sing as fluently and fearlessly as they act." Gramophone Magazine September 2022 Blu-ray of the Month |
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ELGAR
The Longed-for Light: Elgar's Music in Wartime BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson [ Somm / CD - released 25/Jan/2013 ] "Elgarians should ceratinly lend an ear to this entreprising and rewarding Somm anthology" (Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2013) |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6, etc BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] The symphonic output of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed 'bad boy of music', is further investigated by the BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Guest Conductor, John Storgårds, in the second album of the series. |
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SIBELIUS
Complete Symphonies (plus 'Three Late Fragments') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "this is a fine and distinctive set from an orchestra playing consistently at somewhere near its best and conducted by a Sibelian of stature." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral) |