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Emma Kirkby (soprano) / London Baroque / Charles Medlam
Christmas Music [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] "Kirkby revels in her vocal powers throughout this disc" International Record Review |
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HANDEL
Neun Deutsche Arien [Nine German Arias] Emma Kirkby (soprano) London Baroque Ensemble [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Emma Kirkby made the world premiere recording of the Gloria in 2001. It was a breath-taking performance… Yet I prefer her second thoughts, a touch slower, pure exhilaration tempered by subtle nuances. London Baroque accompanies most sensitively, and... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sacred Cantatas Emma Kirkby (soprano) / London Baroque. Medlam [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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AMY BEACH
Piano Trio in a minor op. 150 / Romance for violin and piano / Songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) / The Romantic Chamber Group of London [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] Unusual repertoire from Emma Kirkby |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Beethoven English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, with Éva Marton (soprano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "Ormandy's reading generates excitement through exact accentuation as well as vibrant instrumental color and striking ensemble balances. You'd expect to hear the piano clearly at the start of the first-movement development section, but it makes a... |
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CONSTANT LAMBERT
Pomona / Music for Orchestra / Romeo and Juliet / King Pest English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Joly [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Constant Lambert was a man of outstandingly wide cultural range, a man as well-informed about painting and literature as about music. For this reason his contribution to the development of what is now the Royal Ballet proved invaluable.A triumvirate... |
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MOZART / BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintets Eric Hoeprich (clarinet) / London Haydn Quartet [ Glossa / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] Eric Hoeprich returns to Glossa on splendid form with two pillars of the chamber music repertory in the Clarinet Quintets of Mozart and Brahms. For this release - recorded in the tranquil English surroundings of St Martin's Church, East Woodhay in... |
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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Three Concertos Eric Parkin (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/1993 ] Dyson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. Studied with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music (he later became director of that institution) and traveled to Germany and Italy on A Mendelssohn Scholarship. |
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HUBAY / TCHAIKOVSKY / GODARD / KREISLER / GRANADOS / etc
Violinissimo - Great Violin Encores Erich Gruenberg [violin], Josef Sakonov [violin]./ London Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra. [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] Two "Phase 4" recordings reappear in their entirety on this double-CD of violin bon-bons. Josef Sakonov's is of virtuoso violin pieces (including Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen) and sentimental miniatures by Godard, Tchaikovsky, Ponce and others. This is... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Erika Grimaldi, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli, Michele Pertusi / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live SACD / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "this is an impressively disciplined account of the mighty score, with expressive Italian soloists, a superb choir (trained by Simon Halsey) and the LSO on top form." Sunday Times |
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Ernest Gold / Sinfonia of London Orchestra
Exodus - An Original Soundtrack Recording [ Buddha Records / RCA / CD - released 6/Nov/2001 ] U.S. Import |
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Ernest London Festival/Gold
Film Themes Of Ernest Gold [ Vocalion / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / AARON COPLAND
Strauss: Duet Concertino, Prelude To Capriccio / Copland: Clarinet Concerto, Appalachian Spring Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon) / Academy of London, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Richard Stamp [ Signum / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] "Richard Stamp secures real zip in the faster music, secures real zip in the faster music, and there is some lovely tender playing from the Royal Northern Sinfonia principals in the more tender passages." BBC Music |
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MOZART / HAYDN / SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / RACHMANINOV / MOZART
The Complete Concerto Recordings Evgeny Kissin (piano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra [ RCA Red Seal / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Reissued at a special price! |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphony No 9 / Piano Concerto Ewa Poblocka (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrzej Panufnik [ RCA Catalyst / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Originally released on Conifer in 1991, Sir Andrzej Panufnik's authoritative readings of his Symphony No. 9, "Sinfonia della Speranza" (1986-1990) and his Piano Concerto (1962, revised 1982) have been reissued here in RCA's Catalyst line. |
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BEETHOVEN
Flagello conducts Flagello Ezio Flagello (bass-baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & I Musici di Firenze & Ambrosian Singers, Nicolas Flagello [ NAXOS HISTORICAL / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Felicity Lott sings Mozart Arias (Incls 'Exsultate, jubilate, K165') Felicity Lott (soprano) / London Mozart Players, Jane Glover [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "Exsultate, jubilate, fine as recorded sound, crisp in the playing, deliciously clear and clean in the singing, sets off with all the promise of a bright spring morning." (Gramophone) |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius,Op. 38 [with Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens; I was glad] Felicity Palmer (sop) Arthur Davies (ten) Gwynne Howell (bass) / London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] 'It's one of the best digital versions, and sonorous renderings of Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens and I was glad complete a recommendable mid-price package.' Gramophone |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Fernando Corena: Verdi: Falstaff - Scenes (with arias by Rossini & Donizetti) Fernando Corena (bass) with Renato Capechi, Ilva Ligabue, Lydia Marimpietr / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Sir Edward Downes, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Corena is an admirable Falstaff, vocally and dramatically, and he misses little or nothing of Verdi's superb musical characterization of the part." (Gramophone) |
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Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Promises (LP) [ Inertia / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Not strictly classical, jazz or ambient electronica, this one-track, nine-movement album embodies the highest, most etiolated aspects of all three disciplines. British artist Sam "Floating Points" Shepherd is the anchor here, an electronic free... |