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TRADITIONAL
Sephardic Journey Karim Sulayman, Nell Snaidas, Jeffrey Strauss, Amanda Powell, Brian Kay / Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Cast out of Jerusalem, cast out of Spain. The Spanish Jews in their travels absorbed the colorful musical accents of Italy, Turkey and North Africa, including exotic percussion. Apollo's Fire's musical journey interweaves Sephardic folk song with the... |
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YORK BOWEN / IMOGEN HOLST / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Chamber Music with Viola Yue Yu (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano), Jeffrey Armstrong (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] An accomplished horn and viola player, York Bowen is said to have preferred the tone of the viola to the violin. Inspired by the virtuosity and vibrato style of the distinguished violist, Lionel Tertis, Bowen wrote several works for him and became... |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Barbara Hendricks, Michael Chance, Jeffrey Black / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Franz Welser-Most [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "There is no question the tingling energy which informs Franz Welser-Most's performance of Carmina burana, which reaches its climax in the ''Cours d'amour'' sequence where both the Boys' and Men's Chorus get carried away by the exhilaration of the... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Louis Lortie (piano), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola), Toronto Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] With this celebratory release completing his fourteen-year tenure as Music Director of the TSO, Peter Oundjian conducts an exquisite Vaughan Williams programme, supported by an all-Canadian cast of star soloists. |
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ELLINGTON / EMERSON / GERSHWIN / SEDAKA
Manhattan Intermezzo Jeffrey Biegel (piano) / Brown University Orchestra, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] This programme brings together four works for piano and orchestra by composers best known from the fields of jazz, popular song and progressive rock |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem in D minor Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo) Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Darren Jeffrey (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] 'Davis's approach to the Requiem...contained both tragic grandeur and high drama, with the Dies Irae pointing the way towards the theatrical vividness of some 19th-century settings, but nothing was remotely sentimental of self-pitying' The Guardian |
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VIVALDI / BRUCH / ELGAR / BACH / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / ELLINGTON / GERSHWIN / etc
Nigel Kennedy - Uncensored Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Berliner Philharmoniker [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2021 ] This is not an autobiography, but a journey through Nigel Kennedy's sixty-four seasons played home and away. |
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WALTON
Cello Concerto (with works by Bloch, Ligeti & Britten) Pieter Wispelwey (cello) / Sydney Symphony / Jeffrey Tate [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] "Pieter Wispelwey is a consummate performer and this - his debut disc for Onyx - would make a welcome addition to any collection of cello music." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Complete incidental music) Lynne Dawson, Susanne Mentzer, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten to America: Music for Radio & Theatre Samuel West (narrator) Mary Carewe, Jean Rigby (mezzos) / Halle, Sir Mark Elder / Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore, etc [ NMC / CD - released 14/Feb/2014 ] "Unexpected postscript to the composer's centenary shows his versatility and completes the picture of his formative years" (Financial Times) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso (complete opera recorded in 1989) BLU-RAY San Francisco Opera / Marilyn Horne, Susan Patterson, Jeffrey Gall, William Matteuzzi / Randall Behr (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2019 ] Pier Luigi Pizzi's 1979 production of Orlando furioso in Verona marked the beginning of contemporary international interest in Antonio Vivaldi's operas. Ten years later the same director once more produced this work at the San Francisco Opera. |
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FERNANDO SOR
Guitar Music (Incls 'Souvenir d'Amitie, Op. 46') Jeffrey McFadden (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ] Jeffrey McFadden (guitar) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A Thea King (basset clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Gabrieli String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Winning performances. Excellent recording' (Penguin Guide) |
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DAVID LANG / TED HEARNE / HANNAH LASH
Lang/Hearne/Lash: Statements Yale Choral Artists and Philharmonia, Jeffrey Douma [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] "Yale Choral Artists has rapidly established itself as one of the most innovative professional choirs in the world, and its recordings of works by three Yale composers showcase the breadth of contemporary American choral music." Opera News |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 100 'Military' & 103 'Drum Roll' English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1987 ] "...Tate chooses speeds that allow the wit and sparkle of Haydn's writing to come out naturally." (Gramophone) |
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Jeffrey Foucault
Blood Brothers [ Blueblade Records / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] BLOOD BROTHERS, the much-anticipated follow-up to Jeffrey Foucault's critically acclaimed 2015 album Salt As Wolves ("Immaculately tailored… Close to perfection" - New York Times; "Pure Songwriter, simple and powerful" - Morning Edition, NPR) is a... |
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Jeffrey Foucault
Salt As Wolves [ CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] Prolific singer-songwriter ​Jeffrey Foucault embraces the darker, more somber aspects of Americana and folk on his tenth album, Salt As Wolves. Haunting tracks like "Blues For Jessie Mae" and "Paradise" feature the sort of sparse, elegiac... |
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Jeffrey Lewis
A Turn in the Dream Songs (Vinyl) [ Rough Trade Records / LP - released 24/Oct/2011 ] |
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Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts
Manhattan [ Rough Trade / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] Manhattan is Jeffrey Lewis's seventh studio album for Rough Trade, and his first since 2011's A Turn In The Dream-Songs. His band is called "Los Bolts" and includes his regular players Heather Wagner (drums) and bassist Caitlin Gray (Hooray For The... |
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Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts
Manhattan (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 30/Oct/2015 ] Manhattan is Jeffrey Lewis's seventh studio album for Rough Trade, and his first since 2011's A Turn In The Dream-Songs. His band is called "Los Bolts" and includes his regular players Heather Wagner (drums) and bassist Caitlin Gray (Hooray For The... |