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HANDEL
Messiah (highlights) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2008 ] Originally Handel was Händel. But the German composer was welcomed in England with open arms. Thus he could leave out the Umlaut from his name. The great oratorio Messiah is Handel's best known work. This is a selection of highlights, of course the... |
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Miles Davis
Boplicity [ Naxos Jazz Legends / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] |
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Miles Davis
Collector's Items [ Universal Music / CD - released 21/Dec/2007 ] This CD features Charlie Parker in his only recordings in support of Miles - who had begun his disc career as Bird's sideman - plus a unique encounter with Charles Mingus. |
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Miles Davis
Doo-Bop [ Warner / CD - released 22/Feb/2017 ] |
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Miles Davis
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] This collection features Miles from 1953 - 1955, a period of transition for the trumpeter and leader, which would culminate in his late 50's masterpiece Kind Of Blue. Here he works out with such legendary names as Charles Mingus, John Lewis, Max... |
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Miles Davis
Four Classic Albums (Miles Ahead / Sketches Of Spain / Porgy And Bess / Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] AVID Jazz here presents four classic Miles Davis albums including extracts from the original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. "Miles Ahead"; " Sketches of Spain" "Porgy and Bess" and "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud" Our... |
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Miles Davis
Four Classic Albums Plus (Quintet - Sextet / Bags' Groove / Miles / Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] AVID Jazz presents the latest release in our Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Miles Davis, in both Quintet, Sextet and as The Modern Jazz Giants formations, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel... |
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Miles Davis
In A Silent Way (Limited Edition LP / Vinyl) [ Original Recordings / LP - released 21/Jun/2010 ] |
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Miles Davis
Two Classic Albums: Kind of Blue / Birth of the Cool [ Alto / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] No other album encapsulates 'cool' better than the phenomenally successful Kind of Blue, an LP treasured by countless record buyers with only minimal interest in jazz |
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Miles Davis
Muted [ Prestige Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] Showcasing a collection of standards, this single disc features some of the best music Davis ever produced. If you ever needed a Sunday morning album in your collection, then look no further... |
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Miles Davis
So What? - Jazz Characters [ Le Chant du Monde / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2015 ] Miles Davis was always in the jazz avant-garde, moving through the revolutions of be-bop, cool and modal jazz like a meteor, never bound by any one style. "It is not enough to play all the notes", he said, "it is enough to play just the most... |
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Miles Mosley
Uprising (LP) [ World Galaxy / LP - released 17/Feb/2016 ] |
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Verdi, Giu
Don Carlos Miles, Vargas, Skovhus, Yang, Dumitrescu, Tamar, Michael, Salje, Kobel Ifrim, Los, Gisser, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; O [ ORFEO / 4 CD - released 30/May/2005 ] |
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KEVIN PUTS
Puts: Silent Night [Opera] Karin Wolverton (Soprano) Miles Mykkanen, Christian Sanders and Stephen Martin, Tenors), etc / Minnesota Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Courtney Lewis [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Kevin Puts is one of America's most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Der Messias [Messiah] German version Donna Brown, Cornelia Kallisch, Roberto Saccà, Alastair Miles / Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling [ Hanssler / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Sep/1991 ] Version by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart recorded in 1991 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Samson (complete) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Jochen Kowalski, Alastair Miles & Anton Scharinger / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] "One of the most popular of his oratorios in his lifetime-Handel revived it in no fewer than nine seasons between its premiere in 1743 and his death in 1759-Samson has remained a firm favourite: it was the natural choice for Covent Garden to stage... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86 / O welche Lust! (Prisoners' Chorus) Sally Matthews (soprano) Sara Mingardo (mezzo) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Sir Colin Davis recently collected the Best Male Artist award at the Classical Brits for the second time. |
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HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio plus bonus DVD of highlights) Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore, Alastair Miles / Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "Stemme is an involving Leonore, with a lovely rich lower and mid-register tone, but she is strained and variable above the stave...Krasteva throws herself into cowgirl Preziosilla with gusto. Mehta conducts effectively." International Record Review |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2012 ] "Nina Stemme's Leonora? A hugely well-acted assumption of the role, with (in the 'Pace! Pace, mio dio' scena) the uncanny presence and vocal fury offered by Price, Barstow or Freni." Gramophone |