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RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 4 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Alastair Miles (bass) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some splendid accounts of Strauss songs for the male voice. This latest instalment in Hyperion's series is every bit as welcome and enjoyable as were its predecessors and further volumes are eagerly awaited." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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BIZET
Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers] Desirée Rancatore, Celso Albelo, Alastair Miles / Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana 'Giuseppe Verdi', Daniel Oren [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Parisian composer Georges Bizet was enrolled in the Consevatoire at the age of nine and won a premier prix in solfège within six months of his arrival. |
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W. A. MOZART
Missa brevis in D major / Missa brevis in Bb major Elizabeth Cragg (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (contralto), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor) & Lawrence White (bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] During his years in Salzburg, Mozart wrote a series of shorter mass settings, for which he drew on the models of his senior colleague Michael Haydn. Regina coeli reveals his supreme skill at writing for the solo voice. The Missa brevis in D, K. 194... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine, SV 206 [special edition with DVD] Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi, Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv CDs plus DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] "An atmospheric and distinctive performance beautifully accommodated to its deluxe setting … a gloriously public Vespers, and thoroughly Venetian for that." Gramophone |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus / Severn Suite Judith Howarth (Soprano), Arthur Davies (Tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone), Alastair Miles (Bass), Stephen Roberts (Bass) London Symphony Chorus [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Another classic Hickox recording from the early '90s; an uneven work, but well worth hearing when done as brilliantly as this." (MusicWeb) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1994)) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2000 ] "John Mark Ainsley makes an admirable tenor soloist, with a combination of a lovely sense of line and certain muscularity. Hilary Summers is quite a cool alto soloist, her wonderfully straight tone suits Handel's music well." MusicWeb |
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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 ] |