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ANONYMOUS / TALLIS / STANFORD / PURCELL / FAURE / BURGON / etc
Remembrance St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott Master of Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2003 ] 'A lasting souvenir of a moving occasion, a fitting tribute to a great man, but above all, fine listening' (Gramophone) |
GERSHWIN / JOHNSON / RESER / SUESSE
Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos of the Jazz Age Tatiana Roitman / Gary Hammond / Dan Yappie / Peter Mintun / Michael Gurt / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] A fantastic selection of concertos from the American Jazz Age including Gershwin's immortal A Rhapsody in Blue, heard here in its complete original version for jazz band, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Grofé also orchestrated the Concerto in Three... |
Ted Heath & his Music
Swings in Hi-Fi / Listen to my Music / Selection (Recorded between 1950-56) (Original LP & EPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Here is the finest single CD selection available of Britain's greatest and most popular band during the 50s - Ted Heath. |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles / Les Arts Florissants Teresa Wakins, Virginia Warnken, Jesse Blumberg / Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] 62ndGrammy Awards (2019) Nominee - Best Opera Recording International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Baroque Vocal |
JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (LP) Theatre of Voices, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Hillier [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 20/May/2022 ] The previously unrecorded Drone Mass was described by its composer, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, as "a contemporary oratorio". Written for voices, string quartet and electronics, it was commissioned and premiered by the American Contemporary Music... |
Music by John Lunn
Downton Abbey - The OST [ Decca / CD - released 25/Nov/2019 ] This high profile movie, continuing the story of Lord Grantham and the Crawley family is in cinemas around the world from September. The film picks up where the last TV series ended |
James Horner, London Symphony Orchestra / Traditional Scottish Bagpipe Music
Braveheart...More Music from the Soundtrack [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Bagpipes performed by the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders under the direction of Pipe Major Evan Macrae and drum Major G. Burrs |
Field Music
Commontime [ Memphis Industries / CD - released 12/Feb/2016 ] Written and recorded in spontaneous bursts over six months in their Wearside studio, Commontime is built around the brothers playing and singing together again, but also features a wider array of players, including original Field Music keyboardist... |
Field Music
Open here [ Memphis Industries / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] February 2018 sees the return of Field Music with their sixth album, Open Here. The two years since Commontime have been strange and turbulent. If you thought the world made some kind of sense, you may have questioned yourself a few times in the past... |
Field Music
Open here (LP) [ Memphis Industries / LP - released 2/Feb/2018 ] February 2018 sees the return of Field Music with their sixth album, Open Here. The two years since Commontime have been strange and turbulent. If you thought the world made some kind of sense, you may have questioned yourself a few times in the past |
Rodger Fox and the NZ School of Music Big Band (with special guests)
Funk City Ola [ T-Bone / Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Under the musical direction of Rodger Fox, the NZSOf M's Big Band recording of 'Run For Cover' was voted "Tui Jazz Album Of The Year" in 2009. This new offering is equally as fine a set of recordings... |
Ghost Music
I Was Hoping You'd Pass By Here (LP) [ Arlen / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Despite this record being their debut, Ghost Music has produced a veritable wealth of music over the past 20 years in various guises. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of Matt Randall and Lee Hall, who had played together in the... |
Asterix Music
Cupid's Arrow/Let Your Body Show You How [ Firehouse Sound Labs / 7in - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Funk is a dish best served hot and these two modern funk anthems are bound to get your body temperature up. "Cupid's Arrow" recounts a tale of genuine love at first sight over an infectious synth funk groove, it's honest and true to life content make... |
Music by Trevor Jones
Merlin - O.S.T. [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Trevor Jones' score for the 1998 NBC television mini-series Merlin artfully captures the epic sweep and rousing adventure one expects from such a quintessential sword-and-sorcery yarn. Eschewing the modern musical approach that underscored Gulliver's... |
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Geminiani: 6 concerti grossi, op.3 The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ L'oiseau Lyre / CD - released 15/Sep/2008 ] |
LULLY
Thesee (complete opera) Aaron Engebreth, Aaron Sheehan, Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Warkim, Yulia Van Doren / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus / Paul O'Dette [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2008 - Baroque Vocal - "Still often underrated, Lully is an operatic giant, and this fine recording makes eloquent proof" Gramophone Magazine |
CHARPENTIER
La couronne de fleurs / La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg, Dorothee Mields / Boston Early Music, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee Mields a compelling Amaranthe and Proserpine." Gramophone |
CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS
Motets, Anthems, Fantasias & Voluntaries Academy of Ancient Music / AAM Choir, Richard Eggar [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "AAM's vocal consort is distinctly hoary but the instrumental playing - of two Fantasy-suites for violins, bass viol and organ, and a flamboyant selection of Organ Voluntaries - is divine." (Independent on Sunday) |
JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Messe Solemnelle Academy of Ancient Music / AAM Choir, Richard Eggar, with Stefanie True (soprano) & Gwilym Bowen (tenor) [ AAM Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] "This enjoyable, well recorded rendition, with lovely solo singing, has clear passionate advocacy; notwithstanding the odd rough edge the performance does Dussek's mass proud." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Choral |
HANDEL
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 & Op. 6 / Organ Concertos Op 4 (Nos 2, 4 7 6) The Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi Handel Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Manze and his players give virtuosic, high energy performances of these exuberant works, in a crystal clear recording." The Observer" altogether this is an issue of joyous vitality, to which I am sure I shall be returning with pleasure." Gramophone... |
