More By Artist: John D'Amato
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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane
At Carnegie Hall [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] This recording is a never-before-heard jazz classic that documents one of the most historically important working bands in the history of the music. "The music is spectacular - two legends at their best" - The New York Sun |
JOHN ADAMS
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives Tracy Silverman (electric violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 19/Nov/2006 ] A new concerto for 6-string electric violin and a new orchestral tribute to the legacy of another American maverick, Charles Ives. Easily two of Adams' strongest works: expressive, dramatic and ultimately very moving. |
WAGNER
Tristan & Isolde (complete opera) John Treleaven, Christine Brewer, Dagmar Peckova, Peter Rose / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
KURT WEILL
Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill Volume 1 Ute Lemper / BIAS Berlin Kammerensemble / John Mauceri [ Decca Records / CD - released 11/Jan/1989 ] This European imported CD compilation features Ute Lemper's cover versions of Kurt Weill favourites. |
100 BEST WALTZES & POLKAS
100 Best Waltzes & Polkas Various artists including John Barbirolli, Willi Boskovsky, Andrew Davis, Louis Fremaux, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, John Lanchbery, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 waltzes and polkas performed by some of the world's leading orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester,... |
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
HANDEL
Handel Edition Volume 9 - Concerti Grossi, Water Music, Fireworks Music, etc. Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warners Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2009 ] "There is both vitality and finesse and a genuine sense of style" (Penguin Guide Royal Fireworks) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Opera Arias Cynthia Sieden, Charlotte Margiono, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rodney Gilfry, Bryn Terfel, Gerald Finley / English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardin [ Archiv Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] "Gardiner's Mozartian style is well sprung and subtly moulded rather than severe. The principals sing beautifully...The electrifying singing of the Monteverdi Choir adds to the dramatic bite." Penguin Guide |
W. A. MOZART
Wind Concertos Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) William Bennett (flute) John Mack (oboe) David McGill (bassoon) Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2000 ] "[de Peyer's] account remains as fine as any available, fluent and lively...Tuckwell at the time was proving a natural inheritor of the mantle of Dennis Brain. His easy technique, smooth, warm tone and obvious musicianship command allegiance" (Pengui |
Various Artists / Elton John / Tim Rice
The Lion King: Special Edition (Original Soundtrack) [ Walt Disney Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] This specially packaged edition of 'The Lion King' features the unforgettable songs by composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice that defined the animated film. |
BERLIOZ / CHOPIN / DELIBES / MOZART / OFFENBACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
My Ballerina Album: Favourite ballet scenes and melodies Various orchestras conducted by Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Arthur Fiedler, Neeme Jarvi, Herbert von karajan, John Lanchbery, Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon Double / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] A 2-CD compilation containing all-time favourite ballet melodies, specially chosen to be suitable for children |
BERLIOZ / BIZET / DELIUS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / BRAHMS / GRIEG / MOZART / etc
Sir Thomas Beecham - Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics Victoria de los Angeles, Ilse Hollweg , Lois Marshall, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, John Cameron, Xavier Depraz, Beecham Choral Society, etc [ Warner Classics / 35 CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "Beecham inspires his players to prodigies of virtuosity" (Gramophone) |
BIZET / VILLA LOBOS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / etc
Victoria de los Angeles - The Warner Classics Edition Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Alicia de Larrocha, Gerald Moore, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 59 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2023 ] A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". |
STRAUSS FAMILY / MOZART / GOUNOD / WAGNER / KODALY / etc
100 Best Wiener Philharmoniker Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra], John Barbirolli, Andre Cluytens, Mariss Jansons, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] This 6CD set contains 100 tracks from the finest EMI recordings of the famous Wiener Philharmoniker, know in English as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, under some of the world's greatest conductors including Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von... |
WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jose Van Dam, John tomlinson / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] "For a studio performance my vote would go now-just-to the new version, largely on the strength of the recording and the performances of Meier and Jerusalem. (Gramophone) |
JOHN ADAMS / SAMUEL BARBER / GEORGE GERSHWIN / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / STEVE REICH / etc
American Classics Hélène Grimaud, Renaud Capuçon, Labèque Sisters, Peter Donohoe, John McGlinn, Paavo Jarvi, Christopher Warren-Green, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Under Rattle the foxtrot from The Chairman Dances has unabated energy" (Rosette Penguin Stereo) |
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ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus / Delius - Sea Drift) Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony / Benjamin Britten [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
ROSSINI
Otello (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Kálmán, John Osborn, Javier Camarena / Muhai Tang (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jul/2014 ] DVD/Blu-ray of the Month - July 2014 |
DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army Two: two classic episodes Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] Two classic episodes from the highly sccessful television series, the radio version of Dad's Army also looked in on the activities of the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard. The troops are lead by the pompous Captain Mainwaring, with help from this... |
