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John Safran
John Safran vs. God - Collector's Edition [ Madman Entertainment / 2 DVD - released 24/Nov/2004 ] M - Contains violence, sexual references, and offensive language. |
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John Abercrombie (guitar) with Dan Wall (Hammond B3) & Adam Nussbaum (drums)
Tactics [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Recorded July 1996 |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Le Loup / Sonatine / Sonate / Sarabande et Cortège Adam Walker (flute) Juliana Koch (oboe) Jonathan Davies (bassoon) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "Wilson seizes on the opportunities to bring out the vivid colours of Dutilleux's score, with the brass blazing superbly and every rhythm alive with meaning. No less striking is the music's lyricism, phrased by Wilson with great tenderness." BBC |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol.1 Adam Walker (flute) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chando SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] The Grammy-Award-winning Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956) is without doubt one of American music's leading orchestral composers. His orchestral output has grown and developed to encompass a wide range of genres, from overtures and tone poems to suites and... |
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PETER WARLOCK
The Curlew / Lillygay / Peterisms Sets 1 & 2 / Saudades Adrian Thompson (Tenor) Christopher Maltman (Baritone) John Constable (Piano) / The Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The performance competes with the best, with sensitive playing from the Duke and finely shaded singing from Adrian Thompson." --Robert Cockroft, Yorkshire Post |
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Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin, Paco De Luca
Saturday Night In San Francisco: Live 12.6.80 [ Ear Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Jazz writer Walter Kolovsky has said that Friday Night in San Francisco "may be the most influential of all acoustic guitar albums." LPs of it have been a demonstration staple on turntables around the world for over 40 years. To celebrate the... |
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Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin, Paco De Luca
Saturday Night In San Francisco: Live 12.6.80 (LP) [ Ear Music / LP - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Jazz writer Walter Kolovsky has said that Friday Night in San Francisco "may be the most influential of all acoustic guitar albums." LPs of it have been a demonstration staple on turntables around the world for over 40 years. To celebrate the... |
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CELEBRATION
Celebration: Christmas Fanfares and Carols Aled Jones (readings) / BBC Welsh Chorus / John Hugh Thomas (conductor) with Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A lovely collection of music and readings for Christmas. There are seven readings, which, within the context of the recording, is just about right for ultimately it is the music for which you will be buying this disk." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
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COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 / Schumann: Piano Concerto (Rec 1934/35) Alfred Cortot (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Landon Ronald, John Barbirolli (Conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] "At its bargain price this release should prove highly attractive to those with specialized interests." - Fanfare |
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FINZI / BRITTEN / HOLST
Works for Choir and Orchestra Alison Barlow (sop) John Mark Ainsley (ten) David Hoult (bar) Stephen Varcoe (bar) / Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "If any lover of the music of English twentieth century composers does not have this disc in their collection, they should take steps to rectify the omission immediately." (Recording of the Month musicWeb Aug 2013) |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Music for 2 Pianos Allan Schiller (piano) / John Humphreys (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] Ferruccio Busoni was universally regarded as one of the late-Romantic era's most remarkable piano virtuosi, and was undoubtedly one of its most fascinating composers, even if the searching intellectualism of much of his music only slowly won it an... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Essential Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Amadeus Quartet, Claudio Arrau, John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 95 CD/DVD Box Set - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Deutsche Grammophon are proud to present the most modern and complete set of Beethoven's work ever issued. Assembled in cooperation with Decca and ten other labels, this New Complete Edition features over 250 legendary performers. |
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KALEVI AHO
Aho: Saxophone Concerto and Quintet Anders Paulsson (soprano saxophone), Lapland Chamber Orchestra / John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Oct/2017 ] Recent works by the indefatigable Kalevi Aho. To date, KaleviAhohas composed sixteen symphonies and twenty-eight concertos, several operas and a large number of chamber works -a rate of production which is all the more impressive considering the... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms, Schumann & Schubert: Original Transcriptions for Trumpet Andrew Balio, John Wilson [ Delos / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Trumpet was meant to have a bright future after Handel and Bach, but history decided otherwise. Relegated to a military signal role with timpani, it had to wait until the later Romantic period to flourish once again. |
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Malcolm LIPKIN
Malcolm Lipkin - Recollections David Corkhill, Janet Simpson, John Turner, Nash Ensemble, Nicholas Trygstad [ Divine Art / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] This album celebrates 50 years of the composing career of Malcolm Lipkin (1932-2017) and represents a fitting tribute to a long established and highly respected composer whose music at times was dismissed as old-fashioned. |
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Angela John Wilson Orc/Morley
Film & Television Music Of... [ Vocalion / CD ] |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Ann Archibald (soprano), John Graham-Hall (tenor) Peter Sidhom (baritone) / London, Royal Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Cooke [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Carl Orff was born into a distinguished Bavarian military family, and after composing songs in his childhood took up studies at the Munich Academy of Music. His early music shows the influence of Debussy, but this was soon cast off in favour of... |
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VARIOUS
Christmastime is here (incls 'Silent Night', 'Jingle Bell Rock' & 'Silver Bells') Ann Hampton Callaway, Tony deSare, King's Singers. John Pizzarelli / Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Erich Kunzel [ Telarc Records / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] This holiday season, hop aboard Maestro Erich Kunzel's one-horse open sleigh for an unforgettable salute to Christmas past and present, Christmastime Is Here. Kunzel, the Prince of Pops, rings in the holiday season with the help of the Cincinnati... |
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FRANCIS POULENC
The Complete Songs Vol.4 Ann Murray, John Mark Ainsley, Magdalena Molendowska, Malcolm Martineau, etc. [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. |