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Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman (Opaque Red Vinyl LP) [ Matador / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Lullabies To Paralyze (Double Gatefold LP) [ Interscope / 2 LP - released 20/Dec/2019 ] Over nearly two decades, Queens of the Stone Age have built a powerful and distinctive body of work that marks QOTSA as one of rock's most consistently audacious outfits. Interscope Records & Universal adds an exciting new chapter to QOTSA's catalog... |
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Queens of the Stone Age
Rated R (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 16/Oct/2017 ] Limited edition gatefold. |
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Rated R (U.K. Version) [ Polydor / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2000 ] |
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Songs For The Deaf (2LP) [ Universal Music / 2 LP - released 22/Nov/2019 ] Pressed on 2LP 180G Black vinyl in a gatefold jacket with 12" x 12" insert. Featuring the original red background & black graphics album art on vinyl for the first time. On their third album, Songs for the Deaf, Queens of the Stone Age are so... |
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GIAY / ARIOSTI / ORLANDINI / RISTORI / GIACOMELLI / BONONCINI
The Crown: Heroic Arias For Senesino Randall Scotting (countertenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Bernardi-universally known by the moniker 'Senesino', after his place of birth-was Handel's leading male star for over a decade, owning many of the finest castrato roles. But this new album delves into the astonishing wealth of material... |
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MONTEVERDI
Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) Robert Howarth (director/harpsichord) / Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment & Choir of the Age of the Enlightenment [ Signum / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "For me, Monteverdi's music enhances the text beautifully. It doesn't matter whether one is religious or not, this music touches the human soul and reflects, sincerely and passionately the true meaning of the texts in the psalms and motets." |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos Roger Montgomery (horn) & Margaret Faultless (director/violin) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Signum / CD - released 31/Dec/2013 ] "Montgomery slips into their varying moods through affecting phrasing, resilient changes in tempo, accentuation and dynamics, partnered by the OAE at its best. Well worth owning." Gramophone |
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JOHN BLOW
Blow: Venus & Adonis Rosemary Joshua (sop), Gerald Finley (bar), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Clare College, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Renae Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "Rene Jacobs and his musicians present Blow's Venus and Adonis with persuasive style and dramatic clarity...Venus's lament and the closing plaintive chorus touch the heart deeply." (Daily Telegraph) |
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HANDEL / CIAMPI / ARNE / HAYES / SMITH
Handel's Last Prima Donna: Giulia Frasi in London Ruby Hughes (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "Ruby Hughes has a direct, clean, and unaffected soprano voice that, judging from descriptions, probably matches Frasi's quite well. The orchestral work under Cummings is exemplary" American Record Guide |
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MAHLER
Totenfeier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Sarah Connolly (Mezzo) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "rich, ardent singing of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen." The Times, 29th September 2012 *** |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48 / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone) / Choir of Kings College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2014 ] " Gerald Finley, another former King's Choral Scholar, I believe, represents luxury casting for the baritone solos and his contribution is distinguished: I relished his warm, firm tone and the way in which he articulates the text …Bravo!" MusicWeb |
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BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / von BINGEN / PART / HAYDN / DVORAK / etc
The Choral Collection Tonus Peregrinus, Camerata Bach Choir, Musica Ficta, Oxford Camerata, Choir of the Golden Age, TOWER Voices New Zealand, Simon Mayr Choir, etc [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "There's plenty to celebrate here, not least sterling performances by Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly (including Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem and other choral pieces, and a fine Hildegard CD). |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Emanuel Ax plays Chopin Emanuel Ax (piano) with Pamela Frank (violin), Yo - Yo Ma (cello) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Sony & BMG Music / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Dec/2017 ] Polish by birth and a victor of the Chopin Competition, Six CDs present Emanuel Ax's interpretations of a stimulating range of concertante, solo and chamber works by his compatriot. The two concertos are played with Sir Charles Mackerras conducting... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Magnificat: 500 Years of Choral Masterworks [50 CD set] The Sixteen, The Clerks' Group, The Cardinall's Musick, Gabrieli Consort, The Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & more [ Decca Music Group / 50 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2012 ] This unique, limited-edition boxed set offers 50 CDs of the greatest choral masterpieces of the past 500 years, stretching from Renaissance Masses and the glories of the Baroque and Classical eras through to the major works of the Romantic & modern eras. |