LORENZO PALOMO
Palomo - Cantos Del Alma / Sinfonía a Granada María Bayo (soprano), José Luis Estellés (clarinet), Vicente Coves (guitar) & Luis García Montero / City of Granada Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] His Cantos del alma (Songs of the Soul) are settings of four poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez, "a composition in which voice, clarinet and orchestra ... establish a poetic dialogue, both intimate and idyllic". Palomo's Sinfonía a Granada (Granada... |
MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 11 (Incls Les Nymphéas op. 54) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Casavant Organ, Brick Church, New York City [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Never before have Les Nympheas Op.54 been heard outside Dupré's native Meudon. Ben van Oosten presents this extraordinary composition on the Casavent organ in New York's Brick Church. This instrument was inaugurated by van Oosten in 2005 and is... |
Bratislava City Choir/Krechek
Handel:messiah Choruses [ Naxos / CD ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded live in 1952) Maria Callas, Piero Campolonghi, Giuseppe di Stefano / Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Umberto Mugnai [ Urania / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Callas only sang Gilda in Rigoletto twice on stage, in Mexico City in 1952, and this recording was taken from the first of those performances. She brought tonal substance and deep interpretative insight to a role that had sometimes been treated by... |
TE DEUM
Te Deum and other church music Cambridge Singers / City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] 'this music has unfailing appeal' CD Review (USA) |
JOHN RUTTER
Be thou my vision The Cambridge Singers / The City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter, director [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] Sacred music by John Rutter. |
JOHN RUTTER
Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter The Cambridge Singers / The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / The City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] "This is a jewel of a record" (Gramophone) |
JOHN RUTTER
The Sprig of Thyme: A cycle of folk song settings for mixed choir The Cambridge Singers with members of the City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] This is a lovely disc; one to head my list of Christmas presents for musical friends. (Gramophone) |
TRADITIONAL
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album The Cambridge Singers with Stephen Varcoe (baritone); The City of London Sinfonia; directed by John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] "Rutter has become the musical equivalent of Dickens, synonymous with the season of Christmas." Guardian |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
JONATHAN DOVE
There Was a Child CBSO Chorus / CBSO Youth Chorus / CBSO Children's Chorus / City of Birmingham Symphony / Simon Halsey [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "This is a live recording of an astonishingly assured performance...One might have preferred a less operatic voice than that of Joan Rodgers in this work, but this fine singer's performance is nonethless a most affecting one." (International Record... |
ARNOLD / BOZZA / DAHL / MAURER / etc
Center City Brass Quintet Center City Brass Quintet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] the third release on Chandos from the USA's Brass Quintet. |
Center City Brass Quintet Feza Zweifel, drums
Streetsong [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] Renowned for its high energy and finely polished style, the Center City Brass Quintet comprises well-known soloists and leading players in America's top orchestras who convene regularly and who perform a diverse range of musical styles with equal... |
Taoist Music Orchestra Shanghai City God Temple
Chinese Taoist Music [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] This CD features simple, solemn and delicate Chinese Taoist melodies with traditional wind, string and percussion instruments. 'Chinese Taoist Music' is spiritual and relaxing. |
CHARPENTIER
Messe de minuit pour Noel (with Poulenc-Quatre Motets) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / City of London Sinfonia / George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] This much-admired disc of French sacred music from the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, beautifully performed by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge under George Guest, is now available at Chandos Classics price for the first time. |
JONGEN / PEETERS
Masses The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / London City Brass / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to get to know these works in such fine performances through this typically enterprising release" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Celebrate Beethoven - Choral Music Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis; City of London Choir; Key Ensemble, The; Nashville Symphony Chorus; Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus; Westminster Boys' Choir [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2020 ] From the vast Naxos catalogue comes the perfect introduction to the choral music of Ludwig van Beethoven. |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas in Christchurch Christchurch City Choir, Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Woolston Brass, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra [ CSO / CD - released 11/Nov/2009 ] Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an artistic icon of the South Island and an established force in orchestral music within New Zealand. |
Circle City Band
Circle City Band (Double Vinyl) [ UNIQUITY / 2 LP - released 18/Jan/2013 ] |
City And Colour
Bring Me Your Love [ CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] |