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TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / and many more
The Glory Of New College Choir Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom, with the Academy of Ancient Music [ Erato / Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
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VASILY KALAFATI
Kalafati: Symphony in A Minor / Légende / Polonaise Choir of the Music Department of the University of Athens, Athens Philharmonia, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Greek by parentage, Vasily Kalafati settled permanently in St Petersburg where he counted Rimsky-Korsakov among his teachers, and later included Igor Stravinsky among a distinguished roll-call of his own students. |
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HANDEL
Dettingen Te Deum / Zadok the priest / etc The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / The Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The label itself is recommendation enough, but Stephen Layton conducting Cambridge's Trinity College Choir and the Academy of Ancient Music is extra asssurancwe of top-notch quality." (William Dart NZ Herald June 2008) |
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VICTORIA
Victoria: Requiem Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Master of the Music) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Glorious. A rich, luminous acoustic halo seems to surround the music as it soars ever upward. Under David Hill's expert direction this choir has achieved a depth and body of tone totally appropriate to this full-blooded Iberian music' - The Good CD... |
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Chung Woong Traditional Korean Music Ensemble
Traditional Music from Korea [ ARC Music / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] A colourful, varied palette of Korean music, from solemn and contemplative court and ceremonial music to lively and exuberant rural pieces. The music is played on authentic instruments, some of which have a history of thousands of years. Information... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Composers in Words and Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Illustrated with music from each period, this enlightening life history tells us about Beethoven's place in society from his earlier career as a fine pianist, his life on the edge of the Napoleonic war, his professional triumphs and many misfortunes. |
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W. A. MOZART
Great Composers in Words and Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] This entertaining and informative biography takes us from Mozart's beginnings as a child prodigy to his greatest successes and cruellest setbacks. The narrative is illustrated with music from each stage of Mozart's intense career. |
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W.A. MOZART
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Complete opera) Lynne Dawso, Marianne Hirsti, Uwe Heilmann, Günter von Kannen, Wolfgang Hinze / Academy Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2003 ] This recording was made in 1990 after a series of stage performances. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Henry VIII and his Six Wives The Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow [ Testament / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] David Munrow (August 12, 1942 - May 15, 1976) was a musician and early music historian. He was the son of Albert Munrow, a Birmingham University lecturer and physical education instructor who even wrote a book on the subject, and was so highly... |
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HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies No. 3 / Elegy / The Lament For Beowulf Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Eastman School of Music Chorus. Howard Hanson [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1991 ] Recorded 1957 - 1963 The original Three Track original recording |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
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VIVALDI / PERGOLESI / BACH
Stabat Mater Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor) / Theatre of Early Music [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A mightily impressive disc with affecting performances throughout." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse The English Concert (early music ensemble), William Dazeley, Paula Murrihy, Emily D'Angelo, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert and Harry Bicket [ Linn Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2023 ] "The superb cast is led by Emily D'Angelo, whose opening aria - beautifully controlled and rich in tone - will not disappoint...this new Serse is surely one of the most charismatic recordings now available." Gramophone Recording of the Month July 23 |
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ELLIOTT CARTER
Carter: Mosaic / Dialogue / Solo Pieces Erica Goodman (harp) Robert Aitken (flute) Max Christie (clarinet) / New Music Concerts [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Elliott Carter is internationally recognized as one of the leading American voices of the classical music tradition. He recently received the Prince Pierre Foundation Music Award, bestowed by the Principality of Monaco. |
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LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski’s Last Concert Fujiko Imajishi (violin) / Valdine Anderson (soprano) / New Music Concerts Ensemble / Witold Lutoslawski [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The composer conducted for the last time on October 24, 1993 in Toronto, Canada, and was recorded by the CBC. The programme consisted of his Partita, Chain-1 and 2 and the little-heard Chantefleurs et Chantefables, from poems by Robert Desnos, with... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (1801) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Jeremy Ovenden (ten) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, National Forum of Music Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (cond [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2017 ] "McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime..for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own" Gramophone Award Nomination |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Complete Choral Songs, Vol. 2 Gavin Roberts, Finchley Children's Music Group, John Evanson, Peter Broadbent, Grace Rossiter, Joyful Company of Singers [ Toccata / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] The reputation of Havergal Brian (1876-1972) as a late-blooming symphonist obscures the fact that he was an early-blooming composer of choral music for the huge market of amateur choirs thriving in Edwardian England. His choral songs range from... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Vivaldi, Handel Grace Davidson (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] "The voice is radiantly fresh and clean, and she successfully navigates almost all the technical perils in her programme of sacred motets by Handel and Vivaldi, spiritedly backed by another of Britain's Academies, the Academy of Ancient Music" Times |
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ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Works for Orchestra & Soprano Saxophone Greg Banaszak (saxophone) / Eastern Music Festival Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] Alan Hovhaness's remarkable legacy of 67 symphonies and hundreds of other works stands as a testimony to one of the most individual musical voices of the 20th century. Written when Hovhaness was 25, the Prelude and Quadruple Fugue represents not only... |