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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: In Memoriam / Africa / Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "This is a great CD." MusicWeb |
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FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
Price: Symphony No.1 in E Minor (1932) / Symphony No.4 in D Minor (1945) Fort Worth Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2021 ] "This compelling music could have no better advocates. This constitutes a good starting point for those who haven't already encountered Price's music and are curious." MusicWeb Recommended |
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SVENDSEN / GROSSMAN / MANDEL / LANGFORD / etc
The Concert Sound of the John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band. John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band [ Chandos Brass / CD ] Black Dyke Band, formerly John Foster & Son Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best-known brass bands in the world. |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata Francesco Corti, il pomo d'oro, Kathryn Lewek, John Chest [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] Il pomo d'oro and Francesco Corti present Handel's Apollo e Dafne and Armida abbandonata, together with two outstanding vocalists: soprano Kathryn Lewek (Armida & Dafne) and baritone John Chest (Apollo). Handel composed these two cantatas shortly... |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto 5 (complete concerto with loads of extras) Francois-Rene Duchable (piano) / Ensemble Orchestral of Paris / John Nelson [ Lorcom / Ambroisie Interactive / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] G: Widescreen 16:9 / Regular 4:3 - DTS 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Colour - 38 Minutes - PAL Includes :- -Ouverture - "invitation au voyage", avec Alain Carré -Concerto n°5 -Autour du cinquième... |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos 1 & 3 (complete concertos with loads of extras) Francois-Rene Duchable (piano) / Ensemble Orchestral of Paris / John Nelson [ Lorcom / Ambroisie Interactive / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] G: Widescreen 16:9 / Regular 4:3 - DTS 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Colour - 66 Minutes - PAL Includes :- -Ouverture - "invitation au voyage", avec Alain Carré -Concerto n°1 -Concerto n°3 -Autour... |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos 2 & 4 (complete concertos with loads of extras) Francois-Rene Duchable (piano) / John Nelson / Ensemble Orchestral de Paris [ Ambroise / 2 DVD - released 27/May/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Widescreen 16:9 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - 330 Minutes - PAL |
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SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto / The Bard / The Wood Nymph Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards [ Ondine / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Frank Peter Zimmermann matches intensity with passionate virtuosity in this performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto, the Helsinki Philharmonic providing a backcloth of impressive detail, strength and incisiveness." The Telegraph, 17th September... |
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ROGERS & HART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Funny Valentine: Songs from the Shows Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] The songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was one of the most successful on Broadway from the '20s until Hart's death in 1943. They met in 1919, whilst attending Columbia University and had their first success in 1925 with the... |
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HENRY PURCELL
O Sing Unto The Lord: Sacred Music By Henry Purcell Frederick Teardo (organ) & John Scott (conductor/solo organ) Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Concert Royal [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release this compelling programme of choral works by Henry Purcell which also features the acclaimed New York period ensemble Concert Royal. Recorded on period instruments, this collection of sacred... |
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John Frusciante
The Empyrean (japanese edition) [ Capitol Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] This concept record features Flea, Sonus Quartet, Johnny Marr, and The New Dimension Singers. It's a record suited to dark living rooms late at night. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) Furio Zanasi, Lucile Richardot, Krystian Adam, Hana Blažiková, Gianluca Burrato / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) BLU-RAY Furio Zanasi, Lucile Richardot, Krystian Adam, Hana Blažiková, Gianluca Burrato / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a... |
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LARS KARLSSON
Seven Songs - Clarinet Concerto Gabriel Suovanen (baritone) / Christoffer Sundqvist (clarinet) / Lapland Chamber Orchestra / John Stogards (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Lars Karlsson was born in 1953 on Åland, an archipelago in the Baltic Sea which forms part of Finland although its population is Swedish-speaking. He soon moved to Helsinki, however, in order to study at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers... |
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WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) Gary Rideout / Richard Greager / John Brocheler / Lisa Gasteen / The State Opera of South Australia / Asher Fisch (Conductor) [ Melba Recordings SACD / 4 SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "The overall sense of the project is one of deserved community and company pride in an enterprise which can stand its ground with pretty much anything elsewhere. I welcome the issue" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
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John Abercrombie / Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette
Gateway [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 1/Jan/1975 ] The 1975 coming-together of the mighty trio of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Down Beat spoke of "daring and visionary spirit" in a five star review. |
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PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / BRITTEN
The Poet's Echo Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Abi Hyde-Smith (cello), Jocelyn Freeman (piano) [ Rubicon / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) effectively founded Russian literature, elevating his mother tongue to match the wit and penetrating observation of the French, Spanish and English writers he admired. He was revered even through the Soviet years, the... |
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LOVELOCK / BELLINI / TOMASI / HAYDN / MILLS / ARUTYUNYAN / HUMMEL / etc
Trumpet Concertos Geoffrey Payne (trumpet) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins & Michael Halász [ ABC Classics Discovery / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] All your favourite trumpet concertos on a special priced double CD. |
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Solo Songs (Complete) Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) / Adrian Thompson (tenor) / Roderick Williams (baritone) / John Talbot (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 18/Aug/2010 ] "The songs comprise an impressive body, light-hued but intense, tinged with a distinctly Celtic melancholy...they're all well worth hearing." BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 ***** |
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JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |