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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 16: For the Sunday after Christmas BWV225 BWV152 BWV122 BWV28 BWV190 Katharine Fuge, Gilliam Keith, Joanne Lunn, David Taylor / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] "The programme begins with a stunning account of the greatest of Bach's motets, with ideal balance between the exultant rejoicings of the opening and closing sections and the reflective calm of the middle section." (International Record Review) |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 25: BWV86, BWV87, BWV97, BWV44, BWV150, BWV183 Katharine Fuge / Joanne Lunn / Robin Tyson / Paul Agnew / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "Gardiner's analyses of the music are both personal and revealing, first to read, and then to hear in practice. This is Bach at a very high level - a match for anything else that is currently available on disc."(Choral & Song Choice of the Month BBC... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 9: 17th & 18th Sunday after Trinity (BWV47, 96, 114, 116, 148, 169, 226) Katharine Fuge, Nathalie Stutzmann, Mark Padmore, Christoph Genz / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "This series is mandatory for anyone who collects the cantatas, and it will retain a unique and privileged status for a long time to come." (AudAud.com) |
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TRADITIONAL / QUILTER / STANFORD / PARRY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRIDGE / WARLOCK
Kathleen Ferrier-Songs of the British Isles (1949-1952) Kathleen Ferrier, contralto / Phyllis Spurr, piano / John Newmark, piano / Frederick Stone, piano [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "A bit of a wake up call to Decca. Obert-Thorn has has managed to effect an improvement to these recordings - and that can only be a welcome piece of restoration" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; 4 ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 / Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben (Rec 1947-1950) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Phyllis Spurr (piano) Phyllis Spurr (piano) John Newark (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historic Great Singers / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] Kathleen Ferrier was the most significant British singer to emerge following the end of the Second World War in 1945. Although her professional singing career spanned only a single decade (1942-1953) she achieved international recognition in a... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs Vol 68 Keith John (organ of Fulda Cathedral) [ Priory / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] Recorded in Fulda Cathedral, Germany on 5th and 6th March 2001 |
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LISZT / MOZART / IVES / BRAHMS / SCHOENBERG
Great European Organs Vol 53 Keith John (organ of Kallio Church, Helsinki) [ Priory / CD - released 7/Oct/2007 ] The Organ of The Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland/ Keith John |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jul/2024 ] Sinfonia of London's second album of works of Kenneth Fuchs features four world première recordings. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (highlights in English) Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague, Rosemary Joshua, John Tomlinson, Andrew Shore [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 13/Sep/2012 ] "Parry paces the score most persuasively, and the orchestral sound is aptly sumptuous...Diana Montague is a winningly expressive Octavian, and Rosemary Joshua a sweet-toned Sophie." (Penguin Guide) |
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PURCELL
The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Gillian Fisher (soprano) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Purcell Complete Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2010 ] 'Every disc is such a treasure-house of wonderful invention that the whole set must be an irresistable temptation' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / COLE PORTER / IRVING BERLIN
Kiss Me Kate - The Best of Broadway Musical Kiri te Kanawa, Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Chris Groenendaal / Ambrosian Chorus, London Sinfonietta, John McClinn [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Brought together here are 20 of the loveliest songs from great musicals by songwriting legends George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin - bursting with irresistible groove and infectious swing. |
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KIRI te KANAWA
I Could Have Danced all Night (Concert & Portrait) BLU-RAY Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stephen Barlow [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's story has all the best elements of an operatic fairytale. Coming from a part-Maori background she went on to become one of the world's most famous opera stars. |
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Kitchen, John
The Organ In The Church Of The [ Delphian / CD - released 26/May/2008 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (complete opera recorded in 2022) Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Eva Heidi Stober (soprano) Johan Reuter (bass-baritone) / John Fiore (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Triumphantly premiered in 1868, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg evokes the singing guilds of mid-16th-century Nuremburg, a focal point of the Northern European Renaissance. |
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ROLF WALLIN
Act Kroumata Percussion Ensemble / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / John Axelrod / Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Jaap van Zweden [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Act" is the première recording on Ondine of Norvegian composer Rolf Wallin - one of Scandinavia's leading composers and a figure of increasingly international renown who celebrates his 50th birthday in 2007. Three of his works are featured in world... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (Complete opera filmed in 1997) Muziektheater Amsterdam / John Mark Ainsley, Juanita Lascarro, Michael Chance, Brigitte Balleys / Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Simply the most compelling account of L'Orfeo yet produced...John Mark Ainsley is simply superb as Orfeo…" BBC Music Magazine |
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VAGN HOLMBOE
Holmboe: Chamber Symphonies Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Dacapo / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Orchestral |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: BWV2, BWV10, BWV76 & BWV21, BWV135, BWV1044 Lisa Larsson, Kathrine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] John Eliot Gardiner's multi award-winning label SDG begins 2010 with volume 2 in its Bach Cantata series, featuring Cantatas for the second and third Sunday after Trinity, recorded live in July 2000. Performing to an audience of more than 1200, we... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 27: Whit Tuesday BWV184 & 175 / Trinity Sunday BWV194, 176, 165 & 129 Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Paul Agnew / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] 'What this survey reveals is a deep personal affection for the repertoire and a refreshing, expressive spontaneity often missing from studio recordings but which here captures the moment of live performance.' BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Choral... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete oratorio) Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Nov/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Choral |