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MIKLOS ROZSA
Spellbound: - Classic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] Miklos Rozsa already had a promising career as a composer in the concert hall when he started writing movie scores in the mid-1930s. By the end of that decade, he was working on the most expensive movie being made in England, and by the end of the... |
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National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (LP) [ Universal LP / LP - released 23/May/2025 ] Originally released 21 May 1980, The Empire Strikes Back: Symphonic Suite from the Original Motion Picture Score presented selections of composer John Williams' music for STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, which had premiered in theatres just two... |
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The National
Boxer [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 29/May/2007 ] "A band on top of its game, resulting in a startling masterpiece on par with 'Turn On The Bright Lights', 'Bows and Arrows', or any other austere tribute to urban alienation you care to name."- Stylus Magazine (10/10). |
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The National
Cherry Tree [ Brassland Records / CD - released 20/Jul/2004 ] A 7-song collection that delves the depths and brought their tension-wire rock to new heights. Clocking in at just under thirty minutes Cherry Tree was an EP, a mini-LP, or a bridge to the future. It features five new songs and two bonus tracks,... |
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The National
Cherry Tree (EP) [ Brassland / LP - released 31/Jul/2015 ] A 7-song collection that delves the depths and brought The National's tension-wire rock to new heights. Clocking in at just under thirty minutes Cherry Tree was an EP, a mini-LP, or a bridge to the future. It features five new songs and two bonus... |
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The National
High Violet (Expanded Edition) [ 4AD / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] A melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find The National at the height of their collaborative career! 'High Violet' features guests Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Sufjan Stevens & Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), amongst others. 'High... |
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The National
I Am Easy To Find (Limited LP Clear Coloured Vinyl) [ 4AD / 2 LP - released 17/May/2019 ] On September 3, 2017, director Mike Mills emailed Matt Berninger to introduce himself and in very short order, the most ambitious project of the National's nearly 20-year career was born and plans for a hard-earned vacation died. The Los... |
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The National
The National [ Brassland Records / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] American imported disc. |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace [25th anniversary edition] National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Jenkins [ Decca / CD - released 1/Aug/2025 ] The 25th anniversary edition includes a cover redesign; a history of the commission by Guy Wilson, Master of the Armouries; updated biographies for contributors; and new notes from Julian Lloyd Webber reflecting on the debut performance, and more |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / ELGAR / DELIUS / HOLST / BAX
O, to be in England: Music for a green and pleasant land New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / The English Northern Sinfonia [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A fine collection of moving and wistful orchestral works which celebrate the English landscape and its natural beauty. English composers have always excelled at pastoral music with a hint of nostalgia: from 'the lark ascending' to the strains of... |
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Orch National De France/Gatti
Debussy: La Mer/Prelude A L'ap [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] |
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Orch National De France/Gatti
Stravinsky: Pretrouchka/Le Sac [ Sony Classical / CD - released 27/May/2013 ] |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane / Le Festin de l'araignee Orchestre National de France, Georges Pretre [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Albert Roussel (1869-1937) was a French composer who spent seven years in the French Navy, only turning to music at the age of 25. He became one of the most prominent French composers of the inter-war period. |
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WALTON
Symphony No 1 & 2 Orchestre National de Lille / Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Rarely appearing together on disc, William Walton's two symphonies are separated by some 25 years. |
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TAN DUN
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion Shenyang (bass-baritone) Zhu Huiling (soprano) Yining Chen (pipa), etc / Orchestre National de Lyon, International Choir Academy Lübeck, Tan Dun [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] "This is an attractive work, instantly and uncomplicatedly gratifying. Where the Water Passion wrestles and distils and provokes, the Buddha Passion affirms and entertains. Is it enough? Perhaps. Is it really a Passion? I'm not so sure." Gramophone |
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W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 2001) Paris National Opera / Piotr Beczala / Dorothea Roschmann / Desiree Rancatore / Ivan Fischer (cond) [ TDK / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A Paris National Opera production of The Magic Flute in German sounds like an unlikely prospect, yet the stage settings are beautifully rich and imaginative, as are the costumes. Dorothea Roeschmann as Pamina is outstanding" (Giv Cornfield) |
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TAKEMITSU
Dreamtime / Orion and Pleiades / Star-Isle / A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/1996 ] Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was a Japanese composer, who explored the compositional principles of Western classical music and his native Japanese tradition both in isolation and in combination. Takemitsu was largely self-taught in music. He was... |
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TAKEMITSU
A String Around Autumn / I Hear the Water Dreaming / Riverrun Philip Dukes (viola) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Jan 2003) |
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SZYMANOWSKI
Symphonies Nos 2-4 / Harnasie Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow / Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Jacek Kaspszyk / Jerzy Semkow / Antoni Wit [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Excellent value. There's a touch of edge, a hint of congestion to the orchestral sound occasionally, but the playing throughout is first-class. Both conductors are perfectly at... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Complete Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin) Alexander Romanovsky (piano) Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) Marc Chisson (saxophone) / Russian National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] "there's little doubt that both Serebrier and his soloists, supported by warmly idiomatic playing from the Russian National Orchestra and a beautifully clear recording, make a highly persuasive case for the reappraisal of these works." BBC Music |