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BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 in E minor / Geistliches Lied / Fest-und Gedenkspruche / etc Monteverdi Choir/Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "A fine Brahms Fourth Symphony set in a stimulating programme of other relevant pieces." (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
THE PYTHONS
The Pythons - Autobiography by The Pythons Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin [ Orion Audio Book / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Bob McCabe reflect on their hilarious work together |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major / Alto Rhapsody Nahalie Stutzmann (alto) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Orchestre Romantique et Révolutionnaire's sound is vivid and clear. Nathalie Stutzmann's "Alto Rhapsody" is tenderly shaped, depthless, elegant…this is an arresting and impressive performance." The Independent on Sunday |
Jack DeJohnette / Larry Goldings / John Scofield : Trio Beyond
Saudades [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "I've been inspired by this project since Jack first phoned me with the musical concept. It seemed fitting to spotlight Tony Williams as Jack himself follows directly in the lineage of drum innovators. We each owe a debt to Tony for his genius, broad... |
WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER
Piano Music, Chamber Music and Songs The Nash Ensemble with John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Ian Brown (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'These modest miniatures reveal a composer who was able, not only to invent memorable ideas, but to do some artful things with them'- The Sunday Times |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Oklahoma! Nathaniel Hackmann, Sierra Boggess, Rodney Earl Clarke, Louise Dearman, Jamie Parker / Oklahoma! Ensemble, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Chandos Records announce the release of the world première recording of the Complete Original Score of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London. |
HENRY KIMBALL HADLEY
Hadley: The Ocean, Op.99, Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.64, etc National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] accessible and enthusiastically played. |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
McKay: Harbor Narrative / Evocation Symphony National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "This Naxos release serves as an exceptional ear-opener in documenting just how substantial and individualistic was his achievement as a nationalist composer...The word "evocative" leaps to mind..." Fanfare |
LEIGHTON
Cathedral Music Neil Mackie (tenor) / St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Leighton at his most moving. St Paul's choir brings glowingly alive both the strength and the tenderness of this music. I can enthusiastically recommend this record' - Organists Review |
WAGNER
Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Brocheler / Henk Smit / Graham Clark / Reinhild Runkel / Chris Merritt / Anne Gjevang / Hartmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte / 2 DVD - released 26/Apr/2006 ] G :- 'A blend of transparent stage direction, powerful images and colourful orchestral playing. Perfect.' Trouw (The Netherlands) |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Vladimir Vaneev. / Marc Albrecht (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is a fanciful fairytale, yet at the same time a parable on repression and political conceit. The peasant girl Fevroniya's prayer that the city of Kitezh becomes invisible, thus protecting it from Tatar attack, is magically... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia (complete opera recorded in 2012) Netherlands Opera / Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Vladimir Vaneev. / Marc Albrecht (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "This deeply felt production...is a significant step further in the internationalisation of the opera...The committed theatricality of the cast...goes far to making the production convincing on its own terms...[Ignatovich] sings without strain or fat |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 5 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Barbirolli's famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very moving … A classic version." Rosette (highest rating)... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Five Ruckert-Lieder (LP) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 5/Nov/2021 ] "… an interpretation of commitment and intensity and the recording is one of the finest I have heard from EMI." Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 Nicholas Mulroy / Matthew Brook / Susan Hamilton / Cecilia Osmond / Dunedin Consort and Players / John Butt [ Linn SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] "Linn's on-going commitment to SACD pays off handsomely, with three-dimensional crowds and vocal soloists standing forward of their accompaniment - all confirmation of this as my new benchmark." (BBC Music Magazine *****) |
RACHMANINOV
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concertos, Vespers & Etudes-Tableaux) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) John Lill (piano) / National Choir of Ukraine Dumka / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Sergey Rachmaninoff was the ultimate romantic composer. Being a pianist himself he had a special affinity with the piano. Listen to his 4 piano concertos, the Paganini Rhapsody and two Études tableaux. Also on these CD's the Vespers, The Isle of the... |
Noel Edison, choirmaster / Paul Halley, organ / St. John's Choir, Elora
Faire is the Heaven: Hymns and Anthems [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Given the beautiful singing and the crystal-clear Naxos recording, this is an immensely rewarding disc." -- Marc Rochester, Gramophone, September 2004 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cavatina and other classical guitar favourites Norbert Kraft, John Holmquist, Robert Kubica, Margarita Escarpa (guitars) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] An amazing collection of the world's most popular guitar works. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cavatina: highlights from the World's Greatest Guitar Collection Norbert Kraft, John Holmquist, Robert Kubica, Margarita Escarpa (guitars) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] An amazing collection of the world's most popular piano works. |
BERLIOZ / IBERT / MASSENET / POULENC / WALTON / OFFENBACH / etc
Louis Fremaux: The complete C.B.S.O. recordings Norma Burrows, Jill Gomez, David Hughes, John Ogdon, Cristina Ortiz, etc / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux [ Warner Classics Icon / 12 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2017 ] This 12-CD set assembles, for the first time, all the recordings that the French conductor Louis Frémaux made (for EMI) with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra during his tenure as its Principal Conductor (1969-1978). These recordings helped... |
