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Malawi Mouse Boys
Dirt Is Good [ IRL CD / CD - released 27/Feb/2015 ] "A convenient back-story for their record label is a brutal reality to this young Malawian band whose name derives from the fact they sell mouse kebabs to passers-by in order not to starve to death themselves. But we mustn't let such matters... |
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Pet Shop Boys
Elysium [ CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Complete Symphonies Lynda Russell (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Warsaw Boys' Choir, Antoni Wit, Michael H [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2017 ] "The excellent quality of the Katowice Orchestra of Polish Radio is impressively demonstrated...it stands comparison with any rival" Penguin Guide on No 6 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "Exceptional value … serious Mahlerians really should hear it" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2006) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound", was how Mahler himself described the impact of the closing pages of the Symphony. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts [Requiem Mass] Ronald Dowd (tenor) / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] "AT LONG LAST! WE GET TO HEAR THE FIRST REALLY GOOD RECORDING OF THE BERLIOZ REQUIEM THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD!!!" (SA-CD.net *****) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Rotraud Hansmann, Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max Van Egmond / Vienna Boys' Choir, Viennensis Chorus, Concentus musicus Wien, Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2007 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 50) BBC MUSIC -'It has little of the sheen and polish of present-day recordings but a raw commitment and lithe pioneering spirit which is often intoxicating.' Gramophone 1995 |
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Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys
Hear The Mighty Rush Of Engine [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] The 1940s saw some of Roy Acuff's biggest hits such as "Wreck On The Highway", "Fireball Mail", "Night Train to Memphis", "The Precious Jewel", and "Jole Blon", all included on this CD. He had twice declined the invitation, in 1944 and 1946, to run... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV85, BWV86, BWV135 & BWV167 Ruth Holton, Kurt Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV40, BWV30 & BWV84 Ruth Holton, Marcel Beekman, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Complete works on 142 CDs Ruth Holton; Peter Schreier; James Bowman; John Mark Ainsley; Dmitry Sitkovetsky; The Sixteen, Jaap ter Linden, Pieter-Jan Belder; Holland Boys Choir; [ Brilliant Classics / 142 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] 142 CDs representing the entirety of Johann Sebastian Bach's oeuvre in historically informed performances. This includes all 200 sacred cantatas recorded for Brilliant Classics on period instruments and sung by the Holland Boys Choir. Big name... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37) Ory Brown mezzo (soprano) & David Vanderwal (tenor) / Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York (choir); John Scott [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "It is a magnificent rendition, showing just how this masterpiece has been convincingly absorbed into the wider choral tradition, and I recommend it very highly indeed.' - Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Choral |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys & John Scott [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] One of the world's leading liturgical choirs, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys of Fifth Avenue, New York, with their renowned director John Scott, begin a major new collaboration with Resonus Classics with this new and exciting recording of... |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana (LP) Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), St Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir, London Symphony Chorus, LSO [ Warner / 2 LP - released 24/Oct/2025 ] André Previn's landmark 1974 recording of Carmina burana with the London Symphony Orchestra remains one of the most electrifying accounts of Orff's exuberant cantata. From the momentous opening "O Fortuna" to the rapturous closing chorus, Previn... |
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SCHUMANN
Scenen aus Goethes Faust (Scenes from Goethe's Faust) Soloists / Warsaw Boys Choir / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/2011 ] "It may be that Schumann's Faust will never regain its 19th century popularity, but it contains some wonderful music, and this version will be hard to beat." (10/10 ClassicsToday Dec 2011) |
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JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Visions / Requiem Kerson Leong (violin), The Temple Church Boys' Choir, The Cambridge Singers / Aurora Orchestra, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] John Rutter's latest major work Visions is a four-movement showpiece for solo violin, string orchestra, harp, and choir of treble voices, based on the theme of Jerusalem, the Holy City of prophetic imaginations. It was composed at the invitation of... |
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CYRIL ROOTHAM
Symphony No 2 / Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity Teresa Cahill (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor) & Michael Rippon (bass-baritone) Trinity Boys Choir, BBC Singers & BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Han [ Lyrita Mono / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] 'Rootham has done much for other contemporary composers; unfortunately he has been deficient in peddling his own wares'. This verdict on Cyril Rootham may serve to explain the neglect his music suffered during his lifetime. However, the general... |
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Tolz Boys' Choir/Munich So/Alb
Braunfels: Concerto For Organ, [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
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VIVALDI
Essential Vivaldi [10 CD set] Various artists including Enrico Casazza, Roberto Loreggian, Jaap ter linden, Heinz Holliger, Holland Boys Choir, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] OVER 600 MINUTES OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS. Includes Quattro Stagioni (Four Seasons), Recorder Concertos, Oboe Concertos, Mandolin Concertos, Organ Concertos, Trio Sonatas, Gloria & more! |
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Various Artists including Dick Dale & The Del Tones & The Beach Boys
Let's Go Surfin' - The Birth of Surf [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2013 ] A fantastic collection of 52 tracks featuring two albums and singles that were part of a genre that was ready to break out both nationally and internationally by the end of 1962. The albums on offer here are the debut albums by the two major... |