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MOZART / GLUCK / WAGNER / BRITTEN / BEETHOVEN / etc
Great Operatic Arias Vol. 2 Christine Brewer (soprano) with Judith Howarth (soprano) Timothy Robinson (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer." Evening Standard |
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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE Dyson: Symphony In G City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] As a composer Dyson wrote in a traditional idiom, reflecting the influence of his teachers at the RCM, Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford. His works were well known during his lifetime but underwent a period of neglect before being revived in... |
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HOWARD SHORE
The Film Music Of Howard Shore City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, London Music Works [ Silva Screen / CD - released 5/Jul/2013 ] Howard Shore is one of the most respected and honoured composers in cinema history and his scores for The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy remain his most towering achievement, garnering three Academy Awards. His five decade career includes writing music... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (with Borodin: Polovtsian Dances) Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "The orchestral playing in this issue of these vivid dances is positively brilliant - the whirling introductory dance is quite breathtaking" Gramophone |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 / Violin Concerto Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Erich Kleiber / New Symphony Orchestra of London, M. Sargent [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Despite being recorded under 78rpm conditions, in four- or five-minute sections, the Fourth Symphony is marked by a palpable symphonic rigour as well as the edgy brass which lends such intensity to Decca's Paris recordings of Russian music. |
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ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL ZIPOLI / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Orchestral Music (Incls Albinoni: Adagio & Pachelbel: Canon) Consort of London, Robert Clark, with Julia Girdwood (oboe) & Joseph Frohlich (violin) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/1989 ] A generous selection of popular baroque works. |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
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Cypress Hill, London Symphony Orchestra
Black Sunday Live At The Royal Albert Hall [ Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd / 2 CD - released 6/Jun/2025 ] On July 10, 2024, Cypress Hill teamed up with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Troy Miller, to present a reimagining of their quadruple-platinum selling Black Sunday album in its entirety featuring unique orchestral arrangements inspired... |
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Cypress Hill, London Symphony Orchestra
Black Sunday Live At The Royal Albert Hall (CD / DVD) [ Eagle Rock / 3 CD/DVD - released 11/Jul/2025 ] On July 10, 2024, Cypress Hill teamed up with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Troy Miller, to present a reimagining of their quadruple-platinum selling Black Sunday album in its entirety featuring unique orchestral arrangements inspired... |
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Cypress Hill, London Symphony Orchestra
Black Sunday Live At The Royal Albert Hall (CD / Blu-ray) [ Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Jul/2025 ] On July 10, 2024, Cypress Hill teamed up with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Troy Miller, to present a reimagining of their quadruple-platinum selling Black Sunday album in its entirety featuring unique orchestral arrangements inspired... |
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Dana Gillespie with The London Blues Band
Dana Gillespie Live - with The London Blues Band [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 / Pohjola's Daughter / Karelia Suite / etc Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins, Thomas Jansen [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "I think the star performance is that of the Sixth Symphony - so elusive, so easy to ruin by over-interpreting. I was fascinated by what seemed like a hint of Russian flavouring in the string chants of the coda - well why not?" (Gramophone) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Harold en Italie / Overtures Donald McInnes (viola) / Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1999 ] "This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Earl Wild Goes to the Movies (Incls Mozart' Piano Concerto No 21 & Slaughter on 10th Avenue) Earl Wild (piano) / London Promenade / RCA Symphony / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Ivory Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] Born on November 26, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the young Wild displayed extraordinary musical ability from the age of three. By the time he was six years of age, he was reading music fluently and before his twelfth birthday, he was studying... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures & incidental music (with works by Haydn & Brahms) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard Van Beinum [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] A newly remastered collection of Decca and Philips recordings made by the under-rated Dutch conductor in Austro-German classics including a little-known account of Beethoven's Prometheus Overture. The ballet music which Beethoven wrote to... |
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HENRYK GORECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gorecki: Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra / Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka / Good Night Elizabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / London Sinfonietta, David Zinman [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Górecki is an important figure in Polish music, and his Third Symphony is one of the great 'success stories' in all twentieth century symphonic music. This deeply moving quality permeates his other works, but he was also a more ambiguous, interesting... |
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MICHEL PIGNOLET DE MONTECLAIR
Cantatas for solo voice Emma Kirkby (soprano) / London Baroque [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Emma Kirkby and London Baroque here return to BIS with a disc of music from the French composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. |
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HANDEL
Neun Deutsche Arien [Nine German Arias] Emma Kirkby (soprano) London Baroque Ensemble [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Emma Kirkby made the world premiere recording of the Gloria in 2001. It was a breath-taking performance… Yet I prefer her second thoughts, a touch slower, pure exhilaration tempered by subtle nuances. London Baroque accompanies most sensitively, and... |
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AMY BEACH
Piano Trio in a minor op. 150 / Romance for violin and piano / Songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) / The Romantic Chamber Group of London [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] Unusual repertoire from Emma Kirkby |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Beethoven English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, with Éva Marton (soprano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "Ormandy's reading generates excitement through exact accentuation as well as vibrant instrumental color and striking ensemble balances. You'd expect to hear the piano clearly at the start of the first-movement development section, but it makes a... |