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RICHTER / SAARIAHO / CHROMA
Three Ballets - Infra / Limen / Chroma The Royal Ballet [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] '…Wayne McGregor's Infra: sumptuous beauty and shimmering possibility' The Telegraph |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band Volume 9 The Royal Norwegian Navy Band / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] 'Keith Brion, one of the foremost authorities on the music of Sousa, has been building an extensive library of Sousa's music for Naxos since 1998… Sousa-lovers will want the whole series.' (Fanfare) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy, William Shimell / Kazushi Ono (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Blu-Ray - 'Lepage has forged a reputation as one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age… The Rake's Progress is heading our way, and it promises to be a highlight of the 2007/8 season.' Sunday Times |
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 1998) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles / Trisha Brown / Smon Keenlyside / Juanita Lascarro / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi France / 2 DVD - released 26/Jul/2007 ] G :- "To many fans of the work, it is this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo which debuted at La Monnaie in Brussels in May of 1998 which offers a near-flawless symbiosis of music, text, and movement. Starring Trisha Brown and René Jacobs, this... |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Italian Opera Choruses Theatro Roma Opera Chorus / Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus / Various conductors [ Royal Opera / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 19 masterpieces from Italian opera recorded from 1959 to 1972 |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto / Turandot Suite / etc Thomas Adès, John Odgon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] This new addition to the Gemini series features the following Busoni favourites: Piano Concerto, Turandot Suite, Berceuse Elegiaque, Sarabande and Cortège (2 Suites for Doktor Faust), 3 Piano Works. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Der Rosenkavalier Suite Thomas Søndergård, Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] This recording is the first in a new series with Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The programme features music by Richard Strauss: the concert suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, a work they have performed... |
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WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ / IAIN FARRINGTON
Bacewicz, Lutosławski & Szymanowski Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn Records / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a programme showcasing three leading composers from twentieth-century Poland. |
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PATRICK HAWES
Lazarus Requiem Thomas Walker (tenor), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) & Rachael Lloyd (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Patrick Hawkes [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Patrick Hawes returns to disc on Signum with the premiere recording of his 'Lazarus Requiem', for Choir, Orchestra and Soloists. Blending the liturgical text of the Requiem Mass with the story of Lazarus from the New Testament, the composer blends a... |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral works (Including Invocation for Cello and Orchestra) Tim Hugh (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "Sherbakov rises magnificently to the considerable technical and expressive demands of Respighi's piano writing" - Fanfare |
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DAVID GOMPPER
Gompper: Cello Concerto, Double Bass Concerto, Moonburst Timothy Gill (cello) Volkan Orhon (double bass) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Siffert [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] David Gompper is an award-winning composer and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020. His luminously orchestrated and expressive works have attracted admiration throughout the US, Europe and beyond. |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphoinic Poems Vol. 2, (Incls Prometheus & Hungaria) USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony, etc [ Praga Digitals / CD - released 11/Aug/2017 ] From a characteristic single-movement symphonic poem evolved from the concert-overture (Prometheus); via a suggestion of literature (Hamlet) or natural sequence of legends (Orpheus), to a painting (Battle of the Huns), or depiction of motherland... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN
Russian Ballets Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2016 ] Towards the end of the 19th century, ballet was declining in popularity in Western Europe but acquired an increased significance in Russia. This was thanks in part to the music for dancing which had been part of native operas ever since Glinka... |
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VERDI / ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS / COCKER / WIDOR / CLARKE / BACH / etc
10 Famous Cathedral Organs Organs from Salisbury Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, King's College Chapel, Guildford Cathedral, Royal Albert Hall, etc [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "These are not only renowned organs with splendid sound, but here as recorded by renowned sound engineers with great experience and success in organ recordings" |
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ELGAR / WALTON / ARNOLD / HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Best Of British Various artists incls Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Choir of St. John's College, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] A selection of stirring music from the best of British composers, performed by the elite of British artists. CD 1 features powerful and rousing classics, while CD 2 boasts some of the most serene and beautiful music ever written |
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Queens Royal Pipers, Scots Guards
Best of Scottish Pipes and Drums [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol 1: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Evelyn Glennie (timp) Jonathan Haas (timp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] This is the first of a series of four CDs that Philip Glass and Orange Mountain Music have planned entitled "The Concerto Project, No. I-IV" Each disc contains two concerti. Omm0016 features Julian Lloyd Webber with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... |
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GEORGE DYSON
Choral Music by George Dyson David Willcocks, Nettle and Markham Piano Duo, Osian Ellis, Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Roberts [ Somm / CD - released 25/May/2009 ] Dyson's music is akin to Parry's in vocal colour and texture with exciting, sonorous climaxes and a rich orchestral harmony indebted as much to Richard Strauss (Dyson's idol), as to Delius. Dyson brings his choral work to life in music of rare charm... |
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The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, London Music Works, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, etc
Great British TV Themes [2 CD set] [ Silva Screen / 2 CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Featuring themes from Monty Python's Flying Circus, Doctor Who, Thunderbirds, The Benny Hill Show, Captain Pugwash, Coronation Street, The Avengers, Red Dwarf, Steptoe And Son, The Professionals and many more! |
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HEROLD / ROSSINI
La Fille mal Gardée (hlts) / Boutique Fantasque (hlts) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "John Lanchbery's score for La fille is one of the great ballet scores of the modern era - a creation to delight even those who do not normally care for ballet. (This recording) is of vintage Decca excellence…"Solti's Boutique is high-powered and... |