More By Artist: Little John
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SAMUEL WESLEY / JOHN STAINER / STANLEY VANN / ORLANDO GIBBONS / etc
The English Anthem (Vol 8) (Includes 'A crown of glory' & 'Praise the Lord, my soul') St Paul's Cathedral Choir / Huw Williams (organ) / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Feb/2005 ] 'The performances are excellent, as are William McVicker's booklet-notes, and the great echo's presence is felt as friend, not foe' (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Advent at St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] 'This truly rich advent feast is performed wonderfully well on all counts and can be highly recommended' (Organists' Review) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hear My Prayer St Paul’s Cathedral Choir / John Scott [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] |
HANDEL / BLOW / BOYCE
Music for St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, John Scott (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Invigorating and uplifting, this is a disc to raise the lowest and most jaded of spirits" Fanfare |
WILLIAM CROFT
Te Deum & Burial Service St Paul's Cathedral Choir / The Parley of Instruments / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'This is choral singing of the highest quality' - Choir & Organ |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Anthems And Services Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, with Christopher Whitton (organ) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Even in the best-stocked collection this would prove a welcome addition, and for those who have as yet nothing of the master, it should provide a lively introduction." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
CONSTANT LAMBERT
The Bird Actors / Pomona / Romeo and Juliet State Orchestra of Victoria / John Lanchbery [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 'All in all, an extremely welcome and entertaining disc'. Gramophone |
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JOHN TAVENER
The Essential John Tavener on Naxos [5 CD set] Stefan Berkieta (bar) Maria Kliegel (cello), Eileen Hulse (sop) Ralph van Raat (piano) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / St. John's College Choir [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Strongly recommended - but you may need to persevere. It's well removed from the cosy Christmas of renaissance art or of chestnuts roasting by the fire, though there's a place for those, too." (MusicWeb on the Clare College Recording) |
BIRTWISTLE
Punch and Judy: A tragical comedy or a comical tragedy Stephen Roberts, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, David Wilson- Johnson & John Tomlinson / London Sinfonietta / David Atherton [ NMC / 2 CD - released 15/May/2007 ] ‘As a whole the opera loses none of its powerful and sustained impact when compared with Birtwistle’s own more mature compositions. If anything, its startling primitivisms stand out more vividly, while its not inconsiderable moments of reflection and... |
John Surman / John Warren
The Brass Project [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] The original conceptual idea for the Brass Project was to set John Surman's improvising trio with bassist Chris Laurence and drummer John Marshall at the centre of a radiant brass choir of trumpets and trombones. With John Warren invited to... |
MENOTTI
The Consul (Complete opera) Susan Bullock (soprano) John Horton Murray (tenor) Louis Otey (baritone) / Spoleto Festival / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 1001 Classical Recording you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem 1962 Susan Gritton, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman / Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Choral WINNER |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete 1742 Dublin version) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Annie Gill (contralto) Clare Wilkinson (contralto) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "the first recording to seriously explore the version and performing forces that Handel used for his legendary Dublin premiere of his most famous oratorio" GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARDS WINNER 2007 - Baroque Vocal |
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons performing version, 1718) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Thomas Hobbs (tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "…the performance is utterly magical. The five singers and the band are beautifully in proportion with each other, an Linn's sound recording is stunningly good." Gramophone Magazine, Disc of the Month January 2009 |
HANDEL
Esther (First reconstruction version, 1720) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Thomas Hobbs (tenor) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Butt's direction combines spontaneous freshness with a care for expressive phrasing and precise colouring. The 11-strong chorus - the solo cast plus reinforcement - is vital incisive, packing a fair punch even in the ceremonial final chorus." Gramophone |
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BRAHMS
Symphonie No. 2 (with Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 6 in E minor) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Apr/1992 ] |
BACH / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / SMITH, CLAUDE T / REED, A / CHIANG
Armenian Dances Music for Wind Band Taiwan Wind Ensemble, John Boyd [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2013 ] Comprising professors and band directors, the Taiwan Wind Ensemble is a leading international exponent of the wind repertory, not least in its exciting series of commissions. |
PANUFNIK
Heroic Overture / Sinfonia di Sfere / Sinfonia Sacra / etc Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Piquant harmonies and idiosyncratic orchestration - a potent combination, equally powerfully in the execution." Philip Clark, Gramophone, November 2007 |
AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH / CLARA SCHUMANN / DAME ETHEL SMYTH
Tasmin Little Plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach Tasmin Little (violin) / John Lenehan (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] The renowned violinist and exclusive Chandos artist Tasmin Little returns with a line-up of three women composers whose lives share some features but also significant differences that illustrate the complex lives of female musicians. |
