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PUTS / NEWMAN / KUSTER / MACKEY / HOLST / GORB
Millenium Canons - Looking Forward, Looking Back University of Georgia Wind Ensemble / John P. Lynch [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] Comprising the University' s most accomplished musicians, The University of Georgia Wind Ensemble commissions and premières new compositions and performs other significant works from the wind band repertoire... |
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STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |
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100 BEST WALTZES & POLKAS
100 Best Waltzes & Polkas Various artists including John Barbirolli, Willi Boskovsky, Andrew Davis, Louis Fremaux, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, John Lanchbery, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 waltzes and polkas performed by some of the world's leading orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester,... |
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VARIOUS WRITERS
1000 Years Of Laughter Carole Boyd, Griff Rhys Jones, Jonathan Keeble, John Moffatt; Cathy Sara; David Timson (readers) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The... |
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JULES VERNE
Verne: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Abridged) John Carlisle (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2000 ] The year is 1866. The maritime world is gripped by fear after reported sightings of a huge and terrible sea monster. Monsieur Aronnax, a distinguished Professor of Natural History, pronounces the creature to be a giant narwhal and is invited to join... |
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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
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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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Meditation (Incls 'Agnus Dei' by Barber & 'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughan Williams) Various performers incls St. John's College Choir, Ormond College Choir, Elora Festival Singers, English Northern Philharmonia, Maggini Quartet [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The perfect antidote to these troubled times, this MEDITATION set from Naxos will help you calm down and unwind after a stressful day. |
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BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Escape Velocity Michael Collins (clarinet) / Gould Piano Trio / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Orchestra of St John's / York 2, piano duo / etc [ Quartz / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Described by Humphrey Burton on BBC Radio 3 as "a major new name on the new music horizon", Benjamin Wallfisch's fast-growing list of large-scale orchestral, vocal and chamber works shows him, at the age of 27, to be a serious composer for our times. |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Essential Gilbert & Sullivan Glyndebourne Opera with George Baker, Owen Brannigan, John Cameron, Richard Lewis, Monica Sinclair [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "A very well sung recording indeed....Exceptionally good singing....Loaded with atmosphere" |
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HANDEL
Handel Edition Volume 9 - Concerti Grossi, Water Music, Fireworks Music, etc. Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warners Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2009 ] "There is both vitality and finesse and a genuine sense of style" (Penguin Guide Royal Fireworks) |
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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... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Opera Arias Cynthia Sieden, Charlotte Margiono, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rodney Gilfry, Bryn Terfel, Gerald Finley / English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardin [ Archiv Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] "Gardiner's Mozartian style is well sprung and subtly moulded rather than severe. The principals sing beautifully...The electrifying singing of the Monteverdi Choir adds to the dramatic bite." Penguin Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
Wind Concertos Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) William Bennett (flute) John Mack (oboe) David McGill (bassoon) Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2000 ] "[de Peyer's] account remains as fine as any available, fluent and lively...Tuckwell at the time was proving a natural inheritor of the mantle of Dennis Brain. His easy technique, smooth, warm tone and obvious musicianship command allegiance" (Pengui |
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HARUKI MURAKAMI
The Elephant Vanishes (Unabridged) John Chancer, Rupert Degas, Tim Flavin, Teresa Gallagher, Mark Heenehan, Walter Lewis, Jeff Peterson [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2006 ] A collection of off-the-wall short stories by Japan's leading contemporary novelist. An elephant vanishes; hunger drives a couple to rob McDonalds; an insomniac wife wakes in a different world. Murakami is a cult figure throughout the world with an... |
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CARLO COLLODI
Pinocchio (Abridged) John Sessions (narrator) [ Naxos AudioBooks / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Pinocchio is a wooden puppet who comes to life and has the most astonishing adventures. A naughty, mischievous creature, he is full of good intentions but is greedy, and lets nothing stand in his way. His maker, poor Gepetto, loves him like a son,... |
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POETRY CLASSICS
Poetry Classics [incls 'the Rime of the Ancient Marriner'] Richard Burton, Robert Donat, Peggy Ashcroft, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgug, etc (narrators) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] Giants of the stage and screen - classic poems from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas - |
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John D Loudermilk
Sittin' In The Balcony (The Songs of [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
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The Shadows, Booker T & MG's, Duane Eddy, John Barry. Mar-Keys, Sandy Nelson, Surfaries, B.Bumble & the Stingers, etc
Telstar! Rock & Chart Instrumental Classics - All Original Hit Artists [ Alto Take:2 / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "33 all-time instrumental UK & USA Vintage HITS" |