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Various artists including James Melton, Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell, Frances Langford, Carroll Gibbons, Tony Martin, etc
The Songs of Nacio Herb Brown: His 27 Finest 1927 - 1951 [ Retrospective / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] Ignacio "Nacio" Herb Brown (February 22, 1896 - September 28, 1964) was an American writer of popular songs, movie scores, and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s. |
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EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Choral Music Voces Sacrae, Judy Martin [ ASV / CD ] A beautiful disc of (mostly) World Premiere recordings, this first-ever CD to be devoted solely to the choral music of Edmund Rubbra. The earliest are the Five Motets of 1934, settings of 16th century metaphysical poems. |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
Tenebrae Responsories & other works Westminster Cathedral Choir, London Brass, Martin Baker (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2013 ] Westminster Cathedral Choir returns to acclaimed Scottish composer James MacMillan, whose powerful, passionate and luminous music has made him one of the best-loved choral composers of today. Included on this recording is a dramatic setting of the... |
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JOHN SHEPPARD
John Sheppard: Media vita & other sacred music Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Even by the standards of a time and place-Tudor England-in which masterpieces of choral polyphony appear to have been virtually an everyday occurrence, there is something uniquely and intensely compelling about the surviving works of John Sheppard.... |
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
PalestrinaL Missa Dum Complerentur Westminster Cathedral Choir / Martin Baker [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Feb/2014 ] "Baker and the Westminster choir communicate a clear sense of the structural logic … the singers are excellent … virtually flawless … shut your eyes and you can almost smell the incense. Very warmly recommended" BBC Music |
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Missa O Rex Gloriae / Missa Viri Galilaei Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1989 ] 'Under a new Master of Music, James O'Donnell, the Westminster Cathedral Choir are as intense and fervent as ever' (BBC Record Review) |
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Billie Ray Martin
The Soul Tapes (LP) [ Sonnenstahl Records / LP - released 27/May/2016 ] Billie Ray Martin describes herself as "a kid from Hamburg's red-light district, who wanted to be a soul singer, but ended up playing repetitive machine music, while still trying to be a soul singer". Billie has never been easy to categorise. Clearly... |
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Billie Ray Martin
The Soul Tapes [ Sonnenstahl Records / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] Billie Ray Martin describes herself as "a kid from Hamburg's red-light district, who wanted to be a soul singer, but ended up playing repetitive machine music, while still trying to be a soul singer". Billie has never been easy to categorise. Clearly... |
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Dean Martin
The Essential Dean Martin [ Sony / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] Two CD collection of some of the biggest hits from Dean Martin, this is The Essential Dean Martin! |
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Martin Denny
The Enchanted Sea (Limited Tiki Green LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Long before Denny started heading into outer space with his Moog work, he was keeping us just floating slightly above the ground with the sounds of the earth-and The Enchanted Sea is one of his most grounded and beautiful works. Unlike many of his... |
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Martin Denny
Exotica Vol. III (Limited Sky Blue Vinyl LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 20/Feb/2026 ] First Time On Vinyl Since The Original Release in 1959. Martin Denny returns with his loyal crew of multi-instrumentalists that had previously performed on Forbidden Island, Primitiva, Hypnotique & Quiet Village: stand up bass player Harvey... |
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Martin Denny
Forbidden Island (Limited Dark Lava LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] There's a reason why Martin Denny remains a cultural touchstone-his records are as earthly as they are from outer space. Forbidden Island was Denny's third record, recorded after a nine-month residency in Hawaii. This era finds Denny just on the... |
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Martin Denny
Latin Village (Limited Floral Swirl Vinyl LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 20/Feb/2026 ] In 1964, Martin Denny looked beyond the Hawaiian and Asian influences of his previous records to find another place to plant his umbrella in the sand, as well as in your drink: the sounds of Latin America. With this new sound to hang his exciting... |
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Martin Newell
The Off White Album (Reissue) (LP) [ Captured Tracks / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] A cheeky riff on the Beatles' White Album, Cleaners From Venus frontman Martin Newell's second solo album from 1995 is a sophisticated follow-up to the critically-acclaimed The Greatest Living Englishman. Produced by él Records fixture Louis Philippe... |
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Martin Simpson
Trails & Tribulations (Deluxe 2CD) [ Topic / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Martin Simpson's remarkable intimate solo performances go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through... |
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Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin (25th Anniversary LP) [ Legacy / 2 LP - released 10/May/2024 ] The 25th anniversary vinyl re-release of the #1, multi-platinum album Ricky Martin - featuring the worldwide hit "Livin' La Vida Loca". The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 661,000 copies. It made Ricky Martin... |
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Will Martin
By Request [ Will Martin Entertainment / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] • New Zealand born Will Martin is set to release his brand new studio album on Friday 26 April 2019. Will Martin's By Request, is a unique collection of twelve songs all arranged and performed with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, in a... |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
San Giovanni Battista Anke Herrmann, Martin Oro, Antonio Abete, Fredrik Akselberg, Elena Cecchi Fedi / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] The oratorio San Giovanni Battista was written for performance on Palm Sunday in the Holy Year of 1675 where some fourteen oratorios were commissioned by the confraternity of the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome - an auspicious event.... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano), Martin Oro (countertenor) Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno is a landmark in baroque music. It is Handel's first oratorio, product of his astonishing flowering in Italy in his early twenties, suffused with the youthful vigour and virtuosity of his early works . The... |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Symphony No. 5 in D major / Fantasia on Greensleeves Iona Brown (violin) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Neville Marriner / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Norrington [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A delightful disc from Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, neatly encompassing four of Vaughan Williams' most enduringly popular orchestral works. |