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Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Way Down In The Rust Bucket (Vinyl Box Set) [ Reprise / Warner / 4 Vinyl Box Set - released 26/Feb/2021 ] After recording Ragged Glory at Broken Arrow Ranch in the spring of 1990 and releasing it that September, Young and Crazy Horse took the stage at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz on November 13 to unleash the songs upon a live audience. In true Crazy... |
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Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Noise And Flowers [ Reprise / Warner / CD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Noise & Flowers documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young's lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at age 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young... |
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Neil Young + The Restless
Eldorado [ Warner / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] In April 1989, Neil Young released the 5-track mini-album Eldorado on CD in Japan and Australia under the name "Neil Young and the Restless". Neil (guitar & vocals) was backed by Rick Rosas on bass and Chad Cromwell on drums, with long-time Crazy... |
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VERDI / WAGNER / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / ROSSINI / BIZET
Gala Concerts: A Verdi Gala From Berlin / Gala Concert from the Vienna State Opera / Great Stars in Opera [4 DVD set] Andrea Rost, Ramon Vargas, Alan Titus, Agnes Baltsa, Placido Domingo, Neil Shicoff / Various orchestras & conductors [ EuroArts DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centres that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth - Vienna, Berlin and Dresden. |
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CARLOS GOMES / FRANCISCO BRAGA / ALBERTO NEPOMUCENO / LEOPOLDO MIGUÉZ
Serenata - Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Brazilian composers in the 19th century often sought state scholarships to enable them to study in Europe where they were to become influenced by the German, Italian and French compositional schools. They also became involved in the vogue for writing... |
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EDINO KRIEGER
Krieger: Ludus Symphonicus / Variações Elementare / Canticum Naturale / etc Flavia Fernandes (soprano), São Paulo Symphony Choir, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra • Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Edino Krieger was a leading figure in Brazilian music as both composer and arts director who influenced a generation of his compatriots during his long life. |
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CESAR GUERRA-PEIXE
Guerra-Peixe: Symphonic Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Goias Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] César Guerra-Peixe was one of the most versatile Brazilian musicians of the 20th century, gaining a particular mastery of orchestration and creating his own inimitable sound through extensive work in radio, television and cinema. The toe-tapping... |
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CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Symphonies,, Vol. 1 - Nos. 5 and 7 Goias Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Claudio Santoro was one of Brazil's most eminent and influential composers. Over a 50-year period, he wrote a cycle of 14 symphonies that is widely acclaimed as the most significant cycle of its kind ever written in Brazil. |
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CESAR GUERRA-PEIXE
Guerra-Peixe: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 / Nonet Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 9/May/2025 ] César Guerra-Peixe's compact First Symphony and the colourful Nonet date from his years as part of the Música Viva group - a collective of young composers influenced by Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, the German composer and teacher who brought serial... |
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CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 11 & 12 / Concerto Grosso / Três Fragmentos sobre BACH Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Claudio Santoro's prolific output includes a cycle of 14 symphonies that is widely recognised as the most significant of its kind from Brazil. All of the works in this programme come from Santoro's remarkable final decade, in which he allied more... |
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VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1982) Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro / London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] "This is a recording to have and to turn to, especially if the opera is, you feel, being taken for granted, becoming 'part of the furniture'." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos / Double Concertos [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman / English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (with Neil Black, oboe) [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] Perlman has said that "the transparency of Bach's writing leaves it open to many interpretations". Here, in partnership with conductor Daniel Barenboim, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and oboist Neil Black, he brings his distinctive musical wisdom to six... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Complete Opera in English) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Neil Rosenshein (tenor) / Welsh National Opera [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2001 ] .A further addition to Chandos's Opera in English series |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas) Carlo Guelfi, Maria Guleghina, Neil Shicoff, Ricardo Cassinelli, Jose van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu / London Voices, London Symphony, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2012 ] The dark, dangerous drama of Il tabarro… The heart-wrenching pathos of Suor Angelica… The merciless comedy (leavened with youthful romance) of Gianni Schicchi… Puccini's scores for his triptych of one-act operas are as compelling for their subtlety... |
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Neil Diamond
50th Anniversary Collection (3CD) [ Capitol Records / 3 CD - released 7/Apr/2017 ] |
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Neil Hersey
Cowboy Country [ Ode Records / CD - released 8/Sep/2008 ] New Zealand country singer / songwriter, Neil Hersey writes from the heart about life, in its basic form of true meaning, to place a seed, not to overstate. |
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ROREM / HOVHANESS / QUATE / CRESTON
American Saxophone Music Neil Hornsby (Guitar) / Jeremy Limb (Piano) / Alex Mitchell (Saxophones) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Although it was the brainchild of a Belgian inventor, Adolphe Sax, the saxophone is commonly thought of as the quintessential American instrument, not least for the pivotal rôle it has played in jazz during key stages of the music's evolution. |
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PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Davies: The Lighthouse (Complete Opera) Neil Mackie (tenor), Christopher Keyte (baritone) & Ian Comboy (bass) Members of the BBC Philharmonic, Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "All three cast members excel, taking Maxwell Davies's liking for apssages of falsetto yowling in their stride; and the instrumental playing is incisively superb." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae' Neil Mackie (tenor) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'Raphael Wallfisch plays the Concerto as if his life depended on it, and the Symphony draws every bit as much dedication from its performers. The recording is very immediate, and has stunning clarity and detail.'- The Penguin Complete Guide |
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LEIGHTON
Cathedral Music Neil Mackie (tenor) / St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Leighton at his most moving. St Paul's choir brings glowingly alive both the strength and the tenderness of this music. I can enthusiastically recommend this record' - Organists Review |