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HUBERT PARRY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parry: Cathedral Music: Incls 'songs of Farewell' & 'Jerusalem' St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor / Christopher Robinson (cond) with Roger Judd (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "A stirring Jerusalem completes this enterprising recording, which brings the sound of a great building into our homes with absolute fidelity." Gramophone |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Choral Music: Missa Brevis AEC Coronation Te Deum AEC Magnificat / etc St. Johh's Choir / Christopher Whitton (organ) / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 8/Mar/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002 - Choral |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
Kenneth Leighton: Complete Organ Works Stephen Farr (organ & harpsichord), with John Butt (organ), Chloë Hanslip (violin) & Nicky Spence (tenor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Resonus Classics is proud to present a major new recording of the complete organ works of the British twentieth-century composer Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988). With vivid interpretations, acclaimed organ virtuoso Stephen Farr breathes new life into... |
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PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: Piano Concerto / Music for Japan / Song of Tailitnama / Little Nourlangle Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart, with David Drury (organ), Mark Atkins (didjeridu), Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1996 ] "Australia's greatest composer" - Limelight magazine Peter Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of the country. |
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YVES CASTAGNET
Castagnet: Magnificat Thaïs Raï-Westphal (sop), Carlos Builes Velez (bass), Anouk Defontenay (mezzo), Jordan Mouaïssia (tenor), Yves Castagnet (organ), Maîtrise Notre-Dame [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] The new album of the Maîtrise de Notre Dame de Paris is a world-premiere recording of a new Magnificat written by composer and long-time Notre Dame choir organist Yves Castagnet. The recording was made by the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris, Chœur... |
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CHARLES IVES
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard R. Webster (organ) [ Sony Classical ./ RCA / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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BUXTEHUDE / DUBOIS / CALLAHAN / MILHAUD / WIDOR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mother Church Organ Thomas Richner (The Mother Church Organ, Boston, MA) [ The Christian Science Publishing / CD - released 28/May/1989 ] Recorded at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, MA, USA |
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MAURICE DURUFLE
Durufle: Complete Organ Works Thomas Trotter (organ) [ King's College / CD - released 11/Jul/2021 ] 'His playing has a kind of natural empathy which so strongly inhabits the music that you almost forget that the performance is the work of a single individual player.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Instrumental |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Choral Masterpieces Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ) Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Superbly recorded, "massive" performances (in the main) of music for choir and orchestra by Vaughan Williams and Walton. The thrilling music here - Old hundredth psalm, Coronation Te Deum and Orb and sceptre - contrast well with the more intimate... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Organ Works Tom Winpenny, on the organ of St Matthäi, Gronau (Leine) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Schumann's studies in counterpoint during 1845 climaxed in what he described as a 'Fugenpassion'. He rented a pedalboard attachment for his piano to extend his music's textural possibilities and to help familiarise himself with organ technique. The... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ton Koopman plays Bach [organ works / harpsichord pieces / arias] Ton Koopman (organ/harpsichord) with KlausMertens (baritone) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] Dutch organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman is one of the most distinguished Bach interpreters of our time. On this DVD, he is featured interpreting Johann Sebastian Bach's greatest organ works, including the popular Toccata in D minor |
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TERRY RILEY
Riley: The Palmian Chord Ryddle / At the Royal Majestic Tracy Silverman (electric violin), Todd Wilson (organ) / Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2017 ] Terry Riley's name will always be associated with his breakthrough work In C, but his influence on modern music has stretched far beyond minimalism. Both of the works on this recording reveal Riley's spirit of exploration and his close collaboration... |
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HOLST / SSCHIFFMANN / GUILMANT / LISZT / GENZMER / etc
The Art Of The Trombone Vol.1 Alain Trudel (trombone) Patrick Wedd (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] The trombone, like the organ, has always had an ecclesiastical association, from the fourteenth-century Messe de Notre Dame by Guillaume de Machaut, through Gabrieli, Mozart and Beethoven to Berlioz. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 'Organ' / Bacchanale / etc Paul Jacobs (organ) / Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] "This is a most enjoyable CD which augurs well if, as I believe, it's to be the first in a series. The recorded sound is good and Roger Nichols' note is valuable. Encore, s'il vous plait." MusicWeb |
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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Atmospheres Gerd Zacher (organ) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado / Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks / Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "Atmospheres is an amazing piece, which defines huge clusters as a compositional technique. It's not an experiment but a superbly realized masterpiece." Steve Reich |
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PALESTRINA / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / VICTORIA / FAURE / DURUFLE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mysteries Beyond - songs and chants in the praise of Mary Kathleen Bride (soprano), Mark Krucez (organ), Vinson Cole (tenor), Patrick Stephens (piano) / Voices Of Ascension, Dennis Keene [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra, founded and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, is one of the world's premier professional choral ensembles. |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: A Scotch Bestiary / Piano Concerto No. 2 Wayne Marshall (Organ & Piano) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] "In both works Wayne Marshall covers himself in glory, as, for that matter, does the BBC Philharmonic under the composer's direction. The sound is superlative to match." Gramophone |
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GEOFFREY BURGON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Burgon: Choral Music (Incls Short Mass & Nunc dimittis) Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens, with David Bednall (organ) & Alan Thomas (trumpet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] 'The national soundtrack for the past three decades...[Burgon] shows what can be done with some simple ideas and a top-flight cathedral choir' (Album of the Week - The Independent) |
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JONATHAN DOVE / JUDITH WEIR / MATTHEW MARTIN
Dove, Weir & Martin: Choral works Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Peter Holder (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] A diverse selection of works, many written to commemorate state occasions in Westminster Abbey itself, by three composers who demonstrate a particular affinity for choral music. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Clavierubung III Bwv 669-81 (Volume 1) Wolfgang Rubsam (organ) [ Naxos / CD ] Johann Sebastian Bach was a member of a family that had for generations been occupied in music. His sons were to continue the tradition, providing the foundation of a new style of music that prevailed in the later part of the eighteenth century.... |