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Celebrate Music Synthesizer Group
Celebrate Music Synthesizer Group [ Sun Ark / 2 LP - released 18/Oct/2013 ] In the summer of 2012, Sun Araw took a new form while passing through The Worm's world-class synth set-up in Rotterdam. Cameron Stallones, M. Geddes Gengras, Tony Lowe and Butchy Fuego chart, graph and track the parabolic fruits in a truly... |
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Chamber Music Society Lincoln
Mendelssohn: Octet & Sextet [ Delos / CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] |
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Taoist Music Orchestra Shanghai City God Temple
Chinese Taoist Music [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] This CD features simple, solemn and delicate Chinese Taoist melodies with traditional wind, string and percussion instruments. 'Chinese Taoist Music' is spiritual and relaxing. |
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VASILY KALAFATI
Kalafati: Symphony in A Minor / Légende / Polonaise Choir of the Music Department of the University of Athens, Athens Philharmonia, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Greek by parentage, Vasily Kalafati settled permanently in St Petersburg where he counted Rimsky-Korsakov among his teachers, and later included Igor Stravinsky among a distinguished roll-call of his own students. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Christophe Coin (cello) / The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - One of the plums of the L'Oiseau-Lyre catalogue, this spry recording of the two Haydn Cello Concertos has been out of the catalogue for some time. |
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HOWARD SKEMPTON
Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Christopher Yates (viola) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Perfectly crafted, deceptively simplistic and distinctively individual, Howard Skempton's compositions have a soundworld all of their own. This new full-length album on NMC perfectly displays his experimental, yet sonorous and tonal... |
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Chung Woong Traditional Korean Music Ensemble
Traditional Music from Korea [ ARC Music / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] A colourful, varied palette of Korean music, from solemn and contemplative court and ceremonial music to lively and exuberant rural pieces. The music is played on authentic instruments, some of which have a history of thousands of years. Information... |
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HOWARD SHORE
The Film Music Of Howard Shore City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, London Music Works [ Silva Screen / CD - released 5/Jul/2013 ] Howard Shore is one of the most respected and honoured composers in cinema history and his scores for The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy remain his most towering achievement, garnering three Academy Awards. His five decade career includes writing music... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Composers in Words and Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Illustrated with music from each period, this enlightening life history tells us about Beethoven's place in society from his earlier career as a fine pianist, his life on the edge of the Napoleonic war, his professional triumphs and many misfortunes. |
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W. A. MOZART
Great Composers in Words and Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] This entertaining and informative biography takes us from Mozart's beginnings as a child prodigy to his greatest successes and cruellest setbacks. The narrative is illustrated with music from each stage of Mozart's intense career. |
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Original TV Soundtrack. Music by Mark Ayres
Doctor Who - Ghost Light [ Silva Screen / CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] Originally released on Silva Screen Records in 1993, in this new version Ghost Light is freshly re-mastered from the original analogue stereo master tapes with consecutive cues combined into longer tracks. Also included are additional tracks... |
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DRC Music
Kinshasa One Two [ Warp Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] Damon Albarn and a collective of producers made this album with contemporary Congolese musicians and worked with more than 50 local performers including Jupiter and the Okwess International, Bokatola System and Nelly Liyemge. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Henry VIII and his Six Wives The Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow [ Testament / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] David Munrow (August 12, 1942 - May 15, 1976) was a musician and early music historian. He was the son of Albert Munrow, a Birmingham University lecturer and physical education instructor who even wrote a book on the subject, and was so highly... |
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Early Music Consort/Munrow
Music For Ferdinand & Isabella [ Testament / CD - released 12/Jan/2004 ] |
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NONO / BERIO / KOENIG / STOCKHAUSEN
Espaces Électroacoustiques II Electroacoustic music realized at the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology of the Zurich University of the Arts [ Col Legno SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] This 2 SACD set is intended as a complement to the release Les espaces electroacoustiques, Masterpieces of electroacoustic music presented in 5.1 surround and stereo, published by col legno in 2016. Like its predecessor, the album at hand presents a... |
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Original Soundtrack. Music by Elmer Bernstein & Paul Lewis
Arthur Of The Britons [ Silva Screen / CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] The first release of the original Paul Lewis TV soundtrack to Arthur of the Britons. Paul Lewis' career covers half-a-century and includes Armchair Theatre, Tales Of The Unexpected and Woof! The insistence of the American co-producers to have the... |
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DOWLAND / PURCELL / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Emma Kirkby - A Portrait Emma Kirkby, soprano, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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VIVALDI / PERGOLESI / BACH
Stabat Mater Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor) / Theatre of Early Music [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A mightily impressive disc with affecting performances throughout." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse The English Concert (early music ensemble), William Dazeley, Paula Murrihy, Emily D'Angelo, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert and Harry Bicket [ Linn Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2023 ] "The superb cast is led by Emily D'Angelo, whose opening aria - beautifully controlled and rich in tone - will not disappoint...this new Serse is surely one of the most charismatic recordings now available." Gramophone Recording of the Month July 23 |