More By Artist: John O'Callaghan
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John Williams
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker [ CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Original soundtrack to the 2019 motion picture. The music was composed by John Williams, who has worked on every Star Wars film since the first one in 1977. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy,... |
TRADITIONAL
A Pageant of Medieval Music The Oxford Girls' Choir / John Rowlands-Pritchard / Sirinu / The Henrician Consort / Jon banks [ Music of the Middle Ages / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing... |
Peter, Bjorn & John
Breakin' Point [ Ingrid / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] During a fruitful period of disappearance over the last five years, Peter, Bjorn & John have built their own studio, started a record label, and toiled to perfect a formula for effortless sounding pop music. The gang of childhood friends famously... |
Peter, Bjorn & John
Breakin' Point (LP) [ Ingrid LP / LP - released 10/Jun/2016 ] During a fruitful period of disappearance over the last five years, Peter, Bjorn & John have built their own studio, started a record label, and toiled to perfect a formula for effortless sounding pop music. The gang of childhood friends famously... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstances Marches 1 - 5 / Overtures Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] In 1866 a German music scholar wrote that "the English are the only civilised nation without music". The imperial tones of Edward Elgar's scores triggered a new trend: overwhelming pomp and circumstance. |
Pigeon John
Pigeon John and the Summertime Pool Party [ Jam Music / CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] “Pigeon John is one of these artists who mixes very realistic messages with sprinkles of humour and weird hooks. On top of that, he blends hip hop sensibility with rock... |
LEONCAVALLO
Pagliacci (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe & Sherill Milnes / John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Nello Santi [ Sony Opera House / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "...spine-tingling from start to finish. Nello Santi is...full of fire but excellent at eliciting the subtleties of Leoncavallo's score, especially in tandem with Caballé's supremely artistic Stridono lassù...this is a compelling document of... |
Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave
Wagner - The Mini-Series [ ViaVision Entertainment / 5 DVD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2011 ] A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. |
Roger Eno & Kate St. John
The Familiar [ Hannibal / All Saints / CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
PURCELL
Purcell Edition (The Indian Queen, The Tempest, Dioclesian, Timon of Athens) Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith, Lynne Dawson, Rogers Covey-Crump etc / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner [ Warner Erato / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "The choral singing is especially fine, with the close of the work movingly expressive… for The Tempest, Gardiner demonstrates how delightful it is, a masterly collection, in performances both polished and stylish and with excellent solo and choral... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / MOZART / HANDEL / VERDI / ROSSINI / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Classics for Pleasure Volume 2 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult / John Ogdon (piano) / Barry Tuckwell (horn) / etc [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 2/Feb/1983 ] The perfect introduction to the classics from the vast EMI catalogue |
DANNY ELFMAN
Danny Elfman: Violin Concerto / Piano Quartet Sandy Cameron (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Mauceri [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/May/2019 ] "Mostly these accomplished and entertaining pieces owe a lot (as do so many movie scores) to Elfman's self-confessed passion not just for the Romantic classical repertoire as a whole but specifically for the 20th-century Russians." Gramophone |
MINKUS
Don Quixote (Complete Ballet now digitally remastered) BLU-RAY The Australian Ballet / Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Helpmann, Lucette Aldous / John Lanchbery (cond) [ ABC / Kultur Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Shown in wide screen, and digitally restored to its' original brilliance. Includes Bonus features, such as the details of the film's restoration, a comparison of the old and new versions as well as a documentary. |
ALLEGRI / VICTORIA / GUERRERO / POULENC / SCHUTZ / etc
Miserere (For Lent, Holy Week & Easter) Saint Cecilia Choir of St John Cantius Church, Daniel V Robinson [ Sony Classical / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] From the heart of Chicago, St. John Cantius presents the St. Cecilia Choir through the emotional depth of Holy Week from Chicago's St. John Cantius Church. The triumphal Ingrediente Domino of "Palm Sunday" marks Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem... |
VILLA-LOBOS
Choros 1, 4, 6, 8 & 9 Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] "Villa-Lobos's textural inventiveness is a constant delight in both [Choros 8 & 9] and the São Paulo Symphony's performances under John Neschling exploit it to maximum effect." The Guardian, 25th July 2008 **** |
RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Roman Festivals Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "I am quite enthusiastic about this recording of Respighi's 'Roman Trilogy'. As far as I'm concerned it has everything, and in having everything can stand against all comers in its field. Bravo!" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2011) |
Scolohofo (John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, Al Foster)
Oh! (LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 6/Jan/2023 ] ScoLoHoFo-the supergroup made up of guitarist John Scofield, saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Al Foster-first played together as a band in 1999, but the musicians' associations stretched back decades and this masterful 2002... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Father & Son - Wagner Scenes & Arias Simon O'Neill (tenor) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (with Susan Bullock & John Tomlinson) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2012 ] "O'Neill's singing has radiance, drama and vigorous intensity. He sings securely, easily and lyrically in the upper register which makes all the Siegfried highlights possibly the best moments on this CD." (MusicWeb May 2010) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Summertime - music for oboe & guitar Simon Wynberg (guitar) John Anderson (oboe & cor anglais) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] |
SANTORO
Symphonies Nos.4 & 9 Sa£o Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Sa£o Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir / John Neschling (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "As well as being bowled over by the music, I was also impressed with the playing of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month April 2006) |
