SCUBERT / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / DOWLAND / EDWARDS / ORFF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Swooning Various Artists incls Yvonne Kenny, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Vienna Boys Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Barbara Bonney, etc [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/2001 ] Showcasing some of the most stunning music ever written, this collection is a must-have for Swoon devotees new and old. |
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. |
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. |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: Innocence (Incls 'The Lamb' & 'Song for Athene') Westminster Abbey Choir, Martin Neary, with Alice Neary (cello), Graham Titus (bass), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Patricia Rozario (soprano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/1985 ] "If I had to recommend a single disc to convince anyone of the mastery of John Tavener, this would be it." Gramophone |
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... |
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.... |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Palestrina: Music for Advent and Christmas Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] What better way to encapsulate the spirit of Christmas than with works of such devotional beauty, all sung with Westminster Cathedral Choir's customary finesse and atmospheric reverence |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos Los Romeros / San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 20/Dec/2002 ] A collection of some of the most famous of Vivaldi's Guitar Concertos, many of these being transcriptions of lute works, and some in unique arrangements for four guitars or guitars with strings. Los Romeros are of course a legendary favourite. |
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... |
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... |
Martin Y Su Estrellas Lopez
Ocinando [ Light In The Attic / LP - released 12/Oct/2012 ] |
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... |
Martin Phillipps / The Chills
Live At The Moth Club (CD/DVD) [ Fire Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] Live at the Moth Club is an intimate solo performance of songs from the breadth of The Chills catalogue, recorded live in London. This exclusive hardback package also includes a DVD with a preview of the forthcoming feature documentary The Curse... |
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... |
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... |
Martin Dean
That's Amore - The Best Of [ Capitol Records CD / CD ] Like Capitol Collectors Series, this offers a 20-song overview of his Capitol years (the 1950s and early '60s), with a different track selection and an unfortunate absence of liner notes. It does have his biggest hits from the era, including "That's... |
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.... |
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... |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas with the Academy Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The story of the birth of Jesus more than two thousand years ago has been the source of inspiration for countless poets and musicians, as well as practitioners of other forms of art. The infant, born of a virgin in a lowly cattle shed, because there... |
MOZART
Mozart Pour Mon Bebe Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields [ Bayard Musique / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/2016 ] |