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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV232 / Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen' John Shirley-Quirk, Margaret Marshall, Janet Baker, Robert Tear / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "I found the solo singing rewarding and in particular Dame Janet Baker's account of the Agnus Dei very moving … the sound is rich with plenty of bloom ... Cum Sancto Spiritu is a real choral tour de force" (Gramophone Mass) |
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BENEDICT FLYNN
A Life Of Dante (Unabridged) John Shrapnel [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] Dante's vision The Divine Comedy has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early fourteenth century. Here is a brief account of his life, compiled from various sources (including his first biographer, Boccaccio) by... |
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The John Steel Singers
Everything's A Thread [ Dew Process / CD - released 29/Nov/2013 ] For Brisbane's The John Steel Singers, the past couple of years are tinged in endless toil; listening to records, hoarding wild and wonderful new instruments, writing endlessly and playing music together tirelessly. Emerging victorious, the fruits of... |
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John Stewart
Old Forgotten Altars: The 1960s Demos [ ADA / Warner / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Most will know Stewart's songwriting from "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees (and Anne Murray) or his own Lindsey Buckingham-produced, "Gold," a #5 hit in 1979, but just as impressive are "Runaway Train" from Rosanne Cash's 1987 King's Record Shop... |
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KAIJA SAARIAHO
Graal theatre for violin & chamber orchestra / Solar / etc John Storgards (violin) / Avanti! Chamber Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Jun/2008 ] 10/10 for performance and recording quality (Classics Today) - Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) is today one of the world's most significant contemporary composers. She was recently named 'Composer of the Year 2008' by Musical America. |
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ERNST MIELCK
Symphony in F Minor / Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra John Storgards (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo, conductor [ Ondine 20th anniversary / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra give an ardent account of the symphony" (Gramophone) |
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John Surman
Brewster's Rooster [ ECM / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] After ECM recordings with organ ("Rain on the Window"), strings ("The Spaces In Between"), brass ensemble ("Free and Equal"), choir ("Proverbs and Songs"), and early music experiments with the Dowland Project ("Romaria"). John Surman offers an album... |
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John Surman
Private City [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] The most popular of John Surman's multi-tracked solo albums, "Private City" includes music originally written for the ballet of the same name, premiered at Sadler's Wells. Recorded in December 1987. |
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John Surman
Rarum Volume 13 :-Selected Recordings [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded musician. |
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John Surman
Saltash Bells [ ECM Records / CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] John Surman is an exceptionally versatile musician and his instrumental prowess has been showcased in many contexts. Yet his solo albums may be the best sources for insights into his melodic imagination. If you want to understand the wellsprings of... |
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John Surman
The Spaces In Between [ ECM / CD - released 7/May/2007 ] |
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John Surman / Howard Moody
Rain on the Window [ ECM Records / CD - released 21/Apr/2008 ] This is a very special project in the discography of John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones), an album of intimate duets, improvisations, folk songs and spirituals. |
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John Tams
The Definitive Collection [ Topic / CD - released 17/Dec/2007 ] |
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JOHN TAVENER
The Whale / Celtic Requiem John Tavener [ Apple / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Apple's recordings of The Whale, his avant-garde oratorio, and Celtic Requiem, written for soprano, orchestra and children's choir, were his first ever full-length releases, and remain extraordinary examples of British contemporary classical music. |
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John Taylor
Insight [ CD ] |
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CORIGLIANO
A Dylan Thomas Trilogy John Tessier (tenor) Thomas Allen (baritone) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Fern Hill is a blithe poem, yet touched by darkness; time finally holds the poet "green and dying" … Poem in October begins in Thomas's seafront town: the poet, marking his birthday, climbs to a high hill, where he reflects on his youth and mulls his... |
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JOHN CAGE
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano John Tilbury (prepared piano) [ Decca 20th Century / CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] Sonatas and Interludes, composed in 1946-48, is John Cage's most important work for prepared piano. John Cage described the work as an attempt to express in music the "permanent emotions" of Indian tradition: the heroic, the erotic, the wondrous,... |
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John Toll
Gibbons:the Woods So Wild [ Linn / CD - released 29/Oct/2001 ] |
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John Toll, organ & harpsichord
Gibbons, Orlando - The Woods So Wide [ Linn Records / CD - released 24/Aug/2002 ] Gramophone Award Nomination 2002 - Early Music |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Operatic Arias John Tomlinson (bass) / Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2000 ] |