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ELGAR / RHEINBERGER / RICHARD STRAUSS
The Trumpets That Time Forgot Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), John Wallace (trumpet) & Colm Carey (organ) [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] In the expansive acoustic of Hereford Cathedral, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, John Wallace and Colm Carey draw the listener into a late-Romantic world of outstanding and strikingly idiomatic ensemble music. Originally released in 2004, 'The Trumpets... |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphonies Jonathan Scott (organ), BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "Wilson obtains [a] superbly drilled and articulate response from the BBC Philharmonic…an outstanding release" (Gramophone) |
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Josephine Barstow, Julian Forsyth, Sheila Hancock, Richard van Allan / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Oliver! - selected highlights [cast recording] [ Showtime! / CD - released 29/Jun/1995 ] A Studio Cast recording from 1991 |
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MORTON FELDMAN
Feldman: For John Cage Josie Ter Haar, John Snijders [ HatHut / CD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] Morton Feldman stated, "The degrees of stasis, found in a Rothko or Guston, were perhaps the most significant elements I brought to my music from painting. For me, stasis, scale, and pattern have put the whole question of symmetry and asymmetry in... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Jospehine Veasey / John Shirley-Quirk / Helen Donath / Thomas Allen / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "fresh and enjoyable" Penguin Guide to CDs |
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JULES VERNE
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / Around the World in 80 Days (Abridged) Harry Burton & John Carlisle [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 16/Jul/2001 ] The year is 1866. The maritime world is gripped by fear after reported sightings of a huge and terrible sea monster. Monsieur Aronnax, a distinguished Professor of Natural History, pronounces the creature to be a giant narwhal and is invited to ... |
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J. C. BACH
Welt, gute Nacht Julia Doyle, Katharine Fuge, Clare Wilkinson, Jeremy Budd, James Gilchrist / The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "Bach of any generation from Gardiner's eminently engaged and engaging forces is self-recommending; yet for its rarity value alone Welt, gute Nacht is as important a release as that of a B minor Mass or St Matthew Passion." (BBC Music) |
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SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / DELIUS / ELGAR / IRELAND / VIVALDI / etc
Julian Lloyd Webber: A Span of Time Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] 'Julian Lloyd Webber, here as (primarily) conductor, offers an impressive disc of English music that demonstrates a richly rewarding affinity for the repertoire. (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015 on 'And the Bridge is Love') |
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SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / HAHN / RACHMANINOV / PURCELL / etc
A Tale of Two Cellos (arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber) Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Sep/2013 ] "This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and lended together in slow lyrical tunes, with a stylish piano accompaniment." (Gramophone) |
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Justin Hayward & John Lodge
Blue Jays (Gatefold LP) [ Threshold / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] A new special edition black vinyl reissue of Blue Jays, the highly successful 1975 collaboration by Justin Hayward and John Lodge of the Moody Blues. |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Orchestral Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) John Bradbury (solo clarinet) Peter Dixon (solo cello) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] "The richly romantic themes in the overture from La dama boba are also particularly sumptuous and enormously enjoyable. The sound quality of this recording is consistently excellent, as we have come to expect from Chandos." (MusicWeb March 2009) |
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JUKKA TIENSUU
Tiensuu: Vie / Missa / False Memories I-III Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This release might well be the best introduction possible to Tiensuu's highly personal sound world." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2011) |
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MOLTER
Clarinet Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 4 (with Mozart - Clarinet Concerto) Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / John Storgards (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 22/Feb/2007 ] "Even better than Benny Goodman, Kari Kriikku swings the classics!" - Laurence Vittes, Audiophile Audition Web Magazine |
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PURCELL / MENDELSSOHN / FAURE / FINZI / ELGAR / FRANCK
Hear My Prayer-Hymns and Anthems Karina Gauvin (Soprano), Matthew Larkin (Organ) / St. John's Choir, Elora / Noel Edison (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "The first class performances demonstrate tremendous technical accomplishment. I wonder if I will hear a finer release of sacred choral music this year." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Complete Orchestral Works [6 CD set] Karina Gauvin (soparno), Thomas Trotter (organ), Stéphane Rancourt (oboe), John Gracie (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The RSNO positively glows in this extremely welcome and romantically rewarding and alluringly-priced set. It hardly matters that this is in fact the only such collection." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 16: For the Sunday after Christmas BWV225 BWV152 BWV122 BWV28 BWV190 Katharine Fuge, Gilliam Keith, Joanne Lunn, David Taylor / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] "The programme begins with a stunning account of the greatest of Bach's motets, with ideal balance between the exultant rejoicings of the opening and closing sections and the reflective calm of the middle section." (International Record Review) |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 25: BWV86, BWV87, BWV97, BWV44, BWV150, BWV183 Katharine Fuge / Joanne Lunn / Robin Tyson / Paul Agnew / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "Gardiner's analyses of the music are both personal and revealing, first to read, and then to hear in practice. This is Bach at a very high level - a match for anything else that is currently available on disc."(Choral & Song Choice of the Month BBC... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 9: 17th & 18th Sunday after Trinity (BWV47, 96, 114, 116, 148, 169, 226) Katharine Fuge, Nathalie Stutzmann, Mark Padmore, Christoph Genz / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "This series is mandatory for anyone who collects the cantatas, and it will retain a unique and privileged status for a long time to come." (AudAud.com) |
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TRADITIONAL / QUILTER / STANFORD / PARRY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRIDGE / WARLOCK
Kathleen Ferrier-Songs of the British Isles (1949-1952) Kathleen Ferrier, contralto / Phyllis Spurr, piano / John Newmark, piano / Frederick Stone, piano [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "A bit of a wake up call to Decca. Obert-Thorn has has managed to effect an improvement to these recordings - and that can only be a welcome piece of restoration" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; 4 ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 / Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben (Rec 1947-1950) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Phyllis Spurr (piano) Phyllis Spurr (piano) John Newark (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historic Great Singers / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] Kathleen Ferrier was the most significant British singer to emerge following the end of the Second World War in 1945. Although her professional singing career spanned only a single decade (1942-1953) she achieved international recognition in a... |