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Laurie and John
Arabella [ Reverberation Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Their sibling harmonies and folk-pop sound has resulted in this moody blend of beautifully affecting songs about love, loss and hope. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Messian-Theme and Variations Leila Josefowicz (violin) / John Novacek (piano) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD ] |
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John Lennon
Signature Box [ EMI Music / 11 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2010 ] Eight studio albums, a bonus CD of singles, and a disc of studio out-takes and demos - all newly remastered and in a very special presentation box that includes a 65-page book plus a commemorative John Lennon print! |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino [The force of destiny] (Complete Opera recorded in 1976) Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto / John Allois Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "strongly cast down to the smallest comprimario roles. Admirers of Leontyne Price will undoubtedly be tempted by a set which includes her Leonora, strongly supported by Domingo (his first attempt at Don Alvaro) and Miln." (Gramophone) |
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HANDEL / BACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRITTEN / PLAESTRINA / CORELLI / etc
111 Classics for Christmas [5 CD set] Leontyne Price, Roberto Alagna, Plácido Domingo, John Eliot Gardiner, Jascha Heifetz, King's College Choir Cambridge, Kiri Te Kanawa, Magdalena Kožená [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2014 ] With 111 tracks, there's something for every Christmas wish: traditional Christmas carols in English, German and French, a musical range from Gregorian Chant to Benjamin Britten, great artists such as Roberto Alagna, Plácido Domingo & our Kiri. |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: BWV2, BWV10, BWV76 & BWV21, BWV135, BWV1044 Lisa Larsson, Kathrine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] John Eliot Gardiner's multi award-winning label SDG begins 2010 with volume 2 in its Bach Cantata series, featuring Cantatas for the second and third Sunday after Trinity, recorded live in July 2000. Performing to an audience of more than 1200, we... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 27: Whit Tuesday BWV184 & 175 / Trinity Sunday BWV194, 176, 165 & 129 Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Paul Agnew / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] 'What this survey reveals is a deep personal affection for the repertoire and a refreshing, expressive spontaneity often missing from studio recordings but which here captures the moment of live performance.' BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Choral... |
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Little John
Give The Youth A Try (LP) [ Live And Learn / LP - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Recorded at Channel One, the LP Give Youth A Try, is a solid classic in the career of Little John. Released in 1983 and produced by Delroy Wright and Henry Junjo Lawes, this musical work finds the teenaged Little John beginning to come into his... |
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Little Willie John
The Early King Sessions [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Little Willie John
Heaven All Around Me: The Later King Sessions 1961 - 1963 [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Little Willie John
The King Sessions 1958 - 1960 [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Little Willie John
Mister Little Willie John + Talk To Me [ Hoo Doo Records / CD - released 2/Aug/2010 ] |
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Little Willie John
Nineteen Sixty Six: The David Axelrod & HB Barnum Sessions [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Little Willie John
Sleep (The Singles As & Bs 1955 - 61) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Just seventeen years of age when he registered his first hits, Little Willie John is one of the most important 'missing links' between '50s R&B and '60s soul... |
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RAWSTHORNE
Overture Street Corner / Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Symphonic Studies Malcolm Binns (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard / London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "It's not the only performance of course. You can find competing and newer recordings on Chandos and Naxos. All three are excellent and recommendable. But these performances are as fine as any and the Studies is a truly compelling... |
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MOZART / SPOHR / SCHUBERT / WEILL / LIGETI / SCHOENBERG / etc
Vienna - From Mozart to Schoenberg London Sinfonietta, David Atherton, with Aurele Nicolet (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Anthony Pay (Clarinet), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), etc [ Decca Austrailian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] "David Atherton and his admirable singers and players deal with the music most sympathetically… The playing has all the artistry one expects from members of the Sinfonietta." Gramophone, June 1980 (Schubert: Sacred Works) |
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JOHN ADAMS
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music London Sinfonietta / John Adams [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 13/Jan/1995 ] German import (catalog 7559792192) |
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MESSIAEN / STRAVINSKY / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / LISZT / SHOSTAKOVICH / MENDELSSOHN
John Ogdon - The Argo Years John Ogdon (piano), with John Wilbraham (trumpet), Brenda Lucas (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 6 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] Scintillating pianism in music from Mozart to Messiaen: the complete Argo and Decca recordings of John Ogdon. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 'Italian' London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "Gardiner's Mendelssohn is as genial as it gets." (Sunday Times) |