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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 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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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) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Lucy Crowe (soprano) [ LSO / 4 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2019 ] LSO Live presents Sir John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning Mendelssohn series together in its entirety for the first time. Captured over three seasons during critically acclaimed concerts in the Barbican Hall, this set offers listeners the definitive... |
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Long John Baldry
Long John Baldry Trio Live [ Stony Plain Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] |
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Long John Baldry
Remembering Leadbelly [ Stony Plain Music / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] Totally fresh interpretations, recalling the legend, the roots |
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Lou Donaldson & Big John Patton
Possum Head + Signifyina‚„ [ CD ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (complete musical drama) Louise Alder, Hugo Hymas, Lucile Richardot, Carlo Vistoli, etc / The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ SDG / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "A new recording is always welcome, especially when it comes from someone who knows his dramatical business as John Eliot Gardiner does." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2020 |
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Lpo/John Alldis Choir/Haitink
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe [ Lpo / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
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FERDINANDO PAER
Leonora Ursula Koszut, Siegfried Jerusalem, Edita Gruberová, Norbert Orth, John van Kesteren / Bayerisches Symphonieorchester, Peter Maag [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Nov/2014 ] "Maag directs a piece for which he has an obvious affection with a care for both its lyrical and histrionic possibilities" (Gramophone) |