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J.S. BACH
St John Passion [complete oratorio] Mark Padmore, Peter Harvey, Joanne Lunn / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] "A splendid new account of the St. John Passion, which all devotees of Bach's vocal music should try to hear." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2011) |
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PETERIS VASKS
Symphony No 3 / Cello Concerto Marko Ylanen (cello) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storga¥rds (conductor) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] "Recording quality captures the wide and deep dynamics easily.Possibly one of the best discs of the year and certainly on the shortlist...Worth the wait" (SA-CD.Net) |
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TONY BANKS
Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra Martin Robertson, Charlie Siem, Tony Banks, Frank Ricotti, John Barclay, Skaila Kanga [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Famous for his role as the keyboard player in rock band Genesis and as a solo artist, Tony Banks was always fascinated by the idea of writing orchestral music. |
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WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera) Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano / John Erik Eleby, bass / Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano / Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Naxos Historical Opera / 3 CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "If you were judging this recording only on the soloists (the excellent German soprano Hedwig Fassbender and the lackluster Wolfgang Millgram) it wouldn't be in the running but what lifts it above average is the wonderful playing of the Swedish Opera... |
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HOWELLS / HUBERT PARRY / EDISON / GOSS
Psalms For The Spirit Matthew Larkin (Organ) / St John's Choir Elora / Noel Edison (Director) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Psalms have always played a central part in Christian, as in Jewish worship. With the shift of emphasis in worship in England after the Protestant Reformation, Psalms, in one form or another, metrical or unmetrical, assumed even greater importance. |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works (2 LP) Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Max Richter explores time and memory in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works Virginia Woolf's sharp eye for the detail of life guided her work as a writer, its presence felt in everything from pioneering... |
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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues for the Lost Days (Green Coloured LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 5/Aug/2022 ] John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers are an English blues rock band led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall. While never producing a hit of their own, the band has been influential as an incubator for British rock and blues... |
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John Mayall
A Special Life [ Forty Below / CD - released 13/Jun/2014 ] As 2013 came to a close and with his 80th birthday mere weeks away, the godfather of British blues quieetly entered a North Hollywood studio with his band, special guest CJ Chenier and co-producer / engineer Eric Corne. He walked out with one of the... |
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JOHN McCORMACK
18 Favourites Vol.1 John Mccormack (tenor) with various accompaniments [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 18 Favourites by the Irish master tenor |
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Mclaughlin John
Mediterranean Concerto [ CD ] |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 20: BWV18, BWV84, BWV92 & BWV126; BWV144, BWV181 Miah Persson / Wilke te Brummelstroete / James Gilchrist / Gillian Keith / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] "The standards of performance and presentation are as high in this latest instalment of Gardiner's cantata cycle as they have been in previous issues. The series continues its impressive progress." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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ATKINS, I / COOPER, G / CROTCH / CUTLER, E / ECCARD / HALLEY / HANFORTH / HARVEY, J / MACMILLAN / PAULUS / POULENC / ROSE, B / STAINER / STANFORD
Psalms and Motets for Reflection Michael Bloss (organ), Choir of St John’s, Elora, Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] This release, builds not only on centuries of ecclesiastical tradition: superb recordings under the directorship of Noel Edison have also become something of a fixture and highlight of our choral catalogue. This beautifully balanced new programme... |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO / MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez / Arnold: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra Michael Conn (guitar) / The Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square, John Lubbock [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] Originally released 1987 |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Michelle De Young (mezzo); John Relyea (bass); Pál Mácsai (actor); Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Following outstanding reviews for his interpretation of Duke Bluebeard around the world, notably at the Paris Opéra and then in Philadelphia and New York with Michelle DeYoung, John Relyea stars in the first studio SACD Surround Sound recording of... |
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HANDEL
Messiah (Highlights from the complete oratorio) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (alto) John Elwes (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "This, I felt throughout, is the way the music is supposed to go; this is what Handel meant... Go ye and listen." - Fanfare |
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HANDEL
Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera, John Elwes, David Thomas / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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RACHMANINOV
Harvest of Sorrow - Tony Palmer's Film About Sergei Rachmaninoff Mikhail Pletnev / Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Sir John Gielgud and other performers [ Tony Palmer Films / DVD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Used in films like Brief Encounter and Shine; on TV in The South Bank Show and Panorama; on radio in Semprini Serenade; and including some of the most famous melodies of the 20th century, Rachmaninoff's romantic, passionate music is as popular... |
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Miles Davis and John Coltrane
The Best of 1955 - 1961 [ Columbia / Sony / CD - released 17/Apr/2001 ] |
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Miroslav Vitous / Jan Garbarek / Chick Corea / John McLaughlin / Jack DeJohnette
Universal Syncopations [ ECM Records / CD - released 11/Nov/2003 ] Infinite surge! Miroslav Vitous, the great bassist and Weather Report founding member, with an extraordinary cast of old friends, musicians who have changed the course of jazz, in an exciting album that is at once timeless and contemporary. |
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Mississippi John Hurt
The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |