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VINTAGE CHILDREN'S FAVOURITES
Vintage Children's Favourites [Includes 'Sparky's Magic Piano' & 'Tubby The Tuba'] Danny kaye, Shirley Temple, Arthur Askey, Sidney Torch, Alma Cogan, Vera Lynn, Rosemary Clooney, etc [ Nimbus Retrospective / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 48 Original mono recordings (1926 - 1959) |
Don Shirley
The Best Of [ Not Now Music / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] This two CD set, accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: Jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Here there are moments when... |
JOHN TAVENER
Akhmatova Requiem Elise Ross (soprano) Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky / Nash Ensemb [ NMC / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] John Tavener first came to public attention in 1968 with the premiere of his oratorio The Whale at the inaugural concert of the London Sinfonietta; The Beatles subsequently recorded this piece on their Apple label. Akhmatova Requiem will be... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Requiem / Idyll / A Song before Sunrise / Songs of Farewell Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) / Royal Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic / Meredith Davies / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "This disc deserves a warm welcome from enthusiasts for Delius." (Amazon.com) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Sea Drift / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / etc John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Classic performances on one budget CD |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / IRELAND / STANFORD / WARLOCK / PURCELL / etc
English Song: John Shirley-Quirk John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) with Martin Isepp (harpsichord and piano), Ambrose Gauntlett, etc [ Heritage / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "Shirley-Quirk gives us a lovely cross-section of native song...and [his] immaculate diction makes texts unnecessary." (Gramophone Re-issue of the Month - February 2015) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Death in Venice (Complete Opera recorded in 1974) John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, James Bowman / Members of the English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2002 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Canticles / A Birthday Hansel Peter Pears, John Hahessy, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, with Bary Tuckwell (horn), Osian Ellis (harp) & Benjamin Britten (piano) [ Decca / London / CD - released 21/Oct/1990 ] Written at intervals between 1947 and 1974 Britten's five Canticles are miniature cantatas sharing a spiritual intensity that derives from Britten's own religious belief. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Harold Blackburn, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jan/1989 ] "Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Tthe Burning Fiery Furnace Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear, Stafford Dean / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca / London / CD - released 18/Nov/1990 ] This recording remains unique and carries that special authority only the composer himself can bring to his recordings. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (complete opera recorded in 1971) Robert Tear, Elizabeth Harwood, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Meredith Davies [ EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] "Elizabeth Harwood and Robert Tear are both excellent as Vreli and Sali, winningly characterful and clearly focused...[Shirley-Quirk] is firm and forthright with an apt hint of the sinister" Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** |
Shirley Scott
Four Classic Albums (Great Scott / Like Cozy / Hip Soul / Happy Talk) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete Opera) [2 CD remastered + Blu-ray audio] Shirley Verrett, Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo / Milan La Scala Chorus; Milan La Scala Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 9/Nov/2018 ] A truly legendary opera recording from the golden age of stereo, remastered to true 24-bit Audio from the original analogue tapes, presented on High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc + CD in a deluxe hardback edition with libretti and synopsis. |
WEST SIDE STORY / OLIVER! / MY FAIR LADY / CAMELOT / etc
Show Stoppers - Big Hits From the Musicals Julie Andrews, Marni Nixon, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Georgia Brown, Rita Moreno, Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, etc [ Alto / CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] "A superb collection of gems from some of the best performances of that golden era" |
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Matt Monro, Shirley Bassey, Dionne Warwick, Louis Armstrong, Duran Duran, Rita Coolidge, Gladys Knight, John Barry Orchestra, etc
Best Of James Bond - 30th Anniversary [limited edition] [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/1992 ] The 30th Anniversary Collection of The Best of James Bond was released in 1992. It featured 19 tracks including 16 title songs for the 16 films that had thus far been released. This limited 2-disc edition, was released in the US only. It... |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Carousel (Original Soundtrack) Featuring Shirley Jones, Barbara Ruick, Gordon MacRae, Clarmae Turner & Camern Mitchell [ Capital / CD - released 13/Feb/2009 ] Original movie soundtrack with Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae. Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman. |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / BERLIOZ / SIBELIUS / RACHMANINOV / etc
Georges Prêtre - The Complete RCA Album Collection Various orchestras conducted by Georges Prêtre, with Alexis Weissenberg, Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Shirley Verrett, etc [ Sony RCA Red Seal / 12 CD Box Set - released 3/Dec/2017 ] A box with 12 CDs brings together the complete recordings for RCA of the great French director GEORGES PRÊTRE, who died in January 2017 at the age of 92 years. This complete compilation honors his legacy, both in opera and concert repertoires. The... |
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DONIZETTI
Anna Bolena (Complete opera) [Recorded in 1973] Beverly Sills, Paul Plishka, Shirley Verrett, Robert Lloyd, Stuart Burrows, Patricia Kern, Robert Tear / Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "(Sill's) voice is crystal clear and has considerable warmth...Her incisiveness with words comes as no surprise, her technical accomplishment likewise. There is often a disarming simplicity and youthfulness in her singing." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
FRANCESCO CANOVA DA MILANO
Lute Music-Fantasias Ricercars And Duets Christian Wilson (Solo Lute) / Shirley Rumsey (Lute Duettist) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "This record is especially valubale since it contains fabulous biographic notes by Christopher Wilson... Wilson is at his best. His playing is lively, and he brings out the polyphonic structure and shapes the form with great ease and flexibility. The... |
Dame Shirley Bassey
Hello Like Before [ RCA Victor / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] One of the most iconic and indelible voices in British music, Dame Shirley Bassey returns with Hello Like Before, her most personal album yet, at the helm of celebrating her Diamond Jubilee of an incredible 60 years in the entertainment business!... |
