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The King's Speech
[ Paramount Home Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 25/May/2011 ] The Academy Award-winning 'The King's Speech' tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ("Bertie") reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and... |
When a City Falls (Christchurch: The People's Story) - Full Theatrical Version
[ Metropolis / DVD - released 23/Feb/2012 ] M: Contains offensive language. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
England My England Alastair Hussain (treble) Thomas Bullard (baritone) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, etc [ EMI / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] There is surely no more quintessentially English sound than that of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, its unaccompanied voices - evocative of immemorial sandstone, of cool cloisters, of evensong in church, chapel and cathedral. |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Sound the Trumpet - Royal Music Of Purcell And Handel Alison Balsom (natural trumpets) / The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "For historical accuracy, she plays the valve-less "natural" trumpet: it really does appear to offer a more direct access to the human voice, a quality confirmed when she duets with countertenor Iestyn Davies" (The Independent) |
PURCELL
O Solitude Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] "Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Vocal WINNER |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Collection (Cats / Jesus Christ Superstar / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat / The Royal Albert Hall Celebration) [ Universal Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2011 ] Four spectacular shows on four discs! |
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVLLO / PUCCINI
Anna Netrebko: Verismo Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits an impressively impassioned peak" Financial Times |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "Porpora's opening aria reveals just what has made Bartoli unique in this field - a stupefying range, fearless vocal leaps and the sort of relentless passagework that makes you suspect the singer might be on a heart-lung machine." (William Dart NZ... |
GOUNOD / VERDI / BIZET / MASCAGNI / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI / etc.
50 Best Choruses Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse / Chorus del Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / etc. [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] This three-CD set contains a collection of 50 operatic choruses performed by some of the world's leading ensembles. |
ALBINONI / HANDEL / PACHELBEL / BACH / CORELLI
The Best of Baroque Music Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] The first half of the eighteenth century saw the culmination of a musical synthesis between elements predominant in three major musical countries in Europe. From Italy came, above all, song, from France dance and from Germany the more academic... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Rachmaninov / Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas Gautier Capucon (cello) Gabriela Montero (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "Capuçon's elegant, singing tone responds especially well to the Andante, with gentle exchanges between the instruments." Gramophone Magazine |
REMEMBRANCE
Remembrance and other favourite piano pieces Georgina Zellan-Smith (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS THE CD ONLY.- NO COVER OR LINER NOTE"Favourites from granny's piano stool played with affection by Georgina Zellan-Smith. Mozart goes Turkish and Albert Ketelby saunters through a Persian market." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT / MAURICE RAVEL
Benjamin Grosvenor - Chopin Liszt Ravel (Recital) Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Jan/2012 ] "evidence of an awesome talent, a pianist with fantastic natural reflexes in the Cziffra class and, more excitingly, a musician with purpose and imagination, whose playing transcends the sterile confines of the studio" Gramophone Award WINNER 2012:... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "her sound growing out of the corporate entity to glitter, coax, snarl and soar as required…[a] thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable cycle" Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
DVORAK / ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS / HAYDN / BOCCHERINI / etc
The Very Best of Jacqueline du Pre Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Various Artists, Orchestras and Accompanists [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2005 ] Few artists are regarded with as much affection in the musical world as the cellist Jacqueline du Pré. Her colourful life, tragically early death, supreme recordings and regular press and media attention as a result of several controversial books... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / Overture: Cockaigne Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Cello 100: Includes Bach's cello suites, The Swan & Kol Nidrei (Six CD set at a special price) Janos Starker / Mstislav Rostropovich / Pierre Fournier / Gautier Capucon / Paul Tortelier / Truls Mork / Jacqueline du Pre / Pablo Casals (cellos) [ EMI / 6 CD Box Set - released 27/Jul/2009 ] This 6 CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favourite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. |
HENRY PURCELL
Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell Philippe Jaroussky, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Dominique Visse, Trovesi, Muthspiel / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2014 ] "most of these songs retain their essential character, and far from having his genius dimmed, Purcell still shines as a writer of songs timelessly receptive to reinterpretation and capable of reaching the heart by the power of melody alone." Gramopho |
TRADITIONAL / JOHN RUTTER / etc
The Colours of Christmas The Bach Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter, with Over the Bridge [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "If you believe that Christmas music should have a warm, comfortable feel, then this CD will fit the bill perfectly." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS OPERETTA COMPOSERS
Jonas Kaufmann Wien Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ádám Fischer, with Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "There is enough cream and sugar in his selection of golden and silver-age serenades by Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár to satisfy the sweetest tooth....The orchestral sound glistens like Cellophane" The Times |
