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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Golden Years of the Gramophone (incl. Gendarmes' Duet, Cats' Duet & Song of the Flea) Manchester School Children's Choir / Halle Orchestra / Peter Dawson / Feodor Chaliapin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] A nostalgic issue of mostly vocal pieces. Twenty-three original recordings - classic and fondly remembered recordings from the 78 era. |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Master Works for Strings Martin Riseley (violin) with the chamber players of the New Zealand School of Music [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Jan/2012 ] "The performers match their playing to their obvious commitment to the music of their worthy compatriot. A fine achievement altogether." (MusicWeb Dec 2014) |
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VERDI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / GOUNOD / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dies Irae - The Essential Choral Collection The Monteverdi Choir. Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Münchener Bach-Chor, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Choir Of Westminster Abbey, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] 30 of the greatest classical choral works ever written. From Monteverdi to Orff, here are the choral bangers absolutely guaranteed to make your heart sing. |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
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SAMUEL ADLER
Adler: One Lives But Once, A 90th Birthday Celebration Eastman School of Music, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Emily Freeman Brown [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Feb/2018 ] March 4th 2018 marks the 90th birthday of one of the twenty-first century's most influential and prolific composers: Samuel Adler. This three-disc boxed set provides a cohesive overview of his output and includes many premiere recordings. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 8 'symphony of a Thousand' / Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Hans Sotin, etc / Tiffin School Boys' Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2001 ] 'This Symphony of a Thousand is one of the superlative Mahler performances on record. It is very moving and the choral singing and orchestral playing are magnificent. As a rounded and convincing account of this... |
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ROBERT KAJANUS / LEEVI MADETOJA / SELIM PALMGREN / VAINO RAITIO / JEAN SIBELIUS
Pictures from Finland Madetoja Music High School's Girls' Choir, Soma Ensemble, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Following their successful album Overtures from Finland (CHSA5336) Rumon Gamba conducts the Oulu Sinfonia in another programme of works from their native land. The album takes its title from Selim Palmgren's four-movement suite, which was written in... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Requiem / Symphonie funebre et triomphale Ronald Dowd (tenor) / Wandsworth School Boys' Choir / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Originals / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] "Davis's readings of imagination and vision are still highly competitive after 30 years." Gramophone Magazine August 2001. |
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Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
The Audacity Of Hype (2025 Repress LP) [ Alternative Tentacles / LP - released 16/May/2025 ] Inspired by The Stooges gig on Iggy Pop's 60th birthday in San Francisco, Biafra laid plans for his own 50th birthday party and finally decided it was time to start a band of his own. After cramming practices for a month, the four-piece dubbed... |
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Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
The Audacity Of Hype [ Alternative Tentacles / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Inspired by The Stooges gig on Iggy Pop's 60th birthday in San Francisco, Biafra laid plans for his own 50th birthday party and finally decided it was time to start a band of his own. After cramming practices for a month, the four-piece dubbed... |