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TRADITIONAL
Troubadours: Minnesanger & other Courtly Arts (Southern France, 11th & 12th centuries) Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] The programme of this CD, accompanied by full explanatory notes, features the poems and songs of the trouvères, troubadours and Minnesingers. These inventors of an (almost) exclusively secular poetic style were also the first musicians to emerge from... |
TRADITIONAL
Trouveres & Troubadours: Minnesanger & other courtly arias Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A thrilling voyage of discovery of music through the ages. Poems and songs of the Trouveres, troubadours and Minnesingers. |
Cookie & his Cupcakes, Ben E. King, Fats Domino, Little Willie John, Brook Benton, Ray Charles, Fontella bass, LaVern Baker, etc
Please Release Me - The Soulful Side of Country [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2016 ] The unexpected success of Ray Charles' million selling Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music LP, in the Spring of 1962, led to a flood of soul and R&B artists recording C&W songs. Including Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter, William Bell, Arthur... |
Deller Consort & Choir/King's
Purcell: King Arthur [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
PURCELL
King Arthur (complete) Deller Consort / The King's Musick, Alfred Deller - director [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] It was with Henry Purcell, the greatest of 17th century English composers that the semi-opera, that specifically English genre, reached its apogee. |
Earl King
Let The Good Times Roll - Singles As & Bs [ Jasmine / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] Earl King was an important figure in New Orleans musical history not just for his guitar technique and recordings but also for his song writing talents. Here then are the complete singles he released between 1955 and 1962. Here are 31 examples of... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589 / Magnificat RV 610b Emily Van Evera, Nancy Argenta, Catherine King, Margaret Cable / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] "Whatever the finer detail of musical and musicological interpretation, this disc should appeal to anyone with an inquisitive turn of mind...a fascinating and worthwhile experiment, a refreshing way to hear some pretty well-known music" Gramophone |
HANDEL
Joshua (Complete oratorio) Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 'With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music' (BBC Record Review) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gothic Voices Gramophone Award Winners Collection (3 CDs at a special price) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Andrew Lawrence King (harp) / Gothic Voices / Christopher Page [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 26/Sep/2006 ] Three classic Gothic Voices albums: A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD, THE SERVICE OF VENUS AND MARS and A SONG FOR FRANCESCA |
DE RORE / DESPREZ / DE L'AQUILA / etc
instrumentale: The Rise of Instrumental Music Ensemble de violes Labyrinto / the King's Noyse / Paul O'Dette [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] Includes works by Josquin, Borrono, Arbeau & Isaac |
DESPREZ des PREZ / DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / ISAAC / LASSUS / de WERT / etc
Josquin & the Franco-Flemish School Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Taverner Consort, The Hilliard Ensemble, King's Singers, etc [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2004 ] "Indeed, these performances will kindle the enthusiasm of the uninitiated as few others can. The recording is expertly balanced and eminently truthful.' PENGUIN GUIDE on the Josquin Chansons & Motets |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Early Music [Musique Ancienne]: From ancient times to Renaissance [10 CD set] Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres / Soeur Marie Keyrouz / Arianna Savall / Paul O'Dette / The King's Noyse / The Orlando Consort / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] From the Ancient World to the Renaissance with recordings drawn from the vast Harmonia Mundi catalogue. |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Light & Gold Grace Davidson (sop) Stephen Kennedy (bar), Christopher Glynn (piano), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, King's Singers, Pavao Quartet, Eric Whitacre [ Decca Universal / CD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] "Their collective intonation is stunning, and they sing with conviction and enjoyment...Simply glorious!" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010 |
TOMKINS
Above the Starrs: Verse Anthems & Consort Music Fretwork, Emma Kirkby-soprano, Catherine King-alto, Charles Daniels-tenor, Donald Greig-baritone, Richard Wistreich-bass, Jo [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] " Fretwork's considerable experience in this kind of repertoire shows in these faultlessly assured performances. A clear and attractive recorded sound completes a most accomplished release." - Gramophone |
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve regina in A minor / In coelestibus regnis Gillian Fisher (soprano) Michael Chance (countertenor) / the King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'This is so greatly superior to all previous recordings of Pergolesi's deathbed Stabat Mater as to put the others completely out of the running' (Gramophone) |
R. STRAUSS / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / HAYDN / WAGNER / etc
The Gundula Janowitz Edition: A Voice of Silver & Gold Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / with Irwin Gage (piano), James King (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This box set celebrates the beloved Gundula Janowitz's clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Cello Concerto / An English Mass Guy Johnston (cello), Stephen Cleobury (organ) Britten Sinfonia, King's College Choir Cambridge, King's Voices, Christopher Seaman [ King's College Cambridge / 2 CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "All told, a hugely rewarding issue, and absolutely not to be missed." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2019 |
HANDEL
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano) / Choir of New College Oxford / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'A profusion of colourful delights ... persuasive evidence indeed that what may seem mediocre on the page can spring to life, given the artistry and conviction of performers of this... |
Harp Consort, Lawrence-King
Gautier de Coincy-Miracles of Notre-Dame [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jul/2003 ] "A brilliant and well informed presentation of tricky 13th-century repertoire… A haunting instrumental CD from the time of the troubadours.. remarkably convincing and satisfying. It is easy to agree that this is musicianship on a very high level."... |
PENDERECKI / DUFAY / PART / DE MONTE / SCHUTZ / BACH / etc
Magnificat Hilliard Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Rheinische Kantorei, Choir of King's College, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2017 ] Song of Mary: The Evangelist Saint Luke describes how the pregnant Mother of God intones a prayer of thanks which in Latin begins with the words "Magnificat anima mea Dominum", and in the King James version "My soul doth magnify the Lord". This... |
