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J. S. BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1050, 1053, 1056 & 1057 Hanover Band, Andrew Arthur conductor [ Signun / CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] "JS Bach's seven concertos for solo harpsichord & strings, occupy a significant place in the history of music, marking as they do the origin of the keyboard concerto genre. Collective- ly, they encompass the gamut of Baroque rhetorical expression;... |
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J. C. BACH
Complete Symphonies [Special price 5 CD set] The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead |
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HAYDN
The 'Paris' Symphonies Vol 1: Symphonies 82 'The Bear', 83 'The Hen', 84 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 42 43 44 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] 'Superbly skilled playing... a sense of sheer enjoyment which communicates itself magnificently to the listener' (CDReview) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 6, 7, 8 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - 'Immensely inventive works that, had there not been another hundred to follow, every music-lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded' (Early Music Review) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies 70, 71, 72 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] Great performances now reissued |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos.17 - 21 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
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NIGEL CLARKE
Clarke: Mysteries of the Horizon / Dial 'H' for Hitchcock / Swift Severn's Flood / Earthrise Harmen Vanhoorne (cornet) / Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton, Nigel Clarke [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Nigel Clarke has always been fascinated by virtuosity and timbre - it is the brass band genre that has lent itself most to his passion for musical athleticism. Dial 'H' for Hitchcock is an imaginary film score in the film noir vein, complete with... |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 22 Her Majesty's Royal Marines Band, Plymouth, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2022 ] John Philip Sousa was renowned as "The March King", expressing the brash energy of an emerging United States of America in famous pieces such as The Stars and Stripes Forever! |
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TRADITIONAL
Klezmer: Tradition / In the Fiddler's House / Live [3 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Klezmer Conservatory Band, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 3 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman's parents were from Poland and in these albums he explores the secular music of Eastern Europe's Jews. Its sinuous melodies and piquant harmonies fuse elements of Slavic, Balkan, Greek and Turkish music - and, in its American... |
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Jaco Pastorius Big Band
Word of Mouth Revisited [ Heads Up / Telarc Records / CD - released 26/Aug/2003 ] Possibly the most impressive lineup of bass virtuosity ever assembled! |
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TRADITIONAL
The Songs of England John Potter / Lucie Skeaping / Jo Freva / The Broadside Band [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Unadulterated magic, not a disappointing track" Folk Roots / "A delightful record" The Gramophone |
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PHILIP WILBY
Breathless Alleluia (A) / Paganini Variations / Symphonic Variations on Amazing Grace / Euphonium Concerto Joseph Cook (tuba) / David Thornton (euphonium) / Philip Gault (baritone) / Philip Wilby (organ) / Black Dyke Band / Nicolas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] This disc of music by internationally-renowned British composer Philip Wilby includes several world première recordings: A Breathless Alleluia is an affectionate tribute to the Black Dyke Band's conductor Nicholas Childs; Paganini Variations exploits... |
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KARITA MATTILA
Fever Karita Mattila (soprano) / Fever band & String section [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Karita Mattila has good go at scat singing and in the delivering climactic phrases that swing rather than hold the air like operatic high notes." Mike Ashman, Gramophone, March 2008 |
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Kinross & District Pipe Band
Pipes and Drums of Scotland [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Stirring instrumental pipes and drums music from Scotland. The Kinross and District Pipe Band was formed in summer of 1946 to play at local galas and festive events and the pipe band competitions. During its long history the band has always... |
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JOHN ADAMS
Adams- I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky Jeannette Friedrich, Lilith Gardell, Darius De Haas, Jonas Holst, Martina Muhlpointner / The Band of the Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] Penguin Guide - Rosette Winner |
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KURT WEILL
Weill: Dreigroschenoper [Threepenny Opera] (abridged version) with other songs by Weill & others Kurt Gerron, Lotte Lenya, Willi Trenk-Trebitsch / Lewis Ruth Band, Theo Mackebe / with Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, The Three Admirals & others [ Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Nov/2017 ] Classic 1930 recording featuring Lotte Lenya, Kurt Gerron, Willi Trenk-Trebitsch & the Lewis Ruth Band. |
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Lu Watters & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Doing The Hambone At Kelly's [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] Sixty years ago, an interest in the earlier forms of jazz seems to have emerged almost simultaneously in several places around the world. In America there had been a successful attempt in 1938 to locate some of the older jazz musicians... |
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Lu Watters & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Doing The Hambone At Kelly's, Volume Two [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] The first volume of Lu Watters at Hambone Kelly's presented 20 of the recordings made at that location. This CD provides the remaining 16 recordings made by the Yerba Buena Jazz Band together with the 8 sides by the Clancy Hayes... |
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DAVID / SACHSE / GRAFE / REICHE / GABRIELI / SCHUTZ / etc
Trombone: Greatest works Ludwig Guttler Wind Band Ensemble & Berlin Wind Band Quintet [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] This collection includes trombone concertos by David, Sachse, Gräfe and Reiche as well as pieces by composers ranging from Gabrieli to Stravinsky. |