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Nat 'King' Cole Trio
Nat 'King' Cole Trio - Transcriptions, Vol. 5 (1940) [ Naxos Jazz Legends / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] The son of a Baptist minister, Nat was born Nathaniel Adams Coles in Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 March 1917 but from 1921 grew up in Chicago. Keenly interested in the piano as a child (his brothers Eddie, Isaac and Freddy also became musicians) he was... |
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Nat 'King' Cole Trio & Dreamers
Nat 'King' Cole Trio - Transcriptions, Vol. 4 (1939-1940) [ Naxos Jazz Legends / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] Between 1938 and 1941 Nat provided the instrumental backings on about 200 broadcast transcription discs issued on the Keystone, MacGregor and Standard labels, many of which remain unpublished. |
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BACH
Alto Arias Catherine King / Norwegian Baroque Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] Catherine King and the NBO perform a fascinating collection of arias by J.S. Bach, framed within the movements of his B minor orchestral suite, to create an unusual and attractive Baroque song cycle. Comprising some of Bach's most beautiful works... |
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GARDEN OF EARLY DELIGHTS
Garden of Early Delights: music from the renaissance and early baroque periods Pamela Thorby (recorder) Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, psaltery) [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Whether on soprano, alto or tenor recorder, Pamela Thorby's tone has a limpid clarity which gives a crisp filigree-like quality to even the most fast and furious figurations...This crystalline sound is equally successful in conveying the melancholy... |
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MAURICE DURUFLE
Durufle: Requiem / Messe Cum Jubilo / Quatre Motets Patricia Bardon (contralto), Ashley Riches (baritone) / The Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobur [ King' College Live / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] For this new recording the choir are reunited with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to perform Maurice Duruflé's 1947 'Requiem', in the composer's own version for soprano, choir, organ and small orchestra. The album is completed with the... |
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TOMASO ALBINONI / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Albinoni/Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos Paul Goodwin (oboe), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 'What a breath of fresh air! Played as they should be and never have been 'til now. This recording is a complete delight, a small pattering of allegros and adagios that purr as happily as a spring rain' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
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Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
Western Swing Get Together [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Although Pee Wee King remained leader of a very popular Western Swing band well into the 1950s, eventually the Rock 'N' Roll craze spelt the end for his kind of music. At the end of the 1950s, he broke up his band but continued to tour... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Sacred Music 4 Robert King's Consort/King [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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EDWARD NESBIT
Nesbit: Sacred Choral Music Ruby Hughes (soprano), Joshua Simões the Choir of King's College, London, Joseph Fort [ Delphian / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] As a young composer, Edward Nesbit was drawn to the rich complexities of contemporary instrumental music; little more than a decade later, he has found himself returning to the inheritance of his early youth as a chorister: the texts of mass, psalms... |
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BOCCHERINI / D'ASTORGA
Stabat Mater Susan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Fox (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor) / The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] Boccherini wrote very little vocal music; however he left two settings of the Stabat mater. It was first set in 1781 for solo soprano and strings and then in 1800 for two sopranos and tenor, obviously influenced by the hugely-popular Pergolesi Stabat... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A Thea King (basset clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Gabrieli String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Winning performances. Excellent recording' (Penguin Guide) |
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TAUSCH / SUSSMAYR
Double Clarinet Concertos / Concerto Movement Thea King (clarinet, basset clarinet) Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Leopold Hager (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'I can't imagine a more beguiling account of the music and every lover of the clarinet will want to have this CD' - Gramophone |
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STANFORD / FINZI
Clarinet Concertos Thea King (clarinet) Philharmonia Orchestra / Alun Francis [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] 'The original release of these concertos was long overdue and unanimously praised on both sides of the Atlantic. Its re-emergence at a moderate price is not only welcome but also deserving of high praise and an appropriate pedestal in our Classical... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman recorded in 1968 at the Royal Festival Hall, London) Theo Adam / Anja Silja / Martti Talvela / James King / BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
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ANONYMOUS
Piae Cantiones Utopia Chamber Choir, Andrew Lawrence-King [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Andrew Lawrence-King conducts the leading Finnish early music vocal ensemble Utopia Chamber Choir in a performance of traditional carols from the "Piae Cantiones," a collection of medieval Latin songs compiled by Finnish priest Jacobus Finn in 1582... |
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VERDI / ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS / COCKER / WIDOR / CLARKE / BACH / etc
10 Famous Cathedral Organs Organs from Salisbury Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, King's College Chapel, Guildford Cathedral, Royal Albert Hall, etc [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "These are not only renowned organs with splendid sound, but here as recorded by renowned sound engineers with great experience and success in organ recordings" |
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50 BEST CHILLOUT
50 Best Chillout Classics (3 Disc) Various artists incls Choir of King's College, Lesley Garrett, Emma Kirkby, Neville Marriner, Kiri te Kanawa, Monks of Silos, etc [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chillout music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest artists. |
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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |