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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Works For Violin & Piano Vol 2 James Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] James Ehnes has previously explored Béla Bartók's concertos for violin and for viola, to great acclaim. This disc is the second in his equally successful survey of Bartók's chamber music for the violin. His accompanist, once more, is Andrew... |
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GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
Orchestral Works [Incls 'The Banks of Green Willow'] BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Kriss Russman, James Rutherford (baritone) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2016 ] When George Butterworth joined the army in 1914, his most recent works included the song cycle Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' as well as the Rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad', which he called 'an orchestral epilogue' to his settings of A. E. Housman's... |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Symphony No. 3 'silence' BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] To everyone's amazement, MacMillan's work was greeted with a warmth and intensity rarely experienced in Britain after the death of Benjamin Britten. The work's success brought a new realisation: that it was possible for a modern composer to address... |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
The Birds of Rhiannon; Magnificat; The Gallant Weaver; etc BBC Singers; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra |
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R. STRAUSS / WAGNER
Waldbühne: A Romantic Opera Night (recorded live in 1999) Ben Heppner (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / James Levine [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Conducted by the celebrated James Levine, the 1999 Waldbühne concert for the Berlin Philharmonic features music by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. The orchestra is joined by the accomplished Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, who is renowned for his... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticles I-V Ben Johnson (tenor) James Baillieu (piano), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Martin Owen (horn) & Lucy Wakeford (harp) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] As part of the celebration Britten's Centenary in 2013, this new recording presents Britten's five Canticles, performed by tenor Ben Johnson with James Baillieu accompanying. |
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Benedictine Monks Of St James
Gregorian Chants [ 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / GYORGY KURTAG
Lines of life: Schubert & Kurtág Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer György Kurtág in 2019 and has worked with him ever since. 'He has shaped me both as a musician and as a human being, perhaps more than anyone else,' says Appl. |
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KORNGOLD / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF / DEBUSSY / EISLER / etc
For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Jun/2025 ] "His dignified manner - stately tempos and a cool, antiseptic recording ambience - stands back from the repertoire...Whether or not Appl felt dutybound to give back to the master with this tribute, I hope he considers this mission accomplished" Gramo |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Forbidden Fruit Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] ".It's all delivered with wit, intelligence and sophistication, and the thematic joins don't feel forced despite the breadth of the material." Gramophone |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Franz Schubert's masterpiece, his song cycle Winterreise ('Winter Journey'), was written shortly before his death in 1828, at the age of only 31. On his winter journey, the singer wanders as a lost soul in harsh terrain, wracked by conflicting... |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Sacred Choral Music Benjamin Durrant (treble) Gareth Jones (baritone) James Oxley (tenor) Christopher Robinson (choirmaster) with Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] "A thrilling, soul-affirming experience" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with James Ehnes (violin) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The Bergen Philharmonic proves an ideal instrument for one of Tchaikovsky's most magical scores. Neeme Jarvi's every demand is met with immaculate playing, recorded in a warm but not too resonant acoustic." (BBC Music) |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (complete opera recorded in 1983) Berlin Opera / James King, Karan Armstrong, William Murray / Heinrich Hollreiser (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] "Götz Freidrich's powerful staging of Korngold's fantasy is performed with sumptuousness, led by Armstrong's Marietta (unsteady) and King's Paul (solid)." (BBC Music) |
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Billy T James
Billy T - Te Soundtrack (Original Soundtrack) [ Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand / CD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] Features music from the hit movie - a must have collection of songs from the career of one of New Zealand's greatest ever entertainers. |
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Billy T James
The Comic Genius Of Billy T James Deluxe Edition [ Sony / 2 CD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Originally released in 2008 this new package now features expanded audio disc (70 mins) comprising of live comic performances from the classic 'Live At Pips show in 1985 as well as radio archive recordings plus additional photos in an expanded booklet. |
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Gary Daverne
Gypsy Girl Billy T James (narrator) [ Viscount / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] Music is by Gary Daverne, story and words by Ruth Hamilton and recorded with Billy T. James as the narrator. |
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Billy T James
Live! at 'Pips' [ Pagan Records New Zealand / CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] 'Live! at 'Pips'' captures the charisma of one of New Zealand's best loved comedians. Available again for the first time in ages, this was the last album Billy recorded before he died in 1991. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (LP) Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Régine Crespin, James King, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 5 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized. |
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Bob Nathan & James East
The New Cool [ Concord Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] The New Cool marks new territory for legendary jazz pianist Bob James and bassist Nathan East, who've spent decades playing together in contemporary jazz quartet Fourplay but never before as an official duo. "The more I played with Nathan over the... |