St Vincent
MassEducation (Raw) (LP) [ Loma Vista / LP - released 9/Nov/2018 ] Recorded over two days in a studio in Midtown Manhattan, 'MassEducation' acts as a raw reimagination of St Vincent's previous album 'MASSEDUCTION'. Recorded with Thomas Bartlett - Anne Clark (St Vincent) describes the album as "two dear friends... |
St. Vincent
Masseduction [ Caroline / CD - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Themes of power and sex, imperiled relationships and death slice through the album, Clark's first since her 2014 breakout 'St. Vincent.' The thirteen tracks here swirl with guitar and piano, synths and strings, and drum beats that punch with... |
St. Vincent
Now Now (7") [ Beggar's Banquet Records / 7in ] St. Vincent's second single from her debut album 'Marry Me'. |
St. Vincent
St Vincent [ Caroline / CD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] The fourth album for St Vincent, aka Annie Clark, finds this musician at her most assured, as she meshes distorted, aggressive electric guitars and ethereal vocal and synthesizer arrangements on top of an infectious rhythm section and relentless... |
St. Vincent
Strange Mercy [ 4AD / CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] Brooklyn-based Annie Clark's popularity has grown considerably in the past few years - from a costumed member of Polyphonic Spree and winged member of Sufjan Stevens' band to an exceptional artist in her own right as St. Vincent. Clark's debut... |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Anthems And Services Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, with Christopher Whitton (organ) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Even in the best-stocked collection this would prove a welcome addition, and for those who have as yet nothing of the master, it should provide a lively introduction." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
Stars Of St Petersburg
Balalaika, Russia's Most Beaut [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
The Stars Of St. Petersburg
Russia's Most Beautiful Tunes [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
JOHN TAVENER
The Essential John Tavener on Naxos [5 CD set] Stefan Berkieta (bar) Maria Kliegel (cello), Eileen Hulse (sop) Ralph van Raat (piano) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / St. John's College Choir [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Strongly recommended - but you may need to persevere. It's well removed from the cosy Christmas of renaissance art or of chestnuts roasting by the fire, though there's a place for those, too." (MusicWeb on the Clare College Recording) |
Stefan Engels plays the Seifert organ of St. Matthias, Berlin
Great European Organs Vol. 69 [ Priory / CD - released 21/Nov/2003 ] Recorded on 8th & 9th November 2001 |
VILLA-LOBOS
Symphony No 3 / Symphony No 9 SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Carl St. Clair [ CPO / CD - released 5/May/2010 ] Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl St Clair |
Swr Rso Stuttgart/St Clair
Villa-Lobos: Symphony No 7 [ Cpo / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
ANTONIO LOTTI
Lotti: Crucifixus The Syred Consort & Orchestra of St Paul's, Ben Palmer [ Delphian / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] Despite a hugely prolific output spanning a career of more than 50 years, Antonio Lotti is now known almost exclusively for his eight-part setting of the 'Crucifixus'. It is not widely known that that motet is in fact part of a complete Credo... |
HANDEL / ANONYMOUS / BOYCE / ELGAR / etc
A Shrospshire Idyll (concert recorded in 2013) [plus free CD of the concert] Thomas Trotter (Grand of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow) [ Regent DVD + CD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Thomas Trotter, one of the world's greatest organists, presents a programme of music to mark the 250th anniversary of the organ in St Laurence's Church, Ludlow - the church where the ashes of A E Housman, writer of A Shropshire Lad, are buried. A... |
BUXTEHUDE / BULL / BACH / GADE / etc
The St. Paul's Gem Timothy Wakerell (Drake Organ in the OBE Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, London) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] St.Paul's Cathedral, unlike most Cathedrals, does not just possess one instrument to lead the services but several housed within different parts of this vast building! This CD is the first recording of the new William Drake organ in the OBE Chapel... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Octet / Dumbarton Oaks Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some fine performances ..if you want these four pieces on a single disc - perhaps as a taster - this is an obvious and rewarding choice. Even the normally erudite Craft liner-notes are more relaxed than usual, making this issue even more attractive... |
Upshaw/Orch Of St Luke's/Zinma
The World So Wide [ Nonesuch / CD ] |
STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |