More By Artist: Little John
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GILES SWAYNE
CRY for 28 amplified solo voices BBC Singers / John Poole (conductor) [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Giles Swayne caused a stir with this gigantic work... with the benefit of hindsight, it is easy to understand why... Excellent singing from the BBC Singers under John Poole." BBC Music Magazine 1994 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Original Jackets / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] "If this isn't great interpretation, I don't know what is," wrote Gramophone's reviewer in 1968, when this recording was first released, "I have no hesitation in saying that I think it the greatest performance I have yet heard on record." John... |
WAGNER/ LEONCAVALLO / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BIZET / SULLIVAN / etc
Great British Tenors Ben Davies, John Coates, Gerwase Elwes, Walter Hyde, Frank Mullings, John McCormack, Joseph Hislop, Parry Jones, Hubert Eisdell, Tudor Davies, etc [ Heritage / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Commercial recording arrived at the ideal time to capture a golden age of British tenor singing. A range of distinctive qualities had developed in the 19th century - firm yet elegant tone, emphasis on text and on clarity of diction - that... |
JOHN IRELAND
The Songs (Incls 'songs of a Wayfarer', 'sea Fever' & 'three Thomas Hardy Songs') Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) John Mitchinson (tenor) Alan Rowlands (piano) [ Lyrita / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Although John Ireland wrote concerted chamber music, orchestral works and choral pieces he devoted much of his long creative career to piano music and songs, and it is in these works that the essential Ireland ismost comprehensively to be found -... |
PURCELL / DEBUSSY / RESPIGHI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / SIBELIUS / etc
Sir John Barbirolli - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Nathan Milstein (violin) , Benny Goodman (clarinet), Robert Casadesus (piano), Nathan Milstein (violin) / New York Philharmonic, Sir John Barbirolli [ Sony Classical / RCA / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2007 ] The young John Barbirolli was hardly known in America when the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra chose him to be Arturo Toscanini's successor starting in 1937. The 36-year-old Londoner's first season was a triumph with both players and... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded at Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, 1992) Berlin State Opera / Poul Elming, Waltraud Meier, John Tomlinson, Günter von Kannen / Daniel Barenboim [ Euroarts DVD / 3 DVD - released 15/Sep/2016 ] "a must for those who love this work...[Elming] is remarkable in the title role, his concentration and reactions on a par with Jon Vickers's and the voice in pristine shape" (International Record Review) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 [LP] Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbiroll [ Warner Classics LP / 2 LP - released 4/Apr/2019 ] A magnificent and best-selling version of Mahler's ultimate masterpiece by one of the greatest Mahlerians of the 20th Century. |
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
Bert & John [ Sanctuary Records / CD - released 24/Sep/2015 ] One of the long-standing collaborations of the British folk revival, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn's Bert and John sees the masterful Pentangle guitarists sparing together through their trademark steel-string guitar styles. Their respective solo... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Great scenes from Aida (with Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), with Grace Hoffman, Luigi Ottolini / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Pritchard [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 31 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] [This recording captures] the voice of the soprano at the zenith of his means. The stamp is bright and beautiful, perfect intonation, vibrato absent, acute triumphant! Technically, Nilsson is close to perfect, with perfect breath control, flawless... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Black Dyke Plays Rossini John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Peter Parkes (conductor) [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
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Bobby Bradford - John Carter Quinte
Comin On [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
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John Carter
Carter J./Bradford B./ Seeking [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi [remastered] The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] This collection has a lot going for it. Musically, it sounds gorgeous; Williams turned in a score incorporating layer upon layer of thematic elements, risking a tendency toward composing music that was too ornate. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - The Last Jedi The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Jedi Master-in-hiding Luke Skywalker unwillingly attempts to guide young hopeful Rey in the ways of the force, while Leia, former princess turned general, attempts to lead what is left of the Resistance away from the ruthless tyrannical grip of the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 24: BWV12, BWV103, BWV146; BWV166, BWV108, BWV117 Brigitte Geller, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Julian Clarkson, Robin Tyson / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2005 ] Cantatas for the Third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate)and the Fourth Sunday after Easter (Cantate) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Te Deum in C / Jubilate Deo / Antiphon / etc Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 30/May/2009 ] "This disc will make an excellent introduction to Britten's choral music-and will satisfy Britten aficionados who just can't resist adding another top drawer compilation to their collection." - Classics Today |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (1927-1936) John Brownlee (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/May/2000 ] The orchestra which Beecham conducted on the disc was the ensemble of freelancers that played for the concerts of the Royal Philharmonic Society season. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Berlin Concert Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The history of film music would be different without John Williams. Cinema classics like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter are inextricably linked with his musical style. His soundtracks captivate listeners with thrilling, moving themes and a... |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Berlin Concert Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The history of film music would be different without John Williams. Cinema classics like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter are inextricably linked with his musical style. |
