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STANFORD / HOWELLS
Stanford and Howells: Remembered Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Wayne Marshall (organ) [ Collegium / CD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] This newly-remastered 2-CD set of the Cambridge Singers' 1992 Stanford and Howells recording has been expanded from its original 1-CD format, with almost twenty minutes of previously unreleased material including Stanford's resplendent Latin... |
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BACH / MONTEVERDI / GESUALDO / VICTORIA / GABRIELI / etc
The Sacred Flame: European Sacred Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras The Cambridge Singers / La Nuova Musica / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "A new recording by John Rutter and his Cambridge Singers is always welcome...You'll be happy with the performances, which throughout this recording are at the high level we always expect from this choir and director." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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JOHN RUTTER
A Song in Season: Sacred Music of John Rutter The Cambridge Singers / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Directed by John Rutter with John Birch (organ) [ Collegium / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] A major collection of new choral music by John Rutter, featuring a host of previously unrecorded works in glittering performances by the Cambridge Singers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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JOHN RUTTER
Be thou my vision The Cambridge Singers / The City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter, director [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] Sacred music by John Rutter. |
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JOHN RUTTER
Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter The Cambridge Singers / The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / The City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] "This is a jewel of a record" (Gramophone) |
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JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: The Gift of Life and seven sacred pieces The Cambridge Singers / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "The composer has worked for years with the Cambridge Singers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and their ease and familiarity here makes for a beautifully performed and recorded listen." (ClassicFM) |
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JOHN RUTTER
The Sprig of Thyme: A cycle of folk song settings for mixed choir The Cambridge Singers with members of the City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] This is a lovely disc; one to head my list of Christmas presents for musical friends. (Gramophone) |
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TRADITIONAL
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album The Cambridge Singers with Stephen Varcoe (baritone); The City of London Sinfonia; directed by John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] "Rutter has become the musical equivalent of Dickens, synonymous with the season of Christmas." Guardian |
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KALEVI AHO
Theremin Concerto & Horn Concerto Carolina Eyck (theremin), Annu Salminen (horn) / Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds [ BIS / CD - released 8/Jul/2014 ] The wide range of sounds and effects available on the theremin are used by Aho to depict seasonal events such as the first frost, the melting of the ice and the midnight sun |
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STEPHEN HARTKE
Hartke: The Greater Good (complete opera) Caroline Worra / John de Haan / Christine Abraham / Andrew Wentzel / Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra / Stewart Robertson [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] "Having amply demonstrated his ingenious skills and audacious imagination as a composer of symphonic and chamber works, Mr. Hartke emerges in this engaging live recording as an opera composer to reckon with." New York Times |
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J.S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV232 Catherine Dubose, John Mark Ainsley, James Bowman / The Sixteen. Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 12/Sep/2006 ] "a fresh direct performance, marked with well-chosen speeds, and bright choral singing." - Penguin Stereo guide |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Cecilia Bernardini (violin), Huw Daniel (violin), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe) / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "This is as good a way as any to get to know these wonderful concertos and a worthy successor to John Butt's earlier recordings of Bach with the Dunedin Consort." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
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HARUKI MURAKAMI
Norwegian Wood John Chancer [ Naxos Audiobooks / 11 CD - released 27/Feb/2006 ] Like Proust's 'petite Madeleine' Toru Watanabe's memories of his student years, the girls, the tensions and the aspirations are jerked back into life by hearing the Beatles song 'Norwegian Wood' in an MOR version in an airplane. His first love.... |
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Chaquito - John Gregory
Great Chaquito.. [ Vocalion / CD - released 4/Mar/2010 ] |
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Chaquito - John Gregory
Spies And Dolls & Tv.. [ Vocalion / CD - released 4/Mar/2010 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pianists of the Sydney International Piano Competition (1992-2016) Charlie Albright, Hiroshi Arimori, Yurij Bogdanov, Michele Bolla, Kenneth Broberg, Olivier Cazal, John Chen, Roberto Cominati , Hanna Cyba, etc [ Australian Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Described by The Australian as 'a boon for lovers of the piano and those keeping an ear on exciting musical talent', the Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney) has become a fixture on the classical music landscape. |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton - Orchestral Works Vol.1: Violin Concerto / Portsmouth Point / etc. Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] "Wilson was made for Walton and the orchestral writing has rarely been captured with such razor-sharp edge cheek-by-jowl with transparent radiance." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2025 |
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LEO FALL
Fall: The Rose Of Stambul (complete operetta sung in English) Kimberly McCord, Alison Kelly, Erich Buchholz / Chicago Folks Operetta, John Frantzen [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Leo Fall's early career mirrored that of his famous contemporary Franz Lehár. Both were born in provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and soon moved to the Imperial capital, Vienna. There they both wrote a series of glorious operettas. Fall's The... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No 9 "From the New World" (with Sibelius - Finlandia) Chineke! Orchestra, Kevin John Edusei [ Signum / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] This is the debut recording from the Chineke! Orchestra, a new live orchestral recording from The Royal Festival Hall, London. Drawn from exceptional musicians from across the continent, the orchestra is part of the Chineke! Foundation - a... |
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THOMAS TALLIS
Sacred Works [Incls 'Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs '40-part Motet'] Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Choir of St John's Colleges Cambridge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |