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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
PalestrinaL Missa Dum Complerentur Westminster Cathedral Choir / Martin Baker [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Feb/2014 ] "Baker and the Westminster choir communicate a clear sense of the structural logic … the singers are excellent … virtually flawless … shut your eyes and you can almost smell the incense. Very warmly recommended" BBC Music |
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Missa O Rex Gloriae / Missa Viri Galilaei Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1989 ] 'Under a new Master of Music, James O'Donnell, the Westminster Cathedral Choir are as intense and fervent as ever' (BBC Record Review) |
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Billie Ray Martin
The Soul Tapes (LP) [ Sonnenstahl Records / LP - released 27/May/2016 ] Billie Ray Martin describes herself as "a kid from Hamburg's red-light district, who wanted to be a soul singer, but ended up playing repetitive machine music, while still trying to be a soul singer". Billie has never been easy to categorise. Clearly... |
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Billie Ray Martin
The Soul Tapes [ Sonnenstahl Records / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] Billie Ray Martin describes herself as "a kid from Hamburg's red-light district, who wanted to be a soul singer, but ended up playing repetitive machine music, while still trying to be a soul singer". Billie has never been easy to categorise. Clearly... |
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Dean Martin
The Essential Dean Martin [ Sony / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] Two CD collection of some of the biggest hits from Dean Martin, this is The Essential Dean Martin! |
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Martin Denny
The Enchanted Sea (Limited Tiki Green LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Long before Denny started heading into outer space with his Moog work, he was keeping us just floating slightly above the ground with the sounds of the earth-and The Enchanted Sea is one of his most grounded and beautiful works. Unlike many of his... |
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Martin Denny
Forbidden Island (Limited Dark Lava LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] There's a reason why Martin Denny remains a cultural touchstone-his records are as earthly as they are from outer space. Forbidden Island was Denny's third record, recorded after a nine-month residency in Hawaii. This era finds Denny just on the... |
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Martin Newell
The Off White Album (Reissue) (LP) [ Captured Tracks / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] A cheeky riff on the Beatles' White Album, Cleaners From Venus frontman Martin Newell's second solo album from 1995 is a sophisticated follow-up to the critically-acclaimed The Greatest Living Englishman. Produced by él Records fixture Louis Philippe... |
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Martin Simpson
Trails & Tribulations (Deluxe 2CD) [ Topic / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Martin Simpson's remarkable intimate solo performances go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through... |
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Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin (25th Anniversary LP) [ Legacy / 2 LP - released 10/May/2024 ] The 25th anniversary vinyl re-release of the #1, multi-platinum album Ricky Martin - featuring the worldwide hit "Livin' La Vida Loca". The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 661,000 copies. It made Ricky Martin... |
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Will Martin
By Request [ Will Martin Entertainment / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] • New Zealand born Will Martin is set to release his brand new studio album on Friday 26 April 2019. Will Martin's By Request, is a unique collection of twelve songs all arranged and performed with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, in a... |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
San Giovanni Battista Anke Herrmann, Martin Oro, Antonio Abete, Fredrik Akselberg, Elena Cecchi Fedi / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] The oratorio San Giovanni Battista was written for performance on Palm Sunday in the Holy Year of 1675 where some fourteen oratorios were commissioned by the confraternity of the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome - an auspicious event.... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano), Martin Oro (countertenor) Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno is a landmark in baroque music. It is Handel's first oratorio, product of his astonishing flowering in Italy in his early twenties, suffused with the youthful vigour and virtuosity of his early works . The... |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Symphony No. 5 in D major / Fantasia on Greensleeves Iona Brown (violin) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Neville Marriner / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Norrington [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A delightful disc from Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, neatly encompassing four of Vaughan Williams' most enduringly popular orchestral works. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "There have been many recordings of Messiah since this 1976 release and there will no doubt be many more to come, but few, if any, will match, let alone surpass, this of Marriner. It is truly a masterpiece!" (Fanfare) |
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VASKS / WEILL
Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood, violin / Academy of St. Martin in the Field [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Nov/2005 ] 'Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the ASMF are responsive partners … Their colleagues in the wind, brass and percussion... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069 William Bennett (flute), Thurston Dart (continuo) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] Originally recorded in 1970 |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Barbara Haveman, Claudia Mahnke, Brandon Jovanovich, Gerhard Siegel, Thomas Bauer, Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker) / Kartäuserkantorei Köln [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Excellent performances throughout from orchestra, soloists and choruses - rarely have the lush textures of Schoenberg's late-Romantic cantata sounded this fresh." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2016 - Choral) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |