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BACH / CORELLI / TORELLI / FASCH
Jubilo [standard edition] Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Academy of Ancient Music, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2016 ] With this release Alison records on the natural trumpet for the first time since the hugely successful album Sound the Trumpet. Inspired by seasonal Baroque repertoire, the recording includes concertos by Bach, Corelli, Torelli, and Fasch performed... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alonzo King Lines Ballet (Studio performance recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Alonzo King Lines Ballet [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] The choreographer Alonzo King, acclaimed as "one of the few, true Ballet Masters of our times" by world-famous William Forsythe, works with his company The Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. |
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Andre Lawrence-King
Esprit/Lute Songs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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LULLY / CAMPRA
'Choregraphie': Music for Louis XIV's dancing masters Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque triple harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] Raoul-Auger Feuillet's Choregraphie (Paris, 1700) changed ballet history forever with its pioneering use of dance notation. Virtuoso harpist Andrew Lawrence-King performs music by Lully and Campra in solo settings by d'Anglebert, chosen by Feuillet... |
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Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), The Harp Consort
El arte de fantasia: Renaissance Chansons, Dances & Fantasias [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/May/2004 ] " Andrew Lawrence-King's name is synonymous with many of the most exotic and beguiling recorded sounds of the pre-classical harp, whether as soloist or within a continuo battery." - Gramophone |
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HARP MUSIC OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance Andrew Lawrence-King (medieval harp) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'An impressive debut, beautifully recorded' - Gramophone |
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TRADITIONAL
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "..if it's possible that there are listeners new to this group, here's an easy way to get to know its matchless sound and enduring, engaging personality." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery)
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] “Sumptuous Christmas sounds” (San Francisco Chronicle, concert review) |
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TRADITIONAL
Classical Christmas [3 CD set] Roberto Alagna, Maurice Andre, Natalie Desssay, Thomas Hampson, Kiri te Kanawa, King's College Choir, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Nov/2014 ] A collection of carols and heartwarming Christmas favourites for the whole family to cherish. Yuletide classics performed by the leading lights of opera and choral music: Kiri Te Kanawa, Chanticleer, Libera, Natalie Dessay, Barbara Hendricks, Rolando... |
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PURCELL
Complete Secular Solo Songs Barbara Bonney / Susan Gritton / Charles Daniels / Roger Covey-Crump / James Bowman / Michael George / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'Those who need all of Purcell's songs at their fingertips should invest in Hyperion's three-disk survey of secular songs, with outstanding performances by Barbara Bonney, Rogers Covey-Crump and James Bowman' (The New York Times) |
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B.B. King
Four Classic Albums Plus (B.b. King Sings Spirituals / King Of The Blues / More B.B. King / Easy Listening Blues) [ Avid Roots / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second release by B.B.King complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'B.B.King Sings Spirituals'; 'King Of The Blues'; 'More B.B.King' and 'Easy Listening Blues'... |
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B.B. King
Four Classic Albums (Singin' The Blues / B.B. King Wails / The Blues / My Kind Of Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] B.B King was a guy who had actually lived the classic blues story. He was born Riley B. King into poverty on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers. A broken family was followed by being raised by his maternal grandmother and he... |
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BB King
Live At The Apollo [ Verve / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] Live at the Apollo is an excellent example of a strong B.B. King live performance. Somehow he always makes his combination of blues and familiar hits sound fresh. With a liberal amount of space set aside for his guitar solos, B.B. is in top form... |
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Ben E. King / The Drifters
Ben E. King / The Drifters: Five Classic Albums (Spanish Harlem / Don't Play That Song / Sings For Soulful Lovers / Rockin' & Driftin' / Save The Last [ Avid / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] AVID Pop presents the latest release in our Five Classic Albums series with a remastered 2CD release from Ben E King & The Drifters complete with original artwork, liner notes, personnel details. |
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Ben E King & The Drifters
Dance With Me 1958 - 61 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] The Drifters were the most successful R'n'B / R'n'R group of the 1950s and '60s and Ben E. King was their lead singer between 1958-60, before leaving for a solo career. This fantastic 2CD set is the follow up to 'The Drifters - All the Singles... |
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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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HERBERT HOWELLS
Piano Quartet in A minor / Fantasy String Quartet / Rhapsodic Quintet Bernard Roberts (piano) Nona Lidell (violin) Marilyn Taylor (violin) Jean Stewart (viola) Bernard Richards (cello) Thea King (clarinet) [ Lyrita / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] Herbert Howells was the last of the great English Romantics whose tongues were loosened by folksong. He was born in Gloucestershire in 1892 and what Marion M. Scott wrote of Ivor Gurney: "his education may be said to have begun with the beauty he saw... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) Carolyn Sampson / Rebecca Outram (sopranos) / Daniel Auchlincloss, Nicholas Mulroy (high tenor) etc. / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS TOP 10 CLASSICAL CDs of 2006 / TIME OUT NEW YORK BEST OF 2006 / FANFARE BEST OF 2006 |
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MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sops) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (ten) Peter Harvey (bass) / King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] This second volume of Hyperion's project to record all of Monteverdi's sacred music focuses on works to be found in the 1650 publication Messa a quattro voci e salmi and includes a glorious Mass-setting, Litany of Loreto and the five-part Exultent caeli. |