Since you are interested in Resounding After Shocks, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JANACEK / LISZT / LYAPUNOV / GRIEG / etc
Bertrand Chamayou - Good Night! Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "The danger with this kind of CD is that you end up with so much slow, quiet music that you find yourself drifting off into the most pleasant slumber…But not here, for the programme is full of surprises. A treasure-trove of an album." Gramophone |
TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / BIZET / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Agnus Dei - Music In Inner Harmony Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Momentum - 1785 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 28/May/2021 ] 'Socially distanced they may have been but the camaraderie that was so evident in their groundbreaking Beethoven cycle with Leif Ove Andsnes is, if anything, even more apparent here.' Gramophone Recording of the Month June 2021 |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band (Arr. Luc Vertommen) Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Darius Battiwalla / Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] John Rutter, Britain's most successful contemporary choral composer, has written most of his sacred music to commission, and for use in church services. Composed for his first American tour, Gloria was also his first great international success,... |
TALLIS / PARSONS / GORECKI / POULENC
Evensong Live 2015 Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / CD - released 15/Jun/2015 ] The tracks on this album were recorded live during Evensong services in the academic year 2013-2014, as part of the College's regular weekly webcasts. |
Jenny Setchell
Organs & Organists: Their Inside Stories [ Pipeline Press / Butz Publishers / Book - released 5/Oct/2018 ] Although a comprehensive coverage of the world of the pipe organ, this is anything but a solemn or boring volume. Filled with fascinating photos and enlivened by entertaining and at times laugh-out-loud text, this book is a refreshing and different... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The King's Singers Gold The King's Singers [ Signum / 3 CD - released 3/Nov/2017 ] "The King's Singers turn out their characteristic, highly polished finish: diction is razor-sharp, ensemble and intonation are well-nigh flawless." BBC Music |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato, Nicolas Courjal, Alexandre Duhamel / Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The most dramatic piece that Berlioz ever wrote," is how conductor John Nelson describes La Damnation de Faust. The composer designated this thrilling hybrid of oratorio and opera a 'légende dramatique'. Following in the triumphant footsteps of Les... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Treasury of English Church Music: 1100-1965 Ambrosian Singers, Westminster Abbey Choir, Chichester Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, St Pauls Cathedral Choir, Temple Church Choi [ Erato / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Here for the first time on CD are the celebrated five LPs of the HMV Treasury of English Church Music. Prefaced by the introductory speech Herbert Howells gave at the launch, and boasting more than 30 bonus tracks, this set offers a uniquely... |
André Rieu
Love In Maastricht [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] André Rieu gives special open-air concerts each year in his home town Maastricht. Annually, tens of thousands flock from all corners of the world to attend one of the most emotional live music experiences possible, set against the beautiful backdrop... |