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The Sonata in England Volume 1 CACD88031 AmazonUK ;Volume 2 CACD88036 AmazonUK


Respighi Three Preludes on Themes of Gregorian Chorales. Amazon.co.uk £11.99


Anna Russell Robert Rosenberger: The (First) Farewell Concert: How to Become a Singer. Wind Instruments I Have Known. On Pink Chiffon Drag. A Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta. Wagner's 'Ring' Cycle. 'Jolly Old Sigmund Freud' and other Folk Tunes.
VAIDVD4208 Crotchet £24.99   AmazonUK £13.72  AmazonUS $26.96


Holmboe Symphonies Owain Arwel Hughes/Aarhus SO (joined by Jutland Opera Choir for No. 4) recorded Aarhus 1992-1996 BIS-CD-843-846A-C 7CDs £55


Oscar Natzka The Definitive Collection 1 The Definitive Collection 2


Christophe Moyreau : Pieces de Clavecin 1753 Crotchet £12.95


BERLIOZ Grande messe des morts Requiem op.5. Le Carnaval romain - overture op.9. La Damnation de Faust - dramatic legend: Nature immense Invocation. La marseillaise Rouget de Lisle.ORCHESTRA: Paris Orchestra CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim ARTISTS: Placido Domingo Crotchet £17.99


The Christmas Album Alagna Crotchet

Smetana Ma Vlast Kubelik Supraphon 11 1208-2 031 Crotchet

Lanngaard Sinfonia interna Da Capo Crotchet

Rutland Boughton Bethlehem Hyperion Crotchet


A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
TRACKS: Once in Royal David's City. Bidding Prayer. Up! Good Christen folk and listen. The truth from Above. First Lesson. Adam lay ybounden (Ord). Second Lesson. Sussex Carol. In the bleak mid-winter (Darke). Third Lesson. In dulci jubilo. God rest you merry gentlemen. Fourth Lesson. A tender Shoot (Goldschmidt). The Lamb (Tavener). Fifth Lesson. Gabriel's Message. Joys Seven. Dormi Jesu (Rutter). Riu riu chiu. Seventh Lesson. The Fayrfax Carol (Ades). While shepherds watched. Eighth Lesson. I saw three ships. Illuminairee Jerusalem (Weir). Ninth Lesson. O come all ye faithful. Prayer and Blessing. Hark! The herald angels sing. In dulci jubilo (Bach).
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Cleobury
ARTISTS: King's College Cambridge Choir Crotchet

 


The Recruit Music Composed by Klaus Badelt Orchestrations by Klaus Badelt and Bruce Fowler Crotchet


Orchestral Gems - Visions of England including Clive Richardson London Fantasia Crotchet


Ottorino Respighi Cantatas: Aretusa. La Sensitiva. II Tramonto. Quattro Liriche. Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra cond: Adriano 8223347 Crotchet



Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467 Elvira Madigan. Piano Concerto No.23 in A K488.
English Chamber Orchestra
Colin Davis
Alicia de Larrocha Crotchet


Lawrence Tibbett De Glory Road Crotchet Superbudget price


Chill 2CD £12.50 relax and unwind to 2 hours of tranquil classics


Victor Herbert

extracts from Red Mill on this disc
Grand Canyon Suite (Grofé) . Hero and Leander, Babes in Toyland, Eileen, (The) Fortune Teller, It happened in Nordland, Mademoiselle Modiste, Naughty Marietta, (The) Only Girl, (The) Red Mill( Herbert) Sony £12.95

Babes in Toyland - Orchestral Suite. The Red Mill - Orchestral Suite.
ORCHESTRA: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Keith Brion Marco Polo £12.50

The Red Mill - complete Light Opera
ORCHESTRA: Ohio Light Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: J Lynn Thompson Albany £25


The Anna Russell Ring cycle

DVD

TITLE: The (First) Farewell Concert
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 23.50 including VAT, or £ 20.00 excluding VAT (Crotchet)
TRACKS: How to Become a Singer. Wind Instruments I Have Known. On Pink Chiffon Drag. A Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta. Wagner's 'Ring' Cycle. 'Jolly Old Sigmund Freud' and other Folk Tunes.
ARTISTS: Anna Russell Robert Rosenberger

CD

The Anna Russell Album £8.99 (Amazon)

Track Listings
1. Introduction to the concert - Various Artists
2. How to write your own Gilbert and Sullivan opera
3. Canto dolciamente pipo (Opera La Cantatrice Squelante)
4. I love the Spring
5. Da nyet da nyet
6. Ah lover (Operetta The Prince Of Philadelphia)
7. Schlumph je n'ai pas laplume de ma tante
8. Schreechenrauf
9. Ring of the Nibelungs (an analysis)


 

 

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Art of Charles F Adler
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 (Bruckner). Symphony No.1 (Mahler).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Charles F Adler

RECORD LABEL: Tahra
FORMAT: 2CD Set
PRICE: £ 25.00 including VAT, or £ 21.28 excluding VAT

Crotchet  


COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Trout Quintet
TRACKS: Piano Quintet in A major D667 'The Trout'. 6 Moments musicaux D780.
ARTISTS: Andras Schiff Hagen Qt Alois Posch
Purchase £8.50



COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 (Bruckner). Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act 1. Wesendonck Lieder (Wagner).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Janet Baker
BBCL40862

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: The Valkyrie
TRACKS: complete and sung in English
ORCHESTRA: English National Opera
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Norman Bailey Clifford Grant Alberto Remedios Margaret Curphey
CHAN3038

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Twilight of the Gods
ORCHESTRA: English National Opera
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: English National Opera Chorus Alberto Remedios Aage Haugland Valerie Masterson
CHAN3060

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Siegfried - complete
TRACKS: sung in English
ORCHESTRA: Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Alberto Remedios Norman Bailey Derek Hammond-Stroud Clifford Grant
CHAN3045

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TRACKS: Twilight of the Gods Act III: Scenes 2 and 3 (sung in English).
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Alberto Remedios Norman Bailey Margaret Curphey Clifford Grant
CHAN6593

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Parsifal - complete
ORCHESTRA: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Donald McIntyre Waltraud Meier Philip Joll
CMS5656652

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Scenes from Peter Grimes op.33. The Rape of Lucretia (abridged version) op.37. Folksong Arrangements
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears Nancy Evans Joan Cross
CMS7647272 supply difficult


 

RACHMANINOV'S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 in D Minor
opus 30. Pianist: VLADIMIR HOROWITZ. Conductor: FRITZ REINER.

RECORD LABEL: Philips Great Pianists
FORMAT: 2CD Set
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 15-Nov-1999


COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Vladimir Horowitz III
TRACKS: Various Mazurkas, Barcarolles, Etudes and Polonaises including:- Barcarolle op.60. Mazurka in C sharp minor op.30 No.4. Mazurka in C sharp minor op.50 No.3. Etude in G flat op.10 No.5. Etude in F op.10 No.8. Etude in F op.25 No.3. Etude in E minor op.10 No.3 (Chopin). Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat op.73 'Emperor' (Beethoven). Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor op.30 (Rachmaninov).
ARTISTS: Vladimir Horowitz


Phantom of the Opera

Original London cast soundtrack


 

COMPOSER: Arnold Schoenberg (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Pelleas und Melisande op.5. Variations for Orchestra op.31. Verklarte Nacht op.4 (Schoenberg). Three Pieces for Orchestra op.6. Three pieces form 'Lyric Suite' (Berg). Passacaglia op.1. Five Movements op.5. Six Pieces for Orchestra op.6. Symphony op.21 (Webern).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan


Open Air Concert Berlin 1990   Tracks: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude (Wagner). Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C minor (Liszt). Two Slavonic Dances (Dvorak). Marzurka from 'Halka' (Moniuszko). Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major op.11/1 (Enescu). Le nozze di Figaro - Overture (Mozart). Russian and Ludmilla Overture (Glinka). Berliner Luft (Lincke). Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic £6.50


CHOPIN Sonata No 3 in B minor, Polonaise in A flat Op 53; SCHUMANN Papillons Op 2, Kinderszenen Op 15 Alex Slobodyanik (piano) EMI Classics, Debut  Series CDZ5 73500 2 [DDD] [69' 00"]


Organ Xplosion volume 1 Tracks: Toccata Giubiloso. Adagio from Moonlight Sonata. Danse Macabre. Prelude in C# minor. Devil's Galop (Dick Barton Theme). Penguins' Playtime. In a Persian Market. Hearts and Flowers. The Immovable Do (or The 'Cyphering C'). Toccata: La vallée verte sur le theme 'Pat le facteur'. Étude Symphonique. Basso Ostinato. Largo Ombra Mai Fu. Marche Funèbre et Chant Séraphique. Tuba Tune.     Artists: Kevin Bowyer
Jul-2000 Classic CD 5 Star 'a brilliantly entertaining organ recital from Leicester's De Montfort Hall'


Gerald Moore The unashamed accompanist buy here


Holst: Hymn of Jesus  + Choral Symphony Groves CDM5 65128-2 buy here


Maconchy :

Quintet for clarinet and strings CDA66428  Buy here

with Howells Rhapsodic Quintet, aACooke Clarinet Quintet, Frankel Clarinet Quintet, Holbrook Eilean Shona  Thea King Britten Quartet


Haendel version of Walton's Violin Concerto  + Britten Violin Concerto CDM7 64202-2  Buy here


Beethoven: Triple concerto Brahms: Double concerto
David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & Sviatoslav Richter Berliner
Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Cleveland Orchestra George Szell CDM 5 66902 2    buy here


Britten concerti for Vln & for Pno. Richter/ECO/Britten Decca 417 308-2LM   buy here


Ravel: The Piano concertos and Gaspard de la Nuit
Samson François Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens   CDM 5 66905 2    buy here


4 CD set NI 1759, which contains some of Tippett's major works conducted by Sir Michael himself, including the Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto, etc.  Buy here (£17.01 overseas price)


Martin, Frank (d 74) Concerto for Harpsichord & Small Orch +Ballade for
Trombone & Orch + Ball for Pno Rosin, Martin/Lausanne CO ADD 1 Jecklin 529     Buy here

 



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