 | Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King [Read More ...]
Description: This offbeat disc of seasonal songs and carols by the Anonymous 4 will delight their fans and please everyone else. The 19 selections include traditional folk melodies and texts, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, interspersed with fitting selections by contemporary comp... |
 | Christmas Present From Polyphony [Read More ...]
Review: Choral perfectionists.:This is an essential Christmas choral CD. The program itself is fabulous and unique, lacking the tacky "favorites" found on most recordings of this type. Entirely a cappella except for two Rutter arrangements with orchestra. Not a single track is lacking in... |
 | Britten: A Ceremony of Carols [Read More ...]
Description: Of the many accounts of Britten's Ceremony of Carols in the catalog, this one is the best. This was the first work Britten wrote for boys' voices, and with his keen ear and extraordinary imagination, he achieved many wondrous and memorable effects. At the heart of this 1986 perfo... |
 | Nocturnal [Read More ...]
Julian Bream - Nocturnal and other pieces:Well thought out, beautifully played, like all Bream's work. Doesn't get any better, really. |
 | Britten: Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2 [Read More ...]
Review: The missing third:Beautiful music played heavenly...
Britten's cello works come often in my hands on different CD-s. Either one of the 3 suites as part of a compilation, mostly all three as they belong together. Does anybody know the reason why Rostopowich plays only two suites? ... |
 | Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2; Britten: Third Suite for Cello Solo [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
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 | Advent at St. Paul's [Read More ...]
Review: good collection of advent music:Not much to say, fine performances and a nice balance of traditional liturgical music styles. I particularly enjoyed the thrilling choral arrangement of Veni Veni Emmanuel. Be warned that, while they probably did their best with the miking and re... |
 | English Music for Viola [Read More ...]
Solo Viola playing, Very Sensitive:This CD is very rewarding. Paul Coletti and his accompianist, Leslie Howard played a diverse selection of viola pieces that were extremely rewarding. I especially loved the Mummer's Carol by Percy Grainger and the Rebecca Clark Sonata. |
 | Christmas Through the Ages [Read More ...]
Review: An absolute bargain!:Heaven forfend if there was some disaster and I had to flee my home suddenly, and couple only clutch a few Christmas CDs before going out the door - this would be the first one I would look for! When you look at the price of this disc you might think you are... |
 | Super Artists on Super Audio [Read More ...]
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 | Weihnachtslieder: Christmas Songs (Regensburger Domspatzen) [Read More ...]
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 | Music of the Westminster Cathedral Choir [Read More ...]
Review: Description on Amazon was a bit misleading:I bought this recording because it had the Messaien piece as well as the Martin Mass on it (or so I thought). I'm performing a concert with both of these pieces, so I was trying to get more bang for my buck. The recordings are fine, ho... |
 | Clarinet Concertos by Arnold, Britten & Maconchy [Read More ...]
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 | Trinity Sunday at Westminster Abbey [Read More ...]
Review: WOW!!: Wandering through my local library I saw this CD and took it home for a listen. WOW!!!
The wonderful choir and organ sound beautiful together. The stand out tracks are generally found at the last part of the disc,tracks 11-16 which is "Evensong". The disc is a varie... |
 | On This Island - Songs of English Composers - Lynne Dawson (soprano) [Read More ...]
Description: The song repertory of the English musical renaissance--from Stanford and Parry through to Howells, Warlock, and early Britten--has largely been the preserve of male singers. So it's a refreshing change to hear a light soprano like Lynne Dawson wash familiar words with fresh, tran... |
 | Britten: War Requiem [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
Description: Seldom performed or recorded, Britten's War Requiem may be one of the largest and most shaking works of the 20th century. The work was an immediate success following its premiere in May 1962 for the rededication of Coventry Cathedral, which had been destroyed during the Battle of... |
 | A Treasury of English Song [Read More ...]
A Treasury of English Song:This is an interesting CD. It includes a few songs by many English composers. |
 | A Proper Introduction to Kathleen Ferrier: Blow the Wind Southerly [Read More ...]
Description: Few, If Any, Would Dispute the Description of Kathleen Ferrier as the Greatest Lyric Contralto England Has Ever Produced. To Update the Words of her Friend and Singing Colleague, Soprano Isobel Baillie, 'fifty Years after her Death on Eight October 1953, the Very Inflection in th... |
 | Britten: Saint Nicolas A Cantanta Op.42/Hymn To Saint Cecilia Op.27 [Read More ...]
Description: Britten's music enjoys more than respectable attention from performers and record companies, and enduring popularity with audiences primarily because of its accessibility, its functionality, and its congeniality. But accessibility and popularity don't mean simple, formulaic, or p... |
 | Mozart [Read More ...]
Review: Great performer, but buy Francois Leleux's Bach CD instead:Bach: Shall Remain My Gladness
This is a great CD, and VERY well worth the investment. I only wish we could find other CD's that are by Francis Leleux, as he is so good. We bought the above CD thinking it would be as g... |
