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Music for Bird Lovers / Baroque Festival Orchestra, Souter, Giles, Spring and Gregory

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre; Irish Traditional: The lark in th...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Gregory, James; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew
Conductors: Lizzio, Alberto; Croft, David; ; Craig-McFeely, Julia; Adolph, Henry
Ensemble: ; Serendipity Singers

A beautiful selection of classical music inspired by our feathered friends! Composers have been inspired by birds and birdsong for generations. Blue tit, robin, lark,...continue...

Music for Food Lovers: Gourmet Classics / works by Chabrier, Donizetti, Fasch, Vivaldi, Chopin et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Guitar Concerto in D minor; Antonio Vivaldi: C...
Performers: Bottner, Karl-Heinz; Gösser, Hans; Kalafusz, Hans; Kehr, Günter; Kircher, Irina; Lemmen, Günter; Palm, Siegfried; Ragossnig, Konrad; Rocchi, Manlio; Schmalfuss, Peter
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich; Vitalini, Alberico; Angerer, Paul; Adolph, Henry; Reinartz, Hans; Machado, E.A. Marturet; Pitamic, Alexander von

We all love cooking and eating and we all love listening to music. This CD combines both loves in a scintillating program of fine music...continue...

Hush a Bye: Music for Children - gentle lullabies and quiet music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: English Traditional: Hush a Bye Baby; Traditional: Sleep My Baby; Mervyn Burtch: Sleep, my gentle child; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Anonymou...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real...continue...
Includes work(s) by Anonymous....continue...

Reflections - Thoughtful hymns & religious songs / Victoria Singers

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Billy Hill: In the chapel in the moonlight, song; Alice Hawthorne: Whispering Hope, for voice & piano; Evelyn Danzig: Scarlet Ribbons, for voice & piano; Jean Villard: When The Angelus Was Ringing (T...
Performers: Ayres, Paul
Conductors: Tenant-Flowers, Sarah
Ensemble: Victoria Singers

A reflective, moving collection of hymns & other music with a religious theme. Organ, piano, & harmonium accompany an intimate choir of singers who perform...continue...

Late Night Classics / Relaxing music for 2 Guitars / Granados, Albeniz, Vivaldi, Vishnik and Piha

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Enriqué Granados: Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37; Spanish Dance no 3, for 2 guitars; Isaac Albéniz: Album Leaves; Gaspar Sanz: La Cavalleria de Napoles con dos Clarines, for g...
Performers: Piha, Sam; Vishnik, Martin

Relaxing, rich, & exotic music for two guitars. Featuring music from Spain, France, Italy, & Germany. Salsa rhythms rub shoulders with the precision of J.S....continue...

Noel! Choral Music for Christmas: Traditional Carols / Ikon

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Coventry Carol (2); Angelus ad virginem (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I ...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Hill, Alison; Hymas, Benedict
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Icon

Music from a Tudor Court

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Robin, P 70; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; A Toy; Fantasy; Twenty waies; John Danyel: A Fancy, for 2 lutes; Francis Pilkington: Echo & Fancy; Anony...
Performers: Sayce, Lynda; Spring, Matthew

Delicate lute duets which conjure images of a courtly scene. This collection of Tudor music for two lutes includes works by the important and famous...continue...

A Pageant Of Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Arrival of the Lord and Lady, ductia for ensemble; Jester's Dance, estampie for ensemble; Entry of the Spanish Musicians, ductia for ensemble; The Spanish Lady Sings, for voice & ensemble;...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Rowlands-Pritchard, John

Music For Bedtime

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Dolly, Op. 56; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in E minor, KK IV/b; Anonymous: Quiet harp song; The gentle lute; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet fo...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Gregory, James; Piha, Sam; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Vishnik, Martin
Conductors: Jackson, Don;
Ensemble: ; The Amber Quartet

Music for London / Band of the Welsh Guards, Harlow Chorus et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2008-01-01

Works: Arnold Steck: Birdcage Walk, march for band; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; I was glad; Harry Castling: Let's All Go Down The Strand; Hubert Gregg: Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner; Andrew Lloyd Webber: T...
Performers: Souter, Martin; Stowe, Sara; White, Justin [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hannan, Peter; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Lane, Andrew
Ensemble: Band of the Army Air Corps; Band of the Welsh Guards

Brass bands, cathedral choirs and theatre music are all typical musical sounds of London, whether you are watching the Changing of the Guard, visiting Westminster...continue...
Personnel: Justin White (vocals); Martin Souter (piano)....continue...

Piano Classics For Garden Lovers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2008-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6; Work(s); Songs (6), Op. 57; Robert Schumann: Blumenstück for piano in D flat major, Op. 19; Vog...
Performers: Gregory, James; Souter, Martin

Unwind in the garden - whether real or imaginary! - with classical piano music chosen with the garden in mind. This relaxing programme of classics...continue...

Night Owl

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Carnival of the animals...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Bennett, Elinor; Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Gregory, James; Hill, Sarah; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Kuntsch, Matthias; Chang, Yun-Sung

Late night classics. At the end of a long day, and on into the night, this lovely album of relaxing music will help banish those...continue...

Impressions of Christmas - Musical Footsteps in the Snow

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Bob Chilcott: The Time of Snow, for chorus & piano; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for chorus; Hector Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Pyotr Il'y...
Performers: Boden, Jon; Giles, Ian; Popov, Pavel; Smith, Susan Graham; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara
Conductors: Jackson, Don; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Gorkovenko, Stanislav

A musical impression of Christmas and the time of snow with contributions from choirs, orchestras, children, instrumentalists and carol singers...continue...

Howard Goodall - Winter Lullabies / Stephen Darlington

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: César Franck: Panis angelicus; Charles Gounod: La salutation angélique (Angelic Greeting), song for voice, piano, violin or cello & organ ad lib.; Franz Schubert: Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; A...
Performers: Finch, Catrin

The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. An exciting major commission from Howard Goodall, the TV star and composer of 'The Vicar of Dibley'...continue...

Flower of Chivalry - Tranquill Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Unicorns in the Mist; Henry VIII, King of England: Consort no 16; Consort no 8 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 4; Consort no 3 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 22; Consort no 2 ...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Davies, Victoria; Hilliard Ensemble; Souter, Martin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirinu; The Hilliard Ensemble

Tranquil medieval music featuring The Hilliard Ensemble An emphasis on peace and calm in this selection of medieval music, including gentle songs by one of...continue...

Changing the Guard - Great Military Band Music / Bands of Her Majesty's Armed Forces

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous, English: The British Grenadiers; English Traditional: Early One Morning, folk song; R.A. Ridings: Fanfare for a Royal Occasion, for band; William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"...
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Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards; Band of the Royal Air Force

Great military band music. `They're changing the guard at Buckingham Palace' and this is what they might play: a superb mix of marching tunes and...continue...
Includes 2001 theme (north) / superman theme (williams) by various composers....continue...

Bandstand - A Musical Walk in the Park

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Lionel Monckton: Soldiers in the Park, march; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Franz Schubert: Marc...
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Ensemble: Corps of Royal Engineers Fanfare Trumpeters

A musical walk in the park. Strolling along on a Sunday afternoon, we can hear the band in the bandstand, playing favourite melodies and musical...continue...

Beautiful Dreamer

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: John Philip Sousa: Peaches & Cream, foxtrot for band; Désirée, operetta; Washington Post; Victor Herbert: Auditorium Festival March (Festival March), for orchestra; Edward MacDowell: To a W...
Performers: Souter, Martin; Stowe, Sara
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich

Music from America's brilliant period, from the end of the Civil War to the second decade of the 1900s, reflected in an album of piano...continue...
Personnel: Martin Souter (piano)....continue...

Music for a Great Garden - Byrd, Mozart, et al / Stowe, Souter, et al

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-01-01

Works: William Byrd: All in a garden green, MB 56; Will you walk the woods so wylde; Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; English Traditional: The Rowan Tree; Greensleeves, folk song; Hildegard von Bingen: ...
Performers: Bennett, Elinor; Hill, Sarah; Stowe, Sara

Garden themes from our musical heritage. An album of fragrant songs and instrumental pieces from centuries of musical tradition. Titles include 'Greensleeves', 'Where the Bee...continue...

Ring A Ring O'Roses / Musica Donum Dei

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-08-01

Works: English Traditional: Lillibulero / Parsons Farewell / Chirping of the Lark / Cuckolds All Awry / Picking of the Sticks /; Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All i...
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Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

Songs and dances for children. Traditional songs and dances for children to complement our very successful nursery rhyme album, 'Jack and Jill and all their...continue...

Music for Mothers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-02-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Clair de lune; Serenade for the doll, for piano (Children's Corner no 3), L. 113/3; Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Anton Rubinstein: Melodies (2) for Piano, Op 3...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Hill, Sarah; Souter, Martin

A charming album which combines music evoking children and childish things with music for moments of repose for a tired mum! A perfect gift for...continue...

My Heart's Desire - Love Songs & Ballads from the Elizabethan Age

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-02-01

Works: Antony Holborne: Pavans, Galliards, Almaines (65); Almain "Fruit of Love"; Amareta, Pavane; Image of Melancholy; The cradle, for consort; Muy Linda, for viol consort; John Dowland: Firste Booke of So...
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Ensemble: Elizabethan Consort

Great romantic ballads and airs from sixteenth century England by Dowland, Campion, Rosseter and Holborne, accompanied by viols, lutes and recorders in an evocative programme...continue...

Music for a Country Church / Victoria Singers

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2002-09-01

Works: William Henry Monk: Abide with me; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; George ...
Performers: Ayres, Paul; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Tenant-Flowers, Sarah

A country church in summer, surrounded by a lovely church yard - an atmosphere for contemplation, and quiet thought. Quiet songs and slow themes create...continue...
Personnel: Martin Souter (piano, organ)....continue...

Victorian Vision

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2001-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Song Without Words for piano no 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6; Songs (6), Op. 57; Elias Parish Alvars: Serena...
Performers: Bennett, Elinor; Bottone, Bonaventura; Butteriss, Simon; Giles, Ian; Gregory, James; Souter, Martin; Spiers, John; Wickham, Henry
Conductors: Rainer, Christian; Jones, John Price; Edwards, John O.

Music for home and garden; Includes Mendelssohn and Gilbert and Sullivan...continue...

The Romance of the Piano / Martin Souter

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2000-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 888 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2); Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard no 10 in E minor (WTC...
Performers: Souter, Martin

Relaxing piano music by Brahms, Debussy, Chopin, Schubert, and more recorded on a very fine period instrument by Broadwood....continue...

Songs for William Shakespeare / Sara Stowe

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2000-01-01

Works: Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; Full fathom five; Hark, hark! the lark; Anonymous, English: Kemp's Gigue; The Poor Soul Sat Sighing, song (a.k.a. "The Willow Songs"); Bergamasca; Sellengers Roun...
Performers: Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song, 'O...continue...