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Glad Tidings: Carols for Christmas - In Dulci jubilo; O little one sweet; Cherry tree carol; Es ist ein ros / Singscape

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

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birjina gaztettobat zegoen, Basque carol); Away in a Manger; Angels From the Realms Of Glory; The Cherry Tree Carol; There Is No Rose of Suc...
Conductors: Tenant-Flowers, Sarah
Ensemble: ; Singscape

Heavenly voices raise in honor of the Christmas season. Inspirational choral music for Christmas comes from one of England's finest choirs in a program of...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...

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

Jane Austen Piano Favorites / Souter

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

Works: Niccolò Piccinni: La Buona Figliuola; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 9 in D major, H 16 no 4; Sonata for Keyboard no 10 in C major, H 16 no 1; Ignace Joseph Pleyel: Sonatina for keyb...
Performers: Souter, Martin

Recording information: Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, England....continue...

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...

Suites & Solos

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Johann Franz Xaver...
Performers: Amherst, Gabriel; Souter, Martin; Thomas, Jenny [Flute]; Williams, Guy
Conductors: Goodman, Roy; Williams, Guy

Chamber music by Handel & Stanley played on instruments of the period. A collection of chamber music from Georgian England by the leading composers of...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...

Gentle Classics for an Indulgent Moment

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

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite,...
Performers: Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Chase, Stephanie; Pendrill, Christine
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Goodman, Roy

Calm, elegant music to help you while away an afternoon or evening, come rain or shine; so put the kettle on, open a large box...continue...

Time & Tide - Calming Classics

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

Works: Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Nocturnes; La mer; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Felix Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, i...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Springer, Alois

A day by the sea; but there's not a kiss-me-quick hat or stick of rock in sight! Instead, imagine sitting on the cliff top or...continue...

A Musical Moment

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

Works: Ludwig Senfl: Vita in ligno moritur; Peter Philips: Pavana Dolorosa; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C min...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Ioff, Ilia; Piha, Sam; Sayce, Lynda; Souter, Martin; Vishnik, Martin
Conductors: Nanut, Anton; Wagner, Richard

Quiet music crossing four centuries, from the calm lute of the sixteenth century to the rich harmonies of the nineteenth, in a programme of some...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...

Sunday Morning Favourites

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

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140, "...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: ; Williams, Guy; Davis, Carl; Kakhidze, Djansug; Jackson, Don; Chang, Yun-Sung
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Piano Quintet; Elizabethan Consort; Oxford Baroque

Gentle classical music `Easy on a Sunday morning' This collection of music is perfect for making a slow start to the day. So get the...continue...

A Gift to Be Simple

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

Works: Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring); Appalachian Spring; Anonymous: Ainsworth Psalms; Bay Psalms; The Lord descended from above (from James Lyon...
Performers: Bogdan, Thomas; Garber, Lin; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Muenz, Richard; Opalach, Jan; Parker, Paul; Price, Patricia; Rees, Rosalind; Shields, Roger
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Smith, Gregg; Landau, Siegfried

The pioneering spirit of the first explorers of the United States of America, from their own music from the earliest times to superb evocations 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"...
Conductors:
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...

Sanctus - Music for Quiet Contemplation

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-09-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Facta est cum angelo; Puer natus est nobis, introit; Angelus ad pastores, antiphon (Mode 7); Alleluia. Dies sanctificatus; Sanctus; Agnus Dei; Quem vidistis pastores, responsory in m...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]

Music for quiet contemplation Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery...continue...

Music for a Great House

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-09-01

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 no 2; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in ...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Goodman, Roy; ; Popv, Papel
Ensemble: ; Camerata Instrumentale

The splendours of a great house, its vistas and grand entrances, are captured in this programme of music from the Baroque to the Romantic, from...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...

Constable: Great Music from the Age of English Landscape

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Ignace Joseph Pleyel: Sonatina for piano no 5 in G major; Sonatina for piano no 10 in B flat major; Sonata for flute & harpsichord i...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Jackson, Don

Beautiful music evoking the lost idyll of Constable's pastoral landscapes. Music byBeethoven and Mozart rpovides the period feel alongside gentle flute and piano pieces by...continue...

Music for a Goddess - Great Opera & Orchestral Classics for an Indulgent Moment

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

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs, opera in 3 acts; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Giacomo Puccini: Madama...
Performers: Morozova, Elena; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin; Tachmanov, Alexander
Conductors: Shipway, Frank; Jackson, Don; Kakhidze, Djansug; Kuntsch, Matthias; Bubelnikov, Pavel

Soothing and uplifting music for a goddess (domestic or otherwise). An album of music to help get away from it all, bathed in orchestral bliss...continue...

Gainsborough: Portraits in Music

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

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "Emperor"; Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Symphony no 4...
Performers: Gabuniya, Nodar
Conductors: Titov, Alexander; Jackson, Don; Kakhidze, Djansug; Scholz, Alfred

Great musical portraits of people and places mainly from the time of Gainsborough. Schubert's 'Rosamunde' and Beethoven's 'Emperor' rub shoulders with Haydn's London and Mendelssohn's...continue...

Music for Royal Occasions

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

Works: R.A. Ridings: Fanfare for a Royal Occasion, for band; William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Giulio Cesare,...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

The monarchy remains as popular as ever. Here is a programme of music for royal occasions, from coronations to weddings. Choirs, orchestras, military bands, organs...continue...

Classical Harp / Sarah Hill

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

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Jacques Offenbach: Venise, barcarolle for chorus; Félix Godefroid: Bois solitaire, romance without words for harp (Pensées musicales, Book 4, no 4); Jeremiah Cla...
Performers: Hill, Sarah

Gentle, classical tunes played by that most seductive of instruments, the concert harp. Superb new arrangements of masterworks of the past include Pachelbel's 'Canon', Massenet's...continue...

Reflections

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13...
Performers: Korner, Gunther; Lang, Peter [Piano]; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Duvier, Eugen; Pitamic, Alexander von; ; Kuntsch, Matthias; Rezucha, Bystrik; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Piano Quintet

Adagios, Largos and Andante - composers of the past poured out their deepest thoughts in these slow movements of this orchestral, chamber and piano album....continue...

Impressions

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Erik Satie: Gymn...
Performers: Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Sitzius, Bianca; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Markevitch, Igor; Rajski, Wojciech

Musical pictures of nature form the inspiration for this relaxing album of piano and orchestral masterworks by Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven and others....continue...

Classics for Cats

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151 "Alla rustica"; Concerto for 2 Oboes in D minor, RV 535; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Symphony no 100 ...
Performers: Gabuniya, Nodar; Martin-Smith, Penelope; Souter, Martin; Spring, Martin; Stowe, Sara
Conductors: Sieghart, Martin; Titov, Alexander; Goodman, Roy; Sporri, Andreas; Gorkovenko, Stanislav; ; Kakhidze, Djansug; Rezucha, Bystrik
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Piano Quintet

A selection of classical music, including Rossini's incomparable 'Cat Duet', created with cats in mind, and capturing in music the differing personalities of our feline...continue...

All Things Bright & Beautiful - A collection of favourite hymns / Sarah Tenant-Flowers, The Victoria Singers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; Now Thank We All Our God; Eternal Father, Strong To Save; Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us; The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended; Holy, Holy, Holy; O P...
Performers: Atherton, Diane; Ayres, Paul; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Parker, Helen; Rayfield, Benjamin

A collection of favourite hymns. Favourite English hymns from Sunday school days, taken from Victorian hymn books. A traditional choice of hymns including many which...continue...

Georgian Splendour

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 no 2; John Stanley: Solo for flute or v...
Performers: Amherst, Gabriel; Cave, Philip; Coe, Jane; Hanson, Peter; Souter, Martin; Thomas, Jenny [Flute]; Williams, Guy
Conductors: Goodman, Roy

Music for elegant living; Includes Handel's Water Music...continue...

The Romance of the Harp / Elinor Bennett

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

Works: Albert Heinrich Zabel: Marguerite Douloureuse au Rouet for harp, Op.26; La Source, for harp, Op. 23 ("The Spring"); Alphonse Hasselmans: La Source, Op. 44; Mikhail Glinka: Nocturne, for harp (or pian...
Performers: Bennett, Elinor

The harp is one of the most romantic of instruments. Its sounds can instantly evoke an atmosphere of peace and calm. This collection of Romantic...continue...