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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...

A Royal Fanfare: Music for Coronations & Royal Ceremonial

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-03-27

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; The British Empire March, for orchestra; Coronation March, for orchestra, Op. 65; Elgar Howarth: English Dances, for brass ensemble; Matthew L...
Conductors: Judd, James; ; Kingston, Geoffrey A.; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Choir of St John's College Cambridge; Malmö Brass Ensemble ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Stockholm Philharmonic Brass Ensemble

Grand music for coronations, for ceremonial occasions, for matters of state and for formal dancing is brought together in this special album. 400 years of...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...

Music for Ballet Lovers

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

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake; Ottorino Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Manuel de Fa...
Conductors: Jackson, Don; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Kunzel, Erich; Van Remoortel, Edouard; Kakhidze, Djansug

A celebration of elegant dance with great classics from the world of ballet. Includes musical highlights from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Boutique Fantasque, Sleeping...continue...

Essential Ragtime / Joplin, Lamb, Turpin, Gershwin, et al. / Souter, Shields, pianos

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

Works: Scott Joplin: The Entertainer; Maple Leaf Rag; Harmony Club Waltz, for piano; Elite Syncopations; Bethena; Solace; Reflection Rag, syncopated musings for piano; Tom Turpin: Harlem Rag, for piano; Cha...
Performers: Shields, Roger; Souter, Martin

Ragtime fun to get your fingers & toes a tappin'! Brilliant piano music by Joplin & other light-hearted American composers of the day. Highlights include...continue...

Ring a Ring O'Roses

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

Works: John Playford: Work(s); Division for trebles; English Traditional: Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All in a garden green, folk song; The Duke of York; Golden S...
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Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

This album brings together familiar nursery rhymes and folk tunes that we learn as children. It is a telling tribute to the durability of these...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

Requiem / Works by Da Victoria, Duggan, Pearsall and Byrd

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

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Requiem; Missa "Pro defunctis"; John Duggan: Anthem for chorus; Futility, for chorus; The Singing Will Never be Done; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis Est Anima Mea; Robert Lucas P...

A meditative album of choral music in memory of our loved ones. This series of beautiful and reflective choral pieces include movements from Victoria's eloquent...continue...
Recording information: Eglise St. Laurent, Roujan, Languedoc Roussillon (08/2009)....continue...

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...

Music For Book Lovers

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

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. ...
Performers: Bulva, Josef; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Jackson, Don; Titov, Alexander; Yorke, Peter; Kakgidze, Vakhtang; Torch, Sidney; Coates, Eric [Composer]

Gentle classics for reading. Gentle music makes a perfect accompaniment to reading. This selection has been chosen with the reader in mind. Many of the...continue...

Kyrie

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2007-01-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Cunctipotens genitor Deus; Studentes; Missa Conditor Kyrie omnium; Deus creator; Rex immense, trope de Kyrie; Kyrie fons bonitatis, trope in mode 3; Kyrie eleison civitate; Kyrie lux...
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Ensemble: Le Basile

Chant for quiet meditation Timeless music from the early church, its rites and its rituals, creates an unhurried atmosphere of calm. Vocal plainchant and instrumental...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...

Under an America Sky - Music for the Wide Open Spaces

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-09-01

Works: Peggy Stuart-Coolidge: New England Autumn, suite for chamber orchestra; Spirituals in Sunshine and Shadow, for orchestra; Daniel Belknap: The Seasons; William Grant Still: From the Black Belt, suite ...
Performers: Glazer, Frank; Taylor, Millard
Conductors: Landau, Siegfried; Kunzel, Erich

From Charles Ives to classic Coolidge, this program of evocative American music captures the essence of the American spirit and its relationship to the landscape....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...

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...

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...

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 a Christmas Feast - Seasonal Classics for Christmas Dining

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

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); O Little One Sweet; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad Virginem); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"...

Seasonal classics for Christmas dining. A programme of joyful Christmas music, perfect as a background to a Christmas meal or family get together. Old favourites...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...

Renoir - Romantic Dance Classics from the Age of Impressionism

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

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Concerto for Piano in G major; Ottorino R...
Performers: Lee, Mi-Joo; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Walther, Hans-Jürgen; Sporri, Andreas; Kakhidze, Djansug; Jackson, Don; Peters, Reinhard; Chang, Yun-Sung; Kakgidze, Vakhtang; Munih, Marko

The magic of the dance in music, with an emphasis on Paris towards the end of the nineteenth century. Orchestral works by Ravel ('La Valse'),...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 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); ...
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...

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...

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...

Great Ballet Classics

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

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Frédéric Chopin: Les sylphid...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Kórodi, András; Fischer, Adam; Fricke, Heinz; Wohlert, Peter; Sándor, János; Hinchev, Boris

A celebration of dance and ballet in a memorable programme of musical highlights from the world of theatre, performed by some of the world's great...continue...

Christmas from Cambridge / Cambridge Choir of Queens' College

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

Works: Sarum Chant: A solis ortus cardine; Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol; Lullay, lullow; Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was th...
Performers: Steynor, Matthew; Weeks, James
Conductors: Weeks, James

Exquisite medieval carols and a lovely mix of old and new. Recorded in the college chapel.Christmas-ámusic from old English plainchant to the best of-áChristmas-áanthems....continue...

Monet - Piano Classics from the Age of Impressionism / Martin Souter

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

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Sonatine for Piano; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 2; Préludes, Book 1; Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95; La fille aux cheveu...
Performers: Souter, Martin

Gentle piano pieces of the Impressionist period including preludes by Debussy, Satie's three 'Gnossiennes' and Ravel's neo-classics 'Sonatine'. Recorded mainly on pianos of the peiod...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...