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Recorder Bravura - Works by Sarasate; Paradis; Chopin; Massenet; Wessely; Finzi; Gossec et al. / Piers Adam: recorder; Howard Beach: piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen; Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major; Frédéric Chopin: Variations on "Non piú mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, f...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard

The inspiration for this project came with the discovery of a wealth of extravagant salon music written for a now-obsolete wind instrument called the czakan....continue...
Recording information: Vestry Hall, London College of Music (03/1997)....continue...

The English Nightingale: Virtuoso Recorder Music from Reniaissande to Romantic / Piers Adams: recorder; Howard Beach: keyboards; David Watkin: cello

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Jacob van Eyck: Variations on "Wat Zal Men Op Den Avond Doen"; Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Giovanni Bassano: Divisions on Crecquillon's "Onques amour" for ensemble; William Croft: Sonata in G major; Arcang...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Watkin, David

Piers Adams is widely regarded as one of the greatest recorder players of our time. He has worked tirelessly to develop the recorder's repertoire and...continue...
Recording information: St. Dunstan's Church, East Cheam (11/1989)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

Viennoiseries Musicales, 1806-1826

1 CD / Musique A La Chabotterie / 2010-06-08

Works: Anton Heberle: Sonate brillante; Andante con variazioni, for recorder & continuo; Concertino for recorder & orchestra; Josef Gebauer: Sonata for recorder & piano, Op. 17; Karl Scholl: Quartet for rec...
Performers: Hadjimarkos, Marcia; Reyne, Hugo
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Ensemble: La Simphonie du Marais

Recording information: La Cantiniére (Vendée) / Dompierre-les-Ormes (Saône-et- (2007-02-26_2007-02-28&2007-)....continue...

Café Vienna / Michala Petri

1 Super Audio CD / OUR Recordings / 2009-10-27

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Gran Duetto Concertante, for flute (or violin) & guitar in A major, Op. 52; Ferdinando Carulli: Fantasy on an English air, Op. 102; Joseph Küffner: Potpourri sur des airs nationa...
Performers: Hannibal, Lars; Petri, Michala

OUR Recordings wishes to congratulate recorder virtuoso Michala Petri on her 40th year as performing artists. Together with long-time duo partner, guitarist Lars Hannibal, Michala...continue...

Life is Beautiful, Vol. 5

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-05-12

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet...
Performers: Boersma, Kees; Chen, John; Forsyth, Nicole; Giles, Alice; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Hall, Dimity; Harrold, Leigh; Hodgson, Rosemary; Hunter, Rita; Kenny, Yvonne; Lacey, Genevieve; Lewis, ...
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas; Stanhope, David; Mortzing, William; Northey, Benjamin; Measham, David; Williams, Stephen; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Dommett, Leonard; Albert, Werner Andreas; Franks, Dobbs; Walker, Ant...
Ensemble: ; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players; The Australian Classical Wind Band

Life is beautiful with abc classic fm! Here we offer volume 5 of this runaway success with three bonus tracks, previously unreleased. This is music...continue...

Libera - Angel Voices

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Tagatsugu Muramtsu: Far Away; Robert Prizeman: Locus iste; Ave Maria; Going Home; Salva me; Libera; Always With You; We are the lost; I am the day; Recordare; Jean Sibelius: Be still my soul; Gustav ...
Performers: Anderson, John [Classical]; Dodd, Chris; Geraghty, Steven; Pears, Fiona; Prizeman, Robert; Tilley, Ian
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert
Ensemble: Libera

Libera's 'Angel Voices' collection includes the best of past tracks combined with some new tracks-the deeply moving "Going Home," employing the melody of Dvorak's Largo...continue...

Que le yable les emporte / Bernard Simard, Constantinople

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-11-01

Works: Traditional: Descendez à l'ombre; Rossignolet sauvage; Galant, tu perds ton temps; C'est la belle Françoise; Wedding Reel; Su'l carillon; Simone-Charlotte; La belle Hélène...
Performers: Jennejohn, Matthew; Miron, Normand; Ross, Guy; Söderström, Elin; Simard, Bernard; Tabassian, Kiya; Tabassian, Ziya
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Ensemble: Constantinople

Since its inception in 1998, Constantinople has performed original musical creations born of a cosmopolitan reflection on the transformation and integration of ancient music from...continue...

Mirabile Mysterium - Christmas Music through the Ages

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Jacobus Handl: Mirabile Mysterium, for 5 voices (Opus musicum); Ab oriente venerunt magi, for 4 voices (Opus musicum); Sebastián Alfonso: Unidos tres reyes, for chorus & ensemble; Anonymous, Fre...
Performers: Coen, Bart [Recorder]; Delpierre, Beatrice; Watillon, Sophie
Conductors: Van Nevel, Paul

This is a compilation of well - and lesser-known Christmas music, interpreted by the award-winning Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Paul van Nevel....continue...

Inspirations - Kreisler, Schubert, et al / Petri, Hannibal

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2001-08-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Schön Rosmarin; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen; Ju...
Performers: Hannibal, Lars; Petri, Michala

"...Michala Petri's virtuosity is awe-inspiring and her expressivity bespeaks the freedom she has found since her early days in the limelight... The arrangements are excellent,...continue...

Wesley: Anthems / Moore, Varcoe, Whiteley, Choir of York

1 CD / Guild / 2000-09-01

Works: Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Let Us Lift Up Our Heart With Our Hands, for chorus & organ; O God, whose nature and property, for chorus & organ; Praise the Lord, O My Soul, anthem; Introduction and Fugue ...
Performers: West, John H.; Whiteley, John Scott [Organ]

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Seb...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert

Cantigas de Amigo / Ensemble Alcatraz, KITKA

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1996-07-13

Works: Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 380, Sen calar; Cantiga de Santa María 11, Macar ome per folia; Cantiga de Santa María 10, Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores; Pascual Veiga: Albo...
Performers: Bonnett, Leslie; Cion, Shira; Crowther, Catherine Rose; Dietrich, Deborah; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Graffagna, Juliana; Higginson, Kit; Kammen, Shira; Kutulas, Janet; Maund, Peter; Moorhead, Ann; Morris, ...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Alcatraz

Labitzky, Dvorak, Fibich, Fucik, Nedbal / Bostock, Karlsbad

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 1996-07-03

Works: August Labitzky: Ouverture Characteristique for orchestra, The Hunt of Emperor Charles IV; Antonin Dvorák: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Julius Fucik: Marinarella, ov...
Performers: Rafn, Eyvind
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Karlsbad Symphony Orchestra

Almquist: Dreams and Fantasies / Solveig Faringer

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-12-05

Works: Carl Jonas Love Almquist: Det doftar i Sätras skog; Uppwaknandet; Ängelns kallelse; Än var det...; Songe no 1 "Den lyssnande Maria"; Songe no 16 "Marias häpnad"; Songe no 40 "Barn...
Performers: Aberg, Kerstin; Ersson, Alm Nils; Faringer, Solveig; Hellden, Bodil Asmussen; Hellden, Daniel; Jonsson, Anders-Per; Kjellson, Ingvar; Von Bahr, Gunilla; Von Bahr, Robert
Conductors: Helldén, Daniel; Jonsson, Anders-Per
Ensemble: Lidingö Kammarkör ; Salträngens Skola Klass 5a

Foster: Songs / Baird, Russell, Urrey, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1994-09-01

Works: Stephen Foster: The glendy burk; Nelly was a lady; Melinda May; Soirée Polka; If you've only got a moustache; O Willie, is it you, dear?; Mr. and Mrs. Brown; Gem from Lucia no 1; Wilt thou be ...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Enslow, Ridley; Russell, Linda; Schneider, Steve; Urrey, Frederick; Van Buskirk, John

The English Nightingale - Virtuoso Recorder Music / Adams

1 CD / Albany Records / 1993-02-01

Works: Jacob van Eyck: Variations on "Wat Zal Men Op Den Avond Doen"; Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Giovanni Battista Bassani: Divisions on "Onques Amour"; William Croft: Sonata in G major; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonat...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Watkin, David

Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1990-08-21

Works: William Sandys: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Traditional: Cherry Tree Carol; The Wren Song; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; The Old Year now away is fled; Christmas Day in da Mornin'; Wir singen dir...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort