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Violin Muse
A program of recent works for violin – seven world premiere recordings of music by seven composers played by the vibrant and lyrical Madeleine Mitchell.
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John Turner – Christmas Card Carols
New settings by leading recorder player John Turner of many traditional and well-loved carols bring a freshness to the season's music. Wonderfully performed by 'Intimate Voices' conducted by Christopher Stokes.
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France Revisited
A delicious program of French delights including the masterful Four Hand Sonata No. 1 by Onslow, and impressionist works by Debussy and Poulenc. Highly engaging and entertaining as well as revealing expert performances
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The Operatic Pianist: Volume II
In the mid to late 19th century, piano transcriptions allowed access to the classics for the majority of people who could not attend opera or orchestral performances. In the area of ‘grand opera’ specialists included of course Franz Liszt – and also composers such as Sigismund Thalberg. Andrew Wright is a rarity in the current…
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Music
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is best known for two things – his evocative guitar music, and his work during his long association with the movie industry in Hollywood, where he produced some amazing scores though never quite receiving the fame of his compatriot Nino Rota. His extensive body of piano music has been largely neglected despite the…
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Exordium: Organ Music by Carson Cooman
Carson Cooman is many things musical – organist and Composer in Residence at the Memorial Church, Harvard University; writer, critic and consultant, concert organist, and above all a highly prolific composer of music in a wide variety of genres, from orchestral to song. His organ compositions come in many styles, from those inspired by the…
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The Piano At The Ballet: Vol. 2
Anthony Goldstone died on January 2, 2017 after a year-long battle with illness. This was his last recording, and is issued now also as a tribute and memorial to one of the greatest pianists of our age who never achieved the international recognition he deserved. His immense musical knowledge, assiduous research, and skilful artistry in…
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Enigmas
A varied range of masterful works from English 20th century composers – some familiar and all major works of importance. Elgar composed his Enigma Variations at the piano; it was always suitable for a solo version and Elgar himself wrote this. Bowen’s Flute Sonata is well known – a Romantic staple — as is Leighton’s…
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Franz Schubert: Complete Piano Duets
The importance of this set cannot be over-stated. First released on 7 separate CDs by Olympia, it launched the international reputation of Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow as one of the world’s foremost duos, and it remains the only complete recording of Schubert’s original duet compositions including many little-known masterpieces and one Polonaise completed by…
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Travelling Light: Music of Jim Parker
Perhaps the name of Jim Parker is not well known – but his music is loved worldwide. Composer of numerous film and theatre scores, he is best known for his television music which includes Foyle’s War, House of Cards, Midsomer Murders and House of Elliott among many more. He has won the British Academy Award…
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Mind Music
An Album for Charitable Support. Degenerative brain diseases (Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s in particular) cause immense distress to sufferers and their families. This album is released to raise funds for research into cures, through Parkinsons UK. Both the soloists lost parents to these diseases hence their wish to support the research. They have chosen works by…
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Diana Boyle – Bach Keyboard Partitas
The fourth of our new digital-only ‘Intangible Classics’ series and of the Diana Boyle edition is a double album devoted to the six Partitas for Keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. As with all of the Diana Boyle recordings, this performance resulted from years of study and absorbtion of the music, giving us an interpretation second…