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    Naxos

    Alfred Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 5

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    HILL, ALFRED
    Artist
    DOMINION STRING QUARTET
    Released
    Nov 11, 2014
    Although Australian by birth, Alfred Hill spent much of his youth in New Zealand before embarking on studies in Leipzig, where he met Brahms, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. + A prolific symphonist and operatic composer, he also wrote a sequence of seventeen notable string quartets. + His style evolved constantly, the influence of Dvořák leading on to the impressionism of his mid-period. + By the time of the String Quartets Nos. 12 to 14 his mastery of technique – in his younger days he had played in a prominent string quartet – ensure that the music is balanced, subtle, and full of playful wit. + This is the fifth of six volumes of the complete Alfred Hill String Quartets.
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  • Alfred Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 5

    Alfred Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 5

    Naxos Nov 2014
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
  • Hill, Alfred: String Quartets, Vol. 2
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    Hill, Alfred: String Quartets, Vol. 2

    Naxos Oct 2008
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99 $9.99Save 50%
    Naxos

    Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 4

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    HILL, ALFRED
    Artist
    Mapp
    Released
    Dec 13, 2011
    Alfred Hill was the doyen of Australasian composers, and his exploration of the string quartet demonstrates the range of his imagination. Both the Tenth and Eleventh quartets were written in 1935, but they offer richly differing affiliations.
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  • Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 4

    Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 4

    Naxos Dec 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    Naxos

    Hill: String Quartets Vol 1 / Dominion Quartet

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    HILL, ALFRED
    Artist
    DOMINION STRING QUARTET
    Released
    Jun 26, 2007


    HILL String Quartets: Nos. 1–3 • Dominion Str Qrt • NAXOS 8.570491 (65:41)


    This is the first volume devoted to Alfred Hill’s 17 string quartets. Hill (1869–1960) was born in Australia, spent his formative years in New Zealand, and studied in Leipzig. He was prolific as a composer and wrote operas, symphonies, concertos, choral works, and much more. (By the way, Hill is usually referred to as having been born on December 16, 1870, but research seems to have proved that his birth was exactly one year earlier.)


    His music is likened to that of Dvo?ák and Tchaikovsky. Spot on. It is. And none the worse for that. These three four-movement string quartets, each playing for around 20 minutes, are quite delightful: folksy, tuneful, and elegant, and written with no other aim except to be enjoyed. Hill’s writing is carefully crafted, thoroughly idiomatic, and fluent without being slick; and he seems to have a wealth of melody and suggestion by his side. A European Romantic in essence, but underpinned by “antipodean nationalism [and] Maori themes” (to quote from the booklet note). This latter, while no doubt important to the composer, is absorbed into very traditional-sounding string quartets, really quite Slavic, and here distinguished by some wonderful invention and fine craftsmanship.


    The performances by the Dominion Quartet seem excellent and committed, and the close recording is very well judged.


    FANFARE: Colin Anderson
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  • Hill: String Quartets Vol 1 / Dominion Quartet

    Hill: String Quartets Vol 1 / Dominion Quartet

    Naxos Jun 2007
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
  • Hill: Symphonies No 4 & 6, Sacred Mountain / Lehmann

    Hill: Symphonies No 4 & 6, Sacred Mountain / Lehmann

    Marco Polo Apr 1991
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    Frémeaux

    BLUES: FIRST ""GUITAR HEROES""

    CD · 2 discs

    $32.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Lonnie Johnson
    Released
    Feb 01, 1999
    (2-CD set) Lonnie Johnson, known not without reason as “the creator of modern guitar playing”, has influenced numerous musicians in blues, jazz or country music... This boxed set retraces the career of this giant of 20th century music. Includes a 24 page booklet with both French and English notes.
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  • BLUES: FIRST ""GUITAR HEROES""

    BLUES: FIRST ""GUITAR HEROES""

    Frémeaux Feb 1999
    2 discs
    CD
    $32.99
    ICA Classics

    Chopin: Les Sylphides; Adam: Giselle / Svetlana Beriosova, Nadia Nerina

    DVD · 1 disc

    $26.99
    Composer
    CHOPIN ADAM
    Artist
    Beriosova, Elvin, Markova, Field, Nerina, Fadeyechev, Larsen, Sokolova, Hill
    Released
    Jun 28, 2011

    This elegant release from the ICA CLASSICS LEGACY series captures two memorable ballet performances, rescued from the depths of the BBC archives: Les Sylphides, danced by Svetlana Beriosova in 1953, and Giselle, danced by Nadia Nerina in 1958.

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    Convivium Records

    From the Celestial Hills - Sacred Scottish Choral Works

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    John Angus, Janet Beat, Rory Boyle, Katy Lavinia Cooper, Martin Dalby, Drew Hammond, Alfred Hollins
    Artist
    Kevin Bowyer
    Released
    Apr 19, 2024

    This album showcases sacred Scottish choral music, much of it little known, from the repertoire of the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir. From reformation psalms to contemporary motets, this selection illustrates the rich and vibrant choral music of Scotland.

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  • From the Celestial Hills - Sacred Scottish Choral Works

    From the Celestial Hills - Sacred Scottish Choral Works

    Convivium Records Apr 2024
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
  • Art & Music: Klimt -  Music of His Time
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    Art & Music: Klimt - Music of His Time

    Naxos May 2004
    1 disc
    CD
    $14.99 $7.49Save 50%
    Chandos

    Britten: Spring Symphony - Welcome Ode - Psalm 150

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99
    Composer
    BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
    Artist
    Gale, Hodgson, Hill
    Released
    Jul 30, 2013

    This re-release of the Spring Symphony, complemented by two smaller but equally life-confirming works by Britten, marks the composer’s centenary year. It also forms part of Chandos’ Richard Hickox Legacy series. Hickox conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with the soloists Elizabeth Gale, Alfreda Hodgson, and Martyn Hill and a number of UK choirs.

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  • Britten: Spring Symphony - Welcome Ode - Psalm 150

    Britten: Spring Symphony - Welcome Ode - Psalm 150

    Chandos Jul 2013
    1 disc
    CD
    $13.99
  • DOCK OF THE BAY

    DOCK OF THE BAY

    ATLANTIC Dec 2014
    1 disc
    Vinyl
    $29.96
  • Korngold: From The Operas / Loibner, Janowitz, Hoppe

    Korngold: From The Operas / Loibner, Janowitz, Hoppe

    Cambria Nov 1989
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
  • COMPLETE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION
    MUSIC ON CD

    COMPLETE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION

    CD · 9 discs

    $35.49
    Artist
    SIMONE, NINA
    Released
    Sep 27, 2019
    Nine CD clamshell box featuring a 34 page booklet with the story about Nina Simone, beautiful pictures and all the information about the CDs, all from the RCA collection. Nina Simone's concert debut, a classical recital, was given when she was 12. An upcoming talent. Her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. An emerging civil rights activist was formed. In 1958 she recorded her first studio album for Bethlehem Records, followed by Colpix and Philips and in 1967 RCA Victor. 'Nuff Said! Spawned the hitsingles "Ain't Got No - I Got Life" and the Bee Gees cover "To Love Somebody". After "Mississippi Goddam", from the same album, a civil rights message was the norm in Simone's recordings and became part of her concerts. In 1969 Simone recorded "To Be Young, Gifted And Black". Renditions of the song have been recorded by Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway.
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  • COMPLETE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION

    COMPLETE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION

    MUSIC ON CD Sep 2019
    9 discs
    CD
    $35.49
  • LOVE SIMON / O.S.T.
    RCA

    LOVE SIMON / O.S.T.

    Vinyl · 2 discs

    $32.25
    Composer
    0
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    Mar 16, 2018
    Soundtrack to the 2018 film starring Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, and Alexandra Shipp. Love, Simon is an upcoming American teen comedy-drama directed by Greg Berlanti and based on the novel Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. The film stars Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Miles Heizer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel and Tony Hale. Robinson stars as Simon, a 17-year-old closeted gay high school student forced to balance his friends, his family, his email pen pal Blue, and the boy threatening to reveal his true sexuality to the whole school
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  • LOVE SIMON / O.S.T.
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    LOVE SIMON / O.S.T.

    RCA Mar 2018
    2 discs
    Vinyl
    $32.25
    SONY CLASSICS

    Voice of Freedom - Paul Robeson's Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings

    CD · 14 discs

    $71.99
    Composer
    Various
    Artist
    ROBESON, PAUL
    Released
    Aug 30, 2024
    Limited 14CD box set. The ultimate tribute to Paul Robeson, singer, stage and film actor, all-American football player, lawyer, and advocate for civil rights. Blacklisted and erased from American history, many of Robeson's recordings in the U.S. remained unreleased - until now. Special 14-CD edition, documenting his complete major-label discography, recorded 1925-1947. First release of Robeson's groundbreaking Victor recordings on CD, 16 recordings reissued for the first time, 5 previously unreleased. First restoration of Robeson's famous 1944 Othello stage production with Uta Hagen and Jose Ferrer from the original 33 master disc sides. His complete remastered Columbia albums (Songs of Free Men, Popular Favorites, Spirituals). First release of his historic 1958 recitals at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, New York, and Royal Albert Hall, with 30 previously unissued recordings. Richly illustrated 160-page book with essays by Shana L. Redmond and Susan Robeson, a wealth of photos and facsimiles from the archives of The Paul Robeson Trust, the Academy of the Arts, Berlin, and Columbia Records, plus complete discographical notes.
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  • HANDEL MARRINER: THE DECCA LEGACY
    ELOQUENCE AUSTRALIA

    HANDEL MARRINER: THE DECCA LEGACY

    CD · 19 discs

    $107.23
    Artist
    HANDEL / MARRINER, NEVILLE
    Released
    Mar 29, 2024
    LIMITED EDITION. A unique collection of L'Oiseau-Lyre, Argo, Decca and Philips albums in original covers, showcasing both the genius of Handel and the musicianship of the classic ASMF/Marriner pairing at it's most stylish. Even while a member of the London Symphony Orchestra in the early 1950s, Neville Marriner had made recordings for L'Oiseau-Lyre as a violinist in the Jacobean Ensemble. Accordingly, he took a tape of a concerto grosso to the label's legendary owner, Louise Hanson-Dyer. The artists on it were his new ensemble, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. This modest demonstration tape ultimately led to more than 500 recordings, and the success of the Academy with Marriner as the world's most recorded partnership. Handel was an integral part of the Academy's work firstly for L'Oiseau-Lyre, then for Argo, finally for the Dutch label Philips. (Marriner and the Academy also recorded music by Handel for EMI.) Without including later duplicate versions, this box compiles for the first time all the ASMF/Marriner albums made for the Decca family of labels as well as Philips between 1961 and 1997, amounting to a comprehensive survey of the composer's orchestral music, ornamented with Acis and Galatea, Messiah, Jephtha and the Coronation Anthems. Critics from the outset praised not just the energy of the Academy and Marriner in Handel's Concerti grossi, but also their Polish, at a time when period-instrument versions were technically unreliable. Soloists such as the oboist Roger Lord emerged naturally from an ensemble of soloists in the first place. A succession of keyboard players pays testament to the determination of Marriner to find a degree of authenticity in 18th-century music that worked practically for him and his colleagues. First of all his friend Thurston Dart, who researched the sources for much of the music played here, and the mercurial choir director and harpsichordist George Malcolm. In a later generation came Andrew Davis and Christopher Hogwood, the organist on the Argo Messiah which was recorded using his edition. All the vocal works are cast from strength, including Elly Ameling and Philip Langridge in Messiah, Jill Gomez and Robert Tear in Acis and Galatea, and Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Emma Kirkby in Jephtha. Tear is also heard in a lesser-known 1969 album of German and English arias. From 1997, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is heard in Handel excerpts from his 'Arie antiche' album, testifying to the durability of a marriage between ensemble, conductor and composer which survived tumultuous artistic change. Further highlights include the classic Fireworks/Water Music pairing from 1971, ballet music from Ariodante and Alcina (also Argo), the Concerti a due cori from 1979 and the digital-era Philips album of Coronation Anthems, as well as a curiosity: two choruses from Messiah recorded in the studio as a promotional item for the forthcoming recording on Philips of the complete oratorio from Dublin. Handel was their home territory, as Peter Quantrill illustrates in a booklet essay discussing the history of the Academy and Marriner with Handel's music. Philip Stuart, author of Marriner and the Academy: A Record Partnership, contributes a 'sessionography'.
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  • HANDEL MARRINER: THE DECCA LEGACY
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    HANDEL MARRINER: THE DECCA LEGACY

    ELOQUENCE AUSTRALIA Mar 2024
    19 discs
    CD
    $107.23