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  • William Lloyd Webber: Invocation / Hickox, Little, Et Al

    William Lloyd Webber: Invocation / Hickox, Little, Et Al

    Chandos May 1998
    1 disc
    CD
    $21.99
    • Elgar, Finzi, Howells, Webber & Vaughan Williams: Elegy
    Quartz Music

    Elgar, Finzi, Howells, Webber & Vaughan Williams: Elegy

    CD · 1 disc

    $16.99
    Composer
    Edward Elgar, Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, William Lloyd Webber, Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Artist
    Philip Dukes, Jean Kelly
    Released
    Jul 05, 2024
    That there is indeed something of the ethereal, of the timeless, and of the indefinable pervading all of the music heard on this CD instantly calls into question our shared notions of what the term Elegy actually signifies. Here the listener will encounter none of the unutterable despair of, for example, Samuel Barber's great Adagio for Strings, or the tortured valediction of Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen, but rather an introspection and wistfulness of an altogether gentler sort. As the poet Thomas Gray expressed it in his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751), "Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, or waked to ecstasy the living lyre
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  • Elgar, Finzi, Howells, Webber & Vaughan Williams: Elegy

    Elgar, Finzi, Howells, Webber & Vaughan Williams: Elegy

    Quartz Music Jul 2024
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99
  • Bassoon Recital: Kudo, Junko - GLIERE, R. / RATHAUS, K. / CA

    Bassoon Recital: Kudo, Junko - GLIERE, R. / RATHAUS, K. / CA

    Haenssler Classic Sep 2007
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    1. British Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Little, Lane
    2. British Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Little, Lane
    Chandos

    British Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Little, Lane

    CD · 1 disc

    $21.99
    Composer
    BRIDGE IRELAND BLISS
    Artist
    Little, Lane
    Released
    May 27, 2016
    Given Tasmin Little’s previous explorations in the studio, it must have been tricky to construct a well-balanced series of British sonatas to record for Chandos. She’s well-known for her Elgar, Delius and Bax, naturally, but there is a body of repertoire she hasn’t yet recorded and her contract has allowed her to investigate more widely. This second disc of her series shows the fruits of that search, not least in the case of John Ireland’s Sonata No.1, the big work here.

    In a thoughtful booklet note Little recounts that she had only just got to know the Ireland – not such a surprise as the companion A minor is the preferred port of call. She negotiates its moods, reflections, and tempo adjustments with great skill, abetted by Piers Lane’s astute pianism, and he clearly enjoys the slow movement’s rolled chords and those moments in the finale that sounds like one of Ireland’s impressionist piano miniatures. Ireland himself probably wouldn’t have approved of their tempi - he was a curmudgeon about spaced chords and preferred loftier tempos. Listening to his own recording with Frederick Grinke in 1945 (Dutton CDLX7103) rather makes the point, as they are nearly three minutes slower than the Little-Lane duo.

    The duo has known the early Bridge Sonata for a good while now – and it’s not to be confused with the larger and later work. The H39 Sonata dates from 1904 and survives as a torso with the second of its two movements completed by Paul Hindmarsh. The duo plays it with a rich tone. There are, in particular, some finely executed dynamics in the second movement. Arthur Bliss’s own early Sonata, written around 1914-16, was dedicated to Lady Elgar and was edited for performance by Rupert Marshall-Luck in 2010. He indeed gave it the first recording with Matthew Rickard (EMR CD001). The Little-Lane duo is a touch slower and brings out the music’s largely unsullied lyricism and nostalgia with great conviction. The little March motif and the VW-like songfulness coalesce in a sunset close of some real beauty.

    RVW himself is represented by his Two Pieces, written at roughly the same time as the Bliss. The Pastorale is the pick, tender and folkloric. The disc ends with William Lloyd Webber’s The Gardens at Eastwell, a premiere recording. It’s a thorough charmer, dolce espressivo, as noted.

    This is a classy disc, with fine booklet notes – except for the misspelling of Marjorie Hayward’s surname – and a generously warm acoustic, which precisely reflects the nature of the music-making.

    – MusicWeb International (Jonathan Woolf)
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  • British Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Little, Lane

    British Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Little, Lane

    Chandos May 2016
    1 disc
    CD
    $21.99
    • English String Miniatures Vol 6 / Sutherland, Royal Ballet
    Naxos

    English String Miniatures Vol 6 / Sutherland, Royal Ballet

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Sutherland
    Released
    Sep 26, 2006
    These things are almost always pleasant--after all, if there's one thing English composers have done well since the beginning of time it is to write appealing, affecting, idiomatic music for strings. Although with Volume 6 in this smartly organized English String Music series the selections may not be uniformly of the first rank, what's not to like here, from Holst's typically well-crafted, traditionalist Moorside Suite (first written for brass) and Purcell's sturdy, stylish Chacony in G minor, to Paul Lewis' melancholy film-score-ish Rosa Mundi and Paul Carr's three-movement A Very English Music (with the "very English" subtitles Cuckmere Haven, Cornish Air, and The Hunt Gathering). Philip Lane's string arrangement of Peter Warlock's beloved Christmas carol Bethlehem Down is a gem, and William Lloyd Webber's Waltz in E minor is a delightfully skittish, meandering take on the traditional dance.


    Most sophisticated musically are Lionel Sainsbury's Two Nocturnes and Malcolm Lipkin's From Across La Manche, the latter a substantial (15-plus minutes) work from 1998 that's thoroughly of its idiom, full of good, skillfully developed ideas, and deserving of serious attention by orchestras, listeners, and concert programmers. And thankfully, Gavin Sutherland and his Royal Ballet Sinfonia have chosen to give all of these works their own careful, enthusiastic attention, resulting in one more well-played, eminently listenable addition to this ongoing series (Classicstoday has reviewed three of the earlier releases--see Search Reviews). Highly recommended--and fine sound too!
    --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com
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  • English String Miniatures Vol 6 / Sutherland, Royal Ballet

    English String Miniatures Vol 6 / Sutherland, Royal Ballet

    Naxos Sep 2006
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
  • Christmas Organ Music / Kevin Bowyer

    Christmas Organ Music / Kevin Bowyer

    Nimbus Oct 1996
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99
    1. The Best of Tasmin Little - Music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms & More
    2. The Best of Tasmin Little - Music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms & More
    Chandos

    The Best of Tasmin Little - Music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms & More

    CD · 2 discs

    $10.99 $21.99 Save 50%
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Tasmin Little
    Released
    Jun 05, 2020

    Following the announcement by Tasmin Little of her intended retirement from the concert platform, we wanted to create an album that would stand as both a tribute to, and celebration of, her outstanding career as a performer. What better way to do so than ask her to select her own, personal favorites from her recorded career? An exclusive Chandos artist since 2010, Tasmin has made a series of recordings that have proved a cornerstone of the Chandos schedules for a decade, and feature a range of composers and styles of quite breath-taking variety. The first album concentrates on concerti, and features both Walton’s and Britten’s concertos with Edward Gardner, along with the slow movement of her award-winning Elgar recording with Sir Andrew Davis. The second features works from Vivaldi though to Shostakovich via Brahms, and includes (among many other gems) her recording of Vaughan Williams’s iconic The Lark Ascending. It also celebrates Tasmin’s recital partnerships with three outstanding pianists: Piers Lane, Martin Roscoe, and John Lenehan. As she writes in her booklet note: ‘I am very happy that this final, double-album set should reflect so many aspects of me as a musician; and I remain full of gratitude for the tremendous opportunities I have been given to play and record with the greatest musicians of today. I hope you all enjoy this final release.’

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  • The Best of Tasmin Little - Music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms & More
    Sale

    The Best of Tasmin Little - Music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms & More

    Chandos Jun 2020
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
  • Delius: Cello Concerto / Lloyd Webber, Handley, Philharmonia

    Delius: Cello Concerto / Lloyd Webber, Handley, Philharmonia

    RCA Oct 2008
    1 disc
    CD
    $17.99
    1. Clarinet Goes to Town / Johnson, Lenehan, Clarvis, Carducci String Quartet
    2. Clarinet Goes to Town / Johnson, Lenehan, Clarvis, Carducci String Quartet
    Nimbus

    Clarinet Goes to Town / Johnson, Lenehan, Clarvis, Carducci String Quartet

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    BERNSTEIN COPLAND RAVEL
    Artist
    Johnson, Lenehan, Clarvis
    Released
    Nov 11, 2016

    Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinetists to have established a busy career as a solo performer which has taken her to major European, American and Asian venues as well as to Africa and Australasia. She is one of the UK’s biggest selling classical artists, having sold over half a million albums worldwide. Her recent recording of sonatas by Brahms and Mendelssohn with John Leneham was described as definitive and triumphant. “The great thing about the clarinet is it can take you anywhere- any country, any style, any era- and accordingly Clarinet Goes To Town journeys from Brazil to China encompassing styles from Classical to jazz. It’s basically me letting my hair down with my favorite musicians in party pieces we’ve honed in concert over the past few years.” (Emma Johnson)

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  • Clarinet Goes to Town / Johnson, Lenehan, Clarvis, Carducci String Quartet

    Clarinet Goes to Town / Johnson, Lenehan, Clarvis, Carducci String Quartet

    Nimbus Nov 2016
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    • UNITED STATES ARMY CONCERT BAND: Carnival
    Altissimo

    UNITED STATES ARMY CONCERT BAND: Carnival

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    WILLIAMS MELILLO REED CURNO
    Artist
    Us Army Band
    Released
    Jan 31, 2012
    This delightful album by "Pershing's Own" is a collection of works that is fun and exciting. Each track on Carnival was chosen for it's upbeat tempo and festive characteristics. The album was recorded live, and represents just a sampling of the United States Army Band's vast repertoire. Each member brings a wealth of educational and professional experience to every performance that enhances the musical product greatly.
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  • UNITED STATES ARMY CONCERT BAND: Carnival

    UNITED STATES ARMY CONCERT BAND: Carnival

    Altissimo Jan 2012
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
  • With Heart & Voice / Brian Jones, Ross Wood, Trinity Choir

    With Heart & Voice / Brian Jones, Ross Wood, Trinity Choir

    Gothic Jan 2009
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
  • Laudate Dominum

    Laudate Dominum

    Gramola Records Jun 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
  • The Irresistible Karita Mattila

    The Irresistible Karita Mattila

    Ondine Apr 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $13.99
    • HE'S COMING (VERVE VAULT SERIES)
    VERVE

    HE'S COMING (VERVE VAULT SERIES)

    Vinyl · 1 disc

    $31.49
    Artist
    ROY AYERS UBIQUITY
    Released
    Jul 10, 2026
    Released on Polydor in 1972, He's Coming captures vibraphonist Roy Ayers at a creative apex, as Ubiquity's sound settled into the blend of jazz improvisation, funk rhythm, soul harmony, and spiritual import that would define his work throughout the decade. The album reflects Ayers's deepening move toward a groove-centered musical language rooted in soul-jazz and early jazz-funk. Ayers is supported by a core ensemble that includes Harry Whitaker on electric piano, organ, and vocals; John Williams on bass, with Ron Carter featured on "We Live in Brooklyn, Baby"; David Lee Jr. And Billy Cobham on drums and percussion; guitarists Sam Brown and Bob Fusco; saxophonist Sonny Fortune; and percussionist Juma Santos. Tracks like "He's a Superstar," "Sweet Butterfly of Love," and "Fire Weaver," embody the record's mix of urban narrative, spiritual reflection, and deep rhythmic. The Verve Vault series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
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  • HE'S COMING (VERVE VAULT SERIES)

    HE'S COMING (VERVE VAULT SERIES)

    VERVE Jul 2026
    1 disc
    Vinyl
    $31.49
    • My Playlist for the Nativity
    Naxos

    My Playlist for the Nativity

    CD · 1 disc

    $9.99 $19.99 Save 50%
    Composer
    RUTTER, JOHN
    Artist
    Backhouse, Vasari Singers, Ford
    Released
    Nov 09, 2018

    Can you hear the music? Do you hear it play? It’s telling you the story of the first Christmas Day… Perfect for children of all ages, this album of classical and traditional works is a charming and engaging retelling of the nativity through music, song, and rhyme. Well-known composers like Mozart, Rutter, Lutoslawski and Brahms are included here, alongside traditional Christmas carols like “While Shepherds Watched their Flocks,” and “Mary Had a Baby.” Each of these songs has been taken from an album in the Naxos catalogue, and the works are performed by world-renowned vocalists and instrumentalists. Listen to this music, read the story, and enjoy.

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  • My Playlist for the Nativity
    Sale

    My Playlist for the Nativity

    Naxos Nov 2018
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99 $9.99Save 50%
    1. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Sondergaard, RSNO
    2. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Sondergaard, RSNO
    Linn Records

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Sondergaard, RSNO

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    STRAUSS, RICHARD
    Artist
    Sondergard
    Released
    Apr 12, 2019
    This recording is the first in a new series with Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The programme features music by Richard Strauss: the concert suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, a work they have performed together in concert to critical acclaim. The tone poem tells the epic story of an imaginary hero and offers a stirring introduction to the world of the German Romantics. Strauss demands uncompromising virtuosity from both the orchestra and the horn player who is tasked with portraying the bold hero. Following a concert performance of Ein Heldenleben in March 2018 The Scotsman stated: “From the swaggering confidence of Strauss’s bounding heroic theme to the gleefully grotesque carpings of his critics, Søndergård delivered a bold, utterly committed account – this is clearly music that matters to him.” Closing the recording is the concert suite from Der Rosenkavalier in which Strauss’s colourful and evocative orchestration recalls many favourite moments from his most popular opera.
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  • Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Sondergaard, RSNO

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Sondergaard, RSNO

    Linn Records Apr 2019
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    • SINGLES COLLECTION 1946-59
    ACROBAT

    SINGLES COLLECTION 1946-59

    CD · 3 discs

    $25.04
    Artist
    Al, Hibbler
    Released
    May 07, 2021
    Born in Mississippi in 1915, Al Hibbler, who was blind from birth, was a baritone vocalist whose career transcended the divide between big band jazz, rhythm and blues and sophisticated pop. Starting with the band of Jay McShann, he became the vocalist with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1943, recording memorable hits with him and staying with Ellington until 1951, but along the way also forging a career as a solo recording artist, enjoying a string of R&B and pop hits, both in the USA and the UK. This 75-track 3-CD set comprises most of his A and B sides on the Aladdin, Sunrise/Miracle, Chess, Atlantic, Mercury/Clef/Norgran and Decca labels during this era. It includes all his career chart entries, most notably his US No. 3, R&B No. 1 and UK No. 2 in 1955 with "Unchained Melody" and his US pop Top 10 hits with "He" and "After The Lights Go Down Low", plus Top 10 R&B hits with "Trees", "Lover Come Back To Me", "Danny Boy" and "What Will I Tell My Heart". It includes a couple of fine recordings with the Count Basie Orchestra. Al Hibbler occupies a unique place in American popular music, and this substantial and comprehensive overview of his primary career as a chart-focused artist provides an enjoyable showcase for his smooth and distinctive vocal style.
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  • SINGLES COLLECTION 1946-59

    SINGLES COLLECTION 1946-59

    ACROBAT May 2021
    3 discs
    CD
    $25.04
    • Blue & Gray - Songs Of The Civil War
    Altissimo

    Blue & Gray - Songs Of The Civil War

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    CL BARNHOUSE JULIA WARD HOWE
    Artist
    Us Air Force Band, Us Navy Band, Us Air Force Band & Singing Ser
    Released
    Jan 01, 2002

    Music and song have had an impact throughout time and the Civil War was no exception. During the Civil War, music and musical instruments served a practical purpose. Drums were used to keep soldiers in line. Fifes were popular instruments because they could be heard over cannon noise. And bugles were used as a way to issue commands. Songs from the Civil War served many purposes. They were used to tell stories, be it a soldier's or a slave's. Certain songs were used to inspire troops, while other songs were about a soldier missing home or about people at home missing a soldier. The Civil War was a turbulent time in American history and much was lost. Fortunately, most of the music and songs survived.

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  • Blue & Gray - Songs Of The Civil War

    Blue & Gray - Songs Of The Civil War

    Altissimo Jan 2002
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    1. Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos
    2. Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos
    Chandos

    Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos

    CD · 40 discs

    $82.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    Jul 05, 2019

    Each recording in this 40-disc set has been selected by Chandos Managing Director, Ralph Couzens, son of the label founder, because it represents a turning point, or ‘Landmark’, in the development of the label.

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    Founded by Brian Couzens in 1979, Chandos quickly established itself as one of the world’s leading classical labels. The ‘Chandos Sound’ has become a benchmark for quality, renowned alike among artists and critics around the globe.

    From its inception, Chandos has specialised in recording British music, and in bringing lesser-known (and unknown) music to public attention. Released to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the label, this handsomely packaged 40-disc set comprises 40 complete recordings from Chandos’ extensive catalogue.

    Each of the four decades is represented, and each recording has been hand-picked by the Managing Director, Ralph Couzens, because it represents a turning point, or ‘Landmark’, in the development of the label.

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    Excerpts from select reviews of previously released volumes included in this set:

    Prokofiev: Symphony No 6, Waltzes Suite, Etc. / Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra - NLA


    This 1984 recording put the somewhat neglected Sixth Symphony of Prokofiev back on the musical map; it remains on balance the finest available.

    – ClassicsToday.com

    Vaughan Williams: London Symphony; Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow / Hickox, LSO

    Conductor and orchestra respond with an unquenchable spirit, generous flexibility and tender affection that suit VW’s admirably ambitious inspiration to a T, and Chandos’s sound is big and bold to match. Quite simply, an essential purchase for anyone remotely interested in British music.

    – Gramophone

    Ravel, Debussy & Massenet / Bavouzet, Tortelier, BBC Symphony

    Bavouzet gets the tempo changes in Ravel's G Major Concerto absolutely right, following up with one of the most songfully flowing and elegantly shaped accounts of the Adagio on disc, and concluding with an absolutely scorching finale. The Massenet encores are both novel and delightful.

    – ClassicsToday.com

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  • Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos

    Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos

    Chandos Jul 2019
    40 discs
    CD
    $82.99
    1. Rise Up
    2. Rise Up
    Convivium Records

    Rise Up

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    Thomas Arne, Cassandra Batie, Bob Chilcott, David J. Evans, Cesar Franck, Peter Hurford, Michal Lore
    Artist
    Luca Brugnoli, The Hennessey Brown Music Collective, Alice Patten, Mark Shepherd
    Released
    May 19, 2023

    “At just 9 years of age Luca had already toured the world with Libera Boys Choir. A featured soloist on Aled Jones' track Vespera and Kurt Bestors' Ave Maria he has also been invited to perform at many charity events. In 2022 Luca was Runner Up in BBC Young Chorister of The Year. He has a large following on social media and high praise from industry professionals including Katherine Jenkins, who claimed he "has a God-given voice". This debut album directed by Robert Lewis with The Hennessey Brown Music Collective includes many fresh arrangements of Luca’s favourite music.”

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  • Rise Up
    Sold Out

    Rise Up

    Convivium Records May 2023
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
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