The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury / Directed by Benjamin Nicholas with Carleton Etherington (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 9) [ Priory / CD - released 21/Nov/2003 ] Recorded in Tewkesbury Abbey on 22nd and 23rd May 2001 |
The Choir of The King's School, Canterbury, Directed by Howard Ionascu with Matthew Martin (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 16) (Includes 'Father Eternal Lord of Ages') [ Priory / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] Recorded in Sandwich Parish Church on 22&23 April 2003 |
FLOR PEETERS
Flor Peeters: Organ Music D'Arcy Trinkwon (Marcussen organ of Tonbridge School Chapel) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] "Although it must be a daunting challenge to reduce Peeters's vast organ output down to a 75 minute representative selection, Trinkwon has managed successfully to cover most angles...the playing is mostly top-notch, with the Tonbridge Marcussen... |
FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
Film School
Film School [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2006 ] The debut recording from Film School is the recalling of an early eighties alternative spirit mixed with an unprecedented fervent and conviction. “These SF alt-rockers are utterly enchanting" - Kerrang! |
Film School
Hideout [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] This album builds on the Film School's pretty, shoegazer pop, richly textured space-rock soundscapes by emphasizing powerful rhythms & beautiful melodies. "This San Fran quintet has harnessed a psychedelic velocity that Joy Divison would... |
Film School
Hideout (Vinyl) [ Beggars Banquet / 2 LP - released 18/Feb/2008 ] |
ANONYMOUS / ANTICO / GABRIELI / CABEZON / ASTON / etc
The Organ at European Courts Francesco Cera (Positive organ [organ ottavino] of the Neapolitan school, dated 1772) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] The organ is usually associated with the church and sacred music. However, in Renaissance and early baroque small organs were often used in noble mansions and courts for performance of secular music. Collections of instruments held by courts in... |
Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
A Celebration of Scotland [incls 'An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise'] George MacIlwham (Highland bagpipes) & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor/pianist) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Choir of St. Mary's School, Edinburg [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Davies is a master story-teller in this vividly detailed tone painting…." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Raw Earth: New Music for Wind Band The Hartt School Wind Ensemble, Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The contemporary wind ensemble has expanded and redefined its identity, now offering composers as broad a canvas as that of a virtuoso symphony orchestra. Each work heard on this recording reflects this new image of the wind ensemble |
HANDEL
Judas MacCabeus (recorded in 1971) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Johannes Somary [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The solo singing is excellent with Alexander Young a ringing tenor, and Helen Watts singing the opening aria in Act III exquisitely. Very good recording... the effect is wholly natural - and a sense of commitment throughout from all departments." -... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
NIGEL HESS
Hess: The Winds of Power Pupils of Daubeney Middle School, The London Symphonic Wind Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Nov/1999 ] |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
No More Selfies / The Ghost Of Vince Lombardi [ Alternative Tentacles / 7in - released 20/Aug/2021 ] At last, Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine have finally delivered the two songs missing from the "Tea Party Revenge Porn" LP version on vinyl! Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place we've put ourselves in, like no one else would... |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
Tea Party Revenge Porn (LP) [ Alternative Tentacles / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Hot on the heels of five viral video singles, Tea Party Revenge Porn, the first full album since 2014 by Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, is finally here! This is very strong stuff. Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place the... |
Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine
The Audacity of Hype [ Alternative Tenticles / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] 30 years on, Dead Kennedys leader, Biafra solidifies and expands his uncompromising vision and updates it for the new century, with a powerhouse band that promises to be a terrifying live machine. |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
The Audacity Of Hype (LP) [ Alternative Tentacles / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] This is a limited edition LP of 'The Audacity of Hype' album by Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine - on VINYL. You will need a good ol' record player to listen to it! |
GRYC / ZIVKOVIC / SCHWANTNER
Passaggi / Tales from the Center of the Earth / Recoil Joseph Alessi (trumpet) / Benjamin Toth (percussion) / Hartt School Wind Ensemble / Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Stephen Gryc and Nebojsa Zivkovic composed their concertos-Passaggi and Tales from the Center of the Earth, respectively-for the instruments they play themselves. The artistic integrity and natural virtuosity of these major works is further magnified... |
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
The Music of Volume 3 The Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble / Curtis Macomber (violin) / Aleck Karis (piano) / Eric Bartlett (cello) [ Bridge Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
Mannheim School
Concertos & Symphonies [ Profil / 2 CD ] |