Since you are interested in Christopher Columbus - Suite / Songs after Edith Sitwell / The Twelve, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Sonata for Violin and Orchestra / etc Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London |
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Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'The Chandos series of William Walton Film Music is simply and obviously certain to be a great classic of recording art. It serves all the higher purposes of truly distinguished record-making: not only are all aspects of performance and recording... |
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Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario / As you Like it: A Poem for Orchestra Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Catherine Bott (soprano) / Academy St Martins / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marriner and the Academy draw out all the romantic warmth of both scores, and the sound is richly atmospheric to match, with a sharper focus and a keener sense of presence than on some recordings from this source. The Hamlet music may not match... |
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Missa cantuariensis, Op. 59 / Dormi Jesu, Op. 3 / Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici, Op. 66 / etc St Margaret's Westminster Singers, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "The singing of the St Margaret's Singers is smooth, spiritual and intellectually engaged. The two brief carols are atmospherically done. Of the two masses the Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici (a cappella) is the most constantly rewarding, right from... |