Tag: Felix Mendelssohn
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Andres Segovia – Maestro
Segovia was in his 95th year when he died in 1987. By then he had become the most famous guitarist of his day and had been responsible for enhancing both the status and the repertoire of the guitar immeasurably. He was touring and playing right up to the end and gave his last recital in…
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The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Collection
“Klever Kaff or The Lass from Blackburn, originally a telephonist then pianist who yearned to sing, combined two things: the personality to communicate with the widest audience, and encourage them in great music, with world-class artistic quality. Bruno Walter, Mahler’s pupil, said: The greatest thing in music in my life has been to have known…
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Romance of the Flute and Harp
“Highly recommended for a late summer evening … effectively intersperses harp solos with music in which the flute takes leading role… most sensitive playing…programme very well-chosen” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)
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Sacred Songs & Ballads
This recording includes many favourite spiritiuals, including Swing Low Sweet Chariot and also other favourites such as Bless This House and Jerusalem. It features many well-known and well-loved artists – Kathleen Ferrier, Mario Lanza, Joan Hammond, Paul Robeson and more.
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (‘Scottish’ & ‘Italian’)
“(This) celebrates Tamás Vásáry’s debut on record as a symphonic conductor, and it seems to me a great success….another case of a musician who has made a fruitful transition from piano keyboard to podium, and …he is in firm and confident control of the proceedings. In the introduction of the Scottish Symphony’s first movement the…
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ROSAND: Aaron Rosand Plays Violin Romances & Heifetz Transcriptions
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Für Elise (Lullabies for Liz)
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Fanfares to Fancies
A sparkling mix of perennial favourites and new recordings from the Organ of Wimborne Minster (three-manual electro-pneumatic!) When thinking of repertoire for this recording, organist Martin Schellenberg and producer Siva Oke chose works which, in some way, encapsulate the feeling of the beautiful Minster and the many hundreds of years’ history within its walls. They…
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Love came down at Christmas
A wonderful Christmas recording from St Paul’s Cathedral. Malcolm Archers own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his arrangement of “Silent Night” as well as six superb and now standard arrangements from Sir David Willcocks, alongside the beautiful setting of…
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That Yongë Child: Christmas Music for Voices and Brass
That Yongë Child Christmas Music for voices and brass with many special & unique arrangements “A popular mix of carols old and new, reflecting both the majestic and the intimate sides of Christmas. Spectacular sounds of brass and voices in a sumptuous building” -Adrian Lucas
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Royal Golden Wedding from Westminster Abbey
A celebration in music of the Golden Wedding of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. London Brass, oboist Nicholas Daniel, treble Timothy Dickinson join Martin Baker, organist, to supply the musical accompaniment to this grand celebration. The service included music used in the original wedding, and from the Silver Anniversary in 1972.
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Twice were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Here, at last, the Boy Trebles collection long awaited to follow the worldwide bestseller “Once were Angels”, from the 25-years of the Abbey & Alpha labels. This is the essential document of British Choirboy performance style & those unforgettable pure voices captured over the length & breadth of the land.
