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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Into Thy HandsThe Music Of Grosvenor Chapel
Joseph Sentance (organ) The Choir of the Grosvenor Chapel, Richard Hobson (director) The Grosvenor Chapel is a wonderful jewel of an early eighteenth-century building in Mayfair in central London. Its unique and original design influenced the architecture of many churches built in the US. From its opening in 1731 the Grosvenor Chapel has enjoyed professional choral music of an enviable standard and this recording features a selection of choral music drawn from the wide range of repertoire sung by the renowned Grosvenor Chapel Choir in the Sunday morning service each week. Over four hundred years of English music is represented, with works from Thomas Tallis to contemporary British composer, Jonathan Dove, together with an orchestral Mass by Mozart, and features the first recording of ‘Come, Thou Holy Paraclete’ by Francis Jackson, written for the Grosvenor Chapel Choir. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Sonatas
“A much-admired Mozartian, Larrocha's refined and texturally immaculate performances illuminate the characterisation and operatic conversations in his music.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2012 **** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Corelli, Vivaldi & Mozart: Chamber Music
This CD includes Corelli’s Sonate da chiesa a tre, for 2 violins and continuo in G minor Op.1/10, Vivaldi’s Trio Sonata for 2 violins and continuo in D minor Op.1/8 and Mozart’s Quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello No.1 K285. The ensemble demonstrates brilliant mastery with their diverse and colourful playing. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Queen: Renata TebaldiEarly Decca & Cetra recs 1949-50; Decca Evergreen 1955-1958; The Great Opera Duets 1951-1960
Boito: | L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) | Cilea: | Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur) | Giordano, U: | Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) | Gounod: | Il était un roi de Thule... Ah! je ris (from Faust) Sung in Italian as 'Come vorrei saper... C'era un re... Ah, E' strano poter' | Handel: | Piangerò la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare) Ah! spietato (from Amadigi di Gaula) | Mozart: | Giunse alfin il momento... Deh, vieni, non tardar… (from Le nozze di Figaro) | Puccini: | Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) In quelle trine morbide (from Manon Lescaut) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème) Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire (from La Bohème) Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly) Mario! Mario! Mario! ...Son qui! ... Mia gelosa! (from Tosca) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot) | Refice: | Grazie sorelle (from Cecilia) | Rossini: | S'allontanano alfine...Selva opaca (from Guglielmo Tell) | Scarlatti, A: | Chi vuole innamorarsi (from Il Flavio) Caldo Sangue (from Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme) | Tchaikovsky: | Noch uzh minula (from Eugene Onegin) Sung in Italian | Verdi: | Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Teneste la promessa...Addio, del passato (from La Traviata) O patria mia (from Aida) Era più calmo? (from Otello) Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria (from Otello) Son giunta … Madre, pietosa Vergine (from La Forza del Destino) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Presago il core della tua condonna (from Aida) Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Prendi, quest'è l'immagine (from La Traviata) |
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra Sinfonica RAI Milano, Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre du Grand Théatre de Genève, Orchesrta of the Chicago Lyric Opera, Wiener Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede, Nino Sanzogno, Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | The Britannic Organ Vol. 1The Welte Philharmonie Organ in the Museum für Musikautomaten in Seewen
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV727 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen' Welte Roll 717 (master) Carl Hofner (organ) Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV549 Welte Roll 716 (master) Carl Hofner (organ) Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude Chorale Prelude BWV648 'Meine Seele erhebt den Herren' Organ Concerto in G major (after Johann Ernst), BWV592: Grave | Beethoven: | Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Welte Roll 956 (copy) Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Battle Symphony): reconstruction | Berlioz: | La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Ballet des Sylphes Welte Roll 53 (master) | Boellmann: | Suite gothique, Op. 25: Menuet Gothique | Callaerts: | Toccata, Op. 23 No. 3: finale | Dupré: | Improvisation on a Theme of F. Schubert - Wiegenlied D498 Welte Roll 2047 (copy) | Grieg: | Peer Gynt: Morning Welte Roll 213 (master) Peer Gynt: Ase's Death Welte Roll 213 (master) | Grison: | Toccata in F major | Guilmant: | March upon Handel's 'Lift Up Your Heads', Op. 15 No. 2 Welte Roll 776 (copy) Karl Hermann (organ) | Haydn: | Music for a Musical Clock, Hob. XIX (selection) | Hérold: | Zampa - Overture Welte Roll 236 (master) | Lindberg, O: | Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna | Mendelssohn: | Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95 Welte Roll 1241 (master) Edwin H. Lemare (master) Organ Sonata No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 65 No. 4: Andante religioso | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture Welte Roll 241 (master) Turkish March Fantasia in F minor for a mechanical organ, K608 Welte Roll 429 (master) | Reger: | Pastorale Welte Roll 1664 (copy) Clarence Eddy (organ) Benedictus, Op. 59 No. 9 | Wagner: | Lohengrin (excerpts) Welte Roll 642 (master) |
The true identity of the organ featured here was not discovered until 2007. It was originally built in 1913/14 for the “Britannic” ocean liner, sister of the “Titanic”. Because the vessel was used as a hospital ship during World War I, it was probably never installed on the ship’s passenger deck. It has been renovated and called the “Britannic Organ” and is in outstanding condition. Here we have performances by Rumsey, as well as Welte rolls and some of the oldest recordings of historic organists. | | | (also available to download from $21.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Extending Claudio Abbado’s 75th birthday celebrations into 2009, Deutsche Grammophon releases his first recording of the Mozart Horn Concertos. This is the first album of a projected three album Mozart project encompassing works for bassoon, clarinet, harp, and flute. Featuring virtuoso hornist Alessio Allegrini with the Orchestra Mozart, Abbado numbers Allegrini, for many years solo horn player of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, one of his preferred exponents of this difficult instrument. “Allegrini’s [sound] is a marvel – mellifluous, supple and ripe...Fluency and expressive grace are equal partners here. Abbado is ever-ready with a pertinent orchestral comment, an apt emphasis or a perfectly tailored phrase. Allegrini radiates the music’s joy, lyrical allure and poise...A hugely enjoyable disc.” The Telegraph, 18th August 2011 “[Allegrini] is certainly a suave instrumentalist, while once again Abbado conducts with a wonderfully light touch. The orchestra and Allegrini all play modern instruments, but there's a period sensibility about the way the textures are balanced and the phrasing shaped.” The Guardian, 18th August 2011 **** “ In tune with Claudio Abbado’s bracing “new-old” approach to Mozart — sparing use of string vibrato, astringent, wind-dominated textures — Allegrini’s slightly rougher-edged way with this famous music could hardly be less like Brain’s suave cantabile. Especially in the “hunting call” allegro finales, the two Italians bring a rude, rollicking alfresco quality” Sunday Times, 21st August 2011 **** “[Allegrini's] tone is full but flexible, sustained but lyrical, and he manages to impart a certain wistfulness to even the jolliest rondos...The orchestra...throughout, is a model of sophistication.” The Observer, 21st August 2011 “Allegrini can take the spotlight because he is an exceptional artist...Abbado's resilient rhythms and themes shrewdly differentiated in the first movement of K417 offer Allegrini a framework for remarkably secure playing. Remarkably varied in colour too, changing cast as the music modulates” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Basset Horn DivertimentiRec.date: 1996
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| |  | The Ultimate MOZART opera album
Includes key overtures and arias from: Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte
This marvellous selection reveals Mozart’s astonishing gift for laying bare the inner lives of the many beloved characters from his most famous operas, whether embroiled in farce or defying fate. | | | (also available to download from $11.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Berliner Philharmoniker from KrakowLive Recording from The St. Mary‘s Church Krakow, 1999
With Krakow‘s glorious St. Mary‘s Church as the setting, the world-acclaimed Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs a concert to both commemorate the orchestra‘s 1882 founding and reaffirm the cultural life of a reborn European community. Featuring Bernard Haitink as guest conductor, the concert‘s repertoire features soprano Christine Schäfer performing two pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the brilliant „Allelujah“ from the motet Exsultate, jubilate followed by the richly introspective „Et incarnatus est“ from the C minor Mass. Also featured is renowned pianist Emanuel Ax, who performs the Second Concerto by Poland‘s most beloved native composer, Frédéric Chopin. The concert concludes with the Berlin Philharmonic‘s performance of Robert Schumann‘s radiant Spring Symphony. Sound Format: PCM STEREO, DD 5.1 Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: DVD 9, PAL Running Time: 95 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 5
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