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Member	Item		Comment / Review
Redpunk SUBS 20 hours ago		Orchestra Of The Amsterdam Philharmonic Society Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1	Added sleeve and Side A label scan.
Gill Sans SUBS 20 hours ago		The Hilliard Ensemble Transeamus	O pulcherrima mulierum: Oh most beautiful of women. [YouTube Video]
sheepdip1234 SUBS 22 hours ago		The Band Of H.M. Grenadier Guards No Title	Just looking at stamping on Side B label, catalogue # could be 23.
gregs45s SUBS 21st Dec 2024		Sir Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Smetana - Má Vlast	I have entered this one as Angel / EMI, as, i don't think there is a "EMI Angel" label, i.e, there is an "Angel" and a "EMI", but no "EMI Angel", therefore, the 16 US entries on Classical World under "EMI Angel" should be re-labelled as "Angel / EMI" as far as i can see?, to correct. ("Laser" is the series name btw)
lorangrecords SUBS 16th Dec 2024		Various Artists Der Bajazzo - Cavalleria Rusticana - Aida	Added images & completed some other details
Gill Sans SUBS 15th Dec 2024		Boston Pops Orchestra Concerto In F / Cuban Overture / "I Got Rhythm" Variations	"I Got Rhythm" Variations: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 14th Dec 2024		Various Artists Sons Of Bach	Track 4, Five Polonaises For Harpsichord: Allegretto in C Minor, Allegretto in D Major, Molto Moderato in D Minor, Adagio in F Minor, Allegretto in G Major. Polonaise No. 1 in C Major: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 14th Dec 2024		Stuart Challender, David Porcelijn, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy The Best Of Peter Sculthorpe	Gently serene music throughout this set, with an understated aura of the Far East [YouTube Video]
soundlab 10th Dec 2024		Joseph Cooper Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos..8,14 & 23	Recording re-issued in 1961 on Music For Pleasure, popular classics series MFP57011
Gill Sans SUBS 8th Dec 2024		I Musici Le Quattro Stagioni	Reissued on CD #4784813, 12th Oct 2012
leonard 8th Dec 2024		Maurizio Pollini Chopin : 24 Préludes Op. 28	These labels shouldn't be on this issue
Redpunk SUBS 8th Dec 2024		Solomon 1st And 2nd Movements Of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"	Added label scans with first published October 1954 etc.
Redpunk SUBS 6th Dec 2024		Joan Hammond Your Kind Of Music	Added changed sleeve design and label scans.
Gill Sans SUBS 2nd Dec 2024		The Choir Of Lichfield Cathedral Christmas From Lichfield	Among the popular Christmas carols there are some original settings of favourite pieces, and some new compositions. Here is Stephen Jackson's setting of Noël Nouvelet: [YouTube Video]
librsh 2nd Dec 2024		Maurizio Pollini Chopin : 24 Préludes Op. 28	Added a set of labels {Images #3732361 & 3732362} corresponding to a single-disc reissue, which was taken from a 3-disc Deutsche Grammophon compilation box set from 1980 (Etudes, Préludes, Polonaises). The side designations were retained from that set. The catalogue number on the cover (front, back, and spine) is 2530 550.
MR B PAGE 28th Nov 2024		London Baroque Ensemble, Karl Haas Mozart:Wind Serenades	Original Album Liner Notes by Karl Haas.
Gill Sans SUBS 24th Nov 2024		First Piano Quartet	"Originated by Edwin Fadiman" - Nowadays we would say "Executive Producer Edwin Fadiman", which was his title as a television producer.
Gill Sans SUBS 24th Nov 2024		King's College Chapel Choir A Festival Of Lessons And Carols, As Sung In King's College Chapel Upon Christmas Eve, 1958	The notes say that this album was the follow up to the earlier Ago release of the Festival of Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel on RG 39, which was directed by Boris Ord and released in 1954. This 1959 issue was also issued in stereo (ZRG 5190), having been recorded on the 22nd and 23rd of December 1958. The Capel choir is made up of men and boys from the King's College choir. This video of the Invitatory appears to be correct for this record, though the credited label is Beulah, who may have acquired the rights. [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 18th Nov 2024		Division-Musick Musicke And Mirth: The Art Of Diminution In England In The 17th Century	From the notes: "”Division-Musick“ is a term used by Christopher Simpson during the 17th century to describe a typically English improvisatory style of diminution. Musicians generally used short bass melodies called grounds as the basis for intricate and virtuoso diminutions, beginning with simple and slow melodies over a bass melody, and ending with very fast and virtuosic diminutions after a varying number of repetitions of the melody. "Both singers and instrumentalists practiced this art of diminution, but the preferred instrument for divisions was the so-called ”division viol“. "This CD aims to give some audible insight into English virtuosity in the Baroque era." [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 16th Nov 2024		Various Artists Classics For All Seasons: Autumn	Scintillation, from Danses sacrée et profane: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 13th Nov 2024		Robert Elmore Boardwalk Pipes	The Atlantic City Ballroom Organ was, and is, the largest organ in the world, and the loudest instrument ever made, as befits a ballroom large enough to have had a helicopter flown inside. The selection on this EP was taken from the album Boardwalk Pipes, issued on Mercury Living Presence on vinyl and tape. Here is Robert Elmore playing the Trumpet Voluntary, with much use of the 81 percussion stops: [YouTube Video] Organist Anna Lapwood describes and plays on the organ in her Radio 3 series A View From The Organ Loft
MR B PAGE 6th Nov 2024		Various Artists Italian Classics	Tracks 2 to 4-Vivaldi:Violin Concerto in A Minor,Op.3 No.6 Tracks 10 to 12-Albinoni:Concerto No.11 in C Major for Two Oboes, Strings and Continuo.
MR B PAGE 5th Nov 2024		Hallé Orchestra, James Loughran Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 In E Minor, Op. 27	R.I.P. James Loughran.
sheepdip1234 SUBS 5th Nov 2024		Orchestra Of The Opera House, Rome Highlights From "La Boheme"	Rear of sleeve is plain red.
Redpunk SUBS 2nd Nov 2024		Riccardo Stracciari Operatic Showcase	Probably just to promote sales amongst the non-Italian speaking UK population. Riccardo is probably one of the more forgotten Opera singers.
Gill Sans SUBS 2nd Nov 2024		Riccardo Stracciari Operatic Showcase	You have to wonder why they included English translations of the titles while showing that they are sung in Italian. [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 31st Oct 2024		Various Artists Classics For Kids	Wiegenlied: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 30th Oct 2024		Arthur Rubinstein Chopin, Mozart And Villa-Lobos	Rubenstein plays Mozart, conducted by Otmar Nussio. [YouTube Video]
gregs45s SUBS 26th Oct 2024		Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink Shostakovich: Symphony No.8 In C Minor, Op.65	Unsure what the Russian on the front cover is saying, and so, due to the current situation, apologies if anyone finds it offensive. No bias either way intended here, just recording a part of musical history;)
Gill Sans SUBS 26th Oct 2024		Pro Arte Orchestra Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks	Recorded in a night-time session as only then were 26 oboe players available. The recording was praised for Mackerras' pioneering of historical performance of Handel.

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