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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Gill Sans SUBS 28th Oct 2023		Classical Item John Williams (Guitarist) - John Williams: Guitar Concerto (1978)	A short-lived own-brand label - see also St Michael on Vinyl Album World.
Gill Sans SUBS 21st Oct 2023		Classical Item Drakensberg Boys' Choir - Window On The World	One of the Drakensberg's more Classical offerings. I like Dominei Ad Adjuvandum Me Festina by Gottfried Homilius [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 20th Oct 2023		Classical Item Schola Cantorum Of Oxford · Oxford Camerata · Jeremy Summerly - Fauré: Requiem, Messe Basse, Cantique De Jean Racine · Vierne: Andantino · De Séverac: Tantum Ergo (1994)	I bought my copy shown in images 2970183 - 5 about 2009; when I looked online I found the front image for another issue (2970203), so thanks to Leonard for the clarification.
Gill Sans SUBS 15th Oct 2023		Classical Item Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - L'Italia (1960)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 13th Oct 2023		Classical Item Minnesota Orchestra, Neville Marriner - Benjamin Britten (1998)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 11th Oct 2023		Classical Item Robert Plane, Howard Griffiths And Northern Sinfonia - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto • Five Bagatelles • Three Soliloquies From "Love's Labours Lost" • A Severn Rhapsody • Romance • Introit (1998)	Finzi's Forlana is a favourite in the repertoire, popular for its simple but pretty melody. [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 9th Oct 2023		Classical Item The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Francis Poulenc (2017)	Poulenc Gloria: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 9th Oct 2023		Classical Item Alexis Ffrench - Dreamland (2020)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 8th Oct 2023		Classical Item Cedric West Guitar Quartet - Bach Goes West (1967)	Jazz based on the style of JSB: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 3rd Oct 2023		Classical Item Christa Ludwig - A Song Recital (1967)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 3rd Oct 2023		Classical Item Choir Of New College, Oxford - Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis, Volume 15 (1996)	Priory re-pressings are now on plain white labels; all other details of the booklet remain as before, but when all stock has been sold their albums will be for download only
Gill Sans SUBS 30th Sep 2023		Classical Item Lazar Berman - The Legendary Lazar Berman Plays Liszt (1976)	Thanks Greg; all our International "Columbia" items are shown as "CBS" so we will use that.
Gill Sans SUBS 27th Sep 2023		Classical Item Peterborough Cathedral Choir - Royal Music from Peterborough Cathedral (2007)	"I Was Glad" is sung here without the Vivat's. [YouTube Video] "All People" is magnificent, with full organ, brass consort, side drum, and choir. [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 26th Sep 2023		Classical Item Charles Vignoles - Side A SECTIONBREAK Hear My Prayer / Side B SECTIONBREAK O For The Wings Of A Dove	I love that news item, dated 1st January 2000, with its various credits. I leave it at your discretion whether to keep the title.
Gill Sans SUBS 25th Sep 2023		Classical Item Charles Vignoles - Side A SECTIONBREAK Hear My Prayer / Side B SECTIONBREAK O For The Wings Of A Dove	An interesting find: Charles Vignoles is a name that sounds destined for great things, starting with this recording of the popular coupling by Mendelssohn, but so far he hasn't been named on another record here. These two songs gave Ernest Lough a smash hit in 1927. Where did the title "Chorister From Canterbury Cathedral" come from? It's not on the label, and unless it is on the sleeve I feel this 78 does not need a title.
Gill Sans SUBS 25th Sep 2023		Classical Item Susi Jeans - Susi Jeans Plays Music By Gerber, Herschel, Schmidt, Pach And Kropfreiter On The Organ Of St. David's Cathedral Dyfed (1977)	I wonder who this Walter Pach who arranged "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend" could have been; I cannot find him on the 'web. The hymn has its own entry on Wikipedia, but none of the links take us to Pach. The music library at St. David's Cathedral might shed some light; Henderson's Directory of Composers for Organ does not mention him. J, S, Bach, Walter, Böhm, Krebs, Scheidt and many others since have made their own settings for the hymn.
Gill Sans SUBS 9th Sep 2023		Classical Item Peter Hurford - Peter Hurford Plays The Dutch Organ At Eton College (1974)	This is the Flentrop organ from School Hall, Eton College.
Gill Sans SUBS 8th Sep 2023		Classical Item Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan - Beethoven	Agreed Greg, there are frequent moderator discussions about label series, but it could take some time to implement them for a major label.
Gill Sans SUBS 8th Sep 2023		Classical Item London Symphony Orchestra - The Jewels Of The Madonna (1947)	Good information!
Gill Sans SUBS 8th Sep 2023		Classical Item London Symphony Orchestra - The Jewels Of The Madonna (1947)	Why? 3 & 4 look the same to me as 1 & 2
Gill Sans SUBS 7th Sep 2023		Classical Item Chœur De Chambre Accentus - Poulenc: Figure Humaine (2001)	The unaccompanied choral work Figure Humaine started the BBC Proms programme last week, with some notes by Sir Simon Rattle in which he explained that the piece was written in 1943 during the German occupation: the score was smuggled out to England, the premiere performance being given live on air by the BBC Singers, while the text of Paul Éluard's anti-occupation poem was dropped over Paris from RAF aircraft as a propaganda measure. BBC Proms Sunday 27 August
Gill Sans SUBS 6th Sep 2023		Classical Item The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge - Howells · Collegium Regale (2016)	This video from Hyperion gives a lovely insight into the young singers under Stephen Layton as they conclude the Nunc Dimittis of the Coll Reg for this CD: watch it full screen! [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 6th Sep 2023		Classical Item Gyuto Monks, Monks Of The Drukpa Order - Kundun: Music From The Original Soundtrack (1997)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 5th Sep 2023		Classical Item The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Benjamin Britten: The Choral Works, Volume II (1993)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 3rd Sep 2023		Classical Item Isabell Van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam - Faure, Poulenc, Debussy (1995)	Francis Poulenc, Sonata For Violin And Piano: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 3rd Sep 2023		Classical Item Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein - Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 In D (1990)	Alan Blyth (1929 – 2007) was an English music critic, best-known for his writings about opera.
Gill Sans SUBS 3rd Sep 2023		Classical Item Jessye Norman - Sacred Songs (1981)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 2nd Sep 2023		Classical Item Isabell Van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam - Faure, Poulenc, Debussy (1995)	Claude Debussy, Sonata For Violin And Piano In G Minor [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 2nd Sep 2023		Classical Item King's College Choir Cambridge, David Willcocks - The Creation (1974)	Singalonga Willcocks and Haydn: [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS 2nd Sep 2023		Classical Item Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - English String Music (1986)	Is a conductor credited on this CD? I don't own a copy.

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