classical music: Graham Sheen

classical music: Graham Sheen

classical music:

Malcolm Martineau Brahms: Quintets; ... Porgy & Bess: High... Jersey Boys (2005 ... Graham Sheen

Bax: Octet/String Quintet/Concerto/Threnody & Scherzo/In Memoriam

Graham Sheen, Stephen Orton, ...

Chandos, 1998

Bax's Sunny Side
Aficionados associate Sir Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953) with orchestral music, especially with the symphony, of which he wrote seven, not including a number of works that qualify as symphonies in all but name. Yet Bax also wrote a good deal of keyboard music - four piano ...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-4; Neville Marriner; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sir Neville Marriner, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Bach at his best
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, like much of Bach's works, are very modern sounding pieces. That's what makes them so appealing. Although each movement is no more than a few minutes long, the melodies and form of each are well developed and gorgeous. This ...

Vivaldi: Concertos

Graham Sheen, Antonio Vivaldi, ...

RCA, 1995

most phenomenal guitar record of century
Superb technique combined with brilliant ornamentation and phrasing, exuberant style; this is so head and shoulders above any other guitar record in my mind that it is a must. Romero understands the energy of this music and has the most astonishing technique combined ...

Bach - Orchestral Suites & Violin Concertos / Marriner

Graham Sheen, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Philips, 1995

Sublime
If Pol Pot, having risen from the dead and now pointing a bayonet at my head, were to demand five or so definitive recordings of Bach, I would surely lose control of my bowels. As my bodily waste made uncontrolled exit to freedom or my underpants, however, this ...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos.1, 2 & 3

Graham Sheen, Denis Vigay, ...

Philips, 1990

Suberb Recording of Masterpiece Brandenburg Concertos
This is an excellent recording of the first three Brandenburg Concertos. The recording of concerto #3 is just amazing and one of the best recordings I have ever heard of any piece. My experience is that Sir Neville Marriner is almost always a safe choice. His career is ...

Mozart and Beethoven: Quintets for Piano and Wind Instruments

Graham Sheen, Thea King, ...

Sony, 1990

The Mozart and Beethoven Piano and Wind Quintets
I was enchanted with Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452, when I heard it on a CD featuring Dennis Brain performing the Mozart horn concertos. I wanted to explore this work further and hear it together with Beethoven's Quintet opus 16. I was eager to compare ...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Original London Cast

Sony, 2005

altogether a fine cast album
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the cheerfully-mindless musical by the Sherman Brothers, was mounted for the West End stage in 2002, opened at the London Palladium and enjoyed a run of nearly three and-a-half years (the subsequent Broadway production fared less well). The ...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 5 & 6/Orchestral Suite No. 1; Neville Marriner; Academy of St. Martin in the ...

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sir Neville Marriner, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

The best modern instrument performances I have heard
I think with the Brandenbergs, the deciding factor on which set to buy is whether you prefer modern instruments or period instruments. There are probably more great period instrument recordings (Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert is my personal favorite) to choose ...

Brandenburg Concertos / Orchestral Suites

Bach, Academy St Martin's, ...

Philips, 2002

The set to get...
Few will argue that Sir Neville and the Academy were at their artistic peak during their years with Philips. During this period they turned out many definitive Mozart recordings but these recordings of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos (1981), four Orchestral Suites ...

Complete Wind Sonatas

Graham Sheen, Denis Vigay, ...

Philips, 1996

Strongly recommended
Dear friends ! This is just a very good CD. I like it and enjoy it very much.

Complete Chamber Music

Handel, Academy Chamber Ensemble

Philips, 2003

Outstanding chamber music collection
This is an outstanding collection of Handel's all-too-often overlooked chamber music, played by the highly capable ASMF Chamber Ensemble. Some reviewers on other sites have faulted the set for the varied continuo instrumentation (e.g. occasional organ and bassoon), ...

Essentially Christmas
Richard Arnell, John Owen Edwards, ...

Koch, 1994

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral Suites

Graham Sheen, Denis Vigay, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

Outstanding "Benchmark" Recordings of the Brandenburg Concertos
Highest recommendation. This is a very safe and "middle of the road" recording of the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites. All receive good reviews from classical music review books. The only criticism that couldb be leveled against them is that some people, ...

The Art of the Recorder
Graham Sheen, Antonio Vivaldi, ...

Decca, 2007

Mozart: Divertimenti [Box Set]

Raymund Koster, Graham Sheen, ...

Philips, 1990

Wonderful Chamber Ensemble Music
This volume, like Vol 3 and 5, falls under the category of 'entertainment music':music intended as a background to social occasions unlike the more 'serious' music types like symphonies and concertos which were intended to be performed in a theatre, concert room or ...