Readings staff customerservice@readings.com.au http://www.readings.com.au/feed/collection/new-classical-cds 2008-07-31T00:49:36Z 7619986098616 <p>A tribute to the special qualities of silence that night creates. Most of the Alia Vox albums were recorded between the hours of 1am and 4am, endeavouring to distill some of this atmosphere during recording sessions.</p> 0028947663539 <p>For more than 30 years, the Hilliard Ensemble has been Britain’s pre-eminent vocal group. With repertoire ranges from Perotin to Errki-Sven Tüür, from Guillaume de Machaut to German composer Heiner Goebbels, this outstanding group has been the benchmark in their field.</p> 0028947664796 <p>ABC Classics launches its new Australian Masters series with a 3-CD collection featuring Tessa Birnie's legendary interpretation of Schubert's B-flat major Piano Sonata and ground-breaking performance of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in the lower key of B minor. Regarded as one of the world's foremost interpreters of Schubert, New Zealand-born Australia-based Birnie was a profound musical thinker as well as a virtuoso and these recorded performances capture many of the highlights from her 40-year career.</p> 0074644672022 <p>This CD is a mixture of guitar and orchestra, guitar and alto flute and solo guitar. A wonderful merging of Takemitsu and the genius of John Williams.</p> 9399700126037 <p>These recordings, 41 tracks over 2 CDs, recorded all over the world, really do give an excellent musical picture of the masterful career of John Williams.</p> 7619986398600 <p>One of the stand-out recordings from Jordi Savall’s Astree/Auvidis period and part of Alia Vox’s new and ongoing project to re-release and re-master the complete back catalogue. Never before has Handel’s Water Music sounded so joyously rustic.</p> 7619986398594 <p>These performances capture some of the special night ambience Savall strives for, with a Zen-like quality that would be perfectly suitable for meditation.</p>