Music for Garden Lovers - 10 Gift of Music CDs Ref: CD244
175 tracks Around 10 hours of music
A beautiful and varied collection of music inspired by gardens and nature. Everything from music of the medieval world, piano classics, pastoral pieces and grand orchestral works to nostalgic songs of the 40s.
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The Way We Were - 10 Gift of Music CDs Ref: CD245
The twentieth century in music
A nostalgic collection of music from the twentieth century. Great cabaret classics of the inter-war years, dance music of the 20s and 30s, wartime favourites, and favourite tunes of the 50s and 60s are all featured.
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Folk Music of the British Isles - 4 CD set Ref: CD220
79 tracks Around 4 hours of music
A rich collection of traditional folk music from the four corners of the British Isles sung by leading folk musicians. Foot-tapping tunes and rhythms, songs and cheery dances, tales of magic and mystery - this collection will keep you smiling long after the music has ended!
CD220 4 CD boxed set
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A Heritage of Music - 20 Gift of Music CDs Ref: CD241
402 Tracks Around 21 hours of music
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A grand tour of music-making from the British Isles through nearly two millennia, which captures a musical tradition from the Age of Rome to Medieval, Tudor and Georgian times and on into the Victorian era and the twentieth century. Harps, folk song, cheery dances, sophisticated lute tunes, celtic melodies, and favourites from both the genteel drawing room and the grand concert hall.
402 tracks - around 21 hours of music
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Songs of Praise - 10 Gift of Music CDs Ref: CD242
179 tracks Around 10 hours of music
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An inspiring and uplifting collection of music from hymns to ancient chant and great choral music, representing some of the finest music and composers of the great tradition of British sacred music through the centuries. Features some of Britain's best choirs from Oxford and Cambridge.
A wonderful window on the world of choral music and the music of the church.
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Music for Children - 10 Gift of Music CDs Ref: CD243
231 Tracks Around 10 hours of music
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A beautiful and fun collection of quality music for children. Everything from old-fashioned nursery rhymes and nostalgic songs to classical and Christmas favourites. Also included are musical tales read by Tom Conti and favourite poems and music inspired by fairies.
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Sacred Collection - 3 CDs Ref: CD234
44 tracks - around 3 hours of music
Christianity, Judaism and the Sufism of Islam - all have produced magnificent musical traditions of great contrasts. Music often provides a focus for faith and praise across all the great religions of the world, and this collection of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs provides some fascinating musical expressions of the many relationships that exist between Man and the Divine.
Sacred - Music for the Christian Faith
Sacred - Music for the Jewish Faith
Sacred - Islam and the Music of Sufism
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Gloria Ref: CD205
39 tracks 126 min
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2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package.
A refined selection from the best of our Christmas music, performed by the pick of the traditional Oxford choirs on our label. There is music from the Middle Ages to modern times (including some twentieth century favourites), with an emphasis on the English choral tradition. Gloria comes with detailed notes on the history of Christmas music in England.
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Sanctus Ref: CD207
29 tracks 138 min
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2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package.
Sacred choral music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance sung by Magdala directed by David Skinner.
Music from both manuscript and printed sources of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; a mix of English and Italian polyphony with music from all corners of the Holy Roman Empire, including Robert Fayrfax's splendid Mass Tecum principium.
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Celtic Ref: CD204
36 tracks 126 min
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2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package.
Traditional music and haunting songs from all four far-flung corners of the British Isles. Plaintive songs, brilliant dances, and some great tunes are performed by some of the country's leading folk musicians including the distinguished playing and singing of BBC Folk Musicians of the Year, John Spiers, Jon Boden and Tim van Eycken, with Ian Giles and exciting groups such as Doctor Faustus and The Amber Quartet with Paul Sartin.
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Gothic Ref: CD206
37 tracks 134 min
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2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package.
Sacred and secular music from one of Britain's greatest historic and artistic periods. This collection of music features some of the greatest English composers of the age, including the royal composers Henry VI and Henry VIII, along with their court and chapel musicians. Choral tracks are sung by Magdala, Oxford's leading mixed-voice choir, directed by Dr David Skinner, or by The Oxford Girls' Choir.
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Goodnight Sweetheart - 3 CD boxed set Ref: CD231
60 tracks Around 3 hours of music
These songs from World War II are touching, moving, sentimental - and always memorable. These are the songs for the forces sweethearts, left behind when their men went to war. Misty eyes and aching hearts abound in some of the best songs from the 1940s.
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Their Finest Hour - 3 CD boxed set Ref: CD230
54 tracks Around 3 hours of music
George Formby, Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn - the iconic voices of World War II - combine with the most famous voice of all, that of Sir Winston Churchill himself. Stirring words from his speeches which marked the best - and worst - moments of the war are combined with the music which kept the home fires burning, and the sounds of the war itself as it came home to London and the other great cities of Britain.
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Westlin Winds - Music for the Highlands and Islands - 2CDs Ref: CD216
29 tracks - around 2 hours of music
A relaxing musical tour of the highlands and islands with distant pipes and harps, the music of the sea and waves themselves and the voices of monks chanting in a quiet kirk.
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My Heart's in the Highlands - The Scottish Musical Spirit - 2CDs Ref: CD217
47 tracks - around 2 hours of music
Inspiring music, from the beautiful sounds of the clarsach and some moving and breathtaking 'piobaireachd', played by one of Scotland's leading pipers, to the sounds of monks in an ancient Scottish abbey.
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Scotland the Brave - A Pageant of Celtic Music - 2CDs Ref: CD218
O, wail for the mighty in battle,
Loud lift ye the Coronach strain;
For Hector, the Hero, of deathless fame,
Will never come back again.
The landscapes of Scotland, its myths, legends and heroes, are recalled and lamented in two atmospheric programmes of powerful music for pipes, clarsach, voices and instruments.
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A Christmas Carol - 3 CD boxed set Ref: CD232
76 tracks Around 3 hours of music
From the sophisticated drawing room to the nursery and out onto the streets, with the sounds of church bells, music boxes and robust carol singers. A unique blend of refined and unusual Christmas music.
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Spirit of the Sea Ref: CD201
32 tracks 125 min
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2 CDs - 'Sea Shanties' and 'Spirit of Discovery'
Rousing songs from the age of sail combine with classical music on a nautical theme for the armchair sailor. The old sea dog can sit back and relax to famous songs and nautical music, without any danger of getting his feet wet!
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Spirit of History Ref: CD202
3 CDs - 'Tudor and Stuart Spirit', 'Georgian Splendour' and 'Victorian Vision'
This fascinating journey through four centuries of Britain's musical history takes us from Henry VIII's 'Greensleeves' and Purcell's 'Trumpet Tune' to Handel's 'Harmonious Blacksmith' and the exquisitely nuanced work of Gilbert & Sullivan.
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