Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video August 2013 (arrived in July 2013)

CDs

BALLET

Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; Fool's paradise, Joby Talbot.

BLUES

House on fire : demos & rarities, the Jeff Healey Band.
I muri ahiahi, Ngatapa Black.
An acoustic evening at the Vienna Opera House, Joe Bonamassa.
Bringing it back home, Robben Ford.
Three free amigos, Anders Osborne.
Hubcap music, Seasick Steve.
My world is gone, Otis Taylor.

Classical

Mediterraneo, L'Arpeggiata ; Christina Pluhar.
L’Arpeggiata is a vocal and instrumental ensemble devoted to authentic performance. Its composition and personnel are flexible, but at its centre is its musical director and conductor, Christina Pluhar, whose enthusiasm and expertise galvanise the performances of her chosen musicians.
O Cambodia.
A ground-breaking Cambodian-NZ collaboration, initiated by NZ composer Jack Body, in which four composers, two from each country, consider the legacy of the Khmer Rouge years. Emotionally charged music and story-telling by three Western classical musicians and three traditional Cambodian musicians.
St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Features Ian Bostridge, Carolyn Sampson and Neal Davies.
Chamber works, Paul Ben-Haim.
This is Volume 1 in a new chamber series which explores the music of composers who were forced to flee Europe during the 1930s. The survey begins with works by the German-born Jewish composer Paul Ben-Haim (né Frankenburger) who immigrated to Palestine in October 1933. Ben-Haim was an accomplished pianist, conductor, choral coach and composer who made a significant cultural contribution to his adoptive country.
Letters to Lindbergh, Richard Rodney Bennett.
Described as "Wonderfully open-throated singing, uninhibited and joyful, with superb diction and tuning, and most sensitive control of dynamics. The disc is well recorded … it is a winner." - William Hedley, International Record Review April 2013.
Songs, Britten.
Recorded 25-27 Jan. 2013 at St. Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent and featuring Ian Bostridge.
The canticles, Benjamin Britten.
As part of the celebration Britten's Centenery in 2013, this new recording presents Britten's five Canticles, performed by tenor Ben Johnson with James Baillieu accompanying.
Neeme Järvi conducts Chabrier, Emmanuel Chabrier
This disc of popular works by Emmanuel Chabrier marks the beginning of a new series of French repertoire performed by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under its newly appointed Artistic Director, Neeme Järvi.
Cello concerto, Schumann.
British cellist Jamie Walton with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Symphonies nos. 26, 27, 42, Joseph Haydn.
Heidelberg Sinfoniker under Thomas Fey.
Le nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Features Jose Van Dam and Frederica von Stade under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.
Medonte, Myslivecek
Italian opera recorded live at Bayer Kulturhaus, Leverkusen, 2010.
Ser Marcantonio, Stefano Pavesi.
The war sonatas : 6, 7, 8, Prokofiev.
Denis Kozhukhin gives a magnificent account of Prokofiev’s Sixth Piano Sonata (1940), technically and musically, playing with fervour and clarity, investing the music with intensity, feeling and exploration, and holding completely the listener’s attention.
Orchestral works, Respighi.
Featuring Yan Pascal Tortelier.
Symphonie "Nahe fern", Wolfgang Rihm.
‘Nähe fern’, whose title (‘Distant proximity’) refers to Rihm's experience of the four symphonies of Brahms. Each of these pieces for orchestra is a homage profoundly linked with its model, yet at the same time constantly moves away from it.
Stradivariazioni.
Martin Riseley, violin and Diedre Irons, piano.
String paths, Dobrinka Tabakova.
Performers include star violinist Janine Jansen, leading the septet heard in Such Different Paths, and several of Tabakova's former conservatory colleagues from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama: violinist Roman Mints, violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov, and Kristina Blaumane, principal cellist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Live, Tchaikovsky.
Features violin soloist Sarah Lemtanu of Orchestre National de France under Kurt Masur.
Symphony no. 5, symphony no 8, Vaughan Williams.
Mark Elder leads the Hallé Orchestra in a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 5 in D, which was recorded live and in rehearsal in 2011, and offers a studio session of the Symphony No. 8 in D minor, dating from 2012.

COUNTRY

Finally home, Blue Sky Riders.
The Paris sessions, Marian Burns.
Old sock, Eric Clapton.
Sad but true. Volume 1 : the secret history of country music songwriting, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams.
The low highway, Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses).
Live, Shelby Lynne.
Love has come for you, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell.
Two lanes of freedom, Tim McGraw.
Same trailer, different park, Kacey Musgraves.
Let's face the music and dance, Willie Nelson and Family.
Wheelhouse, Brad Paisley.
The stand-in, Caitlin Rose.
Based on a true story, Blake Shelton.
Cheater's game, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison.
Ballads, Trisha Yearwood.

EASY LISTENING

Chilled Paris lounge, Sebastian Maison.
Mythology, Celtic Thunder.
Long play collection, Shirley Bassey.
As time goes by : great American songbook classics, Tony Bennett.
Little French songs, Carla Bruni.
Romantique, Richard Clayderman.
The music is you : a tribute to John Denver.
Songs of love & war, Carl Doy.
Inspired by and dedicated to all those who fought in or were affected by World War 2, in particular to Carl's mother and father, who met in the closing months of the war after his Dad had escaped a concentration camp into Switzerland in 1944.
In love with Maastricht : a tribute to my hometown, Andre Rieu.
Rieu royale, Andre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra.

JAZZ

The Capitol sessions, Rodger Fox Wellington Jazz Orchestra.
Unplugged, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford.
Night, Holly Cole.
Our own sweet way, Crayford, Sellers, Dyne.
Special edition, Jack DeJohnette.
Silent comedy, Bill Frisell.
Vermillion skies, Nathan Haines.
Hymns, spheres, Keith Jarrett.
Recital, Nigel Kennedy.
The heart of the matter, Jane Monheit.
Except sometimes, Molly Ringwald.
The buck stops here, Paul Van Ross.

MUSICAL

Hope, Marti Pellow.
Centre stage, Kimberley Walsh.

POPULAR

All this time, the Magnets.
How not to lose things, Sadie and the Hotheads.
Nippon girls: Japanese pop, beat & bossa nova 1966-70.
Volume 3, She & Him.
Hymns to what is left, Greg Brown.
To be loved, Michael Buble.
Girl who got away, Dido.
Heaven, Rebecca Ferguson.
Journey for the return home, June Hayes.
Nocturnes, Little Boots.
Once I was an eagle, Laura Marling.
More than words, Brian McKnight.
Kaleidoscope dream, Miguel.
The studio albums 1968-1979, Joni Mitchell.
Here's Willy Moon, Willy Moon.
The minutes, Alison Moyet.
Sing to the moon, Laura Mvula.
The very best of : 1973-2013, Suzanne Prentice.
Thorn in your heart, Kim Richey.
Sentimental journey, Emmy Rossum.
The happiness waltz, Josh Rouse.
Forever endeavour, Ron Sexsmith.
Division Street, Harper Simon.
Beautiful, Teena Marie.
The 20/20 experience, Justin Timberlake.
Live at the Cactus Cafe, Loundon Wainwright III.

ROCK

10 years of Sativa, 8 Foot Sativa.
180, Palma Violets.
A walk across the rooftops, Blue Nile.
An awesome wave, Alt-J.
Antipodes, Popstrangers.
Bad blood, Bastille.
Black dog barking, Airbourne.
Celebrate, Simple Minds.
Colored emotions, Night Moves.
Comedown machine, The Strokes.
Departure & farewell, Hem.
Exile, Hurts.
Fandango, The Phoenix Foundation.
Feel, Sleeping with Sirens.
Free the universe, Major Lazer.
Graffiti on the train, Stereophonics.
Heart attack, Man Overboard.
Heart of nowhere, Noah & the Whale.
Home, Rudimental.
In concert, Dead Can Dance.
Live 2012, Cranberries.
Maiden England '88, Iron Maiden.
March fires, Birds of Tokyo.
Monomania, Deerhunter.
Mosquito, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Nanobots, They Might Be Giants.
Now that's what I call music. 41 .
Now what?!, Deep Purple.
Odeon, Tosca.
Orthodox, Beware of Darkness.
Outcasts, Palisades.
Pacific reggae.
Paramore., Paramore
Save rock and roll, Fall Out Boy.
Shadow light, Tahuna Breaks.
Singularity, Northlane.
Specter at the feast, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Tears on tape, HIM.
Temper temper, Bullet For My Valentine.
Underwater pyramids, Badd Energy.
Valentina, The Wedding Present.
Wonderful, glorious, Eels.
Young New England, Transit.
Based on a T.R.U. story, 2 Chainz.
Overgrown, James Blake.
All that for this, Crystal Bowersox.
The next day, David Bowie.
Tooth & nail, Billy Bragg.
How I knew her, Nataly Dawn.
Simone Felice, Simone Felice.
People, hell and angels, Jimi Hendrix.
Ghost on ghost, Iron and Wine.
She's got a way : love songs, Billy Joel.
Authentic, L.L. Cool J.
No fairy tale, Lisa Loeb.
Transition, Steve Lukather.
The messenger, Johnny Marr.
Girl talk, Kate Nash.
Gratitude, P-Money.
Chasing the light, Maree Sheehan.
Stories from elsewhere, Rhian Sheehan.
Reincarnated, Snoop Lion.
Collection 1973-2012, Bruce Springsteen.
Time, Rod Stewart.
Tape deck heart, Frank Turner.
Motivation, Tyree.

TELEVISION

Les revenants, Mogwai.
The music of Nashville. Season 1. Volume 1 : original soundtrack.
The walking dead : original soundtrack. vol. 1.

WORLD

Oriental bellydance.
Flames of love, Armik.
C'est la vie, Khaled.
There goes the shiner, Chris Prowse & the Rouseabouts.
A more perfect union, Pete Seeger & Lorre Wyatt.
Sitar music from India, Ravi Shankar.

DVDs

COMEDY

Citizen Khan.
Miranda. Series 3.
The Catherine Tate show. Series one.

DANCE

American Ballet Theatre at the Met, Directed for television by Brian Large.

FILM

1911 revolution, Director, Zhang Li.
Away we go, Directed by Sam Mendes.
With Maggie Gyllenhall, John Krasinski and Allison Janney.
Beasts of the southern wild, Directed by Benh Zeitlin.
Brief encounter, Directed by David Lean.
The classic Noel Coward adaptation with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson.
Carry on up the Khyber, Directed by Gerald Thomas.
Kenneth Williams and Joan Sims.
Cinema verite, Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.
Diane Lane, James Gandolfini.
Collaborator, Written and directed by Martin Donovan.
With Martin Donovan and Olivia Williams.
Crooklyn, Produced and directed by Spike Lee.
Down to you, Written and directed by Kris Isacsson.
With Freddie Prinze Jr, Julia Stiles and Ashton Kutcher.
Eat the rich, Directed by Peter Richardson.
British black comedy with Miranda Richardson, Rik Mayall and Robbie Coltrane.
Elsa & Fred, Director, Marcos Carnevale.
Eraserhead, Written and directed by David Lynch.
F for fake, Directed by Orson Welles.
Fallen angel, Directed by Otto Preminger.
Film noir with Dana Andrews, Alice Faye and Linda Darnell.
Hatfields & McCoys : bad blood, Produced, written & directed by Fred Olen Ray.
Jane Austen in Manhattan, Directed by James Ivory.
With Anne Baxter and Robert Powell.
Kath & Kimderella : the movie, Directed by Ted Emery
Madame de — , A film by Max Ophuls.
With Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer and Vittorio De Sica.
Marty, Directed by Delbert Mann.
Classic with Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair.
Melo, Directed by Alain Resnais.
With Sabine Azema, Fanny Ardant and Andre Dussollier.
Mt. Zion, Writer and director, Tearepa Kahi.
With Temuera Morrison and Stan Walker.
Operation Amsterdam, Directed by Michael McCarthy.
With Peter Finch, Tony Britton and Eva Bartok.
Rosenstrasse, Screenplay and director, Margarethe von Trotta.
Side effects, Steven Soderbergh.
With Jude Law, Catherine Zeta Jones, Channing Tatum.
Stolen, Directed by Simon West.
With Nicolas Cage and Malin Ackerman.
Tai chi 0, Directed by Stephen Fung.
The cold light of day, Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri.
The Empress Yang Kwei-Fei, Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
The Indian fighter, Directed by Andre de Toth.
Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau.
The return, Directed by Dermot Boyd.
With Julie Walters, Neil Dudgeon and Pauline McLynn.
Reach for the sky, Directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Kenneth More as Douglas Bader.
Eva, Directed by Joseph Losey.
Jeanne Moreau and Stanley Baker.
Veronika decides to die, Directed by Emily Young.
Sarah Michelle Gellar in adaptation of the Paulo Coelho novel.
Beautiful creatures, Directed by Richard Lagravenese.
Based on the YA novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
The diary of a nobody, Directed by Susanna White.
Hugh Bonneville in adaptation of the George Grossmith classic.
The ballad of the Sad Cafe, Directed by Simon Callow.
Vanessa Redgrave in adaptation of the Carson McCullers novel.
The lonely passion of Judith Hearne, Directed by Jack Clayton.
Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins in adaptation of the Brian Moore novel.
Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, Produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal.
With Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh and Flora Robson.
Anna Karenina, Directed by Joe Wright.
Tolstoy's classic with Keira Knightley as Anna.

MUSIC

Larger than life, The Ten Tenors.
Mythology, Celtic Thunder.
Pictures at an exhibition, Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Voices of the valley live, The Fron Male Voice Choir.
Handel's water music : recreating a royal spectacular.
Live at Montreux, 2012, Alanis Morissette.
Spirits of Mozart.
Pal Joey, Directed by George Sidney.
With Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak.
One man band, James Taylor.

Non-fiction

A hero's journey, Producer, director and writer, Grace Phan.
About East Timor's struggle for independence.
Islam, empire of faith, Produced and directed by Robert Gardner.
Egyptian secrets of the afterlife, Produced by Nancy Donnelly ; written by Nancy Donnelly, John Bredar.
Forbidden lie$, Written and directed by Anna Broinowski.
West of Memphis, Directed by Amy Berg.
An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
Bully, Directed by Lee Hirsch.
Documentary aboyut bullying in American schools.
Fashion in film.
Sign with your baby : New Zealand Sign Language for babies and toddlers.
The Emperor's journey, Directed by Luc Jacquet.
The world of the Emperor penguins in Antarctica.
Home cooking made easy, Lorraine Pascale.
Art of Spain, Presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon.
Art of America.
Taylor Swift : just for you.
Creedence Clearwater Revival : the ultimate review.
War dance, Directed by Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine.
Set against the backdrop of Uganda's 20 year civil war during which over 30,000 children have been abducted by rebels.
Our Queen, Writer/co-producer, Robert Hardman.
Inside the Vatican.
Japan : memoirs of a secret empire.

TV SERIES

Dirk Gently. Series one.
Kidnapped, Directed by Brendan Maher.
With Iain Glen and Paul McGann and lots of Kiwi actors as it was filmed here.

Talking Books

Adventure

Newton's fire, Will Adams.
Jig (MP3), Campbell Armstrong.
The kingdom (MP3), Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood.
Icon, Frederick Forsyth.
The fist of God, Frederick Forsyth.
First daughter (Playaway), Eric Van Lustbader.
The reverse of the medal, Patrick O'Brian.
Hard target (Playaway), Chris Ryan.
Dominion, C.J. Sansom.
Die easy (Playaway), Zoe Sharp.
Dirty little secret (Playaway), Jon Stock.

Fantasy

Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff.

Fiction

The Gilly salt sisters, Tiffany Baker.
A week in winter (Playaway), Maeve Binchy.
The small hours (Playaway), Susie Boyt.
The making of a lady, Frances Hodgson Burnett.
The great Winglebury duel, Charles Dickens.
Notes from underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Two brothers (Playaway), Ben Elton.
The garden of evening mists (Playaway), Tan Twan Eng.
The Pat Hobby stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Payment deferred, C.S. Forester.
The unknown bridesmaid, Margaret Forster.
The midwife of Hope River, Patricia Harman.
Summerland, Elin Hilderbrand.
Fifty shades freed (MP3), E.L. James.
A winter flame (MP3), Milly Johnson.
Flight behaviour (Playaway), Barbara Kingsolver.
The fields, Kevin Maher.
Learning to talk, Hilary Mantel.
That loving feeling (MP3), Carole Matthews.
Heartbreak Hotel (MP3), Deborah Moggach.
The sound of trumpets, John Mortimer.
Honeymoon in Paris, Jojo Moyes.
Between a mother and her child, Elizabeth Noble.
What have I done?, Amanda Prowse.
How we met, Katy Regan.
Forgive and forget (MP3), Patricia Scanlan.
The girls of slender means, Muriel Spark.
The chef, Martin Suter.
The men and the girls, Joanna Trollope.
The cleaner of Chartres (Playaway), Salley Vickers.
Must be love (MP3), Cathy Woodman.

Historical

The last runaway, Tracy Chevalier.
The last runaway (MP3), Tracy Chevalier.
Beautiful lies, Clare Clark.
Master and God (Playaway), Lindsey Davis.
False god of Rome, Robert Fabbri.
Havisham (Playaway), Ronald Frame.
Charity girl, Georgette Heyer.
Wolves in winter (Playaway), Lisa Hilton.
The specimen, Martha Lea.
Long live the king, Fay Welson.

Horror

Hunger, Melvin Burgess.

Mystery

Sherlock Holmes. 2.2, The reification of Hans Gerber.
The catch, Tom Bale.
Never saw it coming, Linwood Barclay.
Agatha Raisin. Hiss and hers (Playaway), M.C. Beaton.
After Clare (MP3), Marjorie Eccles.
What are the bugles blowing for?, Nicolas Freeling.
The cuckoo's calling (MP3), Robert Galbraith.
A particular eye for villainy (Playaway), Ann Granger.
Blessed are those who thirst, Anne Holt.
Playing dead (MP3), Jessie Keane.
No way back, Matthew Klein.
Bad girl (MP3), Roberta Kray.
The lost boy, Camilla Läckberg.
Cop to corpse (MP3), Peter Lovesey.
A place of blood and bone (MP3), Mark Peterson.
Standing in another man's grave (Playaway), Ian Rankin.
One across, two down, Ruth Rendell.
The killing doll, Ruth Rendell.
Constable on view (MP3), Nicholas Rhea.
The poisoned island, Lloyd Shepherd.
A treacherous likeness, Lynn Shepherd.
The asylum, Johan Theorin.
Orders from Berlin, Simon Tolkien.
The healer, Antti Tuomainen.
The ghost riders of Ordebec, Fred Vargas.
Let the devil sleep (Playaway), John Verdon.
The child's child, Barbara Vine.
The child's child (MP3), Barbara Vine.
Elegy for Eddie, Jacqueline Winspear.

Non-fiction

The examined life, Stephen Grosz.
How not to f*** them up (Playaway), Oliver James.
Spiritual solutions, Deepak Chopra.
Mr Selfridge (Playaway), Lindy Woodhead.
Da Vinci's last commission (Playaway) : the most sensational detective story in the history of art, Fiona McLaren.
Desert island discs (Playaway) : 70 years of castaways from one of BBC Radio 4's best-loved programmes, edited by Sean Magee ; foreword by Kirsty Young.
The secret race (Playaway), Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle.
A history of the world, Andrew Marr.
Better than fiction (Playaway) : true travel tales from great fiction writers, Don George.
On the map, Simon Garfield.
The rise of Rome, Anhtony Everitt.
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey, the Countess of Carnarvon.

Romance

When I fall in love, Miranda Dickinson.
The army ranger's return, Soraya Lane.
Dream a little dream, Sue Moorcroft.

Saga

Best kept secret (MP3), Jeffrey Archer.
Spitfire girl (MP3), Lily Baxter.
Secrets from the past, Barbara Taylor Bradford.
The broken man, Josephine Cox.
The Kellys of Kelvingrove (MP3), Margaret Thomson Davis.
A distant dream (MP3), Pamela Evans.
The forget-me-not summer (MP3), Katie Flynn.
The empty cradle (MP3), Rosie Goodwin.
The honey queen, Cathy Kelly.

Science Fiction

Stargate Atlantis Impressions, Scott Andrews.
Stargate SG-1. n2.1, First prime, James Swallow.

Western

The gunsmoke corral of great Western stories, Jon Tuska and Vicki Piekarski.
The key-lock man, Louis L'Amour.