Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video December 2013 (arrived in November 2013)

CDs

BLUES

Wishing well, Hans Theessink.

Classical

The Phoenix rising, Stile Antico.
Celebrates the pioneering Tudor Church Music edition, which made available for the first time in the modern era much of the most important English Renaissance sacred music.
The storm, New Zealand Guitar Quartet.
Their debut CD showcases the most popular repertoire played over the past couple of years, including arrangements of well known favourites by Bach, Rimsky-Korsakov and Bizet as well as home grown music by New Zealanders Ka'isa Beech and Craig Utting.
Violin concertos nos. 1 & 2, Bela Bartok
Isabelle Faust, violin, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Choral music, Judith Bingham.
A one-time member of the BBC Singers, Bingham possesses the enviable gift of writing music of uncompromising integrity, resourcefulness and questing spirit that both consistently ignites the imagination and engages directly with the listener — Gramophone
Ein deutsches Requiem, Johannes Brahms.
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano, and Stephan Genz, baritone.
Violin sonatas, Brahms.
Sergey Khachatryan, violin.
Litanies de la Vierge : motets pour la Maison de Guise, Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
The edge of light, Messiaen, Saariaho.
Pianist Gloria Chen and Calder Quartet, recorded in New York and L.A.
Correspondances, Dutilleux.
Barbara Hannigan, soprano, and Anssi Karttunen, cello, under conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Piano music, Faure
Angela Hewitt, piano.
"Il Divino", Francesco da Milano.
Lute music and vocal music intabulations by da Milano.
"Rustic wedding" symphony ; Symphony no. 2, Karl Goldmark.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra under conductor, Lan Shui, recorded 2009 and 2011.
Violin concerto, violin sonatas, Paul Hindemith.
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin, under conductor Paavo Jarvi.
Piers Lane goes to town, Piers Lane
Everything from Bach and Percy Grainger to Poulenc and Dudley Moore.
Violin sonata no. 3 in E minor, op. 57 "Sonata epica" ; Violin sonata no. 1 in B minor, op. 21, Nicolai Medtner.
In a beautifully mounted recording from 18-20 February 2012, Chloe Hanslip, violin, and Igor Tchetuev, piano, realise two of Medtner’s ‘autobiographical’ violin sonatas, each a work of devout individualism.
Portraits : the clarinet album, Andreas Ottensamer.
Featuring Ottensamer, clarinet, and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
To touch the sky ; If I were a swan ; Symphony no. 4 : "from Mission San Juan", Kevin Puts.
Choral work with the Baltimore Symphony under Marin Alsop.
Complete works for violin and piano, Franz Schubert.
Alina Ibragimova, violin, and Cedric Tiberghien, piano.
Symphonies nos. 3 and 4, Franz Schubert.
Freiburger Barockorchester under Pablo Heras-Casado.
The unknown Sibelius : rarities and first recordings, Sibelius
Salve intemerata ; and other sacred choral works, Thomas Tallis.
The Cardinall's Musick; Andre Carwood, director.
Homeward bound, Bryn Terfel, Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

COUNTRY

The tarnished gold, Beachwood Sparks.
Love's truck stop, Matraca Berg.
My favorite picture of you, Guy Clark.
Feels like home, Sheryl Crow.
Out of Nashville ; Out of Mexico, Dennis Marsh.

EASY LISTENING

Island in the sun : his finest, 1952-1962, Harry Belafonte.

INSTRUMENTAL

21st century Spanish guitar. 1.

JAZZ

Brubeck time, Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Liquid spirit, Gregory Porter.

POPULAR

Más que amor, Il Volo.
Now, then & forever, Earth, Wind & Fire.
Timeless flight : the voyage continues, 1967-2013, Moody Blues.
Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center, Woody Guthrie
Reason to believe : the songs of Tim Hardin, Tim Hardin.
Nightclubbing ; Slave to the rhythm, Grace Jones.
Love in the future, John Legend.
Pure heroine, Lorde.
Paradise Valley, John Mayer.
Crises, Mike Oldfield.
The man, Omar.
OneZero : past, present, future unplugged, Nitin Sawhney.
Neon, Jay Sean.
Live at the Albert Hall, Dusty Springfield.
Fuse, Keith Urban.

ROCK

Big TV, White Lies.
Electric peace, The Cult.
From death to destiny, Asking Alexandria.
Harlequin dream, Boy & Bear.
In rolling waves, The Naked and Famous.
King animal plus, Soundgarden.
Loud like love, Placebo.
Marbella sessions. 2013.
Sticky wickets, Duckworth Lewis Method.
The shadow masters, 8 Foot Sativa.
Wrongdoers, Norma Jean.
Calling time, Basshunter.
The worse things get, the harder I fight, the harder I fight, the more I love you, Neko Case.
Back 2 life, Sean Kingston.
Pro patria mori, Ian McCulloch.
Live Boston 1977, Bob Seger.
The last ship, Sting.
Farther on up the road : the Chrysalis years, 1977-1983, Robin Trower, featuring Jack Bruce & James Dewar.
The works, Midge Ure.

WORLD

The rough guide to Fado.
Theodore Bikel sings a collection of Jewish folk songs, Theodore Bikel
Champagne for gypsies, Goran Bregović.
Alma de cantaora, Amparo Sanchez.
Mon pays, Vieux Farka Touré.

DVDs

FILM

An affair to remember, Directed by Leo McCarey.
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
Hyde Park on Hudson, Directed by Roger Michell.
Bill Murray, Laura Linney & Olivia Williams.
Ip Man : the legend is born, Directed by Herman Yau.
Journey to the West : Conquering the demons, Produced and directed by Stephen Chow.
Mud, Directed by Jeff Nichols.
Very well reviewed movie with Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.
No, Directed by Pablo Larraín.
The passenger, Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider.
World War Z, Directed by Marc Forster.
Brad Pitt deals to zombies.
Death of a superhero, Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon.
N.Z. film based on Anthony McCarten's novel.
The Battle of the River Plate, Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
With Peter Finch, Anthony Quayle and John Gregson.

MUSIC

One mile high - live.

Non-fiction

Pain, pus & poison.
From a simple aspirin tablet to specially grown antibiotics, we’ve used science to combat aches, pains and bellyaches. It’s a story of revelation and genius, and a story that ultimately has transformed - and saved - the lives of millions of people across the planet.
Night of champions, 2013.
Surviving the battle.
The rise and fall of Versailles, Directed by Thierry Binisti.
Journal de France, A film by Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon.

TV SERIES

Doctor Who. Scream of the Shaka.

Talking Books

Adventure

A loyal spy, Simon Conway.
True colours, Stephen Leather.
True colours (MP3), Stephen Leather.

FICTION

The quarry, Iain Banks.
The quarry (MP3), Iain Banks.
Divorcing Jack, Colin Bateman.
Lay down my sword and shield, James Lee Burke.
All the beggars riding, Lucy Caldwell.
The sea sisters, Lucy Clarke.
Perfect wives, Emma Hannigan.
The silent tide (Playaway), Rachel Hore.
Why don't you stop talking (Playaway), Jackie Kay.
The memory of lost senses, Judith Kinghorn.
The monk, Matthew Lewis.
TransAtlantic, Colum McCann.
Reconstructing Amelia, Kimberly McCreight.
Ghost writer, Val McDermid.
Kiss me first, Lottie Moggach.
The state we're in (Playaway), Adele Parks.
Monday to Friday man (Playaway), Alice Peterson.
The twins, Saskia Sarginson.
The twins (MP3), Saskia Sarginson.
The gallery of vanished husbands, Natasha Solomons.
Black roses, Jane Thynne.
Light shining in the forest, Paul Torday.
Ghost children (Playaway), Sue Townsend.
The sweetest thing, Cathy Woodman.

Historical

Midnight in St Petersburg, Vanora Bennett.
The pagan lord, Bernard Cornwell.
The Paris winter, Imogen Robertson.
The Paris winter (MP3), Imogen Robertson.

Mystery

Holy orders (MP3), Benjamin Black.
Murder in the afternoon, Frances Brody.
Murder in the afternoon (MP3), Frances Brody.
Until the darkness comes, Kevin Brooks.
Light of the world, James Lee Burke.
Six years (Playaway), Harlan Coben.
The devil and the river (Playaway), R.J. Ellory.
Con law, Mark Gimenez.
Gently where the roads go, Alan Hunter.
Gently where the roads go (MP3), Alan Hunter.
Dead man's time (Playaway), Peter James.
The damage, Howard Linskey.
Rebellion, James McGee.
The stolen ones, Richard Montanari.
Dark companion, Jim Nisbet.
Guilty wives, James Patterson and David Ellis.
Guilty wives (MP3), James Patterson and David Ellis.
Mayhem, Sarah Pinborough.
Cypress Grove, James Sallis.
The Norfolk mystery (Playaway), Ian Sansom.
Blink of an eye, Cath Staincliffe.
Blink of an eye (MP3), Cath Staincliffe.
Silent court, M.J. Trow.
Silent court (MP3), M.J. Trow.
The devil's cave, Martin Walker.

Non-fiction

The sacred history, Jonathan Black.
As luck would have it, Derek Jacobi
Imagining Alexandria, Louis De Berniéres.
Catastrophe : Europe goes to war 1914, Max Hastings.
Six months in 1945, Michael Dobbs.
Perilous question (Playaway) : the drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832, Antonia Fraser
3 Para (MP3), Patrick Bishop.

Romance

Ring in a teacup, Betty Neels.

SAGA

A mother's trust, Dilly Court.
A mother's trust (MP3), Dilly Court.
Always in my heart, Ellie Dean.
Always in my heart (MP3), Ellie Dean.
Hold on to hope, Jean Fullerton.
Hold on to hope (MP3), Jean Fullerton.
Home front girls, Rosie Goodwin.
Weddings in Burracombe, Lilian Harry.
Weddings in Burracombe (MP3), Lilian Harry.
Another home, another love, Gwen Kirkwood.
Another home, another love (MP3), Gwen Kirkwood.
Ties of love and hate, Mary A. Larkin.
Learning to dance, Susan Sallis.
Learning to dance (MP3), Susan Sallis.
A wartime marriage (MP3), Mary Jane Staples.

WESTERN

Shadow range, Curtis Bishop.
Last of the Duanes, Zane Grey.