Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video January 2014 (arrived in December 2013)

CDs

BAND

The Royal Edinburgh military tattoo 2012 : live from Edinburgh Castle Esplanade.

BLUES

Blind, crippled and crazy, Delbert & Glen.
Songs from the road, Savoy Brown.
Live at Legends, Buddy Guy.
Return, Little Axe.

Classical

Angels and saints at Ephesus.
Having spent six weeks at #1 on Billboard s Classical Music Chart with their debut release Advent at Ephesus, the Benedictines of Mary unite their voices once more in Angels and Saints at Ephesus.
Journeys, Emerson String Quartet.
Emerson String Quartet performs two string sextets from the 1890's, Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky and Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) by Arnold Schoenberg.
Libera nos : the cry of the oppressed.
Coupling powerful interpretations with path-breaking scholarship, the choir Contrapunctus presents music by the best-known composers as well as unfamiliar masterpieces.
Veni Emmanuel : music for Advent, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
Bach motets, Bach.
John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir.
Six Brandenburg concertos, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Dunedin Consort recorded in Perth Concert Hall, Perth, U.K., in 2012.
Sonata for violin & piano no. 1 ; Sonata for violin & piano no. 2 ; Sonata for solo violin, Bela Bartok.
Barnabas Kelemen, violin, and Zoltan Kocsis, piano.
Heart's delight : the songs of Richard Tauber, Richard Tauber
The violin, Nicola Benedetti.
Featuring a varied collection including Brahms, Vaughan Williams and John Williams.
Symphonies nos 1 & 2 ; Tragic overture ; Variations on a theme of Haydn, Brahms.
Valery Gergiev conducting London Symphony Orchestra live in 2012.
Phantasy piano quartet in F sharp minor ; Cello sonata ; An Irish melody : the Londonderry air etc, Frank Bridge.
The Nash Ensemble presents a fascinating compendium of Frank Bridge's chamber music, demonstrating the composer's developing style.
Solo cello suites, Benjamin Britten.
Jamie Walton, cello "Britten's suites for solo cello are not perhaps an easy listen any more than they are easy to play, but Jamie Walton's absorbing performances of all three seem to expose and explore the emotional heart and soul that went into the writing of them", said Geoffrey Norris in The Telegraph.
The complete Delius songbook. Volume 2, Delius
Mark Stone, baritone; Stephen Barlow, piano.
The essential Philip Glass, Philip Glass
Consists of previously released material and includes music from Satyagraha, Akhnaten, and Einstein on the beach.
Complete symphonic works. Vol. III, Edvard Grieg.
"With a superb recording from the Philharmonie, Koln, this is the finest Grieg disc to be issued for a long time and, if the other volumes in this series are as good, then this series will prove hard to beat." (The Classical Reviewer)
Bad guys, Handel.
Spanish counter-tenor Xavier Sabata explores the worlds of Handel's villains - the tyrants, hypocrites and sensualists who are integral to his dramatic and moral vision, but whose music is rarely heard outside of the theatre.
Serse, Handel.
"For anyone wanting to acquire this jewel among Handel's later operas, this beautifully recorded new version is the one to go for", said Gramophone of this production featuring Rosemary Joshua and David Daniels.
Violin concerto, violin sonatas, Paul Hindemith.
Featuring violinist Frank Peter Zimmerman with the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Jarvi.
The complete John Ireland songbook. Volume 1, John Ireland
Mark Stone, baritone; Sholto Kynoch, piano, recorded 2012 in The Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex.
Adiemus colores, Karl Jenkins.
Rolando Villazon and Adiemus Singers.
The best of Jonas Kaufmann, Jonas Kaufmann.
Violin concertos 1 & 2 : Piano concertos 2 & 3, Khrennikov.
This recording is historic in the sense that it features 3 Soviet child prodigies: Yevgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, now household names in western musical life, then the perfect examples of successful Soviet education and training.
Liszt at the opera, Liszt
Pianist Louis Lortie recorded at Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk in 2013.
The confession of Isobel Gowdie ; Symphony no. 3 "Silence", James MacMillan.
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ; Kindertotenlieder ; Ruckert-Lieder, Mahler.
Christian Gerhaher, baritone, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, conducted by Kent
Complete works for violin, Prokofiev.
James Ehnes, violin, and BBC Philharmonic.
Symphony no. 4 (revised version) ; L'enfant prodigue (The prodigal son), op. 46, Prokofiev
Neeme Jarvi conducting Scottish National Orchestra.
La passion de Simone, Kaija Saariaho.
Features Dawn Upshaw with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen.
L'ouevre pour piano, Arnold Schoenberg.
Pianist Florent Boffard.
Symphony no. 4, Shostakovich.
Vasily Petrenko conducting Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Liverpool in 2013.
Nutcracker suites, Tchaikovsky, Ellington, Strayhorn.
Album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Swan Lake (complete), Tchaikovsky.
James Ehnes, violin, and Johannes Wik, harp, with the Bergen Philharmonic under Neeme Jarvi.
The sons of the morning : piano music of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ivor Gurney, Vaughan Williams
Award winning piano accompanist, Iain Burnside, makes his first full solo recording with this disc of rare repertoire from Vaughan Willians and Ivor Gurney.
The Verdi album, Jonas Kaufmann.
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth and recorded in the composer's home city of Verona.
Gotterdammerung, Richard Wagner.
Petra Lang, soprano, and Budapest Festival Orchestra.

COUNTRY

Life on a rock, Kenny Chesney.
Wassaic way, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion.
The bluegrass album, Alan Jackson.
Headlights, taillights and radios, Tracy Lawrence.
Country songbook, Dennis Marsh.
Cluck ol' hen : live, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby.

EASY LISTENING

Journey on, Anna Hawkins.
Liberace : the glitter man, Liberace
The voice of Aotearoa, Paul Warden.

FILM

Frankie's house : music from the original soundtrack, Music by Jeff Beck & Jed Leiber.
Trance : a Danny Boyle film, Original music by Rick Smith.

JAZZ

All your life : a tribute to the Beatles, Al Di Meola.
Pax volumi, Youngblood Brass Band.
Hoping for love, Isabelle Antena.
DreamWeaver, George Duke.
Closeup in swing, Erroll Garner.
Prism, Dave Holland.
Quartette humaine, Bob James & David Sanborn.
Changing lights, Stacey Kent.
Song for the dream weaver, Compositions by Murray McNabb
Night songs : a late night interlude, Janis Siegel.

MUSICAL

Annie, the musical : the new 2012 Broadway cast recording, Music by Charles Strouse ; lyrics by Martin Charnin.

POPULAR

All for you. 2.0, Titanium.
Motown originals : the classic songs that inspired the Broadway show!,
One and all, The Fisherman's Friends.
The bones of what you believe, Chvrches
The impossible dream, Richard & Adam.
The Piano guys. 2, Piano Guys
Songs from St. Somewhere, Jimmy Buffett.
All in my head, Lisa Crawley.
Tattoos, Jason Derulo.
Another self portrait : (1969-1971), Bob Dylan.
Yours truly, Ariana Grande.
Alive, Jessie J.
If you leave, Eleanor McEvoy.
The essential Sarah McLachlan, Sarah McLachlan
Ketevan, Katie Melua.
Raukatauri : te puhi o te tangi, Hinewehi Mohi.
Moore is more, Chante Moore.
Live at the Albert Hall, Dusty Springfield.
Tookah, Emiliana Torrini.
Inventing myself, Stan Walker.
The essential Bill Withers, Bill Withers.

ROCK

Alabama ass whuppin', Drive-By Truckers.
Boys & girls [sound recording, Alabama Shakes.
Dancing with a dead man, Calling All Cars.
Days are gone, Haim.
Dub rockers. Vol. 1.
Fortress, Alter Bridge.
Garden of light, The Mantarays.
Hellzapoppin', Little Feat.
Ice on the dune, Empire of the Sun.
In utero, Nirvana.
King size dub. Chapter II, Germany downtown, Dub Syndicate.
Live at Bestival 2012, New Order.
Mechanical bull, Kings of Leon.
The ghost of the mountain, Tired Pony.
Tlapa : the Odeon remixes, Tosca.
Vapor trails remixed, Rush.
Wastelands, Eskimo Joe.
Legacy, 50 Cent.
Trap lord, A$AP Ferg.
True, Avicii.
Calling time, Basshunter.
Fire within, Birdy.
Moon landing, James Blunt.
Raven, Paula Cole.
Live : at the Great American Music Hall, Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos.
Wise up ghost : and other songs, Elvis Costello and the Roots.
Nothing was the same, Drake.
Studio zoo, Newton Faulkner.
F me I'm famous! : Ibiza mix 2013, Cathy & David Guetta.
The diving board, Elton John.
From here to now to you, Jack Johnson.
Impermanent resonance, James Labrie.
Innocents ; Everyone is gone : ep, Moby.
Muchacho, Phosphorescent.
Global warming, Pitbull.
Unstoppable momentum, Joe Satriani.
Sleeper, Ty Segall.
Long live love, Sandie Shaw.
Doris, Earl Sweatshirt.
No earthly connection, Rick Wakeman.

VOCAL

Ernste Gesange ; Lieder with piano, Hanns Eisler.
Guilty pleasures, Renee Fleming.
Heaven and earth, Monteverdi.
The ultimate collection, Kiri Te Kanawa.
A celebration of Kiri's 70th birthday.

WORLD

Theodore Bikel sings a collection of Jewish folk songs, Theodore Bikel
Nomad, Bombino.
Desfado, Ana Moura.

DVDs

COMEDY

Carry on Christmas.
Includes Carry on Christmas, 1969 -- Carry on again Christmas aka Carry on Long John, 1970 -- Carry on Christmas aka Carry on stuffing, 1972 -- Carry on Christmas, 1973.
Mrs Brown's boys. Christmas crackers,
Some mothers do 'ave 'em. The Christmas specials,

FILM

A Christmas love story,
For thirty years, Sam and Katherine have spent Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. When Sam learns she is moving away, he has one night to tell her he loves her.
A voyage round my father, Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Adapted from his stage play this is a humorous and heartwarming portrait of John Mortimer's early years. Stars Sir Laurence Olivier and Alan Bates.
All about Christmas Eve,
A young executive must leave NYC and her fiance during Christmas time. At one point she misses her plane and finds her boyfriend is with another woman. In a concurrent storyline, she makes the flight and does not know the truth. Christmas magic intervenes and shows her the right path.
Camille rewinds, Directed by Noemie Lvovsky
On her way to a party Camille consults a clockmaker because she needs to have her watch fixed. The watch has sentimental value for her since she has received it as a 16 year old . Next morning Camille realises it is the year 1985 and she is again a teenager. In French with English subtitles.
Come see the paradise, Directed by Alan Parker
Set before and during World War II, the film depicts the treatment of Japanese Americans in America following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent loss of civil liberties within the framework of a love story.
Everything must go, Directed by Dan Rush
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form. based on Raymond Carver's short story "Why Don't You Dance?"
Lovely, still, Directed by Nick Fackler
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Man of Steel, Directed by Zack Snyder
A young itinerant worker is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his race.
Parkland,
A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. With Zac Efron and Jacki Weaver.
Saving General Yang
A 2013 Hong Kong film directed by Ronny Yu. The story is based on the legendary Generals of the Yang Family. In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles.
The Lone Ranger, Directed by Gore Verbinski
Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of the wild west.
The ploughman's lunch, Directed by Richard Eyre
James Penfield has made a career out of journalism. Now bankrupt, he finds himself with a group of other writers in the middle of the dispute-ridden British homeland at the time of the Falklands War.
Therese Desqueyroux
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures. Based on the novel of the same name by Francois Mauriac. In French with English subtitles.
Tiny furniture
A comedy drama about a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.
To the wonder, Directed by Terrence Malick
After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
White lies = Tuakiri Huna, Directed by Dana Rotbertt
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another. Based on the Witi Ihimaera novella, Medicine Woman.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Directed by Nagisa Oshima
Concentrates on a war of wills between rebellious POW, David Bowie, and camp commandant, Ryuichi Sakomoto.

MUSIC

Songs for the season : the Christmas concert, Tommy Fleming.
Voice of hope : recorded in the Basilica at Knock,
Irish singer, Tommy Fleming's, collection of uplifting and inspirational music.
MDNA: world tour, Madonna.
The truth about love tour : live from Melbourne, Pink.

Non-fiction

We steal secrets : the story of Wikileaks, Directed by Alex Gibney.
Then the wind changed.
Black Saturday bush fires in Australia, February 2009.
Jamie cooks Christmas.
Jamie's best ever Christmas.
Jamie's family Christmas.
Battleground. 2013.
WWE
Summer slam. 2013.
WWE
WWE superstar collection. Rey Mysterio.
Jennifer Saunders : back in the saddle.
Documentary in which comedienne Jennifer Saunders reacquaints herself with the world of horse riding.
Henry V.
Shakespeare Collection (BBC)
The war of the roses. Henry V.
Shakespeare Collection (BBC)
Born to royalty.
This is a commissioned celebration charting the history of the Royal babies born in recent times
Vikings, Neil Oliver.
A documentary series charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.

TV SERIES

Midsomer murders. Ghosts of Christmas past.

Talking Books

Adventure

The hit, David Baldacci.
The far shore, Nick Brown.
Desert fire (Playaway), Phil Campion.
Killing range, Phil Campion.
Poseidon's arrow, Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.
Poseidon's arrow (MP3), Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.
For your eyes only and other stories, Ian Fleming.
A delicate truth, John Le Carre.
The commodore, Patrick O'Brian.
Badge of glory, Douglas Reeman.
Traitor's gate, Michael Ridpath.
The informant, Andrew Rosenheim.
Night strike (Playaway), Chris Ryan.

FANTASY

Into the mist, Maya Banks.
The ambassador's mission, Trudi Canavan.
The traitor queen, Trudi Canavan.
A conspiracy of alchemists, Liesel Schwarz.

FICTION

Fobbit (Playaway), David Abrams.
The French house (Playaway), Nick Alexander.
My husband next door, Catherine Alliott.
My husband next door (MP3), Catherine Alliott.
Good bones and simple murders : &, The tent, Margaret Atwood.
Tangled lives (Playaway), Hilary Boyd.
We need new names, NoViolet Bulawayo.
Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey.
The chemistry of tears, Peter Carey.
Girl with a pearl earring (Playaway), Tracy Chevalier.
Tarnished, Julia Crouch.
The dark labyrinth, Lawrence Durrell.
I take you, Nikki Gemmell.
The humans, Matt Haig.
Hello everybody, A.M. Homes.
No! I don't need reading glasses! (Playaway), Virginia Ironside.
A single man, Christopher Isherwood.
Airs and graces (Playaway), Erica James.
The house we grew up in, Lisa Jewell.
The daughters of Mars, Tom Keneally.
The people's train, Tom Keneally.
The tyrant's novel, Tom Keneally.
The angel's cut, Elizabeth Knox.
Flora and Grace (Playaway), Maureen Lee.
The dark road, Ma Jian.
Unexploded, Alison MacLeod.
Tales of the city, Armistead Maupin.
All together now, Monica McInerney.
At home with the Templetons, Monica McInerney.
Lola's secret, Monica McInerney.
Spin the bottle, Monica McInerney.
Almost English, Charlotte Mendelson.
Clover's child, Amanda Prowse.
The professor of truth, James Robertson.
The innocents (Playaway), Francesca Segal.
Seating arrangements, Maggie Shipstead.
A kind of Eden, Amanda Smyth.
The story of before, Susan Stairs.
The Windsor faction, D.J. Taylor.
The testament of Mary, Colm Toibin.
Sense and sensibility, Joanna Trollope.
The summer season, Julia Williams.

HISTORICAL

Anarchy, Stewart Binns.
The summer queen, Elizabeth Chadwick.
The summer queen (MP3), Elizabeth Chadwick.
The lion and the lamb (Playaway), John Henry Clay.
The last conquest (Playaway), Berwick Coates.
The blood of gods, Conn Iggulden.
The blood of gods (MP3), Conn Iggulden.
Burnt Norton, Caroline Sandon.

HORROR

The colony, F.G. Cottam.

Mystery

Fire and brimstone, Colin Bateman.
Like this for ever (Playaway), S.J. Bolton.
Breaking point (Playaway), C.J. Box.
Flesh wounds (Playaway), Chris Brookmyre.
Wrapped in white, Kevin Brooks.
The stranger you know, Jane Casey.
Never go back, Lee Child.
Never go back (MP3), Lee Child.
Dilemma, Jon Cleary.
Suspect (Playaway), Robert Crais.
The abbey, Chris Culver.
The ides of April (Playaway), Lindsey Davis.
The October list [sound recording)], Jeffery Deaver.
The unquiet grave, Steven Dunne.
A time of day, Francis Durbridge.
Send for Paul Temple, Francis Durbridge.
Alive! (Playaway) : a Valentino mystery, Loren D. Estleman.
The confessions of Al Capone, Loren D. Estleman.
Dead line, Chris Ewan.
Gone girl (MP3), Gillian Flynn.
I can see in the dark, Karin Fossum.
Bricks and mortality, Ann Granger.
Dead man's chest, Kerry Greenwood.
Death by water, Kerry Greenwood.
Heavenly pleasures, Kerry Greenwood.
Murder on a midsummer night, Kerry Greenwood.
Trick or treat, Kerry Greenwood.
Poppet (Playaway), Mo Hayder.
Until you're mine, Samantha Hayes.
The flood (Playaway), David Hewson.
Death of the demon, Anne Holt.
The place at Whitton, Thomas Keneally.
A darkness descending, Christobel Kent.
The golden egg (Playaway), Donna Leon.
And when she was good (Playaway), Laura Lippman.
The eye of the leopard (MP3), Henning Mankell.
Original skin, David Mark.
Trophies and dead things, Marcia Muller.
Police, Jo Nesbo.
Police (MP3), Jo Nesbo.
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, James Patterson.
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (MP3), James Patterson.
Nemesis, Bill Pronzini.
The Dutch shoe mystery, Ellery Queen.
No man's nightingale, Ruth Rendell.
No man's nightingale (MP3), Ruth Rendell.
Watching you, Michael Robotham.
Watching you (MP3), Michael Robotham.
The careful use of compliments (Playaway) : an Isabel Dalhousie novel, Alexander McCall Smith.
The detective's daughter (Playaway), Leslie Thomson.
Vanished (Playaway), Tim Weaver.
Playing with fire, Kerry Wilkinson.
Think of the children (Playaway), Kerry Wilkinson.

Non-fiction

Foreign correspondence, written and read by Geraldine Brooks.
Nine parts of desire, written and read by Geraldine Brooks.
Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup.
Three famines, Tom Keneally.
The science of Discworld. IV, Judgement day (Playaway), Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen.
Searching for Schindler, Tom Keneally.
Through the window (Playaway) : seventeen essays (and one short story), Julian Barnes.
Hadrian and the triumph of Rome (Playaway), Anthony Everitt.
David Starkey's Music & monarchy (MP3), David Starkey and Kate Greening.

SAGA

Tell me tomorrow, Lynda Bellingham.
The Roman house (MP3), Alexandra Connor.
The lady's maid, Dilly Court.
The lady's maid (MP3), Dilly Court.
A Christmas to remember, Katie Flynn.
A Christmas to remember (MP3), Katie Flynn.
The secret daughter, Catherine King.
The secret daughter (MP3), Catherine King.
The promise, Freda Lightfoot.
The pathfinder, Margaret Mayhew.
The house of memories, Monica McInerney.
Secrets of the lighthouse (Playaway), Santa Montefiore.
The bells of Bournville Green (MP3), Annie Murray.

Science Fiction

Osiris, E.J. Swift
Chocky, John Wyndham.

WESTERN

Rifle Pass, Max Brand.
Gambler's row, Les Savage, Jr.