Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video April 2015 (arrived in March 2015)

CDs

BLUES

Funky blues : live 1973, Albert Collins.
Love whip blues, Erin Harpe.
Free will, Gil Scott-Heron.
Collection, Otis Taylor.

Classical

Spirit, strength & sorrow : settings of Stabat Mater, the Sixteen
The Sixteen and Harry Christophers recorded at St. Augustine's, Kilburn, London.
The spy's choirbook : Petrus Alamire & the court of Henry VIII
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE (January 2015) "...what we have here is a complete recording of the entire choirbook in its manuscript order: 34 four-voice motets from the first decade of the century by French and Franco-Flemish composers, giving a magnificent panorama of the repertory. Most of them have never been recorded before ... sounding gorgeous throughout."
English suites 1, 3 & 5, Bach.
Piot Anderszewski, piano, recorded in Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, in June 2014.
St. Petersburg., Cecilia Bartoli
Beethoven : complete piano sonatas., Beethoven
Michael Houstoun, piano.
Diabelli-Variationen, Beethoven.
Andras Schiff, piano.
Sinfonia ; Calmo ; Ritrata Notturna di Madrid, Luciano Berio.
Composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio which was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 125th anniversary. Featuring Virpi Raisanen.
La descente d'Orphee aux enfers..., Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Two baroque operas by Charpentier performed by Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensemble.
Requiem, Dvorak.
Christiane Libor and Warsaw Philharmonic; Gramophone pick.
Simplicius Simplicissimus, Karl Amadeus Hartmann.
Chamber opera recorded in Amsterdam, 2012.
Siroe, re di Persia, Johann Adolph Hasse.
Julia Lezhneva, soprano, especially singled out for praise here by Gramophone.
String quartets, op. 20, Haydn.
Doric String Quartet recorded in Dunwich, Suffolk.
String quartets. Vol. 3, Rued Langgaard.
Nightingale String Quartet.
Keyboard music. Vol. 7, Mozart.
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano.
Violin concertos 3, 4 & 5, Mozart.
Arabella Steinbacher, violin, recorded in Lucerne.
Symphonies nos 1 & 3, Carl Nielsen.
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic conducted by Sakari Oramo.
Ma mere l'oye, Ravel. Pictures at an exhibition
Anima Eterna Brugge conducted by Jos van Immerseel.
Carmina burana, Carl Orff.
Featuring Yeree Suh, soprano, and Yves Saelens, tenor.
Ten sonatas in four parts, Purcell.
The King's Consort recorded in Surrey in 2013.
Pieces de clavecin, Rameau.
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord.
Symphony no. 6 ; Symphony no. 14, Shostakovich.
Shostakovich's Symphonies Nos. 6 & 14, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and featuring soloists Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) and Sergei Leiferkus (baritone).
Symphony no. 3 ; Overture, the Hebrides, Mendelssohn
London Symphony Orchestra under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
No exceptions, no exemptions
A song recital which commemorates World War One brings to mind works by the poets and composers who fought valiantly for their country. But the affliction of the War was not restricted to the battlefields.
Concerti per flauto, Vivaldi.
Maurice Steger, recorder.

COUNTRY

Sad but true. Volume 3, Juke-box B-sides, Delaney Davidson, Marlon Williams.
The best, Alan Downes.
Absent fathers, Justin Townes Earle.
The complete US hits : 1952-62, Marty Robbins.
Hearts like ours, Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White.
Greatest hits : decade #1, Carrie Underwood.
Whistle & hum, Anna van Riel.
Broken man, Will Wood.
Prizefighter : hit after hit, Trisha Yearwood.

FILM

Take it or leave it, Madness.

JAZZ

Rass!, Monty Alexander.
The big picture, Kat Edmonson.
Guitar in the space age!, Bill Frisell.

MUSICAL

A musical affair : live in Japan, Il Divo.

NEW AGE

Music for accelerated learning, Steven Halpern.

POPULAR

Classics, She & Him.
Dublin to Detroit, Boyzone.
Girls in peacetime want to dance, Belle and Sebastian.
You got it all : the album, Union J.
Goddess, Banks.
Black messiah, D'Angelo and The Vanguard.
Indian Ocean, Frazey Ford.
For you, Selena Gomez.
Soul power, Curtis Harding.
My name in the brackets, Bob Hewerdine.
The Merri Soul sessions, Paul Kelly.
It's the girls, Bette Midler.
Downpour, Lynn Miles.
Boulevard of life, Marti Pellow.
Ghost, Kate Rusby.
Title, Meghan Trainor.
Tough love, Jessie Ware.

ROCK

7 skies H3, the Flaming Lips.
American beauty/American psycho, Fall Out Boy.
Celloverse, 2Cellos.
Dark side of the mule, Gov't Mule.
Extra painful, Yo La Tengo.
F.E.A.R, Papa Roach.
In-a-gadda-da-vida, Iron Butterfly.
It takes a nation of millions to hold us back, Public Enemy.
Live in Bonn, Barclay James Harvest.
Mufti day, Dictaphone Blues.
My people were fair and had sky in their hair — but now they're content to wear stars on their brows, Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Palace springs, Hawkwind.
Serpents kiss : the very best of, The Mission.
The mindsweep, Enter Shikari.
The pale emperor, Marilyn Manson.
Turning, Antony and the Johnsons.
What a terrible world, what a beautiful world, The Decemberists.
The new classic, Iggy Azalea.
Biophilia live, Bjork.
Live at the Main Point, 15th August 1973, Jackson Browne & David Lindley.
Petals have fallen, Dels.
Allergic to water, Ani DiFranco.
Time, Mikky Ekko.
Tetsuo & youth, Lupe Fiasco.
Live in Paris, 28.05.1975, Fripp & Eno.
36 seasons, Ghostface Killah.
The pinkprint, Nicki Minaj.
Mockasin's Caramel, Connan Mockasin.
Whatever happened to Benny Santini?, Chris Rea.
Uptown special, Mark Ronson.
A victim of stars : 1982-2012, David Sylvian.
Hesitant alien, Gerard Way.
Monsters of the universe: come out and plague, Wednesday 13.

WORLD

Maori a-capella, Whiri Tu Aka.
Music from planet Earth : a Soundway collection
Sanctuary : divine chants, Ram Meetook.
New Age music for meditation.

DVDs

Peter Brock : behind the wheel

FILM

A birder's guide to everything, Directed by Rob Meyer.
Kodi Spitt-McPhee & Ben Kingsley.
A rather English marriage, Directed by Paul Seed.
Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley, Tom Courtenay.
After him, A film by Gael Morel.
French drama with Catherine Deneuve.
Boyhood, Written and directed by Richard Linklater.
Ethan Hawke & Patricia Arquette.
Dracula untold, Directed by Gary Shore.
Luke Evans, Charles Dance, Dominic Cooper.
Futurama. Into the wild green yonder, Directed by Peter Avanzino.
Created and developed by Matt Groening.
Gospel Hill, Directed by Giancarlo Esposito.
Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett.
Jappeloup, Director, Christian Duguay.
Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet.
Lifeboat, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Tallulah Bankead in 1944 Hitchcock classic.
Night moves, Directed by Kelly Reichardt.
Environmental drama with Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Fanning.
Playing it cool, Directed by Justin Reardon.
Chris Evand & Michelle Monaghan.
Shaker run, Larry Parr
Cliff Robertson and Lisa Harrow in chase movie filmed around the South Island.
The Frighteners, Directed by Peter Jackson.
Filmed on location in Lyttelton.
The illusionist, Original screenplay, Jacques Tati ; adapted and directed by Sylvain Chomet.
The infinite man, Written and directed by Hugh Sullivan.
Alex Dimitriades and Hannah Marshall. Australian movie.
The last time I saw Paris, Directed by Richard Brooks.
Liz Taylor and Van Johnson.
The love punch, A film by Joel Hopkins.
Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson & Timothy Spall.
The lunchbox, Directed by Ritesh Batra.
The film festival hit from India.
The romantics, Directed by Galt Niederhoffer.
Anna Paquin, Katie Holmes and Josh Duhamel.
The serpent's kiss, Directed by Philippe Rousselot.
Ewan McGregor, Richard E. Grant & Greta Scacchi.
The skeleton twins, Directed by Craig Johnson.
Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig.
Two lives, A film by Georg Maas.
Very well reviewed German drama.
What if?, Directed by Michael Dowse.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rafe Spall, Zoe Kazan.
Wish I was here, directed by Zach Braff
Zach Braff & Kate Hudson.
50 ways of saying fabulous, Written and directed by Stewart Main.
Kiwi film with Rima Te Wiata in adaptation of the Graeme Aitken novel.
If I stay, Directed by R.J. Cutler.
Chloe Grace Moretz in adaptation of the Gayle Forman novel.
Dancing at Lughnasa, Directed by Pat O'Connor.
Meryl Streep in adaptation of the celebrated Irish stage play.
Lord of the flies, Directed by Peter Brook.
Adaptation of the William Golding classic.
A long way down, Directed by Pascal Chaumeil.
Adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel with Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike.
A soldier's tale, Produced and directed by Larry Parr.
Adaptation of the classic N.Z. novel by M.K. Joseph.
The normal heart, Directed by Ryan Murphy.
Adaptation of the stage play with Mark Ruffalo, Alfred Molina and Julia Roberts.
The hunter, Directed by Daniel Nettheim.
Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor.

MUSIC

Singin' in the rain, Drected by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen.
The all time musical classic with Gene Kelly.

Non-fiction

Noah and the great ark
The century of warfare. Volume III, History Channel.
GMO OMG, Written and directed by Jeremy Seifert.
Documentary on Monsanto and genetically modified food.
Back in business : Wellington's tramway systems, Wellington Tramway Museum.
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum : alive., David Attenborough
Micro monsters, David Attenborough.
The secret life of birds
The space movie
Last flight of the space shuttle
The best of Hyundai Country calendar. 2011
Martin Clunes : a man and his dogs
Good hair, Directed by Jeff Stilson.
In this expose of comic proportions, Chris Rock visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and more.
Cathedrals of culture, directed by Wim Wenders, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford, Margreth Olin, Karim Ainouz.
Creative crafts. Painting on wood and furniture
Creative crafts. Stencilling and fabric stencilling
Finding Vivian Maier, Written & directed by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel.
Prizewinning documentary.
The zen of Bennett, Director, Unjo Moon.
Intimate portrait of Tony Bennett.
Robin Williams live across Australia
The kingdom of dreams and madness, Written and directed by Mami Sunada.
A look at a Japanese animation studio.
Stephanie in the water, A film by Ava Warbrick.
New Zealand trophy quest : free range & trophy hunting in New Zealand
The real history of science fiction
Shakespeare behind bars, Written and directed by Hank Rogerson.
The quest for Bannockburn, Producer, director, editor: Folko Boermans.
Gore Vidal : the United States of Amnesia, A film by Nicholas Wrathall.

TV SERIES

Downton Abbey : a Moorland holiday
Restless, Directed by Edward Hall.
Hayley Atwell, Michelle Dockery & Rufus Sewell in adaptation of William Boyd's novel.

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

Slash and burn, Matt Hilton.
Death will have your eyes [Playaway], James Sallis.

FICTION

The zone of interest [Playaway], Martin Amis.
The story of us [Playaway], Dani Atkins.
The Glenmutchkin railway, W.E. Aytoun.
Two weddings and a baby, Scarlett Bailey.
The time of our lives [Playaway], Jane Costello.
Outline, Rachel Cusk.
Havana sleeping [MP3 CD], Martin Davies.
Havana sleeping, Martin Davies.
I'll take New York, Miranda Dickinson.
Living with it, Lizzie Enfield.
To rise again at a decent hour, Joshua Ferris.
Mr Mac and me, Esther Freud.
The spire, William Golding.
Saving Grace [Playaway], Jane Green.
Written in the stars [Playaway], Ali Harris.
Clay, Melissa Harrison.
In a country of mothers [Playaway], A.M. Homes.
Music for torching, A.M. Homes.
The woman who stole my life, Marian Keyes.
The incident, Kenneth Macleod.
Three amazing things about you [MP3 CD], Jill Mansell.
Three amazing things about you, Jill Mansell.
The assassination of Margaret Thatcher [Playaway], Hilary Mantel.
Head of state, Andrew Marr.
The cake shop in the garden [MP3 CD], Carole Matthews.
The cake shop in the garden, Carole Matthews.
The bone clocks [Playaway], David Mitchell.
He wants, Alison Moore.
The sacrifice, Joyce Carol Oates.
The age of magic, Ben Okri.
Orfeo [Playaway], Richard Powers.
The Italian girl [Playaway], Lucinda Riley.
What would Mary Berry do? [MP3 CD], Claire Sandy.
What would Mary Berry do?, Claire Sandy.
How to be both [Playaway], Ali Smith.
Mr. Bones, Paul Theroux.
More than you can say [Playaway], Paul Torday.
The woman who fell in love for a week [MP3 CD], Fiona Walker.
The woman who fell in love for a week, Fiona Walker.
Before we met [Playaway], Lucie Whitehouse.

HISTORICAL

Masters of Rome, Robert Fabbri.
Plague, C.C. Humphreys.
The house at sunset [MP3 CD], Norah Lofts.
The house at sunset, Norah Lofts.
Thornfield Hall [MP3 CD], Jane Stubbs.
Thornfield Hall, Jane Stubbs.

HORROR

The girl who couldn't read [Playaway], John Harding.
The Yorkshire shepherdess, Amanda Owen.
The Yorkshire shepherdess [MP3 CD], Amanda Owen.

MYSTERY

Gone for good, David Bell.
Wayfaring stranger, James Lee Burke.
Missing you [Playaway], Harlan Coben.
The good life, Martina Cole.
The good life [MP3 CD], Martina Cole.
The kill room, Jeffery Deaver.
Tell no tales, Eva Dolan.
Tell no tales [MP3 CD], Eva Dolan.
Top secret twenty-one [MP3 CD], Janet Evanovich.
Top secret twenty-one [MP3 CD], Janet Evanovich.
Terminal city [Playaway], Linda Fairstein.
Troubled waters, Gillian Galbraith.
The hollow man, Oliver Harris.
Sins of the father, Graham Hurley.
Breaking creed, Alex Kava.
January window, Philip Kerr.
Research [Playaway], Philip Kerr.
Bangkok Bob and the missing Mormon, Stephen Leather.
The Devil's Chair [MP3 CD], Priscilla Masters.
The Devil's Chair, Priscilla Masters.
The life I left behind [MP3 CD], Colette McBeth.
The life I left behind, Colette McBeth.
Poisoned ground : a Hakim & Arnold mystery, Barbara Nadel.
NYPD Red [MP3 CD], James Patterson & Marshall Karp.
NYPD Red, James Patterson & Marshall Karp.
Fall from grace, Tim Weaver.

Non-fiction

Nietzsche: philosophy in an hour, Paul Starthern.
The establishment: and how they get away with it, Owen Jones.
Forensics: the anatomy of crime, Val McDermid.
Where memories go: why dementia..., Written and read by Sally Magnusson.
The art of the novel, Milan Kundera.
Hunting shadows, Tom Gallagher
The Burma spring..., Rena Pederson.
A man most driven: Captain John Smith..., Peter Firstbrook.

ROMANCE

A cowboy to come home to, Donna Alward.
Doctor January, Rhoda Baxter.
Monsoon mists [Playaway], Christina Courtenay.
Playing dirty, HelenKay Dimon.
The redemption of Rico D'Angelo, Michelle Douglas.
Taken by the border rebel, Blythe Gifford.
Follow me, follow you, Laura E. James.
Back in the marriage bed, Penny Jordan.
Back in the marriage bed [MP3 CD], Penny Jordan.

SAGA

Wartime girls [MP3 CD], Anne Baker.
The downstairs maid [MP3 CD], Rosie Clarke.
The downstairs maid, Rosie Clarke.
Welcome home [MP3 CD], Margaret Dickinson.
Welcome home, Margaret Dickinson.
Eighteen Couper Street [MP3 CD], Millie Gray.
The Laird of Lochandee, Gwen Kirkwood.
The seven sisters, Lucinda Riley.
Evie, Julia Stoneham.
The end of a journey [MP3 CD], Grace Thompson.
The end of a journey, Grace Thompson.

SCIENCE FICTION

Future crime [MP3 CD], Ben Bova.
Peacekeepers [MP3 CD], Ben Bova.

WESTERN

Death rides the Denver stage, Lewis B. Patten.