Recreation

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

CDs

BLUES

Funky blues : live 1973, Albert Collins.
Sirens of song, Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.
Stronger for it, Janiva Magness.
Songs from the road, Mike Zito and the Wheel.

Classical

America, Copland, Reich, Cage, Feldman, Bernstein, Barber.
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart is one of the few choirs enjoying an international reputation. Their latest recording has "America" as its subject.
Spirit, strength & sorrow : settings of Stabat Mater, The Sixteen ; Harry Christophers.
Recorded in 2014 at St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London.
Visions fugitives : music for strings, Prokofiev, Hindemith, Webern, Bartok.
Camerata Nordica; Terje Tonnesen, conductor.
Partitas, Bach.
Igor Levit, piano, recorded in Berlin 2014.
The Beethoven journey : Piano concerto no. 5 ; Choral fantasy., Beethoven
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano and conductor.
The three masses ; Ave verum corpus, Byrd.
Choir of Westminster Cathedral.
Preludes, Frederic Chopin.
Ingrid Fliter, piano.
Quartets and concertos, J.F. Fasch.
Gramophone enthusiastic about this reocrding by Ensemble Marsyas.
Symphony no. 4 ; Cello concerto, Ross Harris.
Li-Wei Qin, cello; Robert Ashworth, viola; Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
Die Jahreszeiten, Joseph Haydn.
Christina Lanshamer, soprano; Maxmimilian Schmitt, tenor.
String quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn : K. 428, 465 'Dissonanz' & 387, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Cuarteto Csals recorded in Germany in 2013.
Arvo Part., Arvo Part
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor.,
Perla barocca : early Italian masterpieces, Fontana … [et al.]
Rachel Podger, violin; Marcin Swiatkiewicz, harpsichord.
Cello concertos ; La muse et le poete ; Allegro appassionato ; Le cygne, Saint-Saens.
Natalie Clein, cello, and Antje Weithaas, violin, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
The symphonies, Robert Schumann.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra recorded in Perth (U.K.) in 2013
Cello sonatas, Vivaldi.
Marco Ceccato, cello, and Academia Ottoboni.

COUNTRY

The big revival, Kenny Chesney.
Salvation, Bernie Griffen & The Thin Men.
Twenty thousand roads, Emmylou Harris.
December day, Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie.
Prizefighter : hit after hit, Trisha Yearwood.

EASY LISTENING

If everyone was listening…, Michael Ball.
Serenata, Alfie Boe.
Stand beside me : live in concert, Daniel O'Donnell.

JAZZ

5 a day, Nathan Haines.
Enjoy the view, Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco.

MUSICAL

A musical affair : live in Japan, Il Divo.

POPULAR

Collide, Boyz II Men.
The London sessions, Mary J. Bilge.
Live in Dublin, Leonard Cohen.
Only human, Cheryl.
The complete US & UK A & B sides, 1956-62, Bobby Darin.
Whispers, Tina Dico.
Indian Ocean, Frazey Ford.
Under the rainbow, Julia Fordham.
For you, Selena Gomez.
The raven's sun, Catherine MacLellan.
Love has many faces : a quartet, a ballet, waiting to be danced, Joni Mitchell.
Through yellow curtains, Joni Mitchell.
Minutes and seconds : live, Alison Moyet.
Into colour, Rumer.

ROCK

A better tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan.
Back in the day, ManaLion.
Creative distortion, The Fall.
Drivin' wheels : best of 1972-1982, Foghat.
Extra painful, Yo La Tengo.
Home for the holidays, Heart & Friends.
III, Mariachi el Bronx.
Live in '84 : back to the bone, Whitesnake.
Live in Berlin : soundtrack, Depeche Mode.
Lonesome dreams, Lord Huron.
Monuments to an elegy, Smashing Pumpkins.
Palladium circles, The Band.
Stand by, The Chills.
The action in Frisco, Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Jim Keltner performing as Little Village.
The curse of love, The Coral.
Thundering mantis, Dub Dynasty.
Moon landing, James Blunt.
Raise the dead : live from Wacken, Alice Cooper.
The hands of man, Chris de Burgh.
Avonmore, Bryan Ferry.
Don't look back, Don Henley.
The New York shuffle : My Father's Place, Roslyn 1977, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
Whatever happened to Benny Santini?, Chris Rea.
Hood billionaire, Rick Ro$$.
Best, Roger Taylor.
Storytone, Neil Young.

WORLD

The rough guide to the music of Russian gypsies
Mi Mandela, Idris Elba.

DVDs

FILM

Being Venice, Written and directed by Miro Bilbrough.
Australian moie with Garry McDonald.
Bekas, Written and directed by Karzan Kader.
Well reviewed Kurdish film.
Into the storm, Directed by Steven Quale.
Richard Armitage.
Justice League. Throne of Atlantis, Directed by Ethan Spaulding.
King of the hill, Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Adrien Brody, Elizabeth McGovern, Jesse Bradford.
Morning glory, Directed by Roger Michell.
Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton.
On my way, A film by Emmanuelle Bercot.
Catherine Deneuve.
Reaching for the moon, Directed by Bruno Barreto.
Miranda Otto.
The hundred year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared, Director, Felix Herngren.
The immigrant, Directed by James Gray.
Marion Cotillard.
Tightrope, Written and directed by Richard Tuggle.
Clint Eastwood.
Won't back down, Directed by Daniel Barnz.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter.
Witness for the prosecution, Directed by Billy Wilder.
Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich.
A most wanted man, Directed by Anton Corbijn.
George Clooney.
The giver, Directed by Phillip Noyce.
From the Lois Lowry novel.

MUSIC

Lang Lang at the Royal Albert Hall.

Non-fiction

The century of warfare. Volume III, History Channel.
Stott Pilates. Simple stretches
10 minute solution. Fat blasting Latin dance mix
Bobby Chinn cooks Asia ., Bobby Chin
Katy Perry : getting intimate, Directed & produced by Sonia Anderson.
Hip hop-eration, Written and directed by Bryn Evans.
Shakespeare behind bars, Written and directed by Hank Rogerson.

TV SERIES

Small island, Directed by John Alexander.
Adaptation of the Andrea Levy novel.

Talking Books

Adventure

The last ship, William Brinkley.
The empty throne, Bernard Cornwell.
The Mayan secrets [MP3 CD], Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry.
The Mayan secrets, Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry.
Midnight in Europe, Alan Furst.
Hellfire, James Holland.
Hellfire [MP3 CD], James Holland.
Hard landing, Stephen Leather.
Dark heart, Tony Park.
Far horizon, Tony Park.
The prey, Tony Park.
Zambezi, Tony Park.
Brilliance, Marcus Sakey.
Death will have your eyes : a book about spies, James Sallis.

FANTASY

Mrs Bradshaw's handbook [MP3 CD], Terry Pratchett
Mrs Bradshaw's handbook to travelling upon the Ankh-Morpork & Sto Plains Hygienic Railway, Terry Pratchett

FICTION

The tightrope walkers, David Almond.
The zone of interest, Martin Amis.
The story of us, Dani Atkins.
The rose garden, Marita Conlon-McKenna.
Christmas gifts at the Beach Cafe, Lucy.
I'll take New York, Miranda Dickinson.
Dear thief, Samantha Harvey.
The sunrise, Victoria Hislop.
The sunrise [MP3 CD], Victoria Hislop.
In a country of mothers, A.M. Homes.
Music for torching, A.M. Homes.
Never let me go, Kazuo Ishiguro.
The lost garden, Kate Kerrigan.
The lost garden [MP3 CD], Kate Kerrigan.
The woman who stole my life, Marian Keyes.
Waiting for Doggo, Mark B. Mills.
Waiting for Doggo [MP3 CD], Mark Mills.
The Italian girl, Lucinda Riley.
Vulgar things, Lee Rourke.
Mr. Bones, Paul Theroux.
More than you can say, Paul Torday.
The Supreme Macaroni Company, Adriana Trigiani.

HISTORICAL

Lords of the White Castle, Elizabeth Chadwick.

HORROR

The girl who couldn't read, John Harding.

Mystery

Artefacts of the dead, Tony Black.
Friends to die for [MP3 CD], Hilary Bonner.
Friends to die for, Hilary Bonner.
Winterswim, Ryan W. Bradley.
Found, Harlan Coben.
Terminal city, Linda Fairstein.
Writers' block, Judith Flanders.
The burning mind, M.G. Gardiner.
Shakespeare's counsellor, Charlaine Harris.
The lion's mouth, Anne Holt and Berit Reiss-Andersen.
The lion's mouth [MP3 CD], Anne Holt and Berit Reiss-Andersen.
Inspector Colbeck's casebook : thirteen tales from the railway detective, Edward Marston.
Inspector Colbeck's casebook : thirteen tales from the railway detective [MP3 CD], Edward Marston.
The laughing hangman, Edward Marston.
Behind you, Linda Regan.
Calculated in death, J.D. Robb.
Closer than you think, Karen Rose.
The king's spy, Andrew Swanston.
Murder must wait, Arthur W. Upfield.
The sands of Windee, Arthur W. Upfield.
The widows of Broome, Arthur W. Upfield.
Winds of evil, Arthur W. Upfield.
Wings above the Diamantina, Arthur W. Upfield.
Fall from grace, Tim Weaver.
A lovely way to burn [MP3 CD], Louise Welsh.
A lovely way to burn, Louise Welsh.

Non-fiction

The good shepherd : a thousand-year journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament, Kenneth E. Bailey.
H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald.
Hunting shadows, Tom Gallagher
A man most driven : Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of America, Peter Firstbrook.
Outback heroines, Sue Williams.

Romance

The promise, Robyn Carr.
Love is triumphant, Barbara Cartland.
Monsoon mists, Christina Courtenay.
Zane, Brenda Jackson.
The next always, Nora Roberts.
The reef, Nora Roberts.
The witness, Nora Roberts.
Fifty bales of hay, Rachel Treasure.

SAGA

From Liverpool with love, Lyn Andrews.
Beyond the veil of tears, Rita Bradshaw.
Beyond the veil of tears [MP3 CD], Rita Bradshaw.
Peppercorn Street, Anna Jacobs.
Peppercorn Street [MP3 CD], Anna Jacobs.
Her mother's secret [MP3 CD], Catherine King.
Her mother's secret, Catherine King.
There will be better days [MP3 CD], Elizabeth Waite.
There will be better days, Elizabeth Waite.

SCIENCE FICTION

The Martian race, Gregory Benford.

WESTERN

The golden cat [MP3 CD], Max Brand.
The golden cat, Max Brand.
Legend of a badman, Ray Hogan.