Recreation

New Titles January 2012 (arrived Dec 2011) Audio and Video

CDs

Ballet

Paul McCartney's ocean's kingdom [sound, Paul McCartney
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall in London.

Blues

Wheels within wheels, Rory Gallagher
Includes guest appearances by Martin Carthy, Maire Ni Chathasaigh, Bert Jansch, Bela Fleck, The Dubliners, Chris Newman, Juan Martin and Lonnie Donegan.
Bo Diddley is a-- songwriter., Bo Diddley
Steady love, Maria Muldaur.
Santo spirito blues, Chris Rea.

Christmas

Christmas, Michael Buble.

Classical

Diabelli-Variationen, Beethoven
Rave reviews for this performance by pianist Paul Lewis.
Lucia di Lammermoor, Doniuzetti
Natalie Dessay and Piotr Beczala.
The complete songs of Poulenc. Vol. 2, Poulenc
Featuring Jonathan Lemalu, Felicity Lott, Lisa Milne, Christopher Maltman and others.
Trios ; Sonate <> ; Fantaisie, Schubert
Impressive performance by Trio Dali that was Editor's Choice in October 2011 Gramophone.
Best of British.,
A five CD set of English light music and miniatures.
Casals encores., Pablo Casals
Albert Gerhardt, violin and Cecile Licad, piano.
Violin concerto nos. 1 and 2, Bartok
James Ehnes, violin. Gramophone Disc of the Month, November 2011.
The complete waltzes, Chopin.
Pianist Stephen Hough: "Hough's playing has such authority and panache, its balance between virtuosity and vividly communicated expression so finely judged, that every perfectly scaled moment is as intensely realised as every other. Few other pianists around today play Chopin with as much understanding and poised mastery as this." The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Piano sonatas. Vol. 3, Haydn.
"Once again Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Haydn sweeps the field, at least on a modern instrument. He ornaments lavishly but always intelligently, and as before he omits codas or cadences before the second of the second-half repeats. This is such a smart and musically sensible thing to do that you can't help but wonder if it was one of those "authentic" customs that was so obvious that no composer of the day bothered to notate or even so much as mention it." (10/10 Classics Today Oct 2011)
Liszt, my piano hero., Lang Lang
"Lang Lang's gifts get a fruitful showcase in Liszt's Piano Concerto No 1, performed with the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev" said The Times.
Piano concertos 1 & 4 ; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Rachmaninov.
Simon Trpceski and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

Country

Bootleg. Vol. III, Live around the world, Johnny Cash
Clear as day, Scotty McCreery
The youngest male winner in the history of American Idol.
Here for a good time, George Strait
Rare bird alert, Steve Martin and the Steep
The lost notebooks of Hank Williams, Hank Williams
Mesabi, Tom Russell.
A vast, interwoven collection of tales set to twangy rock, country and Mexican folk -- featuring Calexico, Van Dyke Parks and Lucinda Williams.

Easy Listening

As I love you : 1956-1958, Shirley Bassey
C'est chic! : French girl singers of the 1960s,
Includes Francoise Hardy, Sheila, Brigitte Bardot, Anna Karina and many others.
Sir Howard Morrison : the definitive collection, Howard Morrison
A retrospective, Pink Martini.
Featuring a kaleidoscope of Pink Martini favourites straddled with a bevy of unreleased gems, this album is an eye-opening exploration of Pink Martini's 16-plus year history.
Classical Beatles., The Beatles
45 tracks of the most imaginative classical arrangements of their music.
Grace, Greta Bradman.
Soprano Greta Bradman's iPod reveals a diverse taste in music, as does her album 'Grace', the follow up to her ARIA-nominated debut 'Forest of Dreams'. "While pure classical repertoire is my core passion and career, when I'm out for a run and plugged into my iPod, I can be equally inspired by Handel or Coldplay," says the singer. "It was important to me in recording Grace to honour my musical roots and experience, as well as explore songs from other genres that I believe would touch or inspire the listener."

Film

Matariki : original motion picture soundtrack,
Includes Bella Kalolo, Te Vaka, Boss, Gin Wigmore, Jamoa Jam, Misfits of Science, Concord Dawn, Connan & The Mockasins, Brunettes, Prince Tui Teka, Phoenix Foundation, etc.

Jazz

Eleanora Fagan (1950-1959), Dee Dee Bridgewater
A moment's peace, John Scofield
All we are saying--, Bill Firsell
The four elements, Nigel Kennedy
The Four Elements, written for violin, orchestra, band and voices, is a suite of pieces which Kennedy conceived as his own 21st century response to Vivaldi's baroque masterpiece The Four Seasons (a work with which Kennedy is intrinsically linked) in the sense of creating some programmatic, pictorial music based on an underlying theme.
Guitar man, George Benson.
Time together, Michael Franks.
Seven, Tim Hopkins.
A native Kiwi who spent time in Australia and the U.S.
In the moonlight, Sophie Milman.
Modern music, Patrick Zimmerli

New Age

River of light : getting free of stress, David Gordon

Popular

Everything changes, Julian Lennon
Honey & wine : another Gerry Goffin and Carole King song collection, Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Josh Rouse and the long vacations, Josh Rouse
Lil' golden book, Princess
Lil' Chief prefer to describe her music as "the soundtrack to an old Disney movie meets Kraftwerk fronted by Enya in a 60s production of Les Mis...set in space".
Ragged kingdom, June Tabor & Oysterband
The best of Joss Stone, 2003-2009, Joss Stone
Twenty, Boyz II Men.
Unlimited buffet, Fabulous/Arabia
Fastlife, Joe Jonas.
Vows, Kimbra.
Blue sky blue, Pete Murray.
Soulicious, Cliff Richard.
Cliff singing with Roberta Flack, Percy Sledge, Brena Holloway, Freda Payne and others.
Hearts and bones, Paul Simon.
Digitally re-mastered American import CD with four previously unreleased bonus tracks.
One trick pony, Paul Simon.
Echoes, Will Young.

Rock

3 bar ranch : cattle callin, Hank
A different kind of fix, Bombay Bicycle Club
Third album from the British Alt-Roc/Pop band Bombay Bicycle Club sees the guitars firmly plugged back in, but added to the mix are synths, sampled loops, layered vocals from all four band members and washes of reverb throughout.
A dramatic turn of events, Dream Theater
An appointment with Mr. Yeats, The Waterboys
B in the mix. Vol. 2 : the remixes., Britney Spears
Live communication, Bill Wyman's Rhythm
London street beats : 1988-2009 : 21 years of Acid Jazz records,
Rick Nelson in concert : the Troubadour 1969 :, Rick Nelson
Rock the tabla, Hossam Ramzy
Solid and raunchy, Bill Black's Combo
The Chicago story : complete greatest hits, Chicago
Recorded from 1969 to 1997.
The Ronnie James Dio story : mightier than the, Ronnie James Dio
Toulouse Street, The Doobie Brothers
3, Buffalo Killers.
Beauty queen sister, Indigo Girls.
Chequered thoughts, Funkommunity.
Innuendo, Queen.
Made in heaven, Queen.
This digitally re-mastered Deluxe 2CD Edition of 'Made in Heaven' features rare Queen tracks from the album sessions.
Nevermind, Nirvana.
Nightshades, Cobra Starship.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds., Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds -- his first album as a solo artist -- was recorded in London and completed in Los Angeles during 2010 and the first half of 2011.
Sweetheart of the sun, The Bangles.
The miracle, Queen.
TKOL rmx 1234567, Radiohead.
World comes calling, Midnight Youth.
Ashes & fire, Ryan Adams.
Night of hunters, Tori Amos.
Believers, A.A. Bondy.
Sweeter, Gavin Degraw.
Under the influence, Diesel.
Metals, Feist.
Laughing down crying, Daryl Hall.
4everevolution, Roots Manuva.
Now aged 39, South London rapper Roots Manuva may well be the elder statesman of British hip-hop, but his eighth studio album, 4everevolution, shows he can still summarize the state of the nation more succinctly in one line that most MCs half his age manage over the course of an entire album.
Hell in a handbasket, Meat Loaf.
The journey 1978-2009, Chris Rea.
West wind, Wild Bill Ricketts.
1814, Jah Rydem.
This 8-piece group are musically inspired by living around the beautiful Whangaroa Harbour and have been performing on the NZ music scene for a few years. Patu Colbert who formed the 1814 band, describes the music as a mix of funky RnB reggae.
Easter Rising, Patti Smith.
Patti Smith recorded live in Oregon.
25 years, Sting.
Listen to the voices : Sly Stone in the studio1965-70., Sly Stone
Modern art, Matthew Sweet.

World

Line-up, Battlefield Band.
Putumayo presents Latin beat.,
Te arohanui.,
A mixture of originals and traditional Maori songs all sung in Te Reo and brought to life in a modern setting.
Ria Hall., Ria Hall
On her debut self-titled EP, Ria Hall drapes a series of musings on unity, culture and the natural landscape over ever-shifting beds of sinewy digital sound.
Mali denhou, Boubacar Traore.
Considered as a bluesman in the western countries, Boubacar Traore, a.k.a. Kar Kar, has been traveling the world and spreading this particular blues from Sahel throughout the tours and albums.

DVDs

Comedy

You asked for it, Billy Connolly

FILM

Anne of the thousand days, Directed by Charfles Jarrott
With Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold.
Evelyn, Directed by Bruce Beresford
Based on a true story. Irish drama with Pierce Brosnan and Julianna Margulies.
Just go with it, Directed by Dennis Dugan
With Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman.
Love birds, Directed by Paul Murphy
Comedy filmed in Auckland with Sally Hawkins, Rhys Darby, Emily Barclay and Bryan Brown.
Mississippi masala, Directed by Mira Nair
With Denzel Washington and Roshan Seth.
Move over darling, Directed by Michael Gordon
1960s romantic comedy with Doris Day, James Garner and Thelma Ritter.
My favourite season, Directed by Andre Techine.
With Catherine Deneuve and her daughter Ciara Mastroianni as well as Daneil Auteuil.
My mother's castle, Directed by Yves Robert
Adaptation of the Marcel Pagnol book.
Opal dream, Directed by Peter Cattaneo
Delightful Aussie film adaptation of the Ben Rice novel "Pobby and Dignan."
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Classic western with James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan (who also did the music)
Princess of thieves, Directed by Peter Hewitt
Daughter of Robin Hood tale with Keira Knightley and Malcolm McDowell.
The Egyptian, Directed by Michael Curtiz
Based on the Mika Waltari novel. Ancient Egypt with Edmund Purdom, Victor Mature and Jean Simmons.
The vintner's luck, Directed by Niki Caro
Adaptation of the Elizabeth Knox novel with Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jeremie Renier and Vera Farmiga.
Mademoiselle Chambon, Directed by Stephane Brize
With Sandrine Kilberlain and Vincent Lindon.
Alistair MacLean's When eight bells toll, Directed by Etienne Perier
With Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley and Jack Hawkins.

MUSIC

A MusiCares' tribute to Neil Young,
Recorded in Los Angeles in 2010.
August and everything after, Counting Crows
Susan Boyle : an unlikely superstar,
Till the clouds roll by, Directed by Richard Whorf
The music of Jerome Kern. With Sinatra, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne.
360 at the Rose Bowl, U2
The diary of Alicia Keys,
Documents a tour and photo shoot to promote her album

Non-fiction

A rotten shame : an Investigative Documentary into New Zealand's Leaky Homes Disaster, Presented by John Gray
Beginning of the great revival, Directed by Han Sinping.
Beginning of the Great Revival, known as The Founding of a Party in China and a companion piece to 2009's blockbuster The Founding of a Republic, details the historic events surrounding what is referred to as the Chinese Revolution, the period from 1911 to 1921, when Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty and planted the roots of what has become today's Chinese Communist government.
Justin Bieber : never say never, Directed by Jon M. Chu
Religulous, Directed by Larry Charles
Religion as seen from a sceptic's point of view.
Something unknown is doing we don't know what, Directed by Renee Scheltema.
Spiritual journey into the science behind psychic phenomena
Art of war
Documentary - made for the History Channel - of the Sun Tzu classic.
Market kitchen. Christmas diaries,
Features 32 Xmas recipes from Rachel Allen, Tom Parker Bowles and others.
Queen under review 1980-1991,
The revelation of the pyramids, Directed by Patrice Pooyard.
Narrated by Brian Cox.
Surviving 9/11,
People's experiences of 9/11. Originally shown on the Geography Channel.

TV

Doctor Who. Colony in space,
Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning.
Midsomer murders. Country matters.,
With John Nettles, Dorian Healy and Juliet Aubrey

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

The Moscow Club (MP3), Joseph Finder.
Lieutenant Hornblower, C.S. Forester.
Devil to pay, Ross Kemp.
In the king's name, Alexander Kent.
Dragoons (MP3), Garry Douglas Kilworth.
Fair game, Stephen Leather.
Fair game (MP3), Stephen Leather.
On his majesty's service, Allan Mallinson.
Sunset, Douglas Reeman.
The wreckage (MP3), Michael Robotham.

FICTION

The alteration, Kingley Amis.
The look of love (MP3), Judy Astley.
The Watsons, Jane Austen.
On Canaan's side, Sebastian Barry.
A friend from England, Anita Brookner.
The fat years, Chan Koonchung.
Miss Mina and the groom, E. Nesbit.
The secrets between us, Louise Douglas.
The secrets between us (MP3), Louise Douglas.
The adventures of Brigadier Gerard, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Love always, Harriet Evans.
In the sea there are crocodiles, Fabio Geda.
The love verb [sound recording (Playaway)], Jane Green.
Rules for a perfect life, Niamh Greene.
The London train [electronic resource (Playaway)], Tessa Hadley.
The proof of love, Catherine Hall.
Gallery girl, Wendy Holden.
The summer without men [electronic resource (Playaway)], Siri Hustvedt.
Brave new world, Aldous Huxley.
The lantern, Deborah Lawrenson.
The facility, Simon Lelic.
Ghastly business, Louise Levene.
Afterwards (MP3), Rosamund Lupton.
Kate's wedding, Chrissie Manby.
Kate's wedding( MP3), Chrissie Manby.
The fabulously fashionable life of Isabel Bookbinder [electronic resource (Playaway)], Holly McQueen.
The last weekend [electronic resource (Playaway)], Blake Morrison.
The garden of truth, E. Nesbit.
The last station [sound recording (Playaway)], Jay Parini.
House rules, Jodi Picoult.
An Englishwoman in France, Wendy Robertson.
The sentimentalists, Johanna Skibsrud.
The pearl, John Steinbeck.
Encore Valentine [electronic resource (Playaway)], Adriana Trigiani.
The Duke's children [sound recording (Playaway)], Anthony Trollope.
Brixton Rock [electronic resource (Playaway)], Alex Wheatle.
The bridesmaid pact, Julia Williams.
Flush, Virginia Woolf.

HISTORICAL

The jewel of St. Petersburg, Kate Furnivall.

HORROR

Bite me [electronic resource (Playaway)] : a vampire love story, Christopher Moore.

MYSTERY

Dr. Yes, Colin Bateman.
Truth lies bleeding, Tony Black.
Star trap, Simon Brett.
A dance of ghosts, Kevin Brooks.
The reckoning, Jane Casey.
Live wire [electronic resource (Playaway)], Harlan Coben..
The family (MP3), Martina Cole.
The reversal, Michael Connelly.
A maiden's grave (MP3), Jeffery Deaver.
Carte blanche, Jeffery Deaver.
The cuckoo's child (MP3), Marjorie Eccles.
The hanging wood (MP3), Martin Edwards.
The hanging shed (MP3), Gordon Ferris.
Suffer the children(MP3), Sara Fraser.
Blood count, Robert Goddard.
Faithful unto death [sound recording (Playaway)],
Rack, ruin and murder, Ann Granger.
The house at Sea's End, Elly Griffiths.
Three bedrooms, one corpse, Charlaine Harris.
Borrowed light, Graham Hurley.
Borrowed light(MP3), Graham Hurley.
Malice, Lisa Jackson.
Murder, Majorcan style, Roderic Jeffries.
The hypnotist, Lars Kepler.
Broken home (MP3), Roberta Kray.
Thirteen hours, Deon Meyer.
The devil's star (MP3), Jo Nesbo.
Jack's shadow (MP3), Pamela Oldfield.
A very private murder (MP3), Stuart Pawson.
A morbid taste for bones (MP3), Ellis Peters.
Mortal remains [sound recording (Playaway)], Kathy Reichs.
The guilty plea, Robert Rotenberg.
Fallen (MP3), Karin Slaughter.
The forgotten affairs of youth, Alexander McCall Smith.
The forgotten affairs of youth (MP3), Alexander McCall Smith.

Non-fiction

Twentieth-century spies [electronic resource (Playaway)], Neil Root.
The 33 [electronic resource (Playaway)], Jonathan Franklin.
Sex on the moon, Ben Mezrich.
On the slow train again, Michael Williams.
Fagogo : fables from Samoa in Samoan and English, Collected, arranged and translated by Richard Moyle.
Always the children, Anne Watts.
One born every minute, Maria Dore & Ros Bradbury.
Born wild, Tony Fitzjohn [with Miles Bredin].
From those wonderful folks who gave you Pearl Harbour, Jerry Della Femina.
The hare with amber eyes [sound recording (Playaway), Edmund de Waal.
Dave Gorman vs. the rest of the world.,
Did you really shoot the television? [sound recording (Playaway)], Max Hastings.
Nella Last in the 1950s, [edited by] Robert and Patricia Malcolmson.
Our man in Hibernia [electronic resource (Playaway)] : Ireland, the Irish and me, Charlie Connelly.
Hope & glory : the days that made Britain, Stuart Maconie.
To a mountain in Tibet (MP3), Colin Thubron.

ROMANCE

A dream rides by, Tania Crosse.
Perfect marriage material, Penny Jordan.

SAGA

Destiny, Louise Bagshawe.
This side of heaven, Emma Blair.
The ragged heiress (MP3), Dilly Court.
Alley urchin, Josephine Cox.
There'll be blue skies, Ellie Dean.
Forgive and forget, Margaret Dickinson.
Pauper's gold (MP3), Margaret Dickinson.
The warden's daughters, Anne Douglas.
The house by the fjord (MP3), Rosalind Laker.
Watch for the talleyman, Freda Lightfoot.
All the days of our lives, Annie Murray.
Pearl (MP3), Deirdre Purcell.

SCIENCE FICTION

Theories of flight, Simon Morden.

YOUNGER FICTION

Euuugh! Eyeball stew!, Alan MacDonald.
Ginger's new home ; &, Smokey's great escape, Sue Mongredien.
Very brave dog ; &, Runaway horse!, Linda Newbery.