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  • Family run independent specialist.
  • Browse our Extensive online catalogue covering new releases, established repertoire and less familiar works.
  • Some of the lowest prices on the internet.
  • Castle Classics send all orders post-free in the UK!
  • Order via our secure server or call us.
  • Spend more than £35 & receive a free Naxos disc of your choice!

Westlea
St.Margaret's Hope
Orkney
KW17 2SN

Tel: (01856) 831 831
Email: shaun@castleclassics.co.uk
Web: http://www.castleclassics.co.uk
 
 

Buy used CDs asd well as used DVDs from one of the largest new & used music stores. With over 150,000 titles in stock, their extensive collection of Used DVD's exceeds most movie and record stores, and their exceptional selection of jazz records shouldn't be overlooked either. You can sell CDs, sell DVDs, and other used music on vinyl online or in their NJ store - within an hour of the many New York music stores that they compete with.


20 South Tulane Street
Princeton
NJ
08542
Tel: +001 609 321 0881
Email: info@prex.com
Web: http://www.prex.com
 
 
The Classical CD Exchange is a specialist website devoted to second-hand classical CDs and DVDs.

We sell, we buy, we exchange. The site offers some 15,000 titles with the music of over 1,100 composers.

You can buy quickly and easily on-line - and every CD we sell is guaranteed. Just click on . . .

www.classicalcdexchange.co.uk
Unit 7, The Space Place,
Alphinbrook Road,
Exeter EX2 8RG

Tel: 01392 211811
Email: info@classicalcdexchange.co.uk
Web: http://www.classicalcdexchange.co.uk
 
 
Czech Music Direct
Zimmermann to Ancerl
Classical – Jazz – Folk and more…
Exclusive UK Sales and Distribution – Arco Diva, Cube Bohemia, Vixen, Hevhetia, Music Centre, Music Fund, Paraclete Press
The Supraphon specialists
www.czecheverything.co.uk
cmd@czecheverything.co.uk
+44 020 8346 0088
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CDs from the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Supraphon specialist plus many other labels
Classical, Jazz, Folk
Exclusive UK Distributors of
Arco Diva, Hevhetia, Music Fund, Paraclete Press, Vixen
www.czecheverything.co.uk
e-mail: cmd@czecheverything.co.uk
Tel: ++44 020 8346 0088
Visit our website and buy online
Tel: +44 (0)20 8346 0088
Email: cmd@czecheverything.co.uk
Web: http://www.czecheverything.co.uk
 
 
Festival President András Schiff will lead the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Oxford Philomusica International Piano Festival and Summer Academy with a Piano Recital on 5th August at Christ Church Cathedral and with a masterclass the following day. Other distinguished members of this year’s Faculty include John Lill, Joanna McGregor, Andrei Diev, Vladimir Viardo, Christopher Elton and Festival Artistic Director Marios Papadopoulos. Join us for an hour, a day or the full seven day programme of concerts and masterclasses. Witness superb playing from our participating students and visiting artists and teaching of the highest calibre. Participation options include full board accommodation for both playing and non playing students at St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

Oxford Philomusica International Piano Festival and Summer Academy
Templeton College
University of Oxford
Oxford OX1 5NY
Tel: 0870 6060804
Fax: 020 8208 4239
Web: http://www.oxfordphil.com
 
 

Buy used CDs and sell used cds such as jazz CDs and classical CDs, as well as many other common and rare CDs, including Opera, Rock, etc. Browse many genres of used dvds: ranging from criterion collection DVDs to children's disney DVDs. Princeton Record Exchange has a larger and better priced selection than any Philadelphia music store or a New York music store.



20 South Tulane Street
Princeton
NJ
08542


Tel: +001 609 321 0881
Email: info@prex.com
Web: http://www.prex.com
 
 
A website containing classical, contemporary and early music records. Over 3000 quality vinyls, each with their own pictures and description.

As genuine music lovers our goal is to help preserve and pass on items of beauty, functionality and value to others who can appreciate them.

Quality record cleaning service offered from a Loricraft PRC3.

We have a large stock of quality records in our Bristol warehouse, many are not on the website. Feel free to make an appointment to view and take advantage of cheaper prices.

Records are carefully checked for audio quality.
18 Avonleigh Road,
Bristol
Avon
BS3 3HP
UK
Tel: 0117 378 9645
Email: ambergreenclassical@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.ambergreen-classical.co.uk
 
 
Do you miss the days of real record shops,stocking a wide variety of recordings,staffed by experts? So did we.The Classical Music Exchange is a shop for music lovers whose needs are not met by the latest chart CDs. Whether you are a newcomer to the world of music getting to know the repertoire or an experienced collector wondering if you have space for even more records,we think you will like what you find here.Vinyl,CD,digital,analogue, mono or stereo;however you take your music,chances are you will find it here.The shop is run by music lovers who will do their best to help you find what you want;Charpentier or Stockhausen, Fürtwangler or Herreweghe.No search engine can match the pleasure of browsing through a rack of recordings.
36 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3HX

Tel: 020 7229 3219
Email: classical@mveshops.co.uk
Web: http://www.mveshops.co.uk
 
 
The 29th Cambridge Summer Music Festival -18 July to 9 August looks at the power of a big Cambridge asset–the voice,in many of its guises–St John's College Choir with the great favourite Chichester Psalms; the Festival Chorus (Brahms’ Requiem); the male voice phenomenon in Collegium Regale, and a professional mixed choir of English Voices (Allegri’s famous Miserere,while Patricia Rozario adds solo to the voice fest.
But it’s all kinds of music that cram every other nook and cranny of the Festival: artists like The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Natalie Clein and Jacqui Dankworth. Tasmin Little’s Naked Violin; early music by Pantagruel and La Serenissima; Melvyn Tan and Messiaen’s amazing Vingt Regards plus a performance the next day with Timothy Orpen and the Doric Quartet of the Quartet for the End of Time are some of the highlights.
Cambridge Summer Music Festival
8 Horn Lane
Linton
Cambridge
CB21 4HT


Tel: 01223 894161
Fax: 01223 892945
Email: info@cambridgesummermusic.com
Web: http://www.cambridgesummermusic.com
 
 

Buy DVDs and find used CD’s at one of the largest indie record stores. Princeton Record Exchange's CD store carries over 20,000 cheap CDs, 10,000 classical music CDs, and has a lot more to offer than most Philadelphia music stores and New York record stores. Their growing selection of new & used DVDs, includes: action, TV DVDs, comedy, horror, DVD box sets and a ton of Cheap DVDs.

20 South Tulane Street
Princeton
NJ
08542

Tel: +001 609 321 0881
Email: info@prex.com
Web: http://www.prex.com
 
 
This specialist on-line classical music store lets you browse the latest releases, search the on-line database and order securely for delivery worldwide. In addition take advantage of the multi-buy discounts, maintain your own wish lists and write you own reviews.

"...ordering is
easy; the search facility is excellent" - American Record Guide.
Crotchet Ltd
PO Box 5435
Birmingham
B38 8DZ
UK

Tel: +44 (0) 121 459 55 66
Fax: +44 (0) 121 459 66 97
Email: info@crotchet.co.uk
Web: http://www.crotchet.co.uk
 
 
•Gramex has been in existence for over 100 years.

•Whether you are an experienced or occasional collector, buying a gift, or just browsing, you will receive the same friendly, courteous and informative service.

•Gramex stocks thousands of used classical and jazz CDs, LPs, DVDs and VCs.

•Ranging from bargain discs to premium priced rarities -all at exceptionally competitive prices.

•Our stock of standard and premium classical and jazz LPs is, we believe, the best in London.

•Our stock of classical CDs covers everything from early medieval to contemporary music.

•Our stock of jazz CDs encompasses every style from traditional to avant-garde.

•Again all are at sensible prices, including ‘rare’ deletions.

•Gramex buys discs from anywhere in the world and will visit large collections. We don’t cherry-pick and pay excellent cash (not part-exchange) prices. Please ask for further details.
Tel: 020 7401 3830
Email: gramex@btconnect.com
Web: http://gramexlondon.com/
 
 
The 2008 West Cork Chamber Music Festival takes place in Bantry House, Co. Cork, Ireland from 28 June to 6 July and features an exciting line-up of world class musicians including Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Mihaela Ursuleasa, Sol Gabetta, the Leopold String Trio, the Altenberg Trio, Cristina Zavalloni, the RTÇ Vanbrugh Quartet and many more. This year sees the return of the very popular Stars in the Afternoon concert series each afternoon as well as the usual programme of coffee, town, main evening and late night recitals in Bantry House and St Brendan’s Church in Bantry. The extensive nine day programme includes works by Schubert, Bacewicz, Greif, Kinsella, Mozart, Glass, Brahms, Chopin, Rossini, Beethoven, Boccherini, Taneyev and many more as well as a violin and bow-making exhibition and young musicians platform. The West Cork Chamber Music Festival is generously supported by RTÇ

13 Glengarriff Road
Bantry
Co. Cork
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)27 52788
Web: http://westcorkmusic.ie
 
 
City University London’s Department of Music announces the launch of five new Music Studies MA programmes for entry in September 2008:

• MA Film Music and Multimedia Studies
• MA Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Music Studies
• MA Music and Gender Studies
• MA Opera Studies
• MA Popular Music Studies

Each benefits from the Department’s internationally excellent 5* research rating, the expertise of its staff in these areas, and its new, first-class facilities. ting, the expertise of its staff in these areas, and its new, first-class facilities. The courses combine a focus on rigorous scholarly criticism and independent research with the opportunity to undertake a community, professional, fieldwork, composition or performance project. Visit our website to find out more about each programme.
Northampton Square,
London
EC1V 0HB
Tel: 020 7040 8284
Email: music@city.ac.uk
Web: http://www.city.ac.uk/redirect/music_studies
 
 
Here at Culture Vulture we are setting out to create an online community of people interested in Music and the Arts. At the moment the literary side is more developed than the musical and we are advertising with the Gramophone because we would like to change that.

You can also make new friends or seek out compatible partners if you wish. The site has a system for signalling your intentions and the community totally respects your choices. You can chat in real time if you wish.

We also have an Events listing which is constantly updated and covers a wide range.

Through the site you can share a visit to an Event
We'd like to invite you to visit our site and sign up for a free membership and give us your opinions on artists, concerts, recordings, programmes etc. Come and join us; you will be very welcome.
14 Wickham Avenue
Bexhill-on-sea
East Sussex
TN39 3EN
Tel: 07733 233 992
Email: webmaster@culturevulture.uk.com
Web: http://www.culturevulture.uk.com
 
 
One of Europe’s finest chamber music festivals presents the music of Russian and French composers including Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokovieff, Franck, Stravinsky, Arensky, Poulenc, Saint Saens, Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen and Dubugnon.
2008 Artists include; Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Joy Farrall (clarinet); Priya Mitchell (violin); Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin); Guy Ben-Ziony (viola); Natalie Clein (cello); Lucy Wakeford (harp); Emer McDonough (flute) Charles Owen (piano) and Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Composer in Residence: Richard Dubugnon
The 2007 festival was ‘a breathtaking performance from world-class players’
Leicester Mercury
Patrons: Thea Musgrave CBE, James MacMillan, Paul McCreesh, Lars Tharp
Leicester International Music Festival,
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery,
Leicester LE1 7EA

Tel: 0116 225 4916
Fax: 0116 225 4916
Email: musicfest@btconnect.com
Web: http://www.musicfestival.co.uk
 
 
Farncombe Estate in the Cotswolds offers weekend, day and evening courses in a wide range of music, singing and other subjects. Guests enjoy stunning views over Broadway and the Cotswolds, good locally-sourced food and exceptional service in the tranquillity of a 300-acre private estate. Over 170 events are on offer including Arts, Crafts, Food, Well-being, History, Architecture, Literature, Writing, Music, Photography, Singing and Wildlife. For weekend breaks or those travelling any distance, 53 modern and well-appointed en-suite bedrooms are available. Courses in 2008 include Glorious Gershwin Summertime Jazz Supper, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Operatic Genius of Handel and Record Revolution: From Shellac to Vinyl. Book any event via Gramophone Online and save 25% on the normal price*. Simply quote “GMP5” when booking online or by telephone. Offer code expires 30 June 2008 and standard terms and conditions apply (see website for details).
Farncombe Estate,
Broadway,
Worcestershire
WR12 7LJ




Tel: 01386 854100
Fax: 01386 854350
Email: enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk
Web: http://www.musicbreaks.co.uk
 
 
The Lloyds TSB Welsh Proms Cardiff concert season returns to St David’s Hall with a more exciting programme than ever before - 13 concerts in just 14 days! From Sat 12 to Sat 26 July, Cardiff will be filled with the sound of world-class music in a special Proms celebration of 25 years of the National Concert Hall of Wales. This year the Welsh Proms boasts some of the biggest names in classical music with Bryn Terfel and Grammy Nominated Rebecca Evans taking to the stage in the Choral Prom on 19 July. Under the artistic direction of Owain Arwel Hughes OBE, the 2008 season features no less than 8 orchestral concerts and 3 concerts especially for younger audiences (The Children, Tiddly and Primary Proms). Concerts include the Tchaikovsky Prom on 17 July, Romantic Favourites Prom on 18 July, the Beethoven Prom on 20 July, Pictures and Portraits Prom 23 July, the Russian Ballet Prom on 24 July, Grand Classic Prom on 25 July and the inspiring Last Night of the Welsh Proms on 26 July.
St David's Hall,
The Hayes,
Cardiff,
CF10 1AH

Tel: 029 2087 8444
Fax: 029 2087 8599
Email: st.davidshallreception@cardiff.gov.uk
Web: http://www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
 
 
Buy Classical LPs with confidence from Spiral Classics

Download my catalogue or browse my stock online.

I can offer you:


  • Audiophile and collectable records

  • Rare recordings

  • Full range of musical repertoire

    Books on recordings, music, musicians

    Based in the UK, I send LPs all over the world. Email or phone me for helpful and friendly service.

    Sophia Singer

  • 52 Herbert Street
    Loughborough
    LE11 1NX
    UK

    Tel: 01509 557 846
    Email: sophia@spiralclassics.co.uk
    Web: http://www.spiralclassics.co.uk/
     
     
    Glimmerglass Opera will stage its 34th Festival Season, July 5–August 24, 2008, “If music be the food of love, play on!” Four new productions with links to Shakespeare will be presented on a set inspired by an Elizabethan theater: Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto, the American fully-staged premiere of Wagner's Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love, inspired by Shakespeare's Measure for Measure), and Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Additionally, Glimmerglass will present two concert performances of Mendelssohn's Complete Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
    7300 State Highway 80
    Cooperstown, NY 13326

    Tel: + 001 (607) 547-2255
    Fax: +001 (607) 547-6030
    Email: tickets@glimmerglass.org
    Web: http://www.glimmerglass.org
     
     
    Light Music - Lounge Music - Big Band - Operettas

    edition.uk represents the catalogue of Mozart Edition (GB) Ltd. with over 3500 original recordings of instrumental music produced since the 1950s by excellent musicians in the best studios in Europe.

    Our catalogue contains recordings of the compositions of Ronald Binge, Wilfred Josephs, Peter Hope, Brian Kelly, David Lyon, and many other composers and arrangers of great music.

    In preparation: Still Sailing By -Volume I of the series The Ronald Binge Collection including the original recording of one of his best known melodies, Sailing By.

    editionuk also handles the sheet music catalogue of Mozart Edition (GB) Ltd. with orchestral material for hire and sale.
    edition.uk:
    Building L016,
    University of Reading,
    London Road,
    Reading RG1 5AQ


    Tel: 44 (0)7912 208932
    Email: admin@editionuk.co.uk
    Web: http://www.editionuk.co.uk
     
     
    Audio Destination brings together a range of only the finest audio products and places them in comfortable and relaxed surroundings where customers can take their time to audition and find the right product or system to suit their requirements. We think customer satisfaction is the `first and only rule` and we offer a very personal service with no `techno babble` as we just love listening to music and want customers to do the same.
    You will not experience the `hard sell` that you may have already suffered elsewhere. Think of us as your Hi-Fi Doctors as we digest,dissect and reconstruct components or systems to your requirements NOT ours.
    We cater for all tastes and budgets and can even help spread the cost of any purchases with the various 0% interest free and finance options we can offer.
    Why not call Audio Destination today or drop in for a coffee and a chat you'll be glad you did!

    Suite 7a market walk
    Tiverton
    Devon
    EX16 6BL
    Tel: (01884)243 584
    Email: info@audiodestination.co.uk
    Web: http://www.audiodestination.co.uk
     
     
    Worcester Three Choirs Festival 2008 combines classical and choral favourites with a broader musical spectrum.

    Celebrations of the work of Elgar continue with performances of The Apostles and Pomp and Circumstance. A Baroque spectacular will be one of the highlights, featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Festival Chorus.
    Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is performed by the Academy of Ancient Music. The Festival presents the world première of Andrew Gant’s A British Symphony, a modern celebration of the United Kingdom.

    The Festival is delighted to be showcasing talented young performers Armonico Consort, Gothic Voices, Yossif Ivanov, Bobby Chen and Red Priest. Worcester Three Choirs presents Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre with its unique interpretation of A Winter’s Tale.

    The 2008 Festival culminates with a spectacular concert celebrating iconic musical scores from the very cream of British and international cinema. www.3choirs.org/worcester.
    Worcester Porcelain Museum
    Severn Street
    Worcester
    WR1 2NE

    Tel: 01905 616200
    Email: info.worcester@3choirs.org
    Web: http://www.3choirs.org/2008-worcester/welcome-worcester-2008.html
     
     
    The Cartridge Man has been involved with all aspects of analogue reproduction for over 30 years - from record production to the manufacture of high quality phono cartridges.

    Central to our operating philosophy is that of offering high performance - both measured and audible, but always with a view to giving value for money.

    All Cartridge Man products are designed and manufactured by ourselves - from diamond stylii to electronic modules.

    You can therefore be sure that we have an in-depth knowledge of our products and are not merely resellers or concerned with 'badge engineering'.

    Specialised audio services are also offered: Valve amplifier repair/rebuild, including component up-grading. High-quality audio components, silver wire and interconnects.

    Contact us for more details

    88 Southbridge Road
    Croydon,
    Surrey,
    CRO 1AF,
    England,
    UK
    Tel: (0)208 688 6565
    Fax: (0)208 688 6565
    Email: contact@thecartridgeman.com
    Web: http://www.thecartridgeman.com
     
     
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    Highest prices paid we cover the whole of the UK.

    Call now.
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    Email: gemini1506@hotmail.com
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