J Path
Threshing Around (Alpha Steppa Remix) [ Tigram / 10in - released 1/Nov/2013 ] |
Alpha Steppa
Dub Kingdom (12") [ Steppas Records / 12in ] 'As the son and nephew of pioneering UK nu roots dub duo Alpha & Omega - bassist Christine Woodbridge and keyboard player John Sprosen - Ben Alpha Steppa grew up surrounded by sound system and dubplate culture, starting in his mother's womb at... |
The Postures
Bushwalker / Alpha Male (7in) [ MUZAI Records / 7in - released 1/Nov/2010 ] |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Les Indes Galantes BLU-RAY Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) & Olivier Simonnet (director) [ Alpha BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Particularly rich both on the musical level and in atmosphere, scrutinizing love 'in far-off lands' (Turkey, Peru, Persia and America), it responds to the infatuation with exoticism that tinged all the arts of the century. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina / Tamerlano (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Sandrine Piau, Maite Beaumont, Christophe Dumaux, Jeremy Ovenden, Sophie Karthauser, Ann Hallenberg / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conduct [ Alpha BLU-RAY / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "This is essential viewing for those who take Handel as a dramatist seriously." Gramophone DVD of the Month January 2017 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) DVD/Blu-ray Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Alpha DVD + Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "there are exquisite solos too, especially from soprano Silvia Frigato and tenor Nicholas Mulroy." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Aaron Pilsan (piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Aaron Pilsan is only twenty-five years old, but he already has a busy career to his credit, with a solo album devoted to Beethoven and Schubert - very well received by the critics - and another of duo repertory with the cellist Kian Soltani. A... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 / Geistervariationen (with Widmann: Elf Humoresken) Aaron Pilsan (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Schumann composed Kreisleriana in April 1838, at the age of 27, exactly the same age as Aaron Pilsan today : "The youthful thing that I can identify with in Kreisleriana is its spontaneity. If I had to describe the piece, I would use the German word... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / RENALDO HAHN
Saint-Saëns - Hahn: À la lumière Accentus; Christophe Grapperon; Eloïse Bella Kohn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Ever since its creation more than twenty-five years ago, the Accentus chamber choir has ardently championed the a cappella repertory: under its conductor and founder Laurence Equilbey, it has produced an impressive discography that sets the benchmark... |
COPLAND / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRITTEN / BARBER etc
Long Time Ago Adèle Charvet, Susan Manoff [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The young mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet has already attracted attention in the opera house, but she is also passionately interested in the song repertory. For her first album, she has devised a very personal programme, deriving in part from her musical... |
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Bononcini: La nemica d'amore fatta amante Adriana Fernández; Martin Oro; Furio Zanasi; Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Ensemble 415 and Chiara Banchini revive the serenata a tre La nemica d'amore fatta amante by Giovanni Bononcini, a prodigious composer who was Handel's 'rival' in London and just as prolific as Alessandro Scarlatti in producing cantatas in the early... |
C. P. E. BACH
Concerti A Flauto Traverso Obligato [Flute Concertos] Alexis Kossenko (flute) / Arte dei Suonatori [ Alpha Essential Baroque Masterpieces / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "…whether you already know his music or are waiting to be introduced to it, these zestful performances are highly recommended." (Gramophone) |
VIVALDI
Concerti per il flauto traversier Alexis Kossenko (flute & direction) / Arte Dei Suonatori [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "as a demonstration of the subtle and resourceful range of Vivaldi's imagination as applied within the limitations of a set format, this is an ideal selection...in their astute, flexible and attractive musicianship they miss few tricks, allowing... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti pour Darmstadt Alexis Kossenko, Les Ambassadeurs; Zefira Valova [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |
Alfa Mist
Bring Backs [ Anti- / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] Bring Backs marks Alfa's first release for the label ANTI- and is also the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form. The album's nine tracks of groove-based intricacies, lyrical solipsism and meandering fragmentations are tied... |
Alfa Mist
Variables [ Anti- / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] "I've been focused on who I am in my music, but now I'm exploring where I am," Alfa Mist says. "I'm asking: how did I get here?" This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa's fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing,... |
Alpha Blondy
Apartheid is Nazism (Special Edition) [ Bang / CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] Re-mastered and re-issued in digipak cover with rare bonus content, such as exclusive dub bonus tracks, extensive liner notes and classic photos! |
Alpha Blondy
Cocody Rock [ Shanachie / CD - released 1/Dec/1994 ] |
Alpha Blondy
Cocody Rock (Special Edition) [ Bang / CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] Re-mastered and re-issued in digipak cover with rare bonus content, such as exclusive dub bonus tracks, extensive liner notes and classic photos! |
Alpha Blondy
Jah Glory! (Special Edition) [ Bang / CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] Re-mastered and re-issued in digipak cover with rare bonus content, such as exclusive dub bonus tracks, extensive liner notes and classic photos! |