Lorde
Pure Heroine [ Universal Music NZ CD / CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Lorde's music melds concentrated, sharp-eyed lyrics and multi-layered vocals with crisp, 2013 beatscapes. The decision to release her first EP, with plenty of mystery but no marketing or publicity, and just a simple, lifelike illustration, was... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Le Sacre di Printemps [The Rite of Spring] (with Bartok - Miraculous Mandarin) [CD+Blu-ray Dolby Atmos] Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon CD + Blu-ray Audio Dolby Atmos / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Nov/2007 ] 2008 Grammy Award nomination for Best Orchestral Performnace |
Ludovico Einaudi (piano)
Ludovico Einaudi - The Royal Albert Hall Concert - CD & DVD Edition [ Decca / 3 CD/DVD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Recorded live at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall at the peak of Einaudi's European and American tour in2010, showcasing his works/albums "Nightbook", "I Giorni"and "Divenire". |
Madeleine Peyroux
Secular Hymns [ Impulse CD / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] Twenty years after her recording debut, Dreamland, Madeleine Peyroux continues her musical journey of exploration beyond the ordinary with Secular Hymns, a spirited and soulful masterwork. Recorded with her touring band-mates of the last two years... |
The Map Room
Weatherless [ The Map Room CD / CD - released 7/Apr/2017 ] Weatherless is the second album from local indie-pop group The Map Room. While their self-titled debut album addressed themes of displacement and motion inspired by the duo's travels through South America, Weatherless explores the struggle and... |
BELLINI / PUCCINI / BIZET / CATALANI / VERDI / CILEA / GLUCK / etc
The New Sound of Maria Callas [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Maria Callas - Unforgettable arias sung by the most iconic diva of all time - remastered for the first time in high-definition sound from the original tapes, for an unprecedented sound quality that shines new light on the voice of Maria Callas. Allan... |
Marianne Faithfull
A Secret Life (RSD 2023 CD) [ Island / CD - released 22/Apr/2023 ] This album was a new direction for Marianne and was written with the Italian composer Angelo Badalamenti, known for his atmospheric scores to David Lynch's films. The result successfully marries his multi-layered orchestral production style with... |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rautavaara: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra; Symphony No. 8, The Journey (with bonus CD sampler) Marielle Nordman (harp); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "Sound is excellent. A disc well worth hearing, and having." - MusicWeb July 2004 |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / RAVEL / MENDELSSOHN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Festival of Chamber Music [3 CD set] Mark Lindsay (violin) Theodore Kuchar (viola) Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Boris Berman (piano) Dong-Suk Kang (violin) [ ABC Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2000 ] A star-studded line-up of international performers and some of Australia's favourite soloists and ensembles. |
Martin Phillipps / The Chills
Live At The Moth Club (CD/DVD) [ Fire Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] Live at the Moth Club is an intimate solo performance of songs from the breadth of The Chills catalogue, recorded live in London. This exclusive hardback package also includes a DVD with a preview of the forthcoming feature documentary The Curse... |
GLUCK / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / PURCELL / BELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor [3 CD set] Andreas Scholl, Alessandro Moreschi, Philippe Jaroussky, David Daniels, Max-Emanuel Cencic, James Bowman, Alfred Deller, Gérard Lesne, René Jacobs, et [ Virgin Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] All these artists are exponents of 'authentic' performance, but - fortunately for the gentlemen in question - true authenticity is restricted to the track performed by Alessandro Moreschi...the only known audio memento of a genuine castrato. |
ROSSINI / VIVALDI / SCHUBERT / VERDI / GLUCK / HANDEL / etc
Fantastic Cencic [3 CD set] Max Emanuel Cencic (counter-tenor) / I Barocchisti, Concerto Koln, Il Pomo d'oro, etc / Norman Sheiler, Kazuhiro Hofstetter (piano) [ Warner Classics / Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "Fasolis gives a vibrant account of a fine score with supple rhythms, well-judged tempos and dramatically charged recitative imparting character at every turn...Cencic enlivens [the title-role] with expressive virtuosity." (BBC Music on 'Farnace' Fi |
Men At Work
The Very Best Of (CD + DVD) [ Columbia Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 29/Jan/2008 ] Digitally re-mastered CD collection - with a 10 track bonus DVD! A great Australian band whose music has stood the test of time. |
DVORAK / SCHUBERT / DEBUSSY / CHOPIN
Menahem Pressler: A 90th Birthday Celeration - Live in Paris 2013 [CD + DVD] Menahem Pressler (piano) / Quatuor Ebene, with Christoph Pregardien (tenor) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] The Quatuor Ebène was invited by legendary pianist Menahem Pressler to join him in celebrating his 90th birthday at a concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in November 2013. Their programme included two of the most life-affirming works in the chamber... |
Michael Hedges
Aerial Boundaries [ Music on CD / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] Aerial Boundaries is the second album by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label in 1984. It was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Engineered Recording. |
Michael Jackson
Scream [ Sony Music CD / CD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Throughout his career Michael Jackson created music that has become synonymous with Halloween. Scream is an album showcasing Michael Jackson's spookiest songs. Epic/Legacy Recordings, in collaboration with The Estate of Michael Jackson, have... |
CHARLES IVES
Charles Ives Symphonies No.s 1 & 4 Michael Tilson Thomas, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus [ MUSIC ON CD / CD ] Charles Ives (1874-1954) was a late-Romantic composer with an important spiritual statement to make. His polyrhythms, "dissonance", etc, were only parts of the even more adventurous techniques he used in getting closer to the specific streams of... |
Miles Davis
Pangaea [ Music on CD / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Pangaea is a live album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was originally released as a double album in 1976 by CBS Sony in Japan... |
Miles Davis
This Is Jazz: Acoustic [ Music On CD / CD - released 1/Jan/2020 ] A great acoustic introduction to the world of one of the greatest geniuses in the world of jazz in the late fifties to the mid-sixties. Miles is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. This... |
Miles Davis & Robert Glasper
Everything's Beautiful [ Sony Music CD / CD - released 15/Nov/2016 ] Reimagined interpretations of music from Miles Davis produced by Grammy Award winning musician Robert Glasper. Featuring collaborations with Erykah Badu, John Scofield, Phonte, Bilal, Ledisi, Stevie Wonder, Laura Mvula, Hiatus Kaiyote and more, the |