Kuhn, Gustav / Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symph 1-9,CD-Box, international version [ Col Legno / 5 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
WAGNER
The Ultimate Opera Album [2 CD set] Hedwig Fassbender, Lennart Forsen, Ingrid Haubold, Marga Schiml, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Wagner's epic music dramas revolutionised the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and intense psychological power. |
W. A. MOZART
The Ultimate Mozart Opera Album [2 CD set] Herbert Lippert, Bo Skovhus, John Dickie, Helen Kwon, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] This marvellous selection reveals Mozart's astonishing gift for laying bare the inner lives of the many beloved characters from his most famous operas, whether embroiled in farce or defying fate. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Harnoncourt & Haydn [2 CD set] Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Herbert Tachezi, Robert Holl, Josef Protschka, Cecilia Bartoli & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Eighty - Harnoncourt & Haydn |
ANDRE-MODESTE GRETRY
Gretry: Richard Coeur de Lion Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Château de Versailles Spectacles CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "An early example of the "rescue opera" genre, anticipating Beethoven's Fidelio, it's stylishly sung and robustly played. A DVD of the old-fashioned but charming staging is included." Sunday Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pro Pacem: Texts, Art & Music for Peace [CD with large book] Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall with Monterrat Figueras [ Alia Vox SACD / CD/Book - released 20/Dec/2012 ] An ambitious programme flows, from cantorial invocations and Gregorian chant, to motets by Binchois, Josquin, Guerrero and Pärt, stretching across 19 centuries of conflict. The common cause is peace, as expressed in song, painting and essay." Indep.. |
TRADITIONAL
Bal-kan: Honey & Blood - Cycles of Life [3 CD plus large book] Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 CD/Book - released 1/Jan/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
1615 Gabrieli in Venice His Majesty's Sackbutts & Cornetts & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD CD + Blue-ray audio / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "The effect is to reproduce the fine acoustics of the chapel, with the gloriously rich and pungent brass of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts enveloping the pristine choir in enhanced surround sound. It's like taking a gondola on the Cam." (Guardian) |
Holly Herndon
Movement (CD) [ Rvng Intl. / CD - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
Horace Silver
Song for My Father - LP + CD [ Blue Note Records / 2 LP - released 11/Nov/2008 ] A classic limited edition jazz album. Includes CD. |
The Horrors
V [ Wolf Tone CD / CD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] The first single from V - 'Machine' - saw The Horrors at their majestic, imperial best, although the ten tracks on the album are so diverse that when the final song 'Something To Remember Me By' appears to channel dance, trance and '80s pop genres it... |
WERNER MULLER
Goldene Trompete in Stereo / Golden Trumpet (Recorded 1969/71) (2 Original LPs on the one CD) Horst Fischer & Bob Powels (trumpets) with Werner Maller and his orchestra [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] Trumpet maestros, German Horst Fischer and Belgian Bob Powels are accompanied by the Werner Müller Orchestra on the two albums compiled on this release. Originally issued in 1969, Goldene Trompete in Stereo features the virtuoso trumpet style of... |
Hot Tuna
Steady As She Goes (+Cd) [ Red House / 2 LP ] |
RAMEAU
Rameau 1764-2014 [10 CD boxed set] Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jerome Correas / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "These could be creaking performances after the passage of so much time but they're not are they, they're still vital and this set as a whole makes a very cost effective guide for anyone who's got a Rameau shaped hole on their record shelves" CDRevie |
Howlin' Wolf Featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (2CD) [ Music On CD / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] |
Hozier
Hozier (2CD Special Edition) [ Island Records CD / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] |
Humble Pie
The A&M CD Box Set 1970-1975 [ 8 CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Humble Pie - The A&M CD Box Set (1970-1975) 8CD Deluxe Set includes Newly Remastered Versions of 7 classic albums - Humble Pie Performance: Rockin' the Filmore, Rock On, Smokin', Eat It, Thunderbox, Street Rats - and a bonus disc of B-sides &... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion [2 CD set] Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicolas Mulroy / Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "the choral singing is wonderfully pure, buoyant and transparent...Ian Bostridge's Evangelist, mannered and occasionally stretched but full of "narrative" character, dominates Layton's performance" Financial Times, 9th March 2013 *** |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral (concert recorded in 2007) [plus CD] Ian Tracey (organ) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] |
BACH / FAURE / SOLER / WIDOR / PIERNE / MULET / etc
Plays Organ Transcriptions [2 CD set] Ian Tracey (Organ of Liverpool Cathedral) [ Priory Organ Master Series Volume 4 / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] |