ITZHAK PERLMAN
Itzhak Perlman - A Portrait [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Andre Previn, Samuel Sanders, John Toll, Daniel Barenboim & Bernard Haitinkl [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Itzhak Perlman radiates a generosity of spirit that is reflected as much in the richness of his interpretations as in the irresistible exuberance of his virtuosity. This survey of his supreme achievement as a violinist embraces complete concertos by... |
TRADITIONAL
Klezmer: Tradition / In the Fiddler's House / Live [3 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Klezmer Conservatory Band, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 3 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman's parents were from Poland and in these albums he explores the secular music of Eastern Europe's Jews. Its sinuous melodies and piquant harmonies fuse elements of Slavic, Balkan, Greek and Turkish music - and, in its American... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / RAVEL / BLOCH / PAGANINI / etc
The Essential Itzhak Perlman [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Jorge Bolet. the Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] All the best of Itzhak Perlman on a special double CD collection. |
Nicolas Jaar
Cenizas (Limited CD/Book) [ Other People / CD/Book - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Cenizas is a moody, evocative collection of avant-garde soundscapes from the endlessly fascinating Nicolás Jaar. |
The Jackets
Shadow of Sound (LP/CD) [ Voodoo Rhythm Records / LP/CD - released 2/Oct/2015 ] This is the third full length album by The Jackets, a truly mind blowing, hip shaking, FREAKY FUZZ-GARAGE POWER TRIO from BERN SWITZERLAND formed in 2007 by Jackie Brutsche, Chris Rosales and Samuel Schmidiger (former members of: THE GET LOST, MAD... |
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg [ Universal CD / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Jake Bugg's eponymously-titled debut album is 14 songs, clocking in at under 40 minutes, that belie his eighteen years. Sharp, observant and honest, they inhabit a world no other new UK act is currently operating in. It opens with recent single... |
Jake Bugg
On My One [ EMI Virgin UK CD / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] 'On My One' is Jake Bugg's third album. Still only 22, Jake wrote eleven songs, played most of the instruments, and produced most of 'On My One'. The new single 'Love, Hope and Misery' is one of the standout tracks from the album and could not be... |
HANDEL / BACH / MARCELLO / SCARLATTI / MONTEVERDI / ZELENKA
Renee Jacobs Edition: Sacred Music - Cantatas, Laments, Oratorios, Passions [10 CD set] James Bowman, Anner Bylsma, Montserrat Figueras, Gustav Leonhardt, Renne Jacobs, etc [ Sony / RCA Classics / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
James Cotton
Fire Down Under The Hill [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] All acoustic album featuring Cotton's hard-edged Delta stylings |
James Duncan
Hello-Fi [ Round Trip Mars CD / CD - released 6/Feb/2009 ] 'Hello-Fi' heralds the arrival of a major songwriting talent, who has his own individual style, complemented by years of collaboration with two of New Zealand's best in SJD and Dimmer. |
MERCADANTE / MOZART / DEVIENNE / CIMAROSA / BACH / VIVALDI / etc
James Galway plays Flute Concertos [12 CD set] James Galway (flute) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone / The Academy of St Martins in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner, with Marisa Robles (harp) [ Sony Classical Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] The Man With the Golden Flute, Sir James Galway, is featured in these classic recordings, with harpist Marisa Robles and clarinetist Sabine Meyer. |
DEBUSSY
The Claude Debssy Collection [18 CD set] James Galway, Paul Crossley, Tokyo String Quartet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2012 ] This limited-edition boxed set is a real bargain for all who would like to hear more from the composer of famous works like Clair de lune and La Mer. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Durham Cathedral (concert recorded in 2013) [plus free Blu-ray & CD] James Lancelot (Grand organ of Durham Cathedral) [ Priory DVD Blu-ray + CD / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] This is Priory's 12th DVD in its series "The Grand Organ." The stunning camera work and sound in stereo or 5.1 surround has led to high critical acclaim and critics have hailed the series as "the greatest in the history of recorded organ music."... |
James Taylor
Hourglass (Super Audio CD) [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/May/1997 ] Digitally re-mastered, American imported re-issue disc with restored original artwork, etc. Taylor's finest recording since 'Sweet Baby James'... |
James Taylor
Live (2CD) [ Music on CD / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] American imported double disc set. |
James Taylor
5 CD Original Album Classics [ 5 CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] Limited edition set containing 5 original albums by James Taylor on digitally re-mastered CDs, presented in miniature LP vinyl replica sleeves. |
Jane Weaver
Modern Kosmology [ Fire CD / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] "Epic kraut-pop opera teeming with motorik rhythms and analogue synths." NPR "A mind-expanding delight, devoid of retro posturing." Guardian "Sparkling strangeness from one-woman genre-buster..superb." Uncut "Intoxicating space-rock." MOJO |
SCHUBERT
Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets [2 CD set] Janet Baker (mezzo) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Elly Ameling (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Horst Laubenthal (tenor) Gerald Moore (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "They are expert duettists [Baker and Fischer-Dieskau], having sung together on other occasions and in other media; the result, with the ever-faithful, ever-skilful Gerald Moore, is all that one might expect" (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Cello 100: Includes Bach's cello suites, The Swan & Kol Nidrei (Six CD set at a special price) Janos Starker / Mstislav Rostropovich / Pierre Fournier / Gautier Capucon / Paul Tortelier / Truls Mork / Jacqueline du Pre / Pablo Casals (cellos) [ EMI / 6 CD Box Set - released 27/Jul/2009 ] This 6 CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favourite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. |
Japan
Quiet Life (Triple LP + CD Box Set) [ BMG / ADA / 4 LP/CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] That Japan's breakthrough record Quiet Life was released in both 1979 and 1980 is uniquely fitting for a band who were about to step out of the glam rock, post punk shadows of the late 70s and deliver a record with a brand-new sound that would come... |