VARIOUS COMPOSERS
European Choral Music [6 CD set] Rundfunkchor Stockholm & Stockholmer Kammerchor, Eric Ericson [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The great recordings of the "Nordic choral marvel": Swedish choral conductor Eric Ericson was one of the true legends in his field. When he died in 2013 at the age of 94, he had spent decades working to place his two Stockholm choirs among the... |
Rush
R40 Live (CD/DVD) [ 3 CD/DVD - released 18/Dec/2015 ] All roads have led to this. Forty-one years in the making, the R40 Live tour took a very real journey back through time. Beginning with the grand design: a state-of-the-art stage set that pivots, rolls and dives, and brings Clockwork Angels in to... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Tone Poems [7 CD set] Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "All the innate aristocratic feeling Tchaikovsky could ask for . . . very fine and well-detailed sound" The Penguin Guide |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Great Ballet [10 CD set] Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Andrew Mogrelia / etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection starts in France, with one of the most haunting and memorable examples of the ballet form: Giselle. We are then swept along in a whirlwind tour of some of the greatest Russian ballets by such composers as Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. |
Sade
Bring Me Home: Live 2011 (CD + DVD) [ Sony Music / 2 CD/DVD - released 22/Jun/2012 ] After a hiatus of 18 years, Sade brought their long awaited concert to the world. The spell binding concert received rave reviews from the world's press. |
Sam Cooke
Tribute To The Lady (180g LP + CD) [ Doxy / LP - released 13/May/2013 ] An album that's seldom been seen and disappeared almost as quickly as it was released. Sam Cooke turned these songs inside out with twisting, awesome interpretations. It was one of the few times he was able to break out of the light pop/teen idol bag... |
Samba Toure
Binga [ Glitterbeat Records CD / CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] The legendary Malian singer/guitarist returns with his most personal and immersive album to date. Intimately recorded with a small band, "Binga" dives deep into Samba's Songhoy roots. Moody Sahelian atmospheres. Cautionary tales. Hopes for better... |
Sammy Davis
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection [ Big 3 / 3 CD - released 26/Feb/2016 ] |
Santana
Santana III (2 CD Legacy Edition) [ Sony / 2 CD - released 8/Sep/2008 ] Santana III is an album that undeservingly stands in the shadows behind the towering legend that is the band's second album, Abraxas. This was also the album that brought guitarist Neal Schon, who was 17 years old, into the original core lineup of... |
Saravah Soul
Cultura Impura (Limited Edition Double Vinyl + CD) [ Tru Thoughts / 2 LP - released 12/Jul/2010 ] This is a limited edition 2-LP record set of the 'Cultura Impura' album by Saravah Soul on VINYL which also includes the CD. |
DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / JOSQUIN / GOMBERT / BRUMMEL / etc
O Magnum Mysterium [4 CDs plus bonus CD Rom] Schola Cantorum Stuttgard, Clytus Gottwald [ Brilliant Classics Choral Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
Scratch 22
Distance From View [ Round Trip Mars CD / CD - released 21/Apr/2011 ] A magnificent manifestation of a lifetime immersed in music and countless hours in the studio, hauling in friends, family and fine musicians to create a gently psychedelic journey into the deepest recesses. |
Seefeel
Rupt + Flex 94 - 96 (CD Boxset) [ Warp / 4 CD - released 14/May/2021 ] An anthology of Seefeel's 94 - 96 work made for Warp and Rephlex, including their out-of-print studio albums Succour and (Ch-Vox), two non-album EPs, Starethrough and Fracture/Tied, and 22 bonus tracks from the Seefeel archives, many previously... |
The Seekers
Hidden Treasures Volume 1 - The Rarities Collection [ Universal CD / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] This album includes the FIRST EVER AUDIO RELEASE of all seven songs from the historic 1967 Sidney Myer Music Bowl concert. |
Sepultura
Machine Messiah (CD/DVD) [ Nuclear Blast / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for the Mind: Classic Music for Your Well-Being [2 CD set] Seraphim Trio [ ABC for Life / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2012 ] Travel across four centuries with ABC Classic, as we embark on a panoramic musical journey: Trio Through Time, a history of the piano trio from Mozart to Sculthorpe. |
Serge Gainsbourg
La Chanson De Prevert (180g LP + CD) [ Doxy / LP/CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] Compiles Serge's best material from 1959-62, before he broke out worldwide. |
RODRIGO / TARREGA / WALTON / BRITTEN / BACH / BROUWER / etc
Great Masterworks Of the Guitar [5 CD set] Sharon Isbin (guitar) [ Erato Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2017 ] The many faces of the guitar are explored by Sharon Isbin, hailed as "the pre-eminent guitarist of our time" and twice a Grammy Award winner. Its origins in the lute are acknowledged in the four graceful suites composed by Johann Sebastian Bach,... |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Dip Dappin' With Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings [ Daptone Records CD / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] This is the one that started it all, Folks! The debut Long Player for SJDK and Daptone Records. DIG on Funky classics like 'Got a Thing on My Mind', 'Got to be the Way iIt Is', and 'Pick it up Lay it in the Cut'. Oh, and if you're a fan of Funky... |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
I Learned The Hard Way [ Daptone Records CD / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] 'I Learned The Hard Way' is the fourth release from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings on Brooklyn's independent home of great soul sounds, Daptone Records. This new record marks a bold step forward for a band that has, almost single-handedly,... |