GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (a film by Robert Dornhelm) Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Rolando Villazon (tenor) / The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 5/Dec/2009 ] "The lovers' sheer intensity and Dornhelm's cinematic vision, expanded in the accompanying documentary, make this one of the finest opera films ever - unmissable." BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****) |
Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra
What Is There To Say? [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] A lovely CD highlighting the sound of one of the best dance bands of it's era, led by the talented trumpet of Billy Butterfield. Listen to Billy's excellent interpretation on many familiar tunes such as "Stormy Weather", "Blue Lou" and the exquisite... |
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
La Paloma [ Hallmark / CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] |
Nat King Cole & Orchestra, Johnny Hartman & Erroll Garner, Modern Jazz Quartet, Helen Forrest & Billy May, Dinah Washington, Four Freshman, etc
Harry Warren Songbook - September in the Rain [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Well known Warren hits included, "Lullaby of Broadway", and, "I Only Have Eyes for You". Warren was one of America's most prolific film composers. |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin/Ravel: Piano Concertos Pascal Roge (piano) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy conductor [ Oehms Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/May/2005 ] "I had many apartments, but I was at home at the piano," George Gershwin once revealed. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Opera Arias & Songs plus La Marseillaise Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Le Choeur de l'Armee Francaise / Bertrand de Billy [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "There are few tenors, from any era, who could embrace the many and varied challenges presented here and do so with such success." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2003) |
BAZIN / MASSENET / GOUNOD / GRe°TRY / HALe°VY / THOMAS / MEYERBEER
French Opera Arias Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Royal Opera House Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Recital "Imaginative programming that combines some old favourites with some rarely encountered gems. All sung with panache by a tenor at home in this music" |
Billy May & His Orchestra
Let's Go To Town with Billy May & His Orchestra (Transcription Recordings) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2002 ] Billy May was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1916. At school he learned to play the brass bass (tuba), trombone and trumpet, and performed not only in several of the school bands but also with outside groups. At first, his regular instrument... |
Billy May & His Orchestra
Studio Recordings 1951-53 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] Billy May was born in 1916 in Pittsburgh, a city that produced a wealth of jazz musicians. At school he learned to play the tuba, trombone and trumpet. He took a keen interest in musical arranging and earned a little extra money by transcribing... |
BILLY MAYERL
Billy Mayerl, Vol. 1 (1925-1936) Court Symphony Orchestra; Jack Hylton Orchestra; Ray Noble Orchestra, with Al Bowlly & Billy Joseph Mayerl [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 3/Feb/2003 ] Billy Mayerl was born in London and from 1926 ran his own School of Modern Syncopation in the cause of the style of piano-playing that he championed. Thanks to correspondence courses his 'teachings' spread worldwide, and he even counted the future... |
Billy Ternent Orchestra
She's My Lovely & That... [ Vocalion / CD - released 17/Dec/2001 ] |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Flammen Raymond Very (Don Jun), Iris Vermillion (La Morte), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] In the 1920s and 30s, Czechoslovakia was flourishing culturally and boasted a multi-faceted musical scene. In considering the works of composers such as Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann and Erwin Schulhoff, we can see how they... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Hommage a Haydn Xavier de Maistre (harp) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy [ Sony / BMG Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |