TRADITIONAL
Daniel Hope: Irish Roots Daniel Hope (violin) with Seán Smyth (fiddle) Kevin Crawford (flute) Trevor Hutchinson (double bass) Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes) Siobhan Armstron [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "There's charm here for sure, though a better title might have been 'Irish Stew ' given the different array of flavours. The traditional tunes, like Morning Nightcap, are really appealing and the Ina Boyle is grand." BBC Music |
David Antony Clark & Rawiri Toia
Tribal Blood - Manawataki Maori [ Tasmantis / CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] Around one thousand years ago, voyaging Polynesian canoes discovered a remote, uninhabited wilderness in the southern Pacific Ocean: a land with a flora and fauna unlike any on Earth... |
Gene Clark
No Other [ 4AD / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Recorded at the Village Recorder in West Hollywood and produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye, No Other was originally released in 1974 on Asylum Records, coming a year after the Byrds short-lived reunion. Reaching for the stars, Gene delivered a... |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ešenvalds: Translations Kate Ledington, Maeve Stier, Celine Clark, Juan Castaneda, Jonathan Roberts, etc / Portland State Chamber Choir, Ethan Sperry [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] "All the solo vocal contributions are magnificent...A stunning, timely triumph, therefore, full of ravishing, transformative and deeply touching music." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2020 |
Sonny Clark
Four Classic Albums (Dial "S" For Sonny" / Sonny Clark Trio / Cool Struttin' / Leapin' And Lopin') [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Jul/2017 ] Considering he died at the tragically early age of 31, Sonny Clark actually had an amazingly prolific career in jazz, both as a leader and a sideman. At age 20, he was in California working with Wardell Gray and by 1953 was touring the States and... |
Brandy Clark
Brandy (LP) [ Warner / LP - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Produced by 9-time Grammy winning Brandi Carlile, this self-titled album showcases Clark's versatility with eleven songs that span the emotional spectrum, including the first single "Buried". Over the course of her celebrated career, Clark has... |
The Clark Sisters And Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark
You Brought The Sunshine (The Sound Of Gospel Recordings 1976-1981) [ Westbound Records / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] |
The Clark Sisters
He Gave Me Nothing To Lose (LP) [ Westbound / LP - released 26/May/2023 ] The Clark Sisters' fourth album for Westbound's Sound Of Gospel label is the one that pushed them firmly towards the crossover market. Whilst there was traditional soul-based gospel fare on tracks like 'My Cup Runneth Over' they hustled onto the... |
ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL ZIPOLI / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Orchestral Music (Incls Albinoni: Adagio & Pachelbel: Canon) Consort of London, Robert Clark, with Julia Girdwood (oboe) & Joseph Frohlich (violin) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/1989 ] A generous selection of popular baroque works. |
Gary Clark Jr
Blak and Blu [ Warner Bros / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] This is a modern amalgam of rock & soul, informed by the blues and everything in-between aimed at a new generation of music fans who want it all. Dig The New Breed! |
Gary Clark Jr.
Jpeg Raw [ Warner Records / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Gary Clark Jr.'s fourth studio release marks a grand step in his musical evolution, it's a powerful and expansive artistic statement. While retaining the deep and true resonance of his blues foundations and guitar virtuosity with subtlety yet... |
Gary Clark Jr
Jpeg Raw (LP) [ Warner Records / 2 LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Gary Clark Jr.'s fourth studio release marks a grand step in his musical evolution, it's a powerful and expansive artistic statement. While retaining the deep and true resonance of his blues foundations and guitar virtuosity with subtlety yet... |
JON LORD
To Notice Such Things Jon Lord (piano) Cormac Henry (flute) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Clark Rundell [ Avie / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Familiar from Lord's previous concert-hall works is his fluent enjoyable reimagining of later-19th- and earlier-20th-century symphonic writing and the subject matter of friends pictured within...Performance and recording are both first-class."... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas Janet Baker, Patricia Clark, Raimund Herincx / English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis [ Decca Legends / CD - released 14/Feb/2000 ] "It is a truly legendary recording...everything is put in the shade by Dame Janet Baker's portrayal of Dido: her celebrated, despairingly moving, closing lament is unforgettable. This was also Anthony Lewis's finest record" Gramophone |
Petula Clark
From Now On [ Warner Music / CD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] |
VILLA-LOBOS / CHAVEZ / RODRIGO
Latin Winds RNCM Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Congratulations to all involved in this superb and enterprising issue, perhaps most of all to the brilliant young musicians of the RNCM. Manchester rules!" MusicWeb May 2018 |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Film Music Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Mark Heron, Clark Rundell [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2017 ] "These transcriptions work surprisingly well especially for the marches and the swiftly moving extrovert scores. Try the swashbuckling excitement that is The Crimson Pirate and the military pride and pomp and braggadocio of Desert Victory." MusicWeb |
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Bennett: Old American Dances Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra and its director Clark Rundell, with the guest conductor Mark Heron, explore the works of Robert Russell Bennett in this eagerly-awaited new recording. Bennett is best known for his orchestrations... |
Sonny Clark
3 Essential Albums [ Verve / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Includes Cool Struttin', Sonny Clark Trio and Leapin' and Lopin'. |
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' [ Blue Note / CD - released 14/Jun/1999 ] Recorded in 1958, this legendary date with the still-undersung Sonny Clark in the leader's chair also featured a young Jackie McLean on alto (playing with a smoother tone than he had before or ever did again), trumpeter Art Farmer, and the legendary... |
Sonny Clark
Dial "S" For Sonny (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Aug/2022 ] One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark seemed to arrive fully formed on his supremely swinging debut album Dial "S" for Sonny recorded for Blue Note in 1957. Clark assembled a top-flight sextet for the occasion with... |
Sonny Clark
My Conception (Gatefold LP) [ Blue Note Tone Poet Series / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] The soulful and elegant pianist Sonny Clark brings his A-game to My Conception, a program of all-Clark originals recorded in 1959 but not released until 1979. Joining the pianist are a cast of hard bop masters including Hank Mobley on tenor... |
Sonny Clark Trio
Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The supremely swinging pianist Sonny Clark hit the Blue Note scene in 1957 with a burst of creativity recording three albums in three months including the sublime Sonny Clark Trio, a 6-song set of bebop themes and standards featuring bassist Paul... |
Brandy Clark
Your Life Is A Record [ Warner / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Few artists understand the human condition like 6-time Grammy nominee Brandy Clark. Working again with acclaimed producer Jay Joyce, Your Life is a Record takes her unerring eye for detail and a genre-melting sense of melody to examine personal... |
Brandy Clark
Your Life Is A Record (LP) [ Warner / LP - released 24/Jul/2020 ] Few artists understand the human condition like 6-time Grammy nominee Brandy Clark. Working again with acclaimed producer Jay Joyce, Your Life is a Record takes her unerring eye for detail and a genre-melting sense of melody to examine personal... |
Guy Clark
Guy Clark / The South Coast of Texas/Better Days [ BGO Records / 2 CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Country singer-songwriter Clark's three albums for Warner Bros., dating from 1978, 1980 and 1983 Though commercial success eluded these recordings, they and Clark received huge critical acclaim. Sidesmen featured include Rodney Crowell, Don Everly,... |
Gary Clark Jr
Jpeg Raw (Limited Edition LP) [ Warner Records / 2 LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Gary Clark Jr.'s forthcoming album entitled JPEG RAW, his fourth studio release, marks a grand step in his musical evolution…. A powerful and expansive artistic statement. While retaining the deep and true resonance of his blues foundations and... |
Steven A. Clark
The Lonely Roller [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 2/Oct/2015 ] Whether it's someone searching or someone who doesn't want to be found, we can't help but be drawn to the drifters. Steven A. Clark is that next stranger to roll into town, a restless artist recasting R&B. He's a straight-talker in a genre filled... |
Steven A. Clark
Where Neon Goes To Die (Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Living in a city is like having a love affair, and like any love affair, the passion for a city can produce monumental music. On Steven A. Clark's second LP, Where Neon Goes to Die, the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter follows in the footsteps... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (complete opera directed by Wolfgang Wagner recorded in 1984) Bayreuther Festival / Bernd Weikl / Siegfried Jerusalem / Marianne Haggander / Marga Schiml / Graham Clark / Hermann Prey / Horst Stein (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel / 2 DVD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] G :- Staged and directed by Richard Wagner's grandson Wolfgang at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1984, this production of Wagner's only comic opera features an all-star cast and the Bayreuther Festspiele chorus and orchestra under the direction of... |
Guy Clark
Texas Cookin' [ DBK Works / Sony & BMG Home Entertainment / CD - released 11/Mar/2008 ] American imported disc. |
Clark Terry
Clark After Dark [ Universal Music / CD - released 7/Jan/2008 ] Terry's 1977 studio date with an orchestra conducted by Peter Herbolzheimer might very well fall into the easy listening category were it not for his brilliant improvisations on fluegelhorn... |
Gary Clark Jr
Blak And Blu (Double Vinyl) [ Warner Bros / 2 LP - released 30/Nov/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
Gary Clark Jr.
The Bright Lights EP [ Warner Bros. Music / CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] Weaned on John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, and T-Bone Walker, 27 year-old singer-guitarist Gary Clark Jnr fuses his deep blues influence with a love of classic hip-hop and contemporary soul. |
Gary Clark Jr
Gary Clark Jr Live [ Warner Brothers / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2014 ] Texas guitar ace Gary Clark, Jr., who at his best sounds like nothing so much as the past and the future of the blues, has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues... |
Gary Clark Jr.
Live North America 2016 (2LP) [ 2 LP - released 15/Mar/2017 ] This album includes all new and unreleased live recordings from Gary Clark Jr's 2016 tour in support of his internationally acclaimed 2015 album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim. It features several songs from that album, including The Healing, Grinder,... |
Gary Clark Jr.
The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim (2LP) [ Warner Music LP / 2 LP - released 11/Sep/2015 ] The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim is the second full-length studio album from Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Gary Clark Jr. This is the uncanny evolution of an artist embracing his roots with a rarefied grace, style, and an... |
Gene Clark
Silverado '75: Live & Unreleased [ Collector's Choice Music / CD - released 24/Jun/2008 ] This American imported disc is a highly recommended collection of gems from the late great singer / songwriter, Gene Clark, of The Byrds. |
Gene Clark
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers [ Sundazed Music Inc. / CD - released 13/Mar/2007 ] American imported disc. |
Guy Clark
The Essential [ RCA Records / CD - released 11/Feb/1997 ] American imported disc. |