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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Blu-ray) Mayara Magri, Reece Clarke,James Hay, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Taisuke Nakao,The Royal Ballet [ Opus Arte / Blu-ray - due 23/Oct/2026 ] A festive classic, including some of Tchaikovsky's - and indeed, the classical ballet canon's - most instantly recognisable tunes, Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker has been enchanting children and adults alike since its first performance... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (DVD) Mayara Magri, Reece Clarke,James Hay, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Taisuke Nakao,The Royal Ballet [ Opus Arte / Blu-ray - due 23/Oct/2026 ] A festive classic, including some of Tchaikovsky's - and indeed, the classical ballet canon's - most instantly recognisable tunes, Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker has been enchanting children and adults alike since its first performance... |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: Chicago: The Musical Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton / 1997 Broadway Cast [ RCA Records / CD - released 28/Jan/1997 ] CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show. |
Adam Guettel, Brian D'arcy James & Kelli O'hara
Days Of Wine And Roses (Original Cast Recording) [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 17/Jun/2024 ] The original cast album of Adam Guettel's Broadway musical Days of Wine and Roses, with a book by Craig Lucas, stars Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James. This searing musical is based on the 1962 film and original 1958 teleplay of the same name,... |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Emerson Concerto / Symphony No. 1 Alan Feinberg (Piano) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Alan Feinberg is an ideal exponent of Ives's truculent and tender realism. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland partners him well... a very strong recommendation" International Record Review |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Amsterdam Music Theatre / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, James Stout / Ermanno Florio [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Choreographers Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling created a Nutcracker for the children and adults of today. It is more dynamic and exciting, and less sweet than usual. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 5 Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano) James Rutherford (baritone) Finnur Bjarnason (tenor) Hannah Morrison (soprano) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] 'Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm' (Gramophone) |
SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / REGER / WARLOCK / STRAUSS / WOLF
Benjamin Appl: Heimat Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "The voice has a burnished, oaky beauty as well as considerable sweetness (well captured in Sony's natural engineering), while the interpretations are suffused with a gentle intelligence." Gramophone |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality / For St Cecilia James Gilchrist (tenor) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Aug/2006 ] "This new account boasts an eloquent soloist in James Gilchrist, fine orchestral playing, and choral singing which is accomplished if occasionally lacking in extremes of attack or intimacy." BBC Music |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with James Levine (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 15/Feb/2009 ] In 2007/08, Bartoli devoted her time to studying and recording the early 19th-century repertoire - the era of Italian Romanticism and bel canto - and especially the legendary singer Maria Malibran. |
ELGAR / BRITTEN / TYE / MESSIAEN / PANUFNIK / HOLST / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music Of Westminster Cathedral Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD ] Original recordings from July 1998 |
Etta James
The Second Time Around (Limited Orange Marble Vinyl LP) [ Jackpot Records / LP - released 20/Mar/2026 ] A smash of jazz and rock, Second Time Around spawned two top 20 R&B singles but more importantly, landed Etta James on the Pop charts with three separate singles: the devastating lead-off track "Don't Cry Baby," the slow burn of "Fool That I Am" and... |
Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan, Joao Lobo
A New Day [ ECM / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo - the trio's musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point -, on A New Day Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi moreover expands the group's... |
HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR
The 'Lost' TV Episodes Tony Hancock with Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques & Bill Kerr [ BBC Audio / CD - released 6/Aug/2009 ] Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic BBC TV series. This title includes "The Flight of the Red Shadow" - 23 January 1959, and "The Wrong Man" - 6 March 1959 that was broadcast live in 1959. These rare recordings are made... |
Harry James
The In Person & Hi-Fi Sounds Of Harry James [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
James Arthur
Pisces (LP) [ Columbia / LP - released 25/Apr/2025 ] After the overwhelming success of his chart-topping album Bitter Sweet Love, James Arthur is ready to take his fans on a deeply personal musical journey with his highly anticipated sixth studio album, PISCES. Following the emotional resonance of... |
James Blunt
Some Kind Of Trouble [ Custard / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Dispensing with the brooding insularity of 2007's sophomore affair All the Lost Souls, James Blunt opts for optimism on his third album, 2010's Some Kind of Trouble. |
James Blunt
The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021) [ EWUK / Warner / 2 CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] James Blunt's greatest hits album, 'The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)', celebrates songs spanning a stellar 17-year career that has spawned over 23 million album sales, a global smash hit with 'You're Beautiful', two Brit Awards and two Ivor... |
James Brandon Lewis Trio
Apple Cores [ Anti- / CD - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Apple Cores is the latest full-length album from New York tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, "one of the fiercest sounds in jazz today" (The Guardian) with a "penchant for unbound exploration" (Pitchfork) Informed by the rhythms and textures... |
EDOUARD LALO / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / PABLO de SARASATE
Lalo / Saint-Saens / Sarasate: Music for violin and orchestra James Ehnes (violin) / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Mar/2025 ] "There's also much to enjoy, albumwide, from the playing here. Ehnes, with that elegant, effortless technique of his own, brings a cool, cantabile purity to the Saint-Saëns concerto's lilting central movement, its silky woodwind soloists also lovingl |
JANET JENNINGS
Jennings: Voices Of Men James Harrison, James Ioelu, Will King, Katherine Austin, Richard Liu, Sarah Watkins, James Jin, Bill Stoneham [ Atoll / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Including 'Songs of War' and 'Songs of Exile', Voices of Men features leading male vocalists, accompanied by renowned musicians, singing the words of some of New Zealand's most well-known male poets. Brian Turner's words in 'Taking Off', reflect on... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988) Metropolitan Opera / Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Tatiana Troyanos / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 29/Aug/2002 ] "This performance represents an above-average night at the Metropolitan in the late 1980s: three of its most popular stars, a generally distinguished cast, the house's musical director conducting its great orchestra in one of the works he does best." |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Halo James Tennant (cello), Katherine Austin (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD Single - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Commissioned by Ian Graham and Agi Lehar-Graham, Halo was written in 2014 for pianist Katherine Austin and cellist James Tennant, and was premiered by them in February 2016 in the Auckland Town Hall. James Tennant and Katherine Austin are founder... |
MOZART / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / BOITO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonathan Lemalu: Opera Arias Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. James Judd [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Apr/2005 ] "Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note." - Gramophone editor James Jolly |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Live At The Met Lise Davidsen (soprano) James Baillieu (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] On 14 September 2023, Lise Davidsen became one of the youngest-ever singers invited to give a solo recital at the MET, a house with which she has a very special relationship. With pianist James Baillieu, Lise performed a programme including... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Maggio Muiscale Florentino / Jeanne Michele Charbonnet, Vladimir Vaneev, Vsevolod Grivnov / James Conlon (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] "New Orleans-raised Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet proves a powerful if one-dimensional actress in the title-role. The other key protagonists are authentically Russian. The most distinguished singing comes from Vladimir Vaneev... The main attraction of... |
TRADITIONAL / SCHUBERT / VERDI / RAVEL / etc
Margaret Price in Recital Margaret Price (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, with James Lockhart & Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] A song recital new to CD from a peerless lyric soprano, coupled with classic recordings of Ravel and Verdi. In 1971 Andrew Porter wrote that Margaret Price's voice was among the things that make one 'glad to be alive'. In the 1960s she had... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Zeljko Lucic, Maria Guleghina, John Relyea, Dimitri Pittas / James Levine (Cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "An auspicious issue in first rate sound and vision further enhanced by an excellent "behind the scenes" documentary featuring the mainstays of this memorable January 2008 night at the MET." (ClassicalNet) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1977) The Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 27/May/2004 ] "Yes, Rigoletto is a singer's opera, but Verdi also poured into it some of his most dramatic as well as melodic music. That said, the vivid colours of the production have come up amazingly well and the sound is clear." (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
The Juniper Passion Stepanie Acraman, Julia Booth, Lilia Carpinelli, James Loelu, etc, with orchestra & chorus [ Atoll Records / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2012 ] Three worlds collide in this moving tale of conflict, passion and betrayal. |
Mitch James
Mitch James [ Sony / CD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartet No 3 / Clarinet Quintet New Zealand String Quartet, with James Campbell (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Brahms wrote his String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67 in 1876 and its largely unclouded and cheerful qualities culminate in a theme and variations finale of exceptional imagination and mastery of form. His last chamber music was inspired by a great... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Sinfonietta New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "James Judd… galvanises the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra into playing this challenging score with sensitivity and a good deal of virtuosity." BBC Music |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: A Song of Islands / Aotearoa Overture / Forest / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Oct/2006 ] "A Kiwi legend is handsomely served by his homeland. James Judd and his New Zealand forces find an openness and an energy in the music that evokes all the majesty of that country's landscape." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2006) |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Symphony No 3 / Billy the Kid (Suite) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "It's the Billy the Kid Suite that makes the stronger impression. The pace is compelling through to the end, the flavouring is sharp and fresh, and it's hard to keep the feet from tapping spontaneously in the Mexican Dance." - Stephen Johnson, BBC... |
BERNARD HERRMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Herrmann: The Devil and Daniel Webster / Currier and Ives / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1994 ] "Koch International's amazing James Sedares zeroes relentlessly in on the essence of Bernard Herrmann's playfully prickly personality in graphically pictorial versions of the Currier and Ives Suite (a first recording) and deeply moving... |
MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rozsa: Vintner's Daughter / Symphony in 3 Movements New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1994 ] The Symphony in Three Movements by Rózsa (b. 1907) was the composer's first large-scale work. Composed in 1930, it's a youthful and exhuberant piece, somewhat--but not overly--influenced by the symphonies being produced by the great French and... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata alla toccata Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Peter Donohoe, born-again champion of the British piano concerto, gives tremendous performances of two works he can rarely if ever have played live. This is music well worth discovering: and nestling between the two concerti is the splendid Derby... |
JENNY MCLEOD
McLeod: Portrait With Piano Rae de Lisle, Stephen De Pledge (piano), Eric Renick, Lenny Sakofsky (percussion), Sarah Watkins (piano), Andrew Beer (violin), James Yoo (cello) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] With an emphasis on rhythm these piano-orientated pieces link McLeod's classical training and her early experiences as a rock keyboard player. Includes her two Rock Sonatas, the energetic "Music for Four" for two pianos and percussion, "Seascapes"... |
JOHN STAINER
Stainer: Crucifixion (The) Simon Bailey (bass) / Stephen Farr (organ) / James Gilchrist (tenor) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / Tim Brown (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "Lovers of English choral music will relish this highly attractive release" - MusicWeb June 2005 |
