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ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Eternity in an Hour Eric Whitacre (piano / synthesisers / electronics), Eric Whitacre Singers (choir), Emma Denton (cello), Jess Gillam (saxophone) [ Decca / 2 CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] The new album by Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is a deeply meditative hour-long work for choir, cello, piano and live electronics, it is one of Whitacre's most ambitious projects to date and the first of his classical... |
Jess B
Matters Of The Heart [ Drops / LP - due 25/Sep/2026 ] After drip feeding fans with two killer new tracks, hip-hop powerhouse JessB has revealed her highly anticipated new album - Matters of the Heart. With Matters of the Heart, JessB continues to explore authenticity, personal growth, and... |
Jess Glynne
Always In Between [ Atlantic / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] It's been 3 years since the release of Jess Glynne's momentous debut album 'I Cry When I Laugh'. Selling over 2 million copies worldwide and including a mass of smash hit singles including 'Hold My Hand', 'Take My Home' and 'Don't Be So Hard On... |
Jess Glynne
Always In Between (Deluxe CD) [ Atlantic / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] It's been 3 years since the release of Jess Glynne's momentous debut album 'I Cry When I Laugh'. Selling over 2 million copies worldwide and including a mass of smash hit singles including 'Hold My Hand', 'Take My Home' and 'Don't Be So Hard On... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Minnesota Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] For its final concert of the 2021-22 season and Osmo Vänskä's last as artistic director, the Minnesota Orchestra chose to present Mahler's mammoth Eighth Symphony, which calls for one of the largest complement of performers in the history of music, a... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14 / Six Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva Elizabeth Atherton (soprano) Jess Dandy (contralto) Peter Rose (bass) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chando SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "The opening poem, 'De profundis' (Lorca), begins in a barely audible white-out of desolation - beautifully, atmospherically captured by John Storgårds's pared-down BBC Philharmonic (just strings and percussion)." Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 1970) Hildegard Hillebrecht, Tatiana Troyanos, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Karl Böhm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2015 ] "Reri Grist is my ideal Zerbinetta, precise of rhythm and intonation, witty in phrasing and verbal inflexion, tough in attack yet delectably sensual in vocal quality, the whore of one's dreams, sweet and permissive and utterly natural, never calculat |
RICHARD WAGNER
Jess Thomas sings Wagner Jess Thomas (tenor) / Orchestras conducted by Walter Born, Herbert von Karajan & Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Mr. Thomas sings, and sings most sensitively, producing a steady flow of pleasing tone. He sings with intelligence and musicianship, too." (Gramophone) |
JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL
Songs of Passion Lea Desandre (mezzo) Thomas Dunford (lute), with with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor) [ Erato / CD - released 10/Sep/2025 ] With Songs of Passion, a collection of vocal and instrumental music by John Dowland and Henry Purcell - English composers born nearly a century apart - mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, lutenist Thomas Dunford and Ensemble Jupiter have created a companion... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder / 4 Orchestral Songs Marita Napier, Yvonne Minton, Jess Thomas / BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Recorded at West Ham Central Mission, London (26.X, 7-8.XI.1974) (Gurre-Lieder) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: The Complete Songs Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan, Fleur Barron, Jess Dandy, Nicky Spence, Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts, etc [ Resonus / 2 CD - released 6/May/2022 ] "These two discs undoubtedly set a new benchmark in Barber's vocal music, and every art song lover should have them." BBC Music 5 out of 5 stars Recording of the Month August 2022 |
Jess Sah Bi
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Jess Sah Bi & Peter One "Our Garden Needs Its Flowers" was a revelation to many folks outside West Africa when it was reissued worldwide a few years ago. However, the Country-Americana duo from Ivory Coast has been massive since they emerged in the... |
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One
Our Garden Needs Its Flowers [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 17/Aug/2018 ] In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi & Peter One became one of the most popular musical acts in not just the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), but broader West Africa, eventually performing with a full band to stadium-sized audiences at home and throughout... |
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Das Lied von der Erde Anna Reynolds, Jess Thomas; Wiener Symphoniker, Josef Krips [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Apr/1992 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Richard Wagner Edition - Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festival / Martha Mödl; Ludwig Weber, Wolfgang Windgassen; Eberhard Wächter, Jess Thomas; George London, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig; etc [ Decca / 25 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] A quarter-century of postwar Bayreuth recordings, made live at the Festspielhaus by Decca, DG and Philips: this is an absorbing history in sound of Wagner interpretation featuring several albums of timeless authority. |
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VERDI
Aida [recorded live in 1953] Maria Callas, Kurt Baum, Giulietta Simionato, Jess Walters / Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Testament / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "it was in many ways a performance that outshines all [Callas's] studio recordings, with the stage atmosphere well caught. Barbirolli too is a winningly warm and sympathetic Verdian" (Penguin) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2013 ] Highlights from Herbert von Karajan's mighty 'Ring' cycle. The disc includes extended highlights from the four 'Ring' operas and allows us to sample Karajan's choice of different singers for the same character in different operas - Fischer-Dieskau's... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Samson Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Fflur Wyn, Mary Bevan, Jess Dandy, Hugo Hymas / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "This new Samson now becomes the top recommendation: for its uniformly excellent soloists, its excitingly 'present' choral singing and, above all, its more urgent sense of theatre" Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Choral |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 d-Moll op. 125 Gundula Janowitz, Grace Bumbry, Jess Thomas, George London, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Orfeo / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] The well-known "classical" exception to the canon of ten Wagner works that can be performed on the Green Hill goes back to the master himself: it is of course Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The most famous recording of one of the rare Bayreuth... |
Jess Chambers
Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra [ Jess Chambers Project New Zealand / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This is the solo debut album from golden-throated, Wellington lovely, Jess Chambers - featuring many of NZ's finest players: Sam F. Scott (Phoenix Foundation), Rio Hemopo (Trinity Roots), Tessa Rain (Fly My Pretties), Andy Hummel, Rob Hinkley (Good... |
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Jess Conrad
Jess For You & Decca Singles [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
Jess Conrad
This Pullover [ Jasmine / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] A rather better actor than he was a singer, Jess Conrad always seemed to have tongue firmly in cheek as far as his singing career was concerned, although he has continued to enjoy popularity as a liveperformer for more than sixty years. During... |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: Stravaganza Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Jenkins [ Decca / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] "The catchy opening movement, Perambulation, has a dotted motif reminiscent of Mancini's theme for The Pink Panther, with the soprano saxophone melodies matched by fairground-frenzied accompaniment." BBC Music |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) Jess Thomas, Elisabeth Grummer, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "The playing of the orchestra is absolutely glorious throughout, the choral singing is very good and, often, very beautiful, the cast is excellent and the overall interpretation provides the required theatrical immediacy and tension" (Gramophone) |
BARBER / DONIZETTI / BRITTEN / MOZART / VERDI
The Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances From 1966-67 Leontyne Price, Justino Díaz, Jess Thomas, Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker, Renata Scotto, George Shirley, Leonie Rysanek, Christa Ludwig, and many mo [ Metropolitan Opera / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] On September 16, 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center with the world premiere of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, with Leontyne Price and Justino Díaz in the title roles. That first season in the Met's new home not only... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera) Lucy Crowe; Iestyn Davies; Joshua Ellicott; Brandon Cedel; Jess Dandy / The English Concert; Harry Bicket [ Linn Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] "Crowe's laments alone make this a must-have recording, but her steely bravura is equally gobsmacking." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Opera |
GJEILO / ZIMMER / PORTMAN / ANTOGNINI / DYLAN / DURUFLE / etc
Anna Lapwood - Firedove Anna Lapwood (organ), with Jess Gillam (saxophone), The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge [ Sony Classical / CD - released 30/May/2025 ] Anna Lapwood, renowned for introducing the organ to new fans through viral TikTok videos, high-profile collaborations and sold-out live concerts, takes flight with a remarkable new album. On Firedove, audiences will hear her spread her wings in a... |
Jess Chambers
Desire [ Jess Chambers Project New Zealand / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] NZ singer / songwriter, Jess Chambers presents her sophomore album 'Desire' - the follow-up to her 2008 release 'Firefly Orchestra', which saw her take home APRA's Best Country Song award. |
Jess Glynne
Always In Between (LP) [ Atlantic / LP - released 12/Oct/2018 ] It's been 3 years since the release of Jess Glynne's momentous debut album 'I Cry When I Laugh'. Selling over 2 million copies worldwide and including a mass of smash hit singles including 'Hold My Hand', 'Take My Home' and 'Don't Be So Hard On... |
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Jess Harlen
Neon Heartache [ Plethora Records / CD - released 21/Jun/2010 ] |
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Jess Klein
Bound To Love [ UFO / CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] |
Jess Klein
Draw Them Near [ Slow River / CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
Jess Klein
Strawberry Lover [ CD ] |
Jess & Matt
Jess & Matt [ CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] Jess & Matt's self-titled debut album features re-recorded studio tracks of some of their incredible performances on The X Factor Australia 2015 including "Dancing In the Dark," "Lay Me Down" and "Do You Remember," as well as their debut single,... |
Jess Sah Bi
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas (Baby Blue Vinyl LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 15/May/2026 ] Jess Sah Bi & Peter One "Our Garden Needs Its Flowers" was a revelation to many folks outside West Africa when it was reissued worldwide a few years ago. However, the Country-Americana duo from Ivory Coast has been massive since they emerged in the... |
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One
Our Garden Needs Its Flowers (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 17/Aug/2018 ] In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi & Peter One became one of the most popular musical acts in not just the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), but broader West Africa, eventually performing with a full band to stadium-sized audiences at home and throughout... |
OLIVIA BELLI
Belli: Daimon - Piano Concerto, Ithaca Suite & Sonatina for Nausicaa Olivia Belli (piano, piccolo), Canea Quartett, Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Jess Gillam (saxophone), Raphaela Gromes (cello), Deutsches Kammerorchester [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Known for her refined neoclassical voice, Belli draws inspiration from Bach, Chopin, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and the worlds of art and literature. Daimon takes its cue from Homer's Odyssey. Belli was fascinated by Odysseus' destined return to Ithaca... |
