GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No.8 Symphony of a Thousand / Adagio from Symphony No.10 Studer-Blasi-Jo-Meier-Nagai-Lewis-Allen-Sotin / The Southend Boys' Choir. Philharmonia Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra. Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Double Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Sinopoli conveys a warmth of expression that brings joyful exuberance to the great outburst of the opening. It builds into one of the most thrilling accounts ever, helped by a superb team of soloists and incandescent choral singing." Rosette Penguin |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Tribute to Johann Strauss: Echoes from Vienna Sumi Jo (soprano) / Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Rudolf Bibl (Conductor) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Feb/1998 ] "No mere technician of the vocal chords, she sings intelligently with both heart and head in gear." MusicWeb on the Tribute to Johann Strauss |
Jo Jones Septet
The Jo Jones Special [ Poll Winners / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] This release contains the complete Jo Jones septet album "The Jo Jones Special", featuring the classic Count Basie rhythm section with Freddie Green and Walter Page, as well as Basie himself as a guest on a couple of tracks. Added as a bonus is the... |
Jo Stafford
Four Classic Albums (Starring Jo Stafford / Autumn In New York / Swingin' Down Broadway / Jo + Jazz) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Jo Stafford, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
Jo Stafford & Gordon McCrae
Old Rugged Cross [ EMI Music / CD - released 9/Jul/2001 ] Here are 20 "religious" songs sung in a "popular" smooth style by Jo and Gordon. Features "Abide With Me", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", "The Lord Is My Shepherd", "Peace In The Valley", etc. |
Jo/Skovhus/Kowalski/Lpo/Mehta
Orff:carmina Burana [ Teldec / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] |
Judy Garland, Dorus Day, Billie Holiday, Sarah vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, etc
The First Ladies of Sing [ K.Tel / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Compilation originally released in 2002 |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
The World of Offenbach Regine Crespin, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "Joan Sutherland gives a virtuoso performance … Bonynge's direction is unfailingly sympathetic … Domingo gives one of his finest performances on record … Superb atmospheric recording quality" (Penguin Guide) |
VERDI / ROSSINI / MOZART / GOUNOD / STRAUSS / DONIZETTI / etc
Sumi Jo: The Erato Recitals Sumi Jo (soprano) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Garzenich-Orchester Kalner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2018 ] International Korean superstar Korean soprano Sumi Jo made 10 recital albums for Erato and Warner Classics. They include some of her most captivating performances from Mozart to Johann Strauss, from Bach to Rossini, from Scarlatti to Verdi, Baroque,... |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / VERDI / RICCI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Bel Cantio Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Giuliano Carella [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] A top recital recording from the beautiful Sumi! |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS-ESPRIT AUBER
Auber: Le domino noir / Gustave III Ballet Music Sumi Jo, Isabelle Vernet, Bruce Ford, Patrick Power / London Voices & English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] "Bonynge makes the ideal advocate, moulding melodies, springing rhythms and aerating textures to make the music sparkle from first to last. … The recording is among Decca's most vivid." Penguin Guide |
OFFENBACH / DAVID / GRETRY / BALFE / MESSAGER / DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Carnival! Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 15/Sep/1994 ] Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with... |
BELLINI / ADAM / MOZART / OFFENBACH / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Live at Carnegie Hall Sumi Jo (soprano) / LOrchestra of St. Luke's, Richard Bonynge [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 14th 1996 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Tancredi (Complete opera) Sumi Jo (sop) Anna Maria di Micco (contralto) Stanford Olsen (tenor) Ewa Podles (contralto) / Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Sumi Jo Collection Sumi Jo (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her generations' most sought-after sopranos. |
Lo'Jo
Cosmophono [ Iris Light Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] After almost two decades of mind-boggling musical adventures and gritty survival against numerous odds Lo'Jo have honed their sound down to something incomparable either in France or the rest of the world. |
Damita Jo
Very Best Of Damita Jo [ Collectables / CD ] |
Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
I'm In A Dancing Mood - The Best of [ Warner Music / CD - released 16/May/2016 ] |
Jo Stafford
The Best Of [ CD ] |
Jo-El Sonnier
The Real Deal [ Musique de'Jo-El / CD ] |
Lo'Jo
Au Cabaret Sauvage [ World Village Music / CD - released 10/Sep/2002 ] More amazing sounds from the world music group Lo'Jo! |
Lo'Jo
Boheme de cristal [ World Village Music / CD - released 12/Jun/2001 ] Strong influences of Arabia, Berber, Africa & Jamaica meld into a fusion of irresistable foot-tapping rhythms. Brush up your school-French and get into the eclectic sounds of Lo'Jo. |
Lo'Jo
Mojo Radio [ World Village Music / CD - released 8/Jan/2002 ] The brilliant 'Mojo Radio' album from world music septet, Lo'Jo, was originally released in 1998 - and is finally now available again! |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
VIVALDI / PURCELL / BACH / HANDEL
Baroque Journey Sumi Jo (soprano) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "For her part, Jo sounds splendid on this whole recording, even in the ultra-difficult Vivaldi aria "Agitata da due venti" from the opera Griselda, nailed by labelmate Angelina Reaux in its equivalent version from the opera Bajazet in Fabio Biondi's... |
TOMKINS
Above the Starrs: Verse Anthems & Consort Music Fretwork, Emma Kirkby-soprano, Catherine King-alto, Charles Daniels-tenor, Donald Greig-baritone, Richard Wistreich-bass, Jo [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] " Fretwork's considerable experience in this kind of repertoire shows in these faultlessly assured performances. A clear and attractive recorded sound completes a most accomplished release." - Gramophone |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Belle Helène (complete operetta sung in French recorded in 2014) Hamburg State Opera / Jennifer Larmore, Jun-Sang Han, Peter Galliard, Viktor Rud, Rebecca Jo Loeb / Gerrit Priessnitz (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] Director Renaud Doucet and designer André Barbe treat the piece as a "great show" with numerous choreographic elements, relocating the action of Offenbach's classical spoof and setting it on a cruise ship in the 1960s |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Belle Helène (complete operaetta sung in French recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Hamburg State Opera / Jennifer Larmore, Jun-Sang Han, Peter Galliard, Viktor Rud, Rebecca Jo Loeb / Gerrit Priessnitz (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Staged by Renaud Doucet Jacques Offenbach's La Belle Hélène has always been one of its composer's most successful works. Its first performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. A satire of... |
Jo Ann Greer
Hollywood's Secret Singing Star [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] The first ever CD collection featuring Jo Ann Greer, one of the most talented and distinctive vocalists of the 1950s, who toured with the Les Brown Orchestra for more than 30 years... |
Jo Jo Gunne
Jo Jo Gunne [ Rhino / CD - released 18/Aug/2008 ] |
Jo Little
Till the Blue Skies Come [ CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
Jo Passed
Their Prime [ Sub Pop / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] Formats LP, CD, Cassette, and Digital The nicest thing anyone has ever - ever - said to Jo Hirabayashi, frontman of Jo Passed, is that his band's debut album sounds like "fucked-up Beatles". Their Prime, the full-length follow-up to Jo Passed's... |
Jo Passed
Their Prime (LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 25/May/2018 ] |
Jo Stafford
The Jo Stafford Story [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] The American soldiers, who adored her, called her G.I Jo. Included on this collection are favourites such as "Too Marvellous for Words," "Over the Rainbow," and " Candy", featuring Johnny Mercer. |
Jo Stafford
Love, Mystery and Adventure [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] This 55 track 2CD set dedicated to her Columbia Years (1950-1955), with many tracks being issued on CD for the first time since their initial vinyl release. |
Jo Stafford
Reflections [ Jasmine / 4 CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Very few singers of the 20th Century achieved the popularity and respect of Jo Stafford. |
Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
Yesterday - The Definitive Duo [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae were two of America's best loved singers to emerge from the 1940s. They were teamed in the recording studio for more than two years and their recordings as a duet sold millions. |
TRADITIONAL
The Songs of England John Potter / Lucie Skeaping / Jo Freva / The Broadside Band [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Unadulterated magic, not a disappointing track" Folk Roots / "A delightful record" The Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion Karl Erb (tenor) / Willem Ravelli (bass) / Jo Vincent (soprano) / Ilona Durigo (alto) / Willem Mengelberg [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / 3 CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "...Naxos provides an unexpectedly rich sound-frame, quite amazing given the year. There are times when Mengelberg's (truncated) Bach Passion sounds almost as Wagnerian as Furtwangler's Tristan, rapt one moment, explosively emotional the next, but... |
Lo' Jo
310 Lunes [ World Village / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Described in The Independent (UK) as "probably one of the best live bands in the world right now", Lo'Jo was formed two decades ago when singer, songwriter and one-off Gallic visionary Denis Péan met violinist Richard Bourreau in the music school of... |