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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 |
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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... |
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Jo Jones Septet
Jo Jones - The Main Man [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/1995 ] This all-star date was led by the drummer universally regarded as the dean, the daddy, the main man. Jo Jones is the source of modern drumming. He was the man who imparted his celebrated ball-bearing smoothness to the All-American rhythm section. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Jo/Skovhus/Kowalski/Lpo/Mehta
Orff:carmina Burana [ Teldec / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Saint Cecilia Mass / Petite Symphonie Pilar Lorengar, Heinz Hoppe, Franz Crass / Choeurs RenAC Duclos / Orchestre de la SociACtAC des Concerts du Conservatoire / Jean-Claude Hartemann / Jo [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] Reissued at a special price |
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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,... |
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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! |
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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 |
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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... |
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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: Amare e fingere Ensemble Mare Nostrum; Andrea De Carlo; José Maria Lo Monaco; Paola Valentina Molinari; Silvia Frigato; Mauro Borgioni; Luca Cervoni; Chiara Brunello [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] The discovery of the inventory of an extraordinary collection of music from the late seventeenth century has made it possible to track down a previously unknown work by Stradella: Amare e fingere (Loving and feigning), composed in Rome, but performed... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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The Hi-Lo's
A Musical Thrill [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Born out of members from the Billy May Band the Hi-Lo's already had their footing as a great vocal group... |