RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs and other British Choral Anthems Roderick Williams (baritone) with Julia Smith, Elizabeth Limb, Rachel Limb & Kate Jurka (soprano) / Martin Ford (organ) / Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backh [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Featuring Vaughan Williams' masterly and intensely personal Five Mystical Songs, this album reflects on the sources of inspiration of some of his sacred choral works, alongside gems of 19th- and early-20th-century English church music. |
Sam Ford & Trudi Green with the Soulahula Band
OOOEE! [ CD - released 5/May/2023 ] OOOEE! was recorded during the last Auckland lockdown, with each member of the band recording their own parts at home and sending them in to Soulahula Central, where they were compiled and edited by Sam, Trudi and Chris over the course of... |
Bill Evans, Robben Ford, Darryl Jones, Keith Carlock
Common Ground [ MPS / CD - released 23/May/2022 ] 2022 collaboration between saxophonist Bill Evans and guitarist Robben Ford. Ford and Evans have shared the stage in Europe, North America and even Japan and already released one album, The Sun Room, together in 2019. With Common Ground, they... |
Ford.
Guiding Hand (LP) [ Foreign Family Collective / Ninja Tune / LP - released 21/Jul/2023 ] Recording for Guiding Hand began in late 2020 isolated within the mountains & valleys of Utah. The album came together slowly over the following months with different ideas emerging from life on the road, late night with friends, and a close passing.... |
Gia Ford
Transparent Things [ Chrysalis / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] How often do we hear from the outsider's perspective? For rising new artist Gia Ford, those figures on the fringes of society are by far the most fascinating. Her songs tell the stories of the downtrodden to the downright dangerous. And through them,... |
James Ellis Ford
The Hum (LP) [ Warp / LP - released 12/May/2023 ] It's not every day a superstar producer steps out from the shadows to make their solo debut. With over two decades of experience in providing musical service to an endless list of artists, James Ellis Ford is ready to stand in the spotlight on his... |
GIOVANNI PACINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pacini Rediscovered Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Majella Cullagh (soprano), Annick Massis (soprano), Bruce Ford (tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry, etc [ Opera Rara / CD - released 30/May/2006 ] Pacini himself claimed to have composed over 100 operas and, although modern estimates would be more conservative (since several of the works he listed were revisions, and some of them more strictly oratorios and cantatas than operas), even the most... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin in Hollywood - Live at the Royal Albert Hall The John Wilson Orchestra, with Louise Dearman & Matthew Ford [ Warner classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2016 ] The John Wilson Orchestra follow up their acclaimed Cole Porter in Hollywood album with this tribute to America's iconic songsmith team - the Brothers Gershwin - and their successes for the silver screen. |
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Their Great Evergreens [ Fab Four / 4 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/2010 ] 80 original hits and rarities 1950 - 1956. |
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Ultimate Collection [ Xtra / CD - released 24/Sep/2009 ] 30 original tracks from the legendary, innovative guitarist / inventor Les Paul and his partner, Mary Ford. |
Robben Ford
Talk To Your Daughter (MOD pressing) [ Warner Music / CD - released 20/Sep/2002 ] On this, his 1988 solo effort 'Talk to Your Daughter', ex-Yellowjackets singer / guitarist Robben Ford proves himself a master of sophisticated blues / rock guitar playing. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Richard II (recorded live in 2013) Royal Shakespeare Company / David Tennant (Richard), Oliver Ford Davies (Duke of York), Michael Pennington, Nigel Lindsay [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100... |
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 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford
This Lusty Land! [plus bonus tracks] [ Hallmark / CD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] An extremely popular artist from the early 1950s, Tennessee Ernie Ford expanded his fan base as the decade wore on, crossing over onto the pop charts with such hits as 'Sixteen Tons' and 'Give Me Your Word'. His first appearance on the album charts... |
Lita Ford
Lita / Dangerous Curves [ BGO Records / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Two albums from 1988 and 1991 by ex-Runaway Lita Ford. 'Lita' spent 62 weeks in the US Top 100 albums, with the singles 'Close My Eyes Forever' and 'Kiss Me Deadly' making the Top 20. In the mid-90s Lita more or less retired from music, but in... |
Lita Ford
Stiletto [ BGO Records / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Ex-Runaways member Ford's 1990 album which made the US Top 100 albums chart. Digitally remastered and slipcase with new notes. |
James Ellis Ford
The Hum [ Warp / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] It's not every day a superstar producer steps out from the shadows to make their solo debut. With over two decades of experience in providing musical service to an endless list of artists, James Ellis Ford is ready to stand in the spotlight on his... |
Jim Ford
Harlan County [ Light in the Attic / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] |
Marc Ford
Holy Ghost [ Naim / CD - released 18/Apr/2014 ] Marc Ford, widely hailed as one of the most gifted, in-demand rock guitarists of his generation, has switched gears to deliver Holy Ghost, an album that will undoubtedly stand as one of the finest Americana releases of 2014... |
Ford Colt
Declaration Of Independence [ CD ] |
Lita Ford
The Best of Lita Ford [ RCA Records / CD - released 28/Jul/1992 ] This American imported compilation features Lita's best known songs, including "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Ozzy Osbourne. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
That's Entertainment: A Celebration of the MGM Film Musical The John Wilson Orchestra, with Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Seth MacFarlane [ Warner classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Captured in high quality audio for the first time, the glorious music from the golden age of Hollywood |
COLE PORTER
Cole Porter in Hollywood John Wilson Orchestra, with Anna-Jane Casey, Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Richard Morrison [ Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Cole Porter is one of the best-known and most prolific composers from the world of twentieth-century jazz, having written over 800 songs, often for the Hollywood stars of his day. His dizzying wordplay combines with a sound redolent of dazzling... |
Larry Carlton with Robben Ford
Live in Tokyo [ CD ] |
Les Paul & Mary Ford
All Time Greatest Hits [ EMI Special Products / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] Direct American import |
Lita Ford
Black [ CD ] |
Marc Ford
The Neptune Blues Club [ CD ] |
Robben Ford
Bringing It Back Home (LP) [ Provogue / LP - released 18/Feb/2013 ] On this series of mainly cover tunes, his modern blues is infused with his love of New Orleans' R&B throughout. |
Robben Ford
Soul on Ten [ CD ] |
Robben Ford
Supernatural [ Blue Thumb Records / CD - released 12/Aug/1999 ] |
Robben Ford
Truth [ Concord Records / CD - released 14/Aug/2007 ] This European imported disc from blues rock guitarist, Ford, features an all-star cast which includes Susan Tedeschi, Siedah Garrett, Larry Goldings, Chris Chaney, Gary Novak, Bernie Worrell, and drummer/bassist Charley Drayton. |
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
Dirty Radio [ Partisan Records / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] |
T-Model Ford
Bad Man [ Fat Possum Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2002 ] |
Autour De Blues / Larry Carlton / Robben Ford
New Morning - The Paris Concert [ Inakustic / DVD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] In late 2006, the New Morning presented an incredible meeting of legendary blues players specially flown in from Nashville & Tokyo. This Franco-American guitar summit brought together for the first time the members of Autour du Blues (the... |
BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera) Bruce Ford / Laura Claycomb / Ralf Lukas / Franz Hawlata / MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 28/Jul/2007 ] "Laura Claycomb’s heroine was very finely sung, with bright, open tone and excellent diction: the character does not give a singer much to work with, but she did all she could to portray this capricious 17 year old: ‘Quand j’aurai votre âge’ may not... |
ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville (Complete Opera in English) Bruce Ford (tenor) Andrew Shore (baritone) Della Jones (mezzo) / English National Opera [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2000 ] .A further addition to Chandos's Opera in English series |
LEHAR / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / etc
Bruce Ford sings Viennese Operetta (operetta in English) Bruce Ford, tenor, Chorus Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 5/Nov/2002 ] world renowned tenor Bruce Ford performing arias from Viennese operettas |
W.A. MOZART
Idomeneo, King of Crete (Complete opera in English) Bruce Ford (tenor) Diana Montague (mezzo) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Nicolai Gedda (tenor) / Opera North / David Parry [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] The Chandos Opera in English series continues |
Carl Perkins / Frankie Ford / Johnny Preston / Eddie Cochran / Big Bopper
Rock n Roll: Five Classic Albums Plus [ Avid / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] Avid Rock N Roll continues with its Five Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release starring Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Preston, The Big Bopper & Frankie Ford, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.... |
PALESTRINA / BYRD / STAINER / BRITTEN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Carols by Candlelight The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bill Ives (with Martin Ford, organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "This choir is always a pleasure to hear, and in repertoire such as this you won't find more musically assured or more tonally concordant interpreters." (10/10 ClassicsToday Nov 2009) |