Brandon De La Cruz
Visions Of Ovid (LP) [ Brandon De La Cruz / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Visions of Ovid is an album by folk artist Brandon De La Cruz, in whose songs the spirits of Greek myth find new bodies. In a recent piece in The New Yorker, Katy Waldman wrote, "Ovid feels strangely present these days, as if the country is reckoning... |
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising (Double LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP - released 17/Mar/2023 ] 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio De La Soul. It was released on March 3, 1989, by Tommy Boy. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical... |
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising (LTD Edition Double Yellow Coloured LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio De La Soul. It was released on March 3, 1989, by Tommy Boy. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical... |
De La Soul
Buhloone Mind State (LP) [ AOI Records / LP - released 5/May/2023 ] Buhloone Mindstate is the third studio album by American Hip Hop group De La Soul, released on September 21, 1993. Buhloone Mindstate, delivered a jazzier palette than their two previous albums and has ended up an unduly underrated gem in not only... |
De La Soul
De La Soul Is Dead (Double LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP - released 7/Apr/2023 ] De La Soul quickly became one of the most revered, game-changing artists in hip-hop and forever cemented their legacy in the hearts and minds of fans around the world. Despite their rapid success and recognition, De La Soul continued to prove... |
De La Soul
Stakes Is High (Double LP) [ Chrysalis / 2 LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] Stakes is High is the 4th studio album by De La Soul, released on July 2, 1996. Stakes is High was critically lauded for its music, lyricism, and its overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid-90s. The title... |
PUCCINI / BOITO / MASCAGNI / MASSENET / LEONCAVALLO / GIORDANO / VERDI
Ermonela Jaho: Anima Rara Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni [ Opera Rara / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Vocal Music |
GIOVANNI LEGRENZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Legrenzi: Sonatas & Balletti Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca [ Newton Classics / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] Giovanni Legrenzi was one of the Baroque period's most important figures, having enjoyed wide success in opera, oratorio, cantata, and chamber music. This release takes as its subject the final three of Legrenzi's five large instrumental collections,... |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
Honegger: Le Roi David: Symphonic Psalm in three parts Jacques Martin / Orchestre de la Cite / Choeur Regional Vittoria de l'Ille de France ; Michel Piquemal, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "Michel Piquemal directs a wonderfully dramatic cast with style and passion in the smaller-scale original version of Honegger's symphonic psalm. Recommended." BBC Music Magazine |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Joseph Calleja: Verdi Joseph Calleja (tenor), Vittorio Vitelli (baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ramón Tebar [ Decca / CD - released 9/Feb/2018 ] "Any doubts about the most winning lyric "Italian" tenor since Pavarotti tackling this heavy Verdi repertoire are largely dispelled by the vitality of his sunny sound and the clarity of his diction." Sunday Times |