HANS ABRAHAMSEN / GERARD PESSON / OSCAR STRASNOY
Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic, Frankfurt radio Symphony, Les Violons du roy [ Warner Classics / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "The three works are very different from each other, but all showcase the fleet brilliance, tonal variety and clarity of Tharaud's playing." Guardian |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) / Les Violons du Roy; Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "He shapes and phrases the music with a keen eye (or ear) on its dialogic potential, driving forwards energetically without bullying or indulging in display for its own sake." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
VARIOUS
All The World's Most Beautiful Melodies (the complete five CD set) The Golden Cornet Of Phillip Mccann / Sellers Engineering Band / Boys Of Leeds Parish Church Choir / Simon Lindley (Organ) / Roy Newsome (Conductor) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1995 ] From 'Panis Angelicus' to 'Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms' here are all your favourites performed by the world's number one cornet player. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Classical Symphony / Overture on Hebrew Themes Henry Feagins / Roy Hudd / Sting / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 26/Sep/2007 ] This brilliantly inventive visualisation of Prokofiev's beloved musical tale features Sting, Claudio Abbado, members of London's celebrated Theatre de Complicite, and some fantastic Spitting Image puppetry. "Sting's knack for getting into... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Jacqueline du Pre Recital Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano), Oslan Ellis (harp), Roy Jesson (organ) & John Williams (guitar) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] The tragedy of du Pré's brief career is still fresh in the public memory and can be summarised here. She was born in Oxford on 26 January 1945 into a middle-class family in which music was important: her mother was a fine pianist and a gifted teacher. |
Roy Eldridge
Three Classic Albums Plus (Roy And Diz / Little Jazz / Swing Goes Dixie) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] |
Roy Montgomery
Audiotherapy (Limited Edition LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of the NZ underground, believes there is always new sonic terrain to investigate. His latest series of albums for Grapefruit marks forty years of rigorous exploration in which he has managed to navigate disparate genres,... |
Roy Montgomery
That Best Forgotten Work (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of the NZ underground, believes there is always new sonic terrain to investigate. His latest series of albums for Grapefruit marks forty years of rigorous exploration in which he's managed to navigate disparate genres,... |
Roy Orbison
One Of The Lonely Ones [ Roy's Boys / CD - released 21/Dec/2015 ] One of the Lonely Ones was recorded by the late Roy Orbison in 1969, but was never released by his label MGM Records. In recognition of his joining MGM 50 years ago, Universal teamed up with LLC, the Nashville-based company founded by Orbison's sons,... |
Roy Orbison
The Ultimate Collection [ Sony / CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] Roy Orbison The Ultimate Collection is the most definitive career-spanning collection of hits by Rock & Roll legend Roy Orbison and for the first time ever, includes tracks from the Sun, Monument and MGM years, plus songs from Roy s incredible... |
Roy Orbison
The Very Best of Roy Orbison [ Legacy Records / CD - released 26/Apr/2006 ] This great compilation includes the massive hits "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Crying", "Only The Lonely", "In Dreams", "You Got It", "Claudette", "Blue Bayou", "Dream Baby", "Unchained Melody", "She's A Mystery To Me" and more. |
Roy Phillips' Peddlers
Dancing With Shadows [ Ode Records / CD - released 11/Sep/2007 ] Recorded at Muscle Music in the far North of New Zealand, this is a collection of newly recorded hits by Roy Phillips, who was the great voice and amazing keyboard player with the The Peddlers. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Piano Concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1056, 1058 & 1065 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Violins du Roy, Bernard Labadie [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "..played with stylish, spontaneous-sounding elaboration of lines and sparing use of the sustaining pedal...Yet it all works remarkably well...this is a thoroughly enjoyable 'piano' version of these glorious Concertos." (BBC Music) |
FELIX ARNDT / MIKE BERNARD / ROY BARGY / FRANK BANTA / RUBE BLOOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era - Volume V Felix Arndt / Mike Bernard / Roy Bargy / Frank Banta / Rube Bloom [ Pearl / CD - released 15/Aug/1998 ] The iconography of jazz usually features smoky images of coolly wasted-looking individuals in natty hats blowing saxophones. But if saxes and trumpets have seemed like the quintessential jazz instruments, it's the piano that has been absolutely... |
Roy Buchanan
When A Guitar Plays The Blues [ Alligator Records / LP - released 21/Jul/2023 ] The classic Alligator debut by the late genius of pyrotechnic blues/rock guitar. Roy called it "the best album I ever made." Grammy nominee. "Awesome...explosively soulful guitar" - GUITAR PLAYER |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred vocal music of Claudio Monteverdi Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas / Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman & Peter Holman [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 'One of the most beautiful records I have heard this year' (The Guardian) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classic Brass John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] A selection of popular classics arranged for Brass ensemble |
VARIOUS POETS
Classic Poems For Girls Roy McMillan, Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5-10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve, to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda, to... |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (contralto) / The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1993 ] " Nathalie Stutzmann, soloist with Goodman, gives the more dramatic account, with an effective scurrying urgency in the orchestral playing." Gramophone |
LESLIE BRICUSSE
Bricusse: Sherlock Holmes - The Musical Robert Powell & Roy Barraclough / Original Cast Recording [ Thats Entertainment / CD - released 19/Sep/1993 ] Sherlock Holmes - The Musical is a musical based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. |
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan / Second Album [ Bgo / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] |
Roy Buchanan
Sweet Dreams - The Anthology (2CD) [ Polydor Records / 2 CD - released 9/Sep/1996 ] This European imported double disc set is a fantastic digitally re-mastered collection which covers all of the late great Roy's best work. |
Roy Davis Jr
Soul Electrica [ Peacefrog Records / 12in - released 11/Oct/2004 ] |
CHRIS ANDREWS
Andrews: Tom Brown's Schooldays Roy Dotrice & Judith Bruce / Original Cast Recording [ Must Close Saturday Records / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] A musical in 2 acts by Jack and Joan Maitland; based on the novel by Thomas Hughes: Music by Chris Andrews. Originally produced as an amateur musical at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon 6 November, 1971 as Young Tom. |
Roy Haynes
Three Classic Albums Plus (We Three / Just Us / Out Of The Afternoon) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] |
Roy Irwin
King Of Pop (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Roy Irwin has been a solo artists for nine years and in this time has released over 16 EPs and four full length albums. Roy Irwin has played shows both nationally and in America. Valentines Day 2016 saw the release of Roy Irwin's 4th album... |
Roy Orbison
Black & White Night 30 (Blu-ray / CD) [ Sony Music / CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Feb/2017 ] This CD/DVD package presents the International superstar Roy Orbison in the midst of a remarkable comeback after several years out of the limelight. For his stellar return, Orbison was joined by some of the musicians he had influenced including Bruce... |
Roy Orbison
The Essential Roy Orbison [ Legacy Records / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2007 ] This 40-track double disc set features all the hits from "The Big O" - including "Oh, Pretty Woman", "In Dreams", "I Drove All Night" and many more! |
Roy Orbison
In Dreams (LP) [ Sony Music / LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] |
Roy Orbison
King of Hearts [ Virgin America / CD - released 20/Oct/1992 ] Although Roy Orbison's album Mystery Girl was issued eight weeks after his death on December 6, 1988, it was apparently in finished form and thus only technically a posthumous release. Orbison's widow Barbara says she has been asked frequently since... |
Roy Orbison
King Of Hearts (30th Anniversary) [ Legacy / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] This new edition of King of Hearts has been completely remastered and is offered by Roy's Boys LLC, the Nashville-based company founded by the late icon's sons to administer their father's catalogue and safeguard his legacy, in partnership with Sony... |
Roy Orbison And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A Love So Beautiful [ Sony / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Following the popular and chart topping Elvis with the Phil, this brand new album infuses Orbison's best original vocal performances, consisting of hits and fan favourites such as 'Oh, Pretty Woman,' 'Crying' and 'Only the Lonely,' with the emotion... |
Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Unchained Melodies [ Sony Music / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] The follow-up to A Love So Beautiful features Roy Orbison vocal performances with brand-new orchestral arrangements by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Additional accompaniment from Roy's three sons and backing vocals... |
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers - Along The Navajo Trail (original recordings 1945 - 47) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD ] Essential Nostalgia! One of the best selling titles |
Roy Wood
Boulders (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 16/Feb/2017 ] Roy Wood is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was particularly successful in the 60s and 70s as member and co-founder of The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the... |
Roy Wood
Super Active Wizzo [ Wounded Bird / CD - released 16/Jul/2007 ] The very title of Super Active Wizzo suggests a fizzy, over-charged, amped-up version of Roy Wood's first band as a leader, Wizzard -- and, in a way, that's exactly what Wood's Wizzo Band was, with its lone 1977 LP recalling nothing so much as... |
Roy Woods
Exis (LP) [ Ovo Sound / Warner / LP - released 1/Oct/2021 ] Originally released in 2015, this 6-track EP features the smash singles "Drama" (featuring Drake) and "Get You Good". |
Roy Wood & Wizzard
Main Street - Remastered And Expanded Edition [ Esoteric / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] After earning success as a performer and songwriter with The Move, ELO and Wizzard, the supremely talented Roy Wood recorded the material for what should have been his third solo album in the Spring of 1976. The album was originally intended to... |
Roy Ayers
Virgin Ubiquity II (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981) (LP) [ BBE / 3 LP - released 17/Jan/2020 ] BBE Music is excited to present the first repress since 2006 of Roy Ayers classic Virgin Ubiquity albums, with brand new sleeve notes by Sean P. When two volumes of previously unreleased Roy Ayers tapes entitled 'Virgin Ubiquity' hit the racks... |
Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Jazz is Dead 2 [ Jazz Is Dead / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] In February 2018, Roy Ayers performed four sold out shows in Los Angeles as part of the Jazz Is Dead Black History Month series. It wasn't until 2020 that fans of Ayers discovered that in addition to those shows, the legendary vibraphone player had... |