ANONYMOUS
Canto Gregoriano - Polyphonic hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Recorded in the 1970's to become a global best seller in 1994, the legendary Canto Gregoriano introduced new audiences to the sublime sound of Gregorian Chant. Re-issued with new artwork to mark the 2016 Jubilee of the Pilgrimage to Santiago. |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / WAXMAN
American Impressions Rachel Kolly d'Alba (violin) / Orchestre National de la Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "This is a fun album, worth hearing particularly for the terrific Bernstein performance" (International Record Review) |
De La Soul
Impossible Mission - TV Series - Part 1 [ Red Lion Entertainment / CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] "No longer backed by record companies but back by popular demand" raps Posdnuos in "Freedom Train," the penultimate song on De La Soul's label-less mixtape Impossible Mission: TV Series, Pt. 1, a collection of older previously unreleased tracks, as... |
De La Soul
Timeless - The Singles Collection [U.S. Import] [ Rhino Records / CD - released 27/May/2003 ] A singles collection from the authors of hip-hop's greatest full-length? True, De La Soul may not be as desperate for this type of compilation as a notoriously album-weak rapper like Busta Rhymes, but Rhino's Timeless: The Singles Collection is an... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SEANS / FRANCIS POULENC / DARIUS MILHAUD
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux / Poulenc: Les animaux modèles / Milhaud: La Création du Monde Aldo Ciccolini (piano) & Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre [ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Proverbially idiomatic, Georges Prêtre conducts four works that typify the special charm, wit and sensuousness so often found in French music from the belle époque to the mid-20th century: Saint-Saëns "grand zoological fantasy" Le Carnaval des... |
I See Hawks In LA
Hallowed Ground [ CD - released 31/Mar/2009 ] |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys (Complete Opera recorded in 1957) Janine Micheau, Rita Gorr, Henri Legay, Jean Borthayre / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys draws on the same Breton myth of a submerged city as Debussy's La Cathédrale engloutie. A great success at its 1888 premiere at Paris's Opéra Comique, it even reached the Metropolitan Opera, New York, but its current rarity on the... |
GOUNOD / CHARPENTIER / MOZART / OFFENBACH / ROSSINI / etc
Janine Micheau - Operatic Recital Janine Micheau (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson, L´Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Alberto Erede [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 29 / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
La Bouche
Sweet Dreams [ BMG Music / CD - released 16/Jan/1996 ] American import. |
W. A. MOZART
Overtures La Cetra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera recorded live in 2007) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Waltraud Meier, Ian Storey, Gerd Grochowski, Matti Salminen / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala's opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of Tristan und Isolde directed by Patrice Chéreau under the baton of the house's new principal guest conductor, Daniel Barenboim." New York Times |
La Symphonie Du Marais/Reyne
Francour/Philidor: Festive & C [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] |
The La's
BBC in Session [ Universal Music / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] Available as an import from Europe, 'BBC in Session' is a compilation of four BBC sessions by The La's, containing the band's session appearances on radio shows hosted by Janice Long, Liz Kershaw, Bob Harris and Nicky Campbell. |
STRAVINSKY
Ballets / Stage Works / Orchestral Works L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Records / 8 CD - released 26/May/2001 ] A budget-price box of Stravinsky's major orchestral works. All the Stravinsky recordings made by Ernest Ansermet and the Suisse Romande Orchestra, digitally remastered in an 8-CD box at budget price. |
DEBUSSY
La Mer / Prelude a l'apras-midi d'un faune / Jeux, Khamma L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Legends / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] Ansermet was the most important conductor from Decca's early years |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi Magdalena Kozena (Mezzo-soprano) / La Cetra, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "It is hard to fault this marvellous recording featuring Kožená at the peak of her powers. I can see this album having a broad appeal, speaking to those both familiar and new to Monteverdi." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1994) Jane Eaglen (Norma), Vincenzo La Scola, Eva Mei, Dimitri Kavrakos / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
CHERUBINI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / SPONTINI / VERDI / etc
Maria Callas - Live (Remastered Recordings 1949-1964) - 42 CD + 3 Blu-Ray Maria Callas, Renata Scotto, Mirto Picchi, Miriam Pirazzini, Giuseppe Modesti / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 45 CD Box Set - released 18/Sep/2017 ] Each recording in this edition has been newly remastered, using the latest audio technology, great care has been taken to assure accuracy of reproduced pitch, which has been corrected in various instances. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (Complete opera recorded April 1953 ) Maria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Giuseppe di Stefano / Milan La Scala Orchestra, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Until she achieved a triumph in the delicate coloratura role of Elvira in I puritani - in Venice in 1949 under the tutelage of maestro Tullio Serafin - Maria Callas had been making her name in dramatic roles, such as the epicallyscaled title role in... |
LUIGI CHERUBINI
Cherubini: Medea (Complete opera recorded live 1957) Maria Callas, Renata Scotto, Mirto Picchi, Miriam Pirazzini, Giuseppe Modesti / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2014 ] The role of the betrayed and finally murderous Medea became closely associated with Maria Callas. In 1969, several years after her final operatic performance, she even starred as Jason's spurned wife - as an actress, not as a singer - in a film... |