SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1, 4 & 5 Vladimir Krainev (piano) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Dmitri Kitaenko [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "The finest performances, I feel, are of the First, Fourth and Fifth Concertos, all of which have a splendid cut and thrust. Krainev revels in their extravagance." Gramophone |
RICAHRD WAGNER
The Best Of Wagner Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Uwe Mund & Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD - released 6/May/1997 ] The perfect introduction to the orchestral music of Richard Wagner |
NADIA BOULANGER / GABRIEL FAURE / REYNALDO HAHNI
William Youn - Boulanger, Fauré, Hahn William Youn (piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Valentin Uryupin [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] "Youn's playing throughout is accomplished and stylish, with a full-value orchestral contribution to match." BBC Music |
MOZART / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / WAGNER / HOLST / etc
The Peace Concert Versailles Yuja Wang (piano) / Choeur De Radio France, Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] A setlist like no other, a never-heard-before compilation of deeply moving musical pieces highlighting numerous aspects of war and peace. This is how the Wiener Philharmoniker, led by Franz Welser-Möst and supported by an all-star line-up, among them... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 8 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Edlinger (cond), Michael Halasz (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
Porridge Radio
Every Bad [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Porridge Radio grew out of Dana Margolin's bedroom, where she started making music in private. Living in the seaside town of Brighton, she recorded songs and slowly started playing them at open mic nights to rooms of old men who stared at her quietly... |
Porridge Radio
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] Porridge Radio are one of the most vital new voices in alternative music, having gone from being darlings of the DIY underground to one of the UK's most thrilling bands in the space of less than a year. Their barbed wit, lacerating intensity and... |
Porridge Radio
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky (Limited Gatefold LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 27/May/2022 ] Available on limited 'Forest Green' coloured vinyl. Porridge Radio are one of the most vital new voices in alternative music, having gone from being darlings of the DIY underground to one of the UK's most thrilling bands in the space of less than a... |
Porridge Radio
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 27/May/2022 ] Porridge Radio are one of the most vital new voices in alternative music, having gone from being darlings of the DIY underground to one of the UK's most thrilling bands in the space of less than a year. Their barbed wit, lacerating intensity and... |
Sandra De Sá / Equipe Rádio Cidade
Olhos Coloridos / Bons Tempos: Sao Paulo (Good Times) (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 30/Aug/2024 ] Two 1980s Brazilian boogie bombs from Sandra de Sá and Equipe Rádio Cidade get a remastered reissue as part of Mr Bongo Brazil 45's series. Sandra de Sá's 'Olhos Coloridos' is an '80s MPB/boogie jam, taken from her self-titled 1982 LP on RGE... |
TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes [ 4AD Records / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] One of those rare bands who command instant attention with their unique and spellbinding debut. Their music is potent, distinctive and original... |
Tv On The Radio
Return To Cookie Mountain (LP) [ Touch & Go / LP - released 10/May/2019 ] With this, their sophomore release, TV on the Radio have assembled an excellent & emotionally head-tripping album. 'Return to Cookie Mountain' is truly a unique experience... Heady, spacey, erotic noise-grind combined with their fascinating and... |
TV On The Radio
Young Liars [ Touch and Go Records / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Despite their connections to the New York rock scene - the band is based in Brooklyn's Williamsburg district and keyboardist/sound manipulator David Andrew Sitek has produced releases by the Liars and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs - TV on the Radio's debut... |
BARBARA
Barbara Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis A [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara's music in very different ways." Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46 & 72 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 22/May/2000 ] "This is a "desert island" set if ever there were one. Kubelik's Slavonic Dances always have rated among the best, and still dazzle by virtue of their fleetness and almost savage intensity." (ClassicsToday) |
DVORAK / SMETANA / LISZT
Symphony No 9 / Die Moldau / Les Preludes Berlin Philharmonic / Berlin Radio Symphony / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 22/Aug/2001 ] DG's originals continue |
SIBELIUS
Complete symphonies (Nos 1-7) Berliner Philharmoniker / Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra / Okku Kamu / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] "Karajan's account has withstood the test of time as one of the most searching, profound and concentrated performances of this masterpiece, and its reappearance at mid price should earn it wider dissemination [...]. An indispensable... |
DONIZETTI / VERDI / BOITO / SULLIVAN / PONCHIELLI / ROSSINI
Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (baritone) with Anne Sofie von Otter & Balcarras Crafoord / Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "Terfel, of course, brings the smell of the theatre into everything he does. His powerful vocal presence is born of physical presence and he harnesses words, in any language, like few others." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 BLU-RAY Camilla Tilling (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Feb/2017 ] "the First Symphony...is wholly successful in its balance of detail and flow, and the Second includes a lovely 'Urlicht' from Finnish mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi." BBC Music |
GOUNOD / R. STRAUSS / PUCCINI / BERNSTEIN / DONIZETTI / etc
Coloraturas: Opera arias Diana Damrau (soprano) / Munich Radio Orchestra, Dan Ettinger [ Erato Classics / CD - released 21/Dec/2009 ] "The point with Damrau ... is that she's fearless, impressively unpredictable, and about as far as possible from being a 'production line' soprano." Classic FM magazine |