Michael Jackson
Thriller (LP) [ Sony / LP - released 13/May/2016 ] Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success... |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Pacific Overtures Michael K. Lee & Scott Watanabe / 2005 New Broadway Cast Recording [ PS Classics / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler. Set in 19th-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization starting in 1853, when... |
MARCEL DUPRE
Dupre: Works For Organ Vol.10 Michael Keeley (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] "Keeley is a fine performer...[who] plays intelligently, with a no-nonsense approach to interpretation. The instrument is bright and well balanced." American Record Guide |
Michael Kiwanuka
Home Again (LP) [ Polydor / LP - released 12/Mar/2012 ] UK LP pressing. 2012 debut album from the London-based singer/songwriter and winner of the prestigious BBC Sound of 2012 prize. Michael's voice has often been compared to the likes of Bill Withers. He's already supported many major artists including... |
Michael Kiwanuka
Kiwanuka (Double Gatefold LP) [ Polydor / 2 LP - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Recorded in New York, LA and London, KIWANUKA reflects his "ear for musical adventure". Given the amount of critical and commercial praise that showered his last record, the last two years have found the singer-songwriter questioning his own ability... |
Michael Kiwanuka
Love & Hate [ Polydor Records / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Love & Hate was recorded in LA and London, and produced by Grammy Award winner Brian Joseph Burton AKA Danger Mouse, and young British producer, Inflo. The album is a fascinatingly assured and resonant body of work, and follows Michael's 2012... |
Michael Kiwanuka
Love & Hate (180g 2LP) [ Polydor Records / 2 LP - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Love & Hate was recorded in LA and London, and produced by Grammy Award winner Brian Joseph Burton AKA Danger Mouse, and young British producer, Inflo. The album is a fascinatingly assured and resonant body of work, and follows Michael's 2012... |
Michael Kiwanuka
Small Changes (Indies Exclusive Green Marble Vinyl LP) [ Polydor / LP - released 22/Nov/2024 ] "Small Changes" was produced alongside Danger Mouse and Inflo, the team behind the globally acclaimed "KIWANUKA" and its equally acclaimed predecessor, "Love & Hate". The new record was recorded between London and Los Angeles. The core trio made up... |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol 2 Michael Lewin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "American pianist Michael Lewin takes on the second batch in Naxos' set of The Complete Keyboard Sonatas by Italian Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti." Blogcritics Magazine, April 05, 2007 |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Michael Ludwig (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "These are excellent pieces that ought to be in the modern performance repertory. If you don't know these works, you owe to yourself to hear this disc." -- ClassicsToday 10/10 |
Michael Mantler (trumpet)
Coda: Orchestra Suites [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Extending the concept initiated with his critically-acclaimed Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update album, described by Down Beat as "pretty fantastic", Michael Mantler radically reworks music from several phases of his career. On Coda he shapes favourite... |
GEORGE STILES
Stiles: Honk! - a musical comedy Michael McClean & Nicolas Colicos / 1997 Stephen Joseph Theatre Production [ Dress Circle / CD - released 17/May/1998 ] Honk! is a musical adaptation of the 1843 Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles. |
Michael McDonald
The Ultimate Collection [ Rhino Records / CD - released 9/Aug/2005 ] Spanning 1976 to the present, this hit-packed compilation spotlights McDonald on 19 timeless songs such as "What A Fool Believes", "Minute By Minute", "Sweet Freedom", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Takin' It To The Streets", etc. |
Michael Mcdonald
The Very Best Of [ Warner Strategic / CD - released 5/Mar/2001 ] |
Michael Mcdonald
Wide Open [ Bmg / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol.4 [Includes Concerto for Piano and Orchestra] Michael McHale (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2020 ] In this fourth volume in their Richard Rodney Bennett series, John Wilson and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra turn to his Piano Concerto, commissioned by the John Feeney Trust for the CBSO and written in 1968. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach in Los Angeles (Incls Toccata & Fugue in D minor) Michael Murray at the organ of the First Congregational Church [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "[Michael Murray's] brilliant playing is captured in lifelike sound by the Telarc engineers, making this a blockbuster demonstration disc." - Palladium-Times |
BACH / JONGEN / WIDOR / SOLER / FRANCK / MESSIAEN / etc
An Organ Blaster: The Best of Michael Murray (Incls Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565) Michael Murray, organ [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] "It opens with a hell-raising Toccata and Fugue...The record is indeed a blast..." - American Record Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms-Glanert: Four Serious Songs Michael Nagy (baritone), Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Olari Elts [ Ondine / CD - released 13/Jan/2017 ] "[Glanert's arrangement] manages to be teasing and stirring at the same time...Kriikku's playing is a delight." BBC Music |
MICHAEL NYMAN
The Piano: Original Soundtrack / The Cook, The Theif, His Wife And Her Lover Michael Nyman [ Universal / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2014 ] Two CDs for the price of one! |