Bobby Charles
Timeless [ CD - released 22/Jun/2010 ] |
Bobby Charles
Wish You Were Here Right Now [ Stony Plain / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 / Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2003 ] "It also demands a performance which combines virtuosity with excitement, sensuous ardour with subtlety of feeling and above all is seemingly spontaneous. Mackerras meets all these requirements admirably in a reading of great power and romantic... |
ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
The Merchant of Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Richard Angas (Duke of Venice), Christopher Ainslie, Charles Workman, Adrian Clarke, Norman Patzke / Erik Nielsen [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Apr/2015 ] "Bergian in idiom, it's a fine if uneven piece...Magdalena Anna Hofmann is a superb Portia; Jason Bridges exudes charm as Lorenzo; Eröd and Ainslie are heartbreaking and unforgettable." (The Guardian) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'Beatus vir' & 'salve Regina I') Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sopranos) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenors) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sops) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (ten) Peter Harvey (bass) / King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] This second volume of Hyperion's project to record all of Monteverdi's sacred music focuses on works to be found in the 1650 publication Messa a quattro voci e salmi and includes a glorious Mass-setting, Litany of Loreto and the five-part Exultent caeli. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29 & 6 others Carolyn Sampson (sop) Charles Brett (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (b) / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "The soloists are outstanding, with Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore in especially communicative form… Outstanding work; Herreweghe's occasional oratorios are beginning to achieve some kind of critical mass, a very fine series of Bach recordings... |
Charles Trenet
Douce France / Je Chante [ Le Chant du Monde / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] |
MILTON BABBITT
Babbitt: Soli e Duettini Charles Abramovi (Piano), Curtis Macomber (Violin), Marshall Taylor (Alto saxophone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] One prepossessing characteristic of Milton Babbitt's music is that its lines jump around a lot. However intrinsically appealing, this gains something from the fact that they also do not. The jumps sample streams of slower activity, communicate... |
Charles Aznavour
Duos [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] This is 2-CD set of 28 duets which Charles Aznavour has performed with artists including Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Elton John, Josh Groban, Sting, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and more. |
Charles Aznavour
Il Faut Savoir / Je M'Voyais Deja (LP) [ VINYL PASSION / LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
Charles Aznavour
Original Album Series [ Rhino / 5 CD - released 8/Aug/2014 ] This collection includes the featured albums: Jezebel Le Feutre Taupe Sur Ma Vie Bravos Du Music-Hall C'est Ca |
Charles Aznavour
The Legend Sings In English (LP) [ VINYL PASSION / LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] A keystone in the modern chanson genre, French cabaret singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour entertained the world for close to 75 years. In the early '50s, he often opened for Edith Piaf, and composed several songs for her, thus beginning a solid... |
Charles Broqn
Drifting Blues (LP) [ Waxtime / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] This WaxTime LP release includes Charles Brown's underrated album, "Drifting Blues". This lost gem was originally issued as a 12" long play in 1957 by the Aladdin subsidiary Blabel Score, and has been long unavailable on vinyl. It contains... |
Charles Brown
One More for the Road [ Alligator Records / CD ] The comeback album for the king of suave, mellow after-hours blues piano and vocals, with a touch of swinging jazz. Charles was an R&B superstar in the 40's & 50's and in the 90's toured with Bonnie Raitt,and cut 6 new albums, none better than this... |
Charles Brown
The Cool Cool Blues of ... - All Time Classic Hits & R&B Chart Hits 1945 - 1961 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] There are many blues stars but only some of them are legends and Charles Brown falls firmly into the legend category. 50 fantastic tracks across 2CDs featuring fifteen of his billboard R&B chart hits between 1945-1961, including: 'So Long'... |
Charles Brown
Drifting And Dreaming [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Charles Bukowski
Reads His Poetry [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |