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Etta James
Five Classic Albums (Miss Etta James / At Last! / Second Time Around / Etta James / Sings For Lovers) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] As a 14 year old Etta James' singing talents were noticed while singing in a doo wop group. At this point she ran into Johnny Otis who took her under his wing, changed her name from Jamesetta Hawkins to Etta James and the name of the group to The... |
Etta James
Tough Woman - The Early Recordings 1955 - 1960 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] Etta James is no shrinking violet and this is the first CD release for this iconic artist that covers her earliest recordings with her classic Chess recordings. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R): Eine Alpensinfonie [Alpine Symphony] (with Mahler - Adagio from Symphony 10) European Union Youth Orchestra, James Judd [ Alto Records / CD - released 9/Oct/2017 ] "Special praise is due to the twenty horns who play flawlessly and of which a band is atmospherically positioned for the "offstage" hunting passage." Recording of the Month MusicWeb June 2017. |
WILL TODD
TODD: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Fflur Wyn, James Cleverton, Robert Burt, Victoria Simmonds / Opera Holland Park, Matthew Waldren [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "The label "opera" gives the wrong impression. Although it is sung the whole way through, the score's idioms range from bluesy jazz and big band swing to West End musical." |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Pulcinella [complete] / Danses Concertantes Fiona James (soprano) / Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Henry Herford (baritone) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Stefen Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Even if the performance were less than excellent this newcomer would be welcome. But it is very good indeed... Fiona James, Ian Bostridge and Henry Herford are outstandingly good... What can I say? Another "another Naxos winner"!!" - Classic CD 5... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Ernani (complete opera recorded in 2022) Francesco Meli, Roberto Frontali, Vitalij Kowaljow, Maria José Siri / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, James Conlon [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Victor Hugo's 1830 stage drama Hernani won overwhelming admiration, and over a decade later Verdi's attention was drawn to it as an operatic vehicle that would give him opportunities for full dramatic unity. |
Frank Sinatra, Rene Geyer, Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Etta James, etc
Palm Beach OST [ Universal Music / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Palm Beach is directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker, Rachel Ward and celebrates a lineup of both Australian and International stars, Bryan Brown, Greta Scacchi, Sam Neill, Jacqueline Mackenzie, Heather Mitchell, and Academy Award Nominee Richard... |
RORY BOYLE
Rory Boyle: Music for Clarinet Fraser Langton, James Willshire, Trio Dramatis [ Delphian / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] Building on the legacy of Rory Boyle's own youthful studies as a clarinettist and pianist, the works on this new portrait disc span a near fortyyear compositional period, from the Sonatina - written as a gift to Boyle's teacher Lennox Berkeley - to... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol 10: Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 Gal James (soprano), Alexander Vinogradov (baritone) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] At its première in June 1969 Shostakovich described his Symphony No. 14, in effect a symphonic song cycle, as 'a fight for the liberation of humanity... a great protest against death, a reminder to live one's life honestly, decently, nobly...'... |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas 34, 50, 147 Gillian Fisher, David James, Ian Partridge, Michael George / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "The Sixteen are, as usual, in excellent form here… Recording and remastering are top-notch; notes and texts are complete. Thanks to CORO, many choral collectors who never got around to taking their full pick of this legendary group's old Collins... |
Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan, Joao Lobo
A New Day (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo - the trio's musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point -, on A New Day Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi moreover expands the group's... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Hamlet (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, 2018) Globe / Catrin Aaron, James Garnon, Colin Hurley, Michelle Terry / Federay Holmes, Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Encompassing political intrigue and sexual obsession, philosophical reflection and violent action, tragic depth and wild humour, Hamlet is a colossus in the story of the English language and the fullest expression of Shakespeare's genius. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream Glyndebourne, James Bowman, Ileana Cotrubas, Curt Appelgreen, Felicity Lott [ Opus Arte / DVD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Bernard Haitink conducts in this landmark recording of the Peter Hall's inimitable production |
JAMES MacMILLAN
Orchestra Music Vol. 5 (Sinfonietta, Cumnock Fair, Symphony No.2) Graeme McNaught (piano) Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by James MacMillan [ BIS / CD - released 15/Dec/2000 ] James MacMillan conducting his own music |
R. STRAUSS / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / HAYDN / WAGNER / etc
The Gundula Janowitz Edition: A Voice of Silver & Gold Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / with Irwin Gage (piano), James King (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This box set celebrates the beloved Gundula Janowitz's clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings. |
Harry James
Four Classic Albums Plus (Harry James And His New Swingin Band / Harry James Today / Harry James Plays Neal Hefti / The Spectacular Sound Of Harry Jam [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] From the liner notes: "It's Harry James - and His New Swingin' Band - an instrumental aggregation of solid, stunning virtuosity and a sound all its own. This is one of the greatest bands the memorable Mr James has ever lead - a band with all the... |
Harry James
Live In London [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1992 ] Harry James Live In London |
Harry James & His Orchestra
I've Heard That Song Before - The Hits Of Harry James [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] Harry James was, along with many other more well known artists of the WWII era, (Ie. Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey) a pioneer of swing in it's rawest form. |
Harry James & His Orchestra
Meadowbrook Memories [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] In the golden age of radio in America, when the big dance bands reigned supreme, one of the most eagerly awaited moments came when the on-location announcer said: "From Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook on Route 23, the Newark-Pompton Turnpike in Cedar... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
The First Commercial Recordings Paul Taylor (tenor) / Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, James Loughran, Eric Pinkett, Laszlo Heltay [ Heritage / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2013 ] An important 2 CD release of the very first commercial recordings of the music of Havergal Brian, made for Columbia and Unicorn in the 1970s. The performances, given by the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, have been re-mastered and feature... |
