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WAGNER / HAYDN / BERLIOZ / BRITTEN / R. STRAUSS
Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters Jessye Norman (soprano) / Gewandhauorchester, Kurt Masur, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine, Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / 3 CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] Decca Classics presents Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters, showcasing never-before-heard recordings of one of the greatest classical singers of all time. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610 [Vespers] / Motetes [with works by Gabrieli] Jill Gormez, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, Philip Langridge, Michael Rippon / Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Gardiner's purposeful approach is stirringly dramatic, boldly eventful and full of ideas" Gramophone |
Jim James
Eternally Even (LP) [ Capitol / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Defying categorisation, James' second solo project, Eternally Even, co-produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes) and Jim James, is a heart-thumping call to action. The timing of its release, smack in the middle of election season, is no... |
AMBROISE THOMAS
Thomas: Hamlet (complete opera recorded in 1984) Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris / Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "In the title role, Milnes is simply superb … I can't think of a better performance of his on disc! Sutherland, despite an occasional unsteady moment, continues to astound" Fanfare |
PURCELL
Dido And Aeneas Susan Bickley, Della Jones & Peter Harvey / St. James's Baroque Players & St. James's Singers, Ivor Bolton [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] |
Jose James
No Beginning No End [ CD - released 25/Jan/2013 ] A seamless musical experience that moves between different styles with remarkable fluidity, bound together by James' transcendent voice. |
Jose James
Yesterday I Had The Blues - The Music of Billie Holiday [ EMI Bluenote US Jazz / CD - released 3/Apr/2015 ] Acclaimed vocalist José James releases his new album, Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday, a tribute to the legendary singer in honor of Holiday's 100th birthday. James celebrates the woman he refers to as his "musical mother" with... |
VIERNE / WIDOR / DUPRE
French Cathedral Music Joseph Cullen, Andrew Reid (organs) / The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell |
HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, James Bowman, David Thomas / Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the choir sing most beautifully throughout and of the soloists, John Elwes is particularly sensitive to Handel's setting of charitable texts." (Gramophone on the Foundling Hospital Anthem) |
Carole King & James Taylor
Live at the Troubadour [ Hear Music / Concord / 2 CD/DVD - released 27/May/2010 ] In November 2007, James Taylor; Carole King; and members of their renowned original band, "The Section", returned to the Troubadour (after some 36 odd years) for a three-night, six-show run to celebrate the venue's 50th anniversary... |
PURCELL
The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Gillian Fisher (soprano) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Purcell Complete Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2010 ] 'Every disc is such a treasure-house of wonderful invention that the whole set must be an irresistable temptation' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Amadeus: Best of Mozart Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) Sabine Meyer (clarinet) James Galway (flute) Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Muti, etc [ EMI Inspiration / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The legendary movements from Mozart's symphonies, concertos, operas and choral works invite us to sit back and enjoy: find out for yourself how soothing and at the same time inspiring Mozart's music can be - one of the most brilliant and original... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) David James (counter-tenor) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Sixteen / Christophers [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] 'The performance is one of extraordinary quality. Unequivocally recommended' (The Sydney Sun Herald) |
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LILI BOULANGER
Clairieres dans le ciel / Hymne au soleil Martyn Hill (tenor) Andrew Ball (piano) / New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] 'Truly one of the great French song cycles of the first quarter of this century' - Fanfare, USA |
FRANZ WAXMAN
Joshua (dramatic oratorio) Maximilian Schell (narrator) Rod Gilfry (baritone) Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / Prague Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / James Sedares [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Aug/2006 ] Maximilian Schell stars as narrator in the world-premiere recording of Franz Waxman's last composition. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Jay Hunter Morris, Deborah Voigt / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] This award-winning and ground-breaking production has been seen by over 150,000 people at the Metropolitan Opera in New York |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton
Breakin' it Up, Breakin' it Down [ Sony Music / CD - released 12/Jun/2007 ] This album captures the 30th Anniversary of the 1977 tour to celebrate the release of Muddy's ‘Hard Again’ - documenting some of the greatest blues players in history at the peak of their powers. |
STRAVINSKY
Les Noces and other Russian Choral Music New London Chamber Choir and Instrumental Ensemble; James Wood, director; The Voronezh Chamber Choir (Institute of the Arts); Oleg Shepel director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] BBC 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
