VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in June 2013) Stuttgart Opera / Ana Durlovski, Luciano Botelho, Catriona Smith, Enzo Capuano / Gabriele Ferro (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] "The Stuttgart team...bluntly portray Amina's sleepwalking as a mental problem...Musical, we are in the safe but far from unexciting hands of Gabriele Ferro…As well as fielding a Caruso/Bjorling-like ability to crescendo on those high peaks, Durlovsk |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
The Tigers (complete opera recorded 1983) Teresa Cahill, Marilyn Hill-Smith, Alan Opie & Kenneth Woollam / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend [ Testament / 3 CD - released 11/Mar/2015 ] "this 1983 BBC studio recording, issued on CD for the first time, reveals a stunningly inventive, eclectic score, performed here with gusto by a A-team cast of 1980s ENO regulars under Lionel Friend. Irresistible." (The Times) |
JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL
Pisendel: Violin Sonatas Thomasz Aleksander Plusa (violin) with Robert Smith (cello), Earl Christy (lute/theorbo), Ere Lievonen (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Johann Pisendel was the German violinist of his age; one whose total mastery of the instrument, and its expressive possibilities as filtered through both the Italian and German styles prevalent in the high Baroque era, made a fundamental impression... |
HESKETH PEARSON
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Life (Abridged) Tim Pigott-Smith (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] Conan Doyle (1859-1930) will always be remembered for the character of Sherlock Holmes, but he was a prolific writer-of short stories, of science fiction and historical fiction-including The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. In his comprehensive... |
Tim Pigott-Smith
Dostoyevsky:brothers Karamazov [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] |
LOUIS WAYNE BALLARD
Ballard: The Four Moons / Devil's Promenade / etc Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Louis Wayne Ballard - also known as "Honganozhe", which means "Stands with Eagles" in the Quapaw language - was the first indigenous North American composer of art music, and his extensive knowledge of the music, dance and mythology of this culture... |
Tommy Smith
Azure [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] |
Tommy Smith
Beasts Of Scotland [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] |
Tommy Smith
Bluesmith [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] |
Tommy Smith
Bluesmith [ Linn Records / SACD ] This SACD Multichannel Hybrid can be played with a SACD player or a regular CD player and offers fantastic sound quality! |
Tommy Smith
Boxset [ Linn / 3 CD - released 27/Mar/2000 ] |
Tommy Smith
Reminiscence [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] |
Tommy Smith & Kerry Barron
The Sound of Love [ Linn / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] Saxophone virtuoso Tommy Smith reveals himself to be a consummate ballad player on this laid back selection of classics by two of the most justly celebrated composers in jazz history: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The eleven classics... |
CHARPENTIER
Noels and Christmas Motets Vol 2 Tracy Smith Bessett, soprano / Brian Duyn, tenor / Christine Stelmacovich, alto / Curtis Streetman, bass / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2003 ] "Singing,playing and recording are of high quality and so is the documentation." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music (Vol. 2) [incls Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 600] Tracy Smith Bessette (Soprano) / Marion Newman (Contralto) / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "The period-instrument Aradia Ensemble under the expert direction of Kevin Mallon are building an excellent reputation for themselves in the early music field and I have been fortunate to have heard several of their recordings. Mallon’s Toronto-based... |
Tyson Smith
The Hollow Tree [ Tyson Smith Music / CD - released 24/Oct/2014 ] Tyson Smith is a Wellington-based guitarist/singer/songwriter. The Hollow Tree is his second album. Tyson can frequently be found performing as guitarist with a range of acts including Hollie Smith, and world music group Mundi, fronted by his sister... |
BIZET
Carmen Jones (Original Broadway Cast Recording 1943) / Carmen Jones (1954 Film Soundtrack) (excerpts) Muriel Smith, Luther Saxon, Glenn Bryant, Marilyn Horne, Pearl Bailey & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "the performances are gripping. Mezzo-soprano Muriel Smith sizzles as Carmen, the doomed parachute-factory seductress ("Dat's Love" / Habanera), tenor Luther Saxon as Don José/Joe is sublime singing "Dis Flower" (Flower Song)" |
Various Artists incls Johnny Smith, Jack Wilkins, Django Reinhardt, Baden Powell, Les Paul, etc
Jazz Guitar Giants [ Membran / 4 CD Box Set - released 14/Feb/2011 ] |
LERNER & LOWE / KURT WEILL
Paint Your Wagon (Original Broadway Cast 1951) / Love Life (1955) Milt Hinton, Milt; Alan Jay Lerner, Clyde Lombardi, Robert Penn, Olgar San Juan, Rufus Smith, & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] There's a fairly simple rule for evaluating the lasting merit of the shows written by Alan Jay Lerner: the stronger the original source material, the more durable the final product. That's why My Fair Lady (based on Shaw's Pygmalion), Camelot... |
The singing voices of Mitzi Gaynor, Giorgio Tozzi, Ray Walston, Muriel Smith, Bill Lee
South Pacific - Original Soundtrack [ RCA Victor / CD - released 15/Jan/2000 ] Reissue Produced and supervised by Paul Williams |