Beastie Boys
Paul's Boutique [ Capitol Records / CD - released 15/Sep/1994 ] The follow-up album to their classic debut 'Licensed To Ill', the Beasties' sophomore effort, 'Paul's Boutique' is another killer, party hip-hop record - with brilliant production from The Dust Brothers. |
Beastie Boys
Paul's Boutique (Gatefold LP) [ Capitol / LP - released 30/Nov/2018 ] Paul's Boutique is the Beastie Boys second studio album released on July 25, 1989, on Capitol Records. Featuring production by the Dust Brothers, the album was recorded in Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles from 1988 to 1989,... |
Beastie Boys
Root Down (LP) [ Capitol / Dark Horse Records / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Featuring 3 different versions of their single 'Root Down', originally released on their 1994 album 'Ill Communication', the Root Down EP also features 7 tracks recorded in Europe in 1995. |
The Beastie Boys
Ill Communication (LP) [ Capitol / 2 LP - released 18/Feb/2022 ] "Why not a Beastie revolution?" proposed the B side of the Beastie Boys' first 12 inch back in 1983; 11 years later, it has happened - it's time to get ill in '94. Since their comeback in 1992 with Check Your Head, the Beasties - Mike D (Mike... |
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Go Tell it to the Mountain - Live in New York [ Kaleidoscope Film & DVD / Shock Entertainment Group / DVD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The Blind Boys of Alabama have spread the spirit & energy of pure soul gospel music for over 60 years, ever since the first incarnation of the group formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, back in... |
LEOPOLD KOZELUCH
Koželuch: Joseph der Menschheit Segen (Masonic Cantata) Siegfried Gohritz (speaker), Simona Eisinger (soprano) Czech Boys Choir Boni Pueri [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Joseph der Menschheit Segen (Joseph, Mankinds Blessing) is a powerful Masonic cantata that unusually includes Melodrama, where spoken text is followed by instrumental passages. The two sacred arias are masterful compositions . |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No 3 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir & Rijnmond Boys' Choir, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] "the RCO brass and string majesty remains a thing of wonder. Bernarda Fink brings real gravitas and weight to the Nietzsche text and, with the finale on the horizon, Jansons keeps it simple: let the music do the work." (ClassicFM) |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Weihnachtsgeschichte [The Christmas Story] / Alpine Christmas Songs Tolzer Boys Choir, Die Hammerauer Musikanten, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden / Collegium Pro Musica Innsbruck [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1989 |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortileges (complete opera) / Sheherazade Julie Boulianne / Genevieve Despres / Kirsten Gunlogson / Chattanooga Boys Choir / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Alastair Willis [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "raucous humour with heartfelt tenderness... Julie Boulianne's child has wide-eyed wonder... She can be heard in grown-up, and decidedly seductive mode in the accompanying Shéhérazade." BBC Music |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata (with Bach: Cantatas BWV131 & BWV198) Gloria Prosper, Adrienne Albert, Richard Levitt, Melvin Brown, Marni Nixon / Gregg Smith Singers, Texas Boys Choir, Columbia Baroque Ensemble, Robert [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/1996 ] Monteverdi recorded at the American Legion Hall, Hollywood, January 1967. Digitally remastered in 1996 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Ascension Oratorio BWV11 / Ich habe genug BWV82a / Sanctus BWV238 Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mass in C K.317 "Coronation" / Mass in C K.167 / Nocturnes Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Gerhard Eder (bass) / The Vienna Boys Choir, Hans Gillesberger [ RCA Victor Papillon Collection / CD - released 18/Apr/1988 ] The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries. |
Oak Ridge Boys
The Definitive Collection [ CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] |
Pet Shop Boys
Behaviour (LP) [ Parlophone / LP - released 31/Aug/2018 ] 'Behaviour' was Pet Shop Boys' fourth studio album, recorded largely in Munich, Germany at co-producer Harold Faltermeyer's studio. The album was then completed at London's Sarm West Studios. Originally released in October 1990, the album hit... |
Pet Shop Boys
Introspective (LP) [ Warner / LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Pet Shop Boys' 1988 release 'Introspective' has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide to date and features the hits 'Left to My Own Devices' and 'Always On My Mind'. The album was the first to feature production by Trevor Horn, whose lavish... |
Pet Shop Boys
A Life In Pop [ Parlophone / DVD ] From their trailblazing first single "West End Girls" to their position as one of Britain's foremost pop duos, A Life in Pop traces every ground-breaking step of Pet Shop Boy's 20-Year career. Starting in their respective hometowns in northern... |
Pet Shop Boys
Nonetheless (Expanded Edition) [ Plguk / Warner / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Pet Shop Boys round off an incredible 2024 with the release of an expanded edition of their no. 2 album Nonetheless, which now includes demos of the entire album and 4 new recordings, including 3 cover versions and a brand new PSB original. Having... |
Pet Shop Boys
Nonetheless (Expanded Edition LP) [ PLGUK / Warner / 3 LP - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Pet Shop Boys round off an incredible 2024 with the release of an expanded edition of their no. 2 album Nonetheless, which now includes demos of the entire album and 4 new recordings, including 3 cover versions and a brand new PSB original. Having... |
Pet Shop Boys
Nonetheless (LP) [ PLG / Warner / LP - released 26/Apr/2024 ] 'Nonetheless' is the duo's first with producer James Ford, who has previously worked with artists including Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, Blur, Gorillaz and Simian Mobile Disco. The album also sees the duo return to Parlophone, the label which... |
Pet Shop Boys
Please (LP) [ Warner / LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] The Pet Shop Boys debut album, originally released in 1986. Remastered and featuring the singles 'West End Girls', 'Opportunities' and 'Suburbia'. |