TRADITIONAL
Sanctus: Music for Quiet Contemplation Marguerite Hutchinson (Northumbrian pipes) Jon Banks (harp) The Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery on Holy Island off Northumbria, with early English church music and Northumbrian pipes. |
TONY BANKS
Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra Martin Robertson, Charlie Siem, Tony Banks, Frank Ricotti, John Barclay, Skaila Kanga [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Famous for his role as the keyboard player in rock band Genesis and as a solo artist, Tony Banks was always fascinated by the idea of writing orchestral music. |
TRADITIONAL
A Pageant of Medieval Music The Oxford Girls' Choir / John Rowlands-Pritchard / Sirinu / The Henrician Consort / Jon banks [ Music of the Middle Ages / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing... |
Paul Banks
Banks [ Matador / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] Banks is a 10-song album from the Interpol singer that is a tour-de-force of exhilarating minor-key intensity. |
BIZET
The Pearl Fishers (Highlights in English) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Barry Banks (tenor) / Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Brad Cohen [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'It was Rebecca Evans's Gretel, who took the honours. Spinning out radiant lines of delicious purity, she made it hard to see how the role could be sung better' The Times |
MENDELSSOHN
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36 Susan Gritton / Jean Rigby / Barry Banks / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Another superb performance from Hickox, who gets a quartet of tremendous soloists and a first-rate orchestra and chorus… One of this year's musts.' (Cathedral Music) |
Tony Banks
A Curious Feeling [ Esoteric / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] |
Tony Banks
A Curious Feeling (Deluxe Edition with DVD + Book) [ Esoteric Recordings / 2 CD/DVD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] In addition to the re-mixed CD, this limited 2 disc deluxe edition also features a new 5.1 Surround mix, the rare promotional videos of "For a While" and "The Waters of Lethe" and is specially packaged with a 20-page hardback book. |
Tony Banks
A Curious Feeling (Special Edition) [ Esoteric Recordings / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] This new 30th Anniversary edition of 'A Curious Feeling' has been re-mixed from the original master tapes by Nick Davis and Tony Banks - resulting in a more dynamic sounding album. |
Tony Banks
The Fugitive - Hardback Deluxe Edition [ Esoteric / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] |
Two Banks Of Four
Queen Of Crows / Go Remixes [ Sonar Kollektiv / 12in - released 4/Aug/2008 ] |
GEORGES LENTZ
Ingwe from ‘Mysterium’ (“Caeli enarrant...” VII) Zane Banks (electric guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentz's 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning night) is a truly extraordinary achievement. Here, heavy metal meets musical metaphysics, as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the... |