GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand' / Symphony No. 10 'Adagio' Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2006 ] Recorded: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 9/1971 |
LISZT
Songs (Includes Three songs from Wilhelm Tell & Three Sonnets of Petrarch) Keith Lewis (tenor) David Harper (piano) [ Trust / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] Although a prolific songwriter Liszt is not commonly regarded as a lyricist in the same way as are his contemporaries Wolf or Brahms. In this recital Keith Lewis aims to offer support for the contention that Liszt's songs are deserving of a more... |
Ali Harper
Something So Right [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] Since her professional debut in 1992 Ali Harper has performed in countless musicals, cabarets and revues throughout NZ. |
Ben Harper
Winter Is For Lovers (LP) [ Anti / LP - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Meditative and affecting, the music featured on Winter Is For Lovers is deeply ingrained in Harper's DNA and leads directly back to The Folk Music Store, the influential California instrument shop his grandparents opened in the 1950s. The store has... |
Ben Harper
Fight for Your Mind (2LP) [ Virgin Music / 2 LP - released 4/May/2009 ] This is a 2LP set of the 'Fight for Your Mind' album by Ben Harper - on VINYL. You will need a good ol' record player to listen to it! |
Ben Harper And Relentless7
White Lies For Dark Times [ Virgin / CD - released 27/Apr/2009 ] |
Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama
There Will be a Light [ Virgin Music / CD - released 20/Sep/2004 ] The popular guitarist / vocalist gets very deep and spiritual paired with this historic singing group, providing gospel classics along with some original numbers. |
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Get Up! [ Concord / CD - released 31/Jan/2013 ] A striking mix of blues, gospel, roots and R&B, 'Get Up!' features ten vivid musical character studies, skillfully rendered in cinematic detail, all written or co-written by Harper. |
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Call It What It Is [ Caroline / CD - released 8/Apr/2016 ] Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals have reunited for Call It What It Is, their first record together in nine years. The beloved, soulful rock band premiered the album's lead single, "Pink Balloon" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Call It What It Is is an... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Rene Kollo / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great occasion ... so overwhelming is the build-up of tension." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Heather Harper (sop) Helen Watts (cont) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "... the new Decca stereo recording has special points of excellence all its own. The most striking thing in the whole performance, for me, is the first movement, in which Solti penetrates to the inner significance of the unusual structure with an... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 (recorded in 1960) Heather Harper (soprano) & Janet Baker (contralto) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "I would say that Klemperer's revelatory Mendelssohn performance is the Midsummer Night's Dream music. It shows him at his greatest, and in an unaccustomed role." (MusicWeb) |
W.A. MOZART
Great Choral Works: Missa in C minor, Coronation Mass, Requiem Mass Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Yvonne Minton, John Alldis Choir / BBC Symphony / Colin Davis [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
TIPPETT
The Tippett Collection (Incl Piano Sonatas Nos.1, 2 & 3 & Symphonies 1 - 4) SPECIAL PRICE Paul Crossley (piano) Gyargy Pauk (violin) Nobuko Imai (viola) Ralph Kirschbaum (cello) Heather Harper (sop) Academy of St Martin in the Fields and ot [ Decca Collector's Edition / 6 CD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] January 2005 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Michael Tippett who died in 1998. During a long and distinguished career as teacher, conductor and composer Tippett produced works in all the important forms |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (a filmed version of the complete opera filmed in 1969) Peter Pears / Heather Harper / Owen Brannigan / Elizabeth Brainbridge / London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2008 ] G : - "Heather Harper sings with the most beautiful tone in the role of Ellen and acts with compelling sincerity. Pears himself is utterly vindicated... The whole complex character is there - and the camera follows closely." Gramophone Magazine,... |
Ben Harper
Both Sides of the Gun [ Virgin Music / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] This double-disc set comprises one CD of heavier, more groove-driven material and the second showcases his gentler, mellower side. |
Ben Harper
Diamonds on the Inside [ Virgin Music / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] 5th studio effort: heavy, funk-laden with folky textures that have never sounded better |
Ben Harper & The Innnocent Criminals
Diamonds On The Inside (LP) [ Virgin / 2 LP - released 4/May/2009 ] In the three years-plus interim between this and his last studio album, Ben Harper traversed the world, and the already introspective singer/songwriter has clearly done even more soul-searching and emerged with his most earnest (and that's no mean... |
Ben Harper
Fight for Your Mind [ Virgin Music / CD - released 4/Aug/1995 ] 'Fight for Your Mind' is a mighty fine work from the much loved and unique singer / guitarist / songwriter, Ben Harper. |
Ben Harper
Give Till it's Gone [ Virgin Music / CD - released 16/May/2011 ] The tenth studio album from two time Grammy Award winner, Ben Harper features some high-profile guests, including Ringo Starr and Jackson Browne. |