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Ismael Lo
Best of [ Capitol / CD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] |
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VACCAJ
Vaccai: La sposa di Messina - world premiere recording Jessica Pratt, Filippo Adami, Armando Ariostini, Wakako Ono, Maurizio Lo Piccolo / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] [Vaccaj's] dramatic sense is exceptional, and the opera has an implacable momentum that makes it compelling...the star is Jessica Pratt as Isabella, fearsomely impressive in a big role... |
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Jo Ann Greer
Hollywood's Secret Singing Star [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] The first ever CD collection featuring Jo Ann Greer, one of the most talented and distinctive vocalists of the 1950s, who toured with the Les Brown Orchestra for more than 30 years... |
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Jo Stafford
The Jo Stafford Story [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] The American soldiers, who adored her, called her G.I Jo. Included on this collection are favourites such as "Too Marvellous for Words," "Over the Rainbow," and " Candy", featuring Johnny Mercer. |
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Jo Stafford
Love, Mystery and Adventure [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] This 55 track 2CD set dedicated to her Columbia Years (1950-1955), with many tracks being issued on CD for the first time since their initial vinyl release. |
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Jo Stafford
Reflections [ Jasmine / 4 CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Very few singers of the 20th Century achieved the popularity and respect of Jo Stafford. |
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Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
Yesterday - The Definitive Duo [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae were two of America's best loved singers to emerge from the 1940s. They were teamed in the recording studio for more than two years and their recordings as a duet sold millions. |
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TRADITIONAL
The Songs of England John Potter / Lucie Skeaping / Jo Freva / The Broadside Band [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Unadulterated magic, not a disappointing track" Folk Roots / "A delightful record" The Gramophone |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion Karl Erb (tenor) / Willem Ravelli (bass) / Jo Vincent (soprano) / Ilona Durigo (alto) / Willem Mengelberg [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / 3 CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "...Naxos provides an unexpectedly rich sound-frame, quite amazing given the year. There are times when Mengelberg's (truncated) Bach Passion sounds almost as Wagnerian as Furtwangler's Tristan, rapt one moment, explosively emotional the next, but... |
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Lo' Jo
310 Lunes [ World Village / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Described in The Independent (UK) as "probably one of the best live bands in the world right now", Lo'Jo was formed two decades ago when singer, songwriter and one-off Gallic visionary Denis Péan met violinist Richard Bourreau in the music school of... |
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Lo Jo
Ce Soir La [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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Lo'Jo
Cinema El Mundo [ CD - released 16/Nov/2012 ] |
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Lo'Jo
Fonetiq Flowers [ World Village / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] |
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Lo'Jo
Fonetiq Flowers (LP) [ World Village / 2 LP - released 1/Sep/2017 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs No. 94 Marco Lo Muscio (The Schmid Organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This stunning organ in southern Germany is housed in a beautiful case: the Italian organist Marco Lo Muscio provides an exciting, extrovert and diverse programme to demonstrate its qualities. From an Anonymous Dance via Bach to the present day, this... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera [A Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 1990) Placido Domingo / Josephine Barstow, Leo Nucci, Sumi Jo, Florence Quivar / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The outstanding production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Salzburg Festival 1989/90 was Herbert von Karajan's legacy to the Festival. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Un ballo in maschera (complete opera recorded in 1990) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Josephine Barstow, Florence Quivar, Sumi Jo / Georg Solti (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The outstanding production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Salzburg Festival 1989/90 was Herbert von Karajan's legacy to the Festival. Supported by a cast of superlative actor-singers in opulent scenery, Sir Georg Solti agreed to conduct... |
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RORY BOYLE
A Box of Chatter Yvonne Paterson, Lee Holland (flutes) Sarah Hayes (alto flute) Jo Aschcroft (bass flute) Fraser Langton, Calum Robertson (clarinets) George Talmaciu ( [ Nimbus Alliance / CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "For these notable musicians of the future this disc must prove a landmark and they deserve all possible praise" (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Falling Man Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Jo Ann Falletta (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Kenneth Fuchs, one of America's leading composers, deepens his bond with conductor JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra with this superb recording of vocal music featuring baritone Roderick Williams. The new works include Falling Man, a... |