GAVIN BRYARS
Vita Nova David James (countertenor) / String Trio / The Hilliard Ensemble / Bryars [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded September 1993 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Landmarks - 40 Years of Chandos Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass) [ Chandos / CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Released to celebrate Chandos' 40th Anniversary, this is a handsomely packaged 40-disc set. Each of the four decades is represented, and each recording has been hand-picked by Managing Director Ralph Couzens. |
GEORGES BIZET / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Carmen Jones BLU-RAY Dorothy Dandridge [singing voice Marilyn Horne], Harry Belafonte [singing voice LeVern Hutcherson], Olga James, Joe Adams, Pearl Bailey [ 20th Century Fox Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Carmen Jones had its world premiere at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on October 28, 1954. The following February, it opened in London and Berlin, and in both cities it played for more than a year in exclusive first-run engagements. |
WALTER BRAUNFELS
Die Vogel [The Birds] (complete opera recorded in 2009) Désirée Rancatore / Brandon Jovanovich / James Johnson / Martin Gantner / Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Conlon [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Walter Braunfel's Die Vögel is that very rare thing - a neglected work which really is worth reviving...The staging is colourful, with plenty of well-coordinated movement, and James Conlon conducts his Los Angeles forces persuasively, as well as... |
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Strathclyde Concertos 7 & 8 / A spell for green corn: The MacDonald dances Duncan McTier (double-bass), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), James Clark (violin) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "The demise of Collins Classics - on which label many of the composer's recordings were originally issued - removed from the catalogue a great many valuable discs. It is to the great credit of Naxos they have over the years so assiduously re-released |
Early James
Singing For My Supper [ Nonesuch / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Early James, an Alabama native and the latest signing to Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound roster, releases his debut album. Singing For Supper spans hard-charging blues, wistful folk, and ages-old pop crooning, anchored by the singer's voice that... |
Early James
Singing For My Supper (LP) [ Nonesuch / LP - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Early James, an Alabama native and the latest signing to Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound roster, releases his debut album. Singing For Supper spans hard-charging blues, wistful folk, and ages-old pop crooning, anchored by the singer's voice that... |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas: Recreation for the Soul Elin Manahan Thomas, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist / Magdalena Consort, Peter Harvey [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The four voices are fairly matched with each other, less so with their instrumental colleagues, and Harvey leads unfailingly elegant interpretations. At each turn, however, they yield to the textual and expressive detail of The Bach Players." Gramop |
HAROLD MELTZER
Meltzer: Brion / Sindbad / Exiles Elizabeth Farnum (soprano) / Gregory Hesselink (cello) / John Shirley-Quirk (narrator) / Cygnus Ensemble / The Peabody Trio / Sequitur / James Baker [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "[Brion] is a haunting, quirky and continually inventive chamber work for a small ensemble including guitar and mandolin. It receives an elegant, colorful performance on a splendid recording of four fascinating chamber and vocal works by Mr.... |
HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio) Elizabeth Watts / Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Mark Le Brocq / James Oldfield / Huddersfield Choral Society / Northern Sinfonia / Jane Glover [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "The Huddersfield Choral Society surely knows this music inside out. You can sense the sheer discipline that has gone into its preparation...Pick of the bunch...is the soprano Elizabeth Watts" (International Record Review) |
Elmore James
The Best Of Elmore James - The Early Years [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 8/Jan/2000 ] |
James Elmore
Big Box Of Elmore James [ Floating World / 6 CD - released 5/Jul/2013 ] |
Elmore James
Blues After Hours [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 19/Apr/2005 ] |
Elmore James
The Classic Early Recordings 1951 - 1956 [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 28/Aug/2007 ] |
Elmore James
The Definitive Elmore James [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] |
Elmore James
The Definitive (Double LP) [ Not Now Music / 2 LP - released 3/Sep/2014 ] Born in Richland, Mississippi, in 1918, Elmore James didn't record until 1951 and died 11 short years later - yet his influence was enormous. James' distinctive silde-guitar style proved even more popular than his records, influencing... |
Elmore James
Person To Person [ Snapper / CD - released 9/Mar/2004 ] |
Elmore James
A Proper Introduction to Elmore James - Guitar Masters [ Proper Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2006 ] 27 tracks - including "Blues Before Sunrise," "Dust My Blues," and "Standing at the Crossroads," as well as atmospheric slow blues like "Goodbye Baby" and "I Held My Baby Last Night." |
Elmore James
The Sky is Crying - The History of Elmore James [ Rhino / CD - released 18/Aug/2008 ] American imported disc. |
Elmore James, Earl Lewis, The Channels,Lightning Hopkins, Vinney & Kenny, Buster Brown, Bobby Marchan, etc
The Sky Is Crying - The Fire Records Story [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 1/May/2018 ] |