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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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Kenneth Lo and Vincent Price
A Taste of China [ Shock / DVD - released 31/May/2013 ] Kenneth Lo demonstrates and demystifies Chinese cooking in this five-part series. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Emanuela Galli, Roberta Mameli, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Xenia Meijer, Ian Honeyman / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction) [ Glossa / 3 CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] "Galli's sensuous Poppea and Roberta Mameli's psychotic Nero climax in an almost bluesily languid duet. Not everyone will like it, but for the dramatic verve of Cavina's direction and the vividness of the text this Nerone/Poppea has to be heard." |
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Lo Fi Fnk
The Last Summer [ Popfrenzy / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] |
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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-Fang
Blue Film [ 4AD / CD - released 21/Feb/2014 ] Highly detailed, the debut album from Lo-Fang has roots in electronic, R&B, classical, and folk music, cast through a pop prism Matthew Hemerlein, the man behind Lo-Fang, is classically trained in violin, cello, bass, piano and guitar, performing... |
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Lo-Fang
Blue Film [ 4AD / LP - released 21/Feb/2014 ] Highly detailed, the debut album from Lo-Fang has roots in electronic, R&B, classical, and folk music, cast through a pop prism Matthew Hemerlein, the man behind Lo-Fang, is classically trained in violin, cello, bass, piano and guitar, performing... |
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Lo-Fi-Fnk
Boylife: Limited Edition [ Speak 'n' Spell / Universal Music / 2 CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] One of the more interesting and novel acts in Sweden are Lo-Fi-Fnk, offering classic 1980s new wave synths layered under vocal harmonies. This NZ edition of their debut album features a 9-track bonus disc of remixes. |
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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
The World of Offenbach Regine Crespin, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "Joan Sutherland gives a virtuoso performance … Bonynge's direction is unfailingly sympathetic … Domingo gives one of his finest performances on record … Superb atmospheric recording quality" (Penguin Guide) |
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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 The Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "With Nagano taking a light, airy view and using the most scholarly text available, this new version certainly has its place." (Gramophone) |
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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... |