More By Artist: Sam Most
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Buddy Guy & Magic Sam
The New Generation of Chicago Blues [ Jasmine / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] The blues in Chicago and indeed the blues on Chess Records, Chicago's top blues label, had by the late 1950s been dominated by just a handful of artists but by 1957 that would change as a new generation of blues men were getting a foothold on the... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
Cantos Sagrados The Elysian Singers / Sam Laughton [ Signum / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "This is an excellent disc ... The performances are exquisite, characterised by great restraint and sensitivity. The perfect blend between parts and ... perfect intonation are also impressive." Simon Smith, Musicweb |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / Roger Allam, Jason Baughan, Jessie Buckley, Sam Cox / Jeremy Herrin (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this... |
SAM RUD-JONES
Rudd-Jones: Three Sonatas Huw Watkins, Darragh Morgan, Kate Romano, Ed Lyon, Sam Rudd-Jones [ Prima Facie / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] 'Three Sonatas' is a debut collection of chamber music recordings from the exciting young composer Sam Rudd-Jones The majority of works on the album are in dialogue with older music, in particular classical forms (Three Sonatas, Variations) and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Folk Songs Kronos Quartet, with Natalie Merchant, Olivia Chaney, Sam Amidon & Rhiannon Giddens [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/Jul/2017 ] "I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be. But it has to be expressive of life. To tell the story with grace and humor and... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete opera recorded in 1994) Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Pay, Eileen Hulse, Phyllis Cannan, Nadine Secunde / Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] Steuart Bedford is recognised as one of today's leading experts on the works of Benjamin Britten. |
Sam Cooke
Four Classic Albums (Sam Cooke / Cooke's Tour / Hits Of The 50s / Twistin' The Night Away) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 26/Jul/2018 ] |
Sam Cooke
Wonderful World (The very best of Sam Cooke 1957-60) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] This 59 track collection from the legendary R&B soul singer contains all the hits plus a bunch of rarities, including various B-sides and tracks from his 1960 LPs 'Cooke's Tour' and 'Hits of the '50s'. |
Sam Corkin (saxophones), Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, David Newsholme (director of music), Jamie Rogers (organ)
Palimpsest: New Works from Old for Saxophone and Choir [ Signum / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] "If the saxophone sometimes appears as something of an addition to the choral writing, the best examples - such as Gabriel Jackson's stirring Sancte Deus or Francis Pott's luminescent Rosa sine.." Gramophone |
Sam Fender
Hypersonic Missiles [ Universal / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Rising UK star Sam Fender is a rare talent. A 24-year-old working-class musician from the North who plays every gig as though it might well be his last, armed with this huge, cavernous vocal, guitar strapped on (a Fender, obviously), and fueled by... |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
38 Preludes from the two sets of Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte, Op 163 & Op 179 Sam Haywood (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Stanford retained an enthusiasm for the music of Bach throughout his life, and the two sets of 'Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte' are a clear homage to JSB's own '48'. Sam Haywood, making his second recording for Hyperion,... |
Sam Rivers
Contrasts [ ECM / CD - released 7/Feb/2014 ] A reissue of the 1979 album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Riversreleased on the ECM label. |
Sam Rivers
Fuchsia Swing Song - 180G LP [ Heavenly Sweetness / LP - released 8/Apr/2013 ] 'Fuchsia Swing Song' was recorded in 1964 and all the compositions were by the saxophonist Sam Rivers. His all-star quartet includes the pianist Jaki Byard, the bassist Ron Carter and Tony Williams on drums. The All Music Guide review by Thom Jurek... |
VERNON DUKE
Duke: Piano Concerto / Cello Concerto / etc Scott Dunn (piano) Sam Magill (Cello) / Russian Philharmonic / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "Duke's music is tuneful and accessible. Both concertos are lovingly performed, as well as the Homage to Boston Suite." --Review by Giv Cornfield, November 2007 |
Various Artists incls Hank Ballard, Sam Cooke, Chubby Checker, King Curtis, Frank Sinatra, The Chipmunks, etc
Twistin' The Night Away - 50 Great Recordings [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2013 ] When Hank Ballard and The Midnighters recorded their song, 'The Twist' they would have had no idea what they were about to start. For what was about to happen would change dancehalls across the known world forever, welcome ladies and gentleman to the... |
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam (LP) [ Dolchess / LP ] Although Chess didn't bother to anthologize these sides into album form until the early '60s, this marvelous collection actually dates from 1953. Broonzy and Sam are both in great form here, sharing the vocals throughout and recalling their earlier... |
Bob Dorough and Sam Most Quartet
Complete Recordings [ Lone Hill Jazz / CD - released 7/Sep/2004 ] Collector's items on CD for the first time ever! Meticulous audio restoration and including a comprehensive booklet. |
Cannonball Adderley / Miles Davis / Hank Jones / Sam Jones / Art Blakey
Somethin' Else (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 26/Sep/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl reissue. |
Mighty Sam McClain
Give It Up to Love [ Sledgehammer Blues / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] Mighty Sam McClain sings soul with incredible power -- he knows when to pull the punches and when to cool it down. "Give It Up to Love," the title track, acknowledges his gospel roots; he performs it as a vocal prayer to God asking for wisdom, love,... |
Miss Louistine / Sam Dees
Con Me / Con Me (7") [ Deep Soul / 7in - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Miss Louistine's version of 'Con Me' was one of the best Deep Soul finds of recent years. The Paragons smooth Chicago reading of Dees' composition that came out in 1975 has long been admired, but this southern soul treatment of the now-classic is... |
