Instant Funk
Instant Funk (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Originally released in 1979 by Salsoul Records, Instant Funk is the self-titled debut of Philadelphia's nine-piece group Instant Funk. Originally released as a single in 1978, their chart-topping hit "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)"... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Canatas / Magnificat BWV243 Jennifer Smith, Anthony Rolf-Johnson, Jose van Dam / Ensemble vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz / Scottish Philharmonic Singers, Raymond Leppard [ Erato Collection / CD - released 14/Nov/1995 ] Original recordings from 1979 & 1984 |
DUKAS
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Recorded live at Gran Teatre del Liceu, June & July 2011) José van Dam, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet / Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane Denève (conductor) & Claus Guth (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] José van Dam is cast as the villainous Barbe-bleue, while taking on the immensely demanding role of Ariane - who does not leave the stage throughout the entire opera - is American soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet. |
de´ Cavali
Rappresentazione di anima e di Corpo Kerns, Sarroca, Ellenbeck, von Bömches, van Dam, Mozarteum-Orch., Maerzendorfer [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 2/Jun/1999 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, Jose van Dam / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Solti's 1977 Chicago version, with an unusually sensitive and pure-toned quartet of soloists, and with superb choral singing and orchestral playing, has all the ingredients for success." (Penguin Guide) |
Nils Landgren Funk Unit
Funk for Life [ Act / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] |
Nils Landgren Funk Unit
Licence To Funk [ ACT Music / CD - released 17/Dec/2007 ] |
P-Funk Allstars
Live At The Beverly Theatre In Hollywood [ Westbound / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] A welcome re-release for a 2CD set that originally appeared in 1990. This show was recorded in California in 1983 and was originally broadcast by the Westwood One radio network. This version of the P-Funk All-Stars lives up to its billing, with... |
Jacques Of
Les Contes D´Hoffmann Plácido Domingo, Catherine Malfitano, Ann Murray, José van Dam, Rémy Corazza, Jocelyne Taillon, Gérard Friedmann, Peter [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 4/Sep/2009 ] |
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) |
Rock Candy Funk Party
Takes New York - Live At The Iridium [ J & R / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Buy any Joe Bonamassa title and go in the draw to win 1 of 2 double passes to his concert in Auckland on Sep 12! |
Rock Candy Funk Party (Featuring Joe Bonamassa)
We Want Groove (Special Edition) [ J & R / 2 CD/DVD - released 22/Feb/2013 ] RCFP is powered by a line-up of world-class players collaborating for the sheer joy of making music, and a mutual love of genre-blurring grooves. |
Rock Candy Funk Party (Featuring Joe Bonamassa)
We Want Groove (Double Vinyl) [ J & R / 2 LP - released 22/Feb/2013 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. Spinning a fresh take on classic '70s and '80s funk and jazz, RCFP is powered by a line-up of world-class players... |
HANDEL
Partenope (complete opera recorded in 2009) Royal Danish Opera /Inger Dam-Jensen, Andreas Scholl, Christophe Dumaux / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cond) [ Decca Music Group / 2 DVD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] |
HANDEL
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 2005) Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen / Andreas Scholl / Inger Dam-Jensen / Randi Stene / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 DVD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] G - Here is what is probably Handel's most accomplished opera: the heir to L'incoronazione di Poppea with respect to the villainy of some of its characters, but also the Baroque ancestor of certain Romantic operas! |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollände [The Flying Dutchman] (highlights) José van Dam, Kurt Moll, Dunja Vejzović, Peter Hofmann / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] Highlights from the classic EMI recording |
Tony Cook With Dam-Funk
What's on Your Mind? [ Stones Throw / 12in - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
Wolfgang A
Le nozze di Figaro Van Dam, Tomowa-Sintow, Cotrubas, Von Stade, Krause; Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 2/Apr/2012 ] |
PUCCINI
100 Best Puccini (excerpts from La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and others) Various Artists including Roberto Alagna, Josa Van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Tear, etc [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In 2008 the world celebrated the 150th anniversary on 22 December of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and perhaps the last in the line of the gifted melodists and dramatists to shape the genre... |
Yaaba Funk
Afrobeat [ Sterns / CD - released 8/Jun/2010 ] |