|
Various / Mixed by James Holden
BALANCE005 [ Rhythmethod New Zealand / CD - released 13/Oct/2003 ] Features tracks & remixes from FC Kahuna, Infusion, Carl A. Finlow, FortDax, Zeta Reticula, Petter, Meta.83, Baby Ford, Holden himself & many more! |
|
Various / Mixed by James Zabiela
Renaissance presents Alive [ Renaissance / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] A double disc foray into house and breaks with the man who is pushing the boundaries of modern DJing. Impressive. Groovesome. |
|
JOHN CORIGLIANO / WILLIAM HOFFMAN
The Ghosts of Versailles Victoria Livengood, So Young Park, Vanessa Becerra, Peabody Southwell, Frederick Ballentine, Patti LuPone / LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to celebrate its 100th anniversary, John Corigliano's The Ghost of Versailles received its premiere at the Met in 1991, twelve years after it had been commissioned and eight years past the centennial season for... |
|
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded live in 1967) James King, Heather Harper, Donald McIntyre, Grace Hoffman / Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Rudolf Kempe [ Orfeo / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "A must for Kempe collectors and fans of Harper's musicality; less important as a Bayreuth or Lohengrin landmark." Gramophone |
|
W.A. MOZART
'the Magic Flute' for Children (recorded Salzburg Festival, 1982) Vienna State Opera / Kurt Rydl / Peter Schreier / Zdzislawa Donat / Ileana Cotrubas / James Levine (cond) [ TDK / DVD - released 3/Sep/2007 ] G :- Recorded live at the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 26 August 1982 during Salzburger Festspiele 1982 |
|
CARLO GESUALDO
Sacre Cantiones liber secundus Vocal Consort Berlin, James Wood [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] As we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Gesualdo in 2013, one of his last works still remains to be rediscovered: the second book of Sacrae Cantiones, motets for six and seven voices, of which the bassus and sextus parts have, alas,... |
|
JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima / Western Wynde Mass Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jul/2016 ] "Performances that are beautifully judged in both their balance and shaping." MusicWeb |
|
CHARLES IVES
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 2: Charles Ives' America William Sharp, Steven Mayer, Paul Sanchez, James Sinclair Kenneth Schermerhorn, J. Peter Burkholder, Joseph Horowitz, Judith Tick [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY A New Narrative for American Classical Music A PostClassical Ensemble 'More than Music' film series. Written and produced by Joseph Horowitz Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff |
|
Kenneth Williams / Leonard Rossitter / Sid James / Ronnie Barker
Britain's Greatest Comedy Heroes [ ViaVision Entertainment DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2010 ] Featuring: Ronnie Barker, Sid James, Leonard Rossitter, Kenneth Williams. Enjoy some of the best moments ever written for TV and film as performed by four of Britain's best loved comedy performers. Relive some of their funniest moments throughout... |
|
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Songfest (with works by Gershwin & Copland) Wolf Trap Opera, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, James Judd [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] An American in Paris is one of Gershwin's most vivacious works, an orchestral ballet saturated in homesickness and the blues. This recording, however, uses the new 2019 critical edition and offers Gershwin's original orchestration. |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY
Quartets Nos. 1-3 / Souvenir de Florence Ying Quartet [with James Dunham (viola) Paul Katz (cello)] [ Telarc Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 2008 Grammy Award nomination - Best Chamber Music Performance |
|
James Yorkston
I Was a Cat From a Book [ CD - released 24/Aug/2012 ] |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas (Vol 36) Nos 6, 42, 103 and 108 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Dominik Werner (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "This is another splendid achievement by Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan." (MusicWeb December 2007) |