King Crimson
Lizard (40th Anniversary Special Edition) [ Discipline Global Mobile / 2 CD/DVD-Audio - released 7/Sep/2009 ] Now completely remixed from the original multitrack recording tapes by Steven Wilson for 5.1 Surround Sound & featuring a new stereo mix from the same source tapes, 'Lizard' finally reveals its true beauty. |
King Curtis
Live At Fillmore West (Gatefold LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 24/Jul/2014 ] Live At Fillmore West is the ultimate King Curtis live album, a brilliant confirmation of the saxophonist's place in popular music. This is the stuff of Soul legends that belongs in any record collection. The album showcases three concerts he... |
King Geedorah
Take Me To Your Leader (Limited Edition Red Vinyl LP) [ 2 LP - released 7/Jan/2022 ] Take Me to Your Leader is the second studio album by British-American MC and producer MF Doom, released under the alias King Geedorah on Big Dada - a hip-hop imprint of Ninja Tune. Take Me to Your Leader is a hip-hop classic. It is the perfect... |
King Kong
Repatriation (Can) (RSD 2024 LP) [ Irie Ites Records / LP - released 20/Apr/2024 ] King Kong is back in the spotlight with a brand-new 12-track album produced by French label Irie Ites Records. Entitled Repatriation, this new opus navigates wonderfully between Digital and Rub A Dub, tinged with an eighties touch, which should... |
King Krule
Man Alive! (LP) [ XL Recordings / LP - released 21/Feb/2020 ] King Krule returns with his new album, Man Alive! It arrives packed full of his trademark sonic ambition and compositional skill, as well as the now-familiar corrosive lyricism and lurid social observation. |
King Krule
Space Heavy [ XL Recordings / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Written from 2020 to 2022, between London and Liverpool, Space Heavy took shape over the course of commutes between the two cities where Archy Marshall was splitting his time. Befitting an album quite literally written on the commute between the two... |
King Krule
You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down (LP) [ XL / 2 LP - released 10/Dec/2021 ] Mere weeks before the world went into lockdown, groundbreaking songwriter and vocalist King Krule performed a handful of concerts following the release of his critically acclaimed third album 'Man Alive!' Recorded during those final shows, the new... |
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
Live Live Juju [ Music On CD / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] King Sunny Ade's live performances are legendary -- the beat of the talking drums, the slinky slide guitar, the whole band conspiring to get you up to dance. The New York Times' Robert Palmer described Ade's 1983 New York concert as being "one of the... |
BOB CHILCOTT / ARVO PART / JAMES MacMILLAN / THOMAS ADES / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: On Christmas Day: New Carols From King's The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Directed by Stephen Cleobury [ EMIi Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2005 ] "…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings" BBC Music Five Stars |
BYRD / GIBBONS
Tudor Masters: william Byrd & Orlando Gibbons King's College Choir, Cambridge, David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] King's College Choir, David Willcocks |
HANDEL / ALLEGRI / TALLIS / BYRD / GIBBONS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of King's King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, with Simon Preston (organ) [ Decca Records / CD - released 13/Jan/2000 ] From the plaintive 'Miserere' to the dramatic 'Zadok The Priest', this is the best of the King's College Choir. |
ANDREA & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Glory of Venice King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stepen Cleobury / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] With Charles Brett (countertenor), Ian Caddy (bass), Thomas Elias (treble), Richard Farnes (organ), Peter Hall (tenor), William Kendall (tenor), Stephen Layton (organ), John Scott (organ) |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary / Funeral Anthem of Queen Mary King's College Choir, Cambridge / The Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] The Choir of King's College, Cambridge has collaborated with the Academy of Ancient Music on a richly evocative album of works composed for Queen Mary II by Henry Purcell. |
TRADITIONAL
Carols from King's The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC DVD / DVD - released 14/Nov/2014 ] 'Carols from King's' is a cornerstone of the BBC's Christmas programming output, traditionally shown on both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Along with the live radio broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, this pre-recorded special... |
HANDEL / PURCELL / BLOW / TALLIS / GIBBONS / etc
The Coronation of King George II: A reconstruction of the Coronation of the King The King's Consort, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001)- "A recreation of the 1727 Coronation which captures the atmosphere of the occasion with great skill. There is some magnificent music to be discovered." |
GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI & OTHERS
Lo Sposalizio: the wedding of Venice to the sea The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] ".. another marvelous concept from Robert King and his redoubtable consort, here breathtakingly recreating the celebrations which would have taken place on Ascension Day circa 1600. Glitteringly recorded and a superb booklet" Sunday Times |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Twelve Sonatas of three parts (1683) The King's Consort [ Vivat / CD - released 13/Nov/2015 ] "The performances are precise and the deft negotiations are subtly shaded to bring out shifts of emotion." (The Independent) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
After Hours King's College Cambridge, The King's Men [ King's College / CD - released 2/Aug/2014 ] The King's Men is the close harmony group made up of the choral scholars of the choir of King's College Cambridge, and the group regularly tour across the UK and abroad. |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Three Musical Fables (featuring 'the Wind in the Willows') The King's Singers and the Cambridge Singers [ Collegium / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] 'this is an enchanting recording' Church Music Quarterly |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Finding Harmony The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Singing together binds us together. From the Protestant Reformation in Europe during the 1500s to the US Civil Rights Movement, there have been countless moments in history when songs have united nations, cultures and causes. |