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MASSENET / TOSTI / VERDI / SCHUBERT / BACH-GOUNOD
John McCormack Edition Vol. 4: The Acoustic Recordings (1913-14) John McCormack / Studio Orchestra [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] With its focus on Irish songs and Victorian ballads, Volume 4 of the Naxos McCormack Edition completes the tenor’s 1913 recordings. McCormack could be very good in opera, but he was supreme in the world of song |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
McCormack Edition, Vol. 5: The Acoustic Recordings (1914-1915) John McCormack (tenor) / Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 2/Sep/2007 ] "From what we hear, McCormack was a strong lyrical tenor with a clean edge to the voice. He is comfortable with the Verdi and Puccini arias heard here but lacks the power of a Pavarotti. With ballad singing he seems much more at home. A particular... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The McCormack Edition Volume 8 - Acoustic Recordings (1918-1920) John McCormack (tenor) / Victor Orchestra / Josef Pasternack [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] John McCormack found extraordinary success as a concert hall artist, being declared in 1918 'the most popular singer in the world' and at one stage selling more records than Caruso. The 26 recordings collected on this eighth volume of Naxos's... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The McCormack Edition Volume 10 - Victor Talking Machine Company (1923-1924) & Gramophone Company Ltd. (1924) John McCormack (tenor) with Alexander Schmidt (violin), Alfred Lennartz (cello), Edwin Schneider (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] John McCormack found extraordinary success as a concert hall artist, being declared in 1918 'the most popular singer in the world' and at one stage selling more records than Caruso. |
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AITKEN / STERNDALE BENNETT / HERBERT / BIZET
John McCormack:The Acoustic Recordings (1912-1913) John McCormack (Tenor) with Louise Kirkby-Lunn (Mezzo-soprano), Victor Orchestra / Studio orchestra / Percy Pitt (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This volume of recordings continues to document the earliest years of McCormack's success in the United States, the titles indicating his greatly increased concert work. |
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John McCormack (tenor) with Mario Sammarco, baritone / Victor Orchestra
John McCormack: Acoustic Victor Recordings, Vol. 1 (1910) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "For those who do not know the voice, I strongly recommend the modest outlay and enjoy what many have long known and can now glory in anew." - MusicWeb Dec 2004 |
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John McCormack (tenor) with Nellie Melba, soprano / Mario Sammarco, baritone / Edna Thornton, contralto with various orchestras
John McCormack: Acoustic Recordings (1910-1911) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Born in the small Irish town of Athlone on 14th June 1884, John McCormack seemed destined for a life in the civil service until he won the gold medal in a Dublin music festival in 1903. |
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JOHN McCORMACK
McCormack Edition, Vol. 6: The Acoustic Recordings (1915-1916) John McCormack (tenor) with various orchestras and accompaniments [ Naxos Historical McCormack Edition / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "Ward Marston's restorations draw out as much information from these more than 90-year-old records as is possible and those who are still sceptical about acoustic recordings should give this disc a try." (MusicWeb May 2008) |
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JOHN McCORMACK
McCormack Edition, Vol. 7: The Acoustic Recordings (1916-1918) John McCormack (tenor) with various orchestras and accompaniments [ Naxos Historical McCormack Edition / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "McCormack always gave his best and had his heart in all that he did. He always said that he only ever sang music that he wanted to sing." |
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John Mellencamp
A Biography [ Mercury Records / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] This European imported CD has been digitally re-mastered and includes a bonus track, plus new packaging. |
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John Mellencamp
Dance Naked [ Mercury Records / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] Available as an imported CD from Europe, 'Dance Naked' is now re-mastered with a previously unreleased bonus track and upgraded packaging. |
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John Mellencamp
Mr. Happy Go Lucky [ Mercury Records / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] Available as an imported CD from Europe, 'Mr Happy Go Lucky' is now re-mastered with a previously unreleased bonus track and upgraded packaging. |
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John Mellencamp
Nothin' Matters and What if it Did [ Mercury Records / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] This European imported CD has been digitally re-mastered and includes a bonus track, plus new packaging. |
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FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER / BEETHOVEN
Duos for Violin & cello John Mills (violin) & Bozidar Vukotic (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Anton Hoffmeister was active in Vienna both as a composer and a publisher, becoming closely associated with Mozart and including works by Beethoven amongst his editions. The combination of violin and cello had its appeal for the amateur market,... |
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LAURENCE STERNE
Tristam Shandy (abridged) Narrated by John Moffatt [ Naxos Audio Books / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2008 ] Tristam Shandy is an ironic masterpiece, a work of extraordinary originality, wit and learning. It is a work of considerable philosophical complexity but at the same time it is just a piece of flim-flam. |
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VARIOUS AUTHORS
Classic Comic Verse by Lewis Carroll, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Edward Lear, W.S. Gilbert and others John Moffatt, David Timson, Cathy Sara, Roger May (readers) [ Naxos Audio Books / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Here are the favorites from Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Hood, Hillaire Belloc, W.S. Gilbert, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, John Keats, C.S. Calverley- all the way through to the masterly pen of our age, John Betjeman. And... |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.3 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini John Nakamatsu (piano) Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Seaman - conductor [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "Besides being an astounding technician, Nakamatsu shows impeccable taste; he puts a high gloss on anything he plays." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Orchestral Works John Neschling, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Spectacular works from the Italian master orchestrator. |
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RACHMANINOV / BUSONI
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 / Sonatina No.6; Chamber Fantasy on Carmen (1920) etc John Ogdon (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 27/May/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - John Ogdon's 1961 recording launched one of the most sensational of all musical careers. Here is playing as precise and crystelline as it is vivacious and evocative. |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Sonatas No.1-10 / 4 Preludes, Op.48 / 2 Morceaux, Op.57 / etc John Ogdon (piano) [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Ogdon is nothing if not persuasive. His account of the Tenth Sonata is particularly fine. The shorter pieces are particularly appealing. The piano is very well recorded throughout." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |