Charles Lloyd Quartet
Journey Within / Charles Lloyd in Europe [ Collectables / CD - released 25/May/1999 ] American imported disc. |
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Love-In [ Collectables / CD - released 27/Aug/2002 ] American imported disc. |
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels & Lucinda Williams
Vanished Gardens [ Blue Note / CD - released 17/Aug/2018 ] Vanished Gardens is a transcendent new album that presents the fascinating collaboration between NEA Jazz Master saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd and acclaimed GRAMMY-winning singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams. Together they weave... |
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um [ Columbia Records / CD - released 16/Feb/1999 ] Arguably Mingus' Greatest Recording! This jazz masterpiece is 20-Bit digitally re-mastered. |
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um (LP) [ Dolchess / LP ] Arguably Mingus' greatest recording reissued on LP. |
Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (180gm LP) [ Impulse! / Verve / LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charles Mingus consciously designed the six-part ballet as his magnum opus, and -- implied in his famous inclusion of liner... |
Charles Mingus
The Very Best of Charles Mingus: The Atlantic Years [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2001 ] Remastered wonderful compilation - available as an American imported CD. |
D Charles Speer & the Helix
Leaving the Commonwealth [ CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Forever: Unforgettable Songs from Vienna, Broadway & Hollywood Diana Damrau (soprano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Charles Abell [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "The operetta selections are this singer's natural habitat and there's no denying the panache and brilliance of her performances." (Gramophone, Jan 2014) |
TRADITIONAL
Stille Nacht - Christmas Album Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Supported by Sir Charles Mackerras's brilliantly atmospheric arrangements for chorus and orchestra, the legendary opera and lieder singer is heard here in a magical album that stands apart from her great classical recordings and that is now available... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age of Light Music: Buried Treasures Robert Farnon, George Melachrino, Sidney Torch, Charles Williams, Wally Stott, Stanford Robinson, etc [ Guild / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Sometimes commercial recordings are quickly deleted from record companies' catalogues long before they come to the attention of would-be purchasers. Other music is recorded for use purely within the worlds of broadcasting and films, and it is never... |
GUBAIDULINA
Offertorium (1980): Violin Concerto / Hommage a T. S. Eliot Gidon Kremer (violin) Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ DG 20/21 Series / CD - released 24/Jun/2002 ] "orchestral playing of great brilliance" (Gramophone) |
DELIUS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SULLIVAN / WALTON / BLISS / etc
Sir Charles Groves: British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "The wonderful aggregate of soloists and musical personnel remains first-class." AudAud Feb 2017 |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Gloria / Stabat Mater / Organ Concert Peter Hurford (organ) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National De France, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "Powerful performance, especially of the Organ Concerto. Vivid recording, fine contributions from the Radio France Choir, and muscular conducting from Charles Dutoit." (BBC Music) |
HANDEL
Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) (Special price) Janet Baker / John Shirley-Quirk / Felicity Palmer / English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "The orchestral group and continuo sound splendidly crisp. Ryland Davies and John Shirley-Quirk are most stylish, while both Felicity Palmer and Janet Baker crown the whole set with glorious singing...the recording quality is outstanding." (***... |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) Mady Mesple, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer / Opera-Comique , Alain Lombard [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] "Mady Mesplé's very French, light girlish tone admirably suggests the virginal character and innocence of the heroine: her intonation is impeccable, her coloratura seemingly effortless" Gramophone |
DELIBES / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / SATIE / VIVALDI / etc
Mady Mesplé: A Portrait Mady Mesplé (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Michel Dens, Jose van Dam, & Charles Burles [ Erato / Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2018 ] Homage to the remarkable French soprano Mady Mesplé, these four CDs comprise opera, operetta, song and contemporary music in many of her most celebrated roles, such as Lucia di Lammermoor & Lakmé (the Flower Duet was her most famous success) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor (LP) Martha Argerich (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Original recording from 1971 |
GLUCK
Gluck: Armide (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch, Charles Workman, Laurent Naouri, Ewa Podles / Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "'Perhaps the best of all my works', said Gluck of his Armide. But this, the fifth of his seven 'reform operas', has never captured the public interest as have Orfeo, Alceste, the two Iphigénies and even Paride ed Elena. Its plot is thinnish,... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] "No one wrote more beautiful and danceable ballet music than Tchaikovsky, and this account of Swan Lake is a delight throughout." Gramophone CD Guide |