MAX BRUCH / W. A. MOZART / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Clarinet Trios Wigmore Soloists: Michael Collins (Clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen (violin / viola), Michael McHale (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] As core members of the ensemble Wigmore Soloists, Michael Collins, Isabelle van Keulen and Michael McHale present four works for clarinet trio composed over a period of some 130 years. Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio was long believed to have been composed... |
Townes Van Zandt
Be Here to Love Me - Original Soundtrack [ Fat Possum Records / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2007 ] The soundtrack to director Margaret Brown's documentary on the life of Townes Van Zandt, this American imported 2-CD set features many of the finest recordings by the revered Texas singer / songwriter, who died in 1997. |
Townes Van Zandt
Rear View Mirror [ Fat Possum Records / CD - released 22/Jan/2008 ] American imported disc. |
Brian Wilson And Van Dyke Parks
Orange Crate Art (Double LP) [ ADA / Warner / 2 LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] In 1966, when Brian Wilson prepared the follow up to his masterpiece Pet Sounds, he employed the services of Mississippi born Van Dyke Parks as lyricist for The Beach Boys next album, SMiLE. As history would soon document, SMiLE became the most... |
Slowhand And Van
The Rebels (12") [ Surfdog Inc / 12in - released 12/Nov/2021 ] This Is A Duet By Legendary Artists Eric Clapton And Van Morrison: "Slowhand & Van". The Cover Art For The Single Is Hand-Drawn By Julie Clapton, Eric's Daughter. |
Sqürl & Jozef van Wissem
Only Lovers Left Alive OST (Clear with Red Splatter Colour LP) [ Sacred Bones / 2 LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Soundtrack for the critically acclaimed Jim Jarmusch film Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton - winner of the Cannes Soundtrack Award |
Sqürl & Jozef van Wissem
Only Lovers Left Alive OST (LP) [ Sacred Bones / 2 LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Soundtrack for the critically acclaimed Jim Jarmusch film Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton - winner of the Cannes Soundtrack Award |
Thijs Van Leer / Arranged and Conducted by Rogier van Otterloo
Introspection / Introspection 2 [ BGO Records / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2004 ] A flutist with remarkable sense of style and form! Originally released in 1972 / 1974 - re-issued at last! |
ALISSA FIRSOVA
Fantasy: Music of Alissa Firsova The Tippett Quartet, Mark Van De Wiel (clarinet) Ellie Laugharne (soprano), Tim Hugh (cello), etc [ Vivat / CD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] "Firsova may be the mature side of 30 but this album radiates youth in all its wonder, complexity and heartening naivety." Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2018 |
Townes Van Zandt
Sky Blue [ Fat Possum / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Sky Blue, a collection of unreleased songs by one of the most celebrated songwriters of the twentieth century, is a time capsule that Townes Van Zandt created forty-six years ago, and we're only now just unearthing and opening it to find the... |
Van Halen
Live: Right Here, Right Now (4 x LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 4 LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Van Halen's first live album - 1993's double-platinum Live: Right Here, Right Now - made its vinyl debut on Record Store Day as a limited edition 4-LP set. Recorded in May 1992 as the band was wrapping up their massive world tour in the support of... |
Van Halen
Van Halen II (Remastered LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 10/Jul/2015 ] Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, Van Halen changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock... |
Van Morrison
His Band And The Street Choir (LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 20/Nov/2015 ] His Band And The Street Choir is now available on remastered single 180 gram vinyl. In addition to remastered audio, this album also features previously unreleased versions of several album tracks. |
Van Morrison
It's Too Late To Stop Now Volume I (LP) [ Legacy LP / 2 LP - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Recorded Live in Concert June 24 - July 24, 1973 Troubadour in Los Angeles, California Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, California Rainbow Theater London, England |
Van Morrison
Now Playing (Limited Edition Sea Blue Vinyl LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Van Morrison's Now Playing tracklist features soulful ballads like "Sweet Thing" and introspective tunes like "Into the Mystic," alongside energetic pieces like "Moondance" and "Domino." With a blend of jazz, soul, and rock influences, Morrison's... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem / Coronation Mass (rec 1975) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Werner Krenn, JosAC van Dam / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Master Recordings / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] The French review magazine Diapason wrote of this Coronation Mass: "The choral and orchestral forces are very effective, the soloists prestigious and the conductor's interpretation spectacular and very lyrical", and of the Requiem: "The tempos are... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Organ Works Bob Van Asperen (organ) [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2018 ] Like the Bach family, the Couperin were a musical dynasty. Louis - the uncle of François 'le Grand' had established himself as organist of St Gervais by the mid-1650s and entering royal service shortly after as 'chamber musician' on the treble viol.... |
C. P. E. BACH
Prussian & Wurttemberg Sonatas Bob Van Asperen (harpsichord) [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2008 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 Bob Van Asperen (organ) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2015 ] A classic recording now available again |