Andy Williams
Andy's Best [ Jackpot / CD ] A highly successful American popular music singer, Andy Williams recorded seventeen Gold and three Platinum-certified albums. Presented here are 26 of his all-time hits, recorded between the mid-1950s and the early 1960's, including Henry Mancini col |
JOHN WILLIAMS
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Selected Film Themes Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present the world-premiere recording of John Williams's Violin Concerto no.2. The work was written for and recorded by the venerated composer's friend and frequent collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. |
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace [ SWR Classics / DVD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted... |
ANTONIO SALIERI / W. A. MOZART
Mozart versus Salieri: Rivalry Dagmar Williams (soprano) Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, Christian Benda [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2019 ] The professional competition between Mozart and Salieri has been a well-documented topic. It even became subject of the Oscar-winning film Amadeus. Now, a new album of compositions by the two is here to provide a side-by-side comparison of the... |
Freddy Williams Four / Deep Harmony / Close Shave
Best of Barbershop: 20 Newly Recorded Close Harmony Classics [ Pickwick Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] Barbershop is the art of unaccompanied four-part harmony singing and represents one of the truest forms of vocal music. This CD features "Whispering", "Carolina Moon", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "When You Wore a Tulip" and more... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016) (Blu-ray) Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Natalie Simpson, Nia Gwynne, Kelly Williams / Robin Lough (director) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 7/Aug/2017 ] King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. A proud man, he allows vanity to cloud his judgment, believing that he can... |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Secular Cantatas VIII: Celebratory Cantatas Hana Blažíková (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor) & Roderick Williams (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] "This is a superb issue in a superb series." MusicWeb December 2017 |
HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR
The 'Lost' TV Episodes Tony Hancock with Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques & Bill Kerr [ BBC Audio / CD - released 6/Aug/2009 ] Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic BBC TV series. This title includes "The Flight of the Red Shadow" - 23 January 1959, and "The Wrong Man" - 6 March 1959 that was broadcast live in 1959. These rare recordings are made... |
Hank Williams Jr.
Rich White Honky Blues [ Universal / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Hank Williams, Jr.'s sound has always been built on the blues and his latest album, Rich White Honky Blues, is a sonic testimony to that. The project came together over three hot days in Nashville, recorded live with the finest blues session players... |
HEATHCOTE WILLIAMS
Sacred Elephant (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] Sacred Elephant is a moving portrayal of the world's largest land-living mammal. The poem explores the life of elephants in their natural habitat and in captivity, and details their relentless destruction at the hands of man. Evocatively read by... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Jacqueline du Pre Recital Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano), Oslan Ellis (harp), Roy Jesson (organ) & John Williams (guitar) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] The tragedy of du Pré's brief career is still fresh in the public memory and can be summarised here. She was born in Oxford on 26 January 1945 into a middle-class family in which music was important: her mother was a fine pianist and a gifted teacher. |
Joe Williams
Four Classic Albums (A Night At Count Basie's / A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry / Everyday I Have The Blues / Just The Blues) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Joe Williams complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Lute Suites John Williams (guitar) [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/May/1986 ] The Australian guitarist John Williams has long been universally recognized as a true master of the instrument. |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: One World World Choir For Peace, World Orchestra for Peace, Karl Jenkins, with Lucy Crowe & Roderick Williams [ UMG Recordings / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Sir Karl Jenkins is one of the world's most-performed living composers. The album presents One World, commissioned by the World Choir for Peace and the World Orchestra for Peace. |
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Contraband Love [ Red House Records / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Multi -instrumentalist/singer Larry Campbell & singer/guitarist Teresa Williams have long provided musical firepower for fellow artists including Levon Helm, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Little Feat, Phil Lesh and Friends, and Rosanne Cash. When the duo... |
Lucinda Williams
Lu's Jukebox Vol. 6: You Are Cordially Invited... A Tribute To The Rolling Stones (LP) [ Highway 20 Records / 2 LP - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Lu's Jukebox Vol. 6 sees Williams delivering 16 Rolling Stones covers including takes on "Street Fighting Man," "Paint It Black," "Moonlight Mile," "Sympathy For The Devil" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Lu's Jukebox is a six-volume... |
Lucinda Williams
Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road (LP) [ Highway 20 / Thirty Tigers / LP - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road features 12 Beatles songs that include classic hits such as Can't Buy Me Love, With A Little Help From My Friends and Something. Williams and her band also take on beloved deeper tracks such as I'm... |
Lucinda Williams
Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart (LP) [ Thirty Tigers / LP - released 30/Jun/2023 ] Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart is Lucinda Williams' 16th studio album, and was produced by Ray Kennedy (Car Wheels On A Gravel Road and Good Souls Better Angels). After a stroke in 2020, Williams was left unable to play guitar, so this is an... |
MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
Itzhak Perlman - Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] "...This disc contains arrangements of film scores for violin and orchestra. Perlman's playing is lovely, as always; the arrangements are pleasant and well played..." American Record Guide |
Pixie Williams
For the Record - The Pixie Williams Collection [ Blue Smoke Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] A stunning new digitally re-mastered collection of Pixie Williams' songs. Recorded 60+ years ago, these songs have never sounded so good. In 1949, Pixie Williams gave voice to one of the most enduring popular melodies of the 20th century: Blue... |