Dam Native
Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted (Limited Edition Marble Vinyl LP) [ Sony Music Nz / LP - released 20/Sep/2024 ] Dam Native's seminal 1997 album 'Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted', widely considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums to come out of Aotearoa, is finally being reissued on vinyl after many years of it being unavailable. Limited red and... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: The Creation (complete oratorio in German) Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Jose van Dam / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/1992 ] Recording Date: November 14, 1977 & November 17, 1977 Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, England |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Manon (complete opera with libretto) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Jose van Dam, Gilles Ragon / Chorus & Orchestra of the Theatre Royal of the Monnaie, Brussels, Antonio PappanoPappan [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Mar/2000 ] "Major praise must go to Angela Gheorghiu. Not only does she draw a portrait of the irresistible, impetuous, selfish, luscious Manon from the very beginning, but she's totally in control of her vocal resources as well." ClassicsToday |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust) - From the Royal Albert Hall 1989 Anne Sofie Von Otter, Keith Lewis, Jose Van Dam, Peter Rose / The Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ AWD DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a magnificent performance of Berlioz's concert cantata. |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Hérodiade (complete opera with libretto) Cheryl Studer, Jose van Dam, Nadine Denize, Thomas Hampson/ Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, MIchel Plasson [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] During the Belle Époque, Jules Massenet rose to become France's leading composer of opera, as notable for his acute dramatic sense as for the refined sensuality of his music. NOTE: Outer cover has some very minor wear |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera with libretto) Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, José van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov / La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "one of the most beautiful Verdi sets ever made. The playing of the orchestra is brilliantly incisive as well as refined, so that the drama is underlined by extra sharpness of focus..with electrifying choral singing as well." (Penguin Guide) |
DUKAS
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Recorded live at Gran Teatre del Liceu, June & July 2011) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu / José van Dam, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet / Stéphane Denève (conductor) & Claus Guth (director) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Stéphane Denève is universally acclaimed for his interpretation of French repertoire. |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early Cantatas Judith Howarth, Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Jose Van Dam (bass) / Corydon Singers & Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/1997 ] 'Arguably Beethoven's first major masterpiece … superb performance, at once fresh and incisive and deeply moving' - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Don Giovanni... The definitive film edition of Mozart's classic opera! (filmed in 1979 and now remastered & restored) Kiri te Kanawa, Edda Moser, Teresa Berganza, Jose van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Second Sight /Gammont DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Filmed on location in picturesque Vincenza, Italy, the operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni is beautifully translated to film by director Joseph Losey. Now restored and remastered. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas) Carlo Guelfi, Maria Guleghina, Neil Shicoff, Ricardo Cassinelli, Jose van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu / London Voices, London Symphony, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2012 ] The dark, dangerous drama of Il tabarro… The heart-wrenching pathos of Suor Angelica… The merciless comedy (leavened with youthful romance) of Gianni Schicchi… Puccini's scores for his triptych of one-act operas are as compelling for their subtlety... |
BELLINI / OFFENBACH / MOZART / DELIBES / MONTEVERDI / DONIZETTI / etc
Natalie Dessay: The Opera Singer [33 CD & 19 DVDs] Natalie Dessay, with Francesco Meli, Jose Van Dam, Patricia Petibon, Sara Mingardo, Kathleen Kim, Ian Bostridge, Veronique Gens, and others [ Erato / Warner Classics / 52 CD Box Set - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "Dessay's performance is simply jaw-dropping.' BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2008: Opera [La Sonnambula] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1979/80) Peter Hofmann, Dunja Vejzovic, Kurt Moll, José van Dam, Siegmund Nimsgern / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2021 ] The finest of all the principal singers is surely the Gurnemanz of Kurt Moll, a wonderful blend of bel canto and Lieder singing, the voice a true bass, perfectly poised and projected, finely nuanced, ever attentive to the colour and meaning of words |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 & 9 (Blu-ray) René Kollo, Anna Tomowa-Simtow, Agnes Baltsa, José van Dam / Choir of the Deutsche Oper, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/May/2022 ] This important visual document provides a rare insight into the way in which 'das Wunder Karajan' fashioned his unique style. The roused interpretation of Beethoven's most popular symphony, Symphony No. 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker was recorded... |
Ron Samsom and the Nutrino Funk Experience
Ace Tone [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 19/Jun/2015 ] A regular sideman on numerous Rattle Jazz releases, Ron Samsom's first album as band leader is an affectionate, no-holds-barred, pumping homage to 70s jazz funk. Ace Tone bristles with energy and attitude, evident not only in the forward-leaning... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart - Don Giovanni [Complete opera with libretto] Ruggero Raimondi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Edda Moser, Jose van Dam, Teresa Berganza / Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/1982 ] "Donna Anna sweeps in like a tornado: with Edda Moser all the furies, and a good many of the vowels as well, really are let loose." Gramophone |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Damnation De Faust, Le (Complete) Susan Graham, Thomas Moser, Josa van Dam, Choeurs de l Opara de Lyon / Lyon Opera / Kent Nagano [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Magical performance of this major Berlioz work! |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Don Quichotte (complete opera recorded in 1992) Jose van Dam, Teresa berganza, Alain Fondary, Isabelle Vernet / Toulouse Capital Orchestra & Chorus, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics The Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2010 ] "Van Dam, Berganza and Fondary sing beautifully." BBC Music |
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Stay Good [ Dorado / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Since 1993, Brooklyn Funk Essentials have been presenting their unique brand of eclectic funk to ecstatic audiences around the world. Made up of musicians, singers and poets from around the globe, the group is an all-star-team famously mixing styles... |
Funk Ark
From the Rooftops [ Eighteenth Street Lounge / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Fronted by keyboard savant and long-time ESL Music session player Will Rast, Washington DC ensemble Funk Ark delivers a healthy dose of vintage afrobeat, Latin, and funk stylings. |