Foster & Allen
The Essential Foster & Allen [ Big Jo-Ke / CD - released 8/Jun/2009 ] This 2CD set features 36 Foster & Allen hits & favourites - including "Maggie", "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen", "The Mountains of Mourne", "Bunch of Thyme", "The Fiddler' and more. |
Lily Allen
No Shame [ Parlophone / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] Lily Allen has had three UK number 1 singles, two number 1 albums and she has sold over 5 million albums worldwide. After a decade of being a pop star, Lily Allen is back with her most personal, insightful and fully-formed record to date. No Shame... |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong, Gerald English / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "...a vividly characterised performance" (Gramophone) |
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
The Last Night of the Proms: Land of Hope & Glory Sarah Walker (mezzo) Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Roger Norrington [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "A great collection of British favourites that are just right for any time of the year, very well recorded and performed … and at a great price too! You won't be disappointed." (MusicWeb June 2008) |
PACHELBEL / BEETHOVEN/ CHOPIN / BIZET / GRIEG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best-Loved Classics Volume 6 Thomas Allen (baritone) Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Maria Callas (soprano) Montserrat Caballe (soprano) & others [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/1988 ] The perfect introduction to the world's most popular classics with recordings drawn from the vast EMI catalogue. |
Foster & Allen
One Day at a Time [ Big Jo-Ke / DVD - released 12/Jan/2009 ] G :- Region 4 - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Colour - 57 Minutes - PAL Foster and Allen are perhaps the most famous duo to come out of Ireland. For thirty years they regularly toured the world taking their music to North... |
Foster & Allen
Something Special - 50 Golden Love Songs / Live in Concert [ Big Jo-Ke / 2 DVD - released 12/Jan/2009 ] G :- |
MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci (highlights from the operas) José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballé, Astrid Varnay, Thomas Allen / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ EMI Highlights / CD - released 14/Aug/2011 ] "Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment … Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both of his roles - they are among his best achievements on records." |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Jospehine Veasey / John Shirley-Quirk / Helen Donath / Thomas Allen / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "fresh and enjoyable" Penguin Guide to CDs |
Steve Allen
The Steve Allen Collection [ Frenzy / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] This release is a whole lot more than just "Join Together". It includes a couple of big hits, a handful of should have been hits, the first ever cover of a Bowie song, a host of finely crafted self written pop songs, collaborations with Wellington... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
Foster & Allen
Sing Country [ CD ] |
Foster & Allen
Songs of Love and Laughter [ 2 CD ] This 2CD set contains a collection of songs of romance and songs of humour from Foster & Allen - one of the most popular duos to emerge from Ireland. |
Foster & Allen
The Gold Collection [ Demon/Edsel / 3 CD - released 3/Oct/2017 ] The Gold Collection is a collection of classics, favorites, and new cuts from Irish folk duo Foster & Allen. Comprising joyous vocals with bright accordion work and resonant acoustic guitar, the release features recordings from the '80s and '90s. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, London Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt / Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. The "Wunderhorn" had earlier inspired Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann.... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Thomas Allen (baritone) Ann Murray (soprano) / The London Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Ultraviolet / CD - released 5/Nov/1995 ] Recorded At - No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 1991 |
HUGO WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf: Lieder Thomas Allen (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Virgin Records / CD - released 21/Mar/1992 ] Recording: Studio N°. 1 Abbey Road, London |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (excerpts) / Pictures at an Exhibition (Rec 1961) George London (bass) Mildred Allen (mezzo) Howard Fried (tenor) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Thomas Schippers / Philadelphia Orch / Eugen [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "At mid-price this is a find: a truly great version of Pictures and one of the great Borises at the height of his powers. Not to be missed." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb August 2006) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Highlights from the operettas John Mark Ainsley / Thomas Allen / Rebecca Evans / Felicity Palmer / Richard Suart / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "...this anthology is a delight." -Daily Press (Newport News, VA) |
Allen Ginsberg
Howl and Other Poems [ Fantasy / CD - released 25/Mar/1998 ] This is arguably the best-known recording to feature any beat-era poet. Fantasy Records originally issued Howl and Other Poems in 1959 and the title was kept in print until the late '80s, when CDs replaced traditional vinyl records and cassettes.... |