Various Artists, incls JA Rule, Faith Evans, Scarface, DMX, R. Kelly, Black Child, Petey Pablo, etc
The Fast and the Furious (Original Soundtrack) [ Def Jam Records / CD - released 25/Jul/2001 ] All-star hip-hop/r&b tracks: Faith Evans, Ashanti, Ja Rule, R. Kelly, Scarface |
Augustus Pablo
Skanking Easy [ Metro Select / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
Augustus Pablo
Pablo Meets Mr Bassie (7") [ Rough Trade / 7in - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Originally released in 1978, this version has been remastered and cut by Marco Perry (Bjork, Dennis Bovell, Massive Attack). The 7" is limited to 1,500 copies worldwide. "This is the re-release of our second ever Rough Trade single release.... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2017 ] "You'll find everything from grand ensembles to intimate solo confessionals, and this recording is best suited to the latter...individual musicians and singers of the Balthasar Neumann are wonderful, and they shine in their nimble duos and trios." |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] After the first two instalments, highly praised by the press - "one of the finest, most... thrilling performances of [the] Fourth Concerto," wrote Gramophone - Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburger Barockorchester close their... |
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "This now stands as a clear first recommendation for Mascagni's red-blooded opera, with Domingo giving a heroic account of the role of Turiddu, full of defiance...James Lveine directs with a splendid sense of pacing." Penguin Stereo Guide |
Augustus Pablo
Skanking with Pablo - Melodica for Hire 1971-1977 [ Sanctuary Records / CD - released 25/Jun/2002 ] Jamaica's Augustus Pablo took what was essentially a child's toy, the melodica, and turned it into something else again. The exotic, eerie, slightly Far Eastern and delicately mournful sound that Pablo coaxed from the instrument soon became a staple... |
Augustus Pablo
Jah Inspiration [ 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2007 ] |
ESTEBAN BENZECRY
Benzecry: Ciclo de canciones / Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto Ayako Tanaka (Soprano) Xavier Inchausti (Violin) Mariano Rey (Clarinet) / Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Boggiano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] French-Argentinian composer Esteban Benzecry has built up a distinctive body of work, from symphonies to works for solo piano. He stands as a worthy successor to such masters as Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and Chávez, with music that is suffused with... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Orchestral Works Vol 1 [Incls 'Suite sobre cantos gallegos'] Cor Madrigal & Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Although he is best known as the composer of some of the greatest masterpieces of Spanish piano music, Enrique Granados also wrote a much less well-known sequence of orchestral music. The cinematic Marcha de los vencidos evokes the painful trudging... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Liliana / Suite Oriental / Elisenda Dani Espasa (piano) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Pablo González and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra respond, as they have throughout this series, with warmth and an attractively natural sense of how to turn a phrase…the woodwinds are the real stars, though: supple oboes with just a hint of nasal |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Orchestral Works Dani Espasa (piano) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] "Pablo González and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra respond with warmth and an attractively natural sense of how to turn a phrase…the woodwinds are the real stars, though: supple oboes with just a hint of nasal buzz" Gramophone |
PIAZZOLLA / VITIER / ELIAS / VILLA-LOBOS / VALDES / GUASTAVINO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Denyce Graves - The Lost Days - Music in the Latin Style Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano) / Pablo Ziegler (piano) Hector del Curto (bandoneon) Pablo Aslan (bass) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 28/Feb/1999 ] Denyce made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1995 and has appeared at many opera houses. Though her repertoire is extensive, her signature parts are the title roles in Carmen and Samson et Dalila. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas Emmanuele Baldini (violin) Pablo Rossi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "Baldini produces an alluring tone that taps into the natural resonances of his instrument, and phrases with a natural instinct for cantabile espressivo." BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice October 2021 |
Hossam Ramzy & Pablo Carcamo
Latin American Hits for Bellydance [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] "Egyptian rhythms combined with Latin American hits! An exciting new style that is very danceable and a lot of fun. Check it out!" - Hossam Ramzy. The songs: Guantanamera, Cielito Lindo, Besame Mucho, La Cucaracha, La Bamba… and composed especially... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Piano Trios (rec 1927-1928) Jacques Thibaud / Pablo Casals / Alfred Cortot [ Naxos Historical Great Chamber Recordings / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] Cortot, an unashamedly romantic pianist who was perhaps the finest exponent of Chopin, Schumann and Franck in his time, was born at Nyon, Switzerland, on 26th September 1877 of a French father and a Swiss mother. |
Juan Pablo Torres
Algo Nuevo [ Malanga Music / CD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] This CD includes the complete albums 'Con Todos Los Hierros' and 'Super-Son', both released in 1977. |
Juan Pablo Torres
Romantic Cuba [ Malanga Music / CD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] Salvaged from Havana's Areíto studio archives, this disc includes the complete albums 'Mangle: Instrumental' (1975) and 'Grupo Algo Nuevo' (1981). |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] Despite the scandal it created when first staged in 1875, Carmen has subsequently become one of the world's most popular operas. The love affair at its heart shocked contemporary audiences but the music is imperishably vibrant and exciting - so much... |
LEONARDO BALADA
Piano Music Pablo Amorós (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Preludis Obstinants, commissioned and premièred by the great pianist Alicia de Larrocha, was described as 'a bold five-part piece of thunder... each section suggesting how much the instrument can shape creative imagination.' (The Philadelphia Inquirer) |