Morgana King
Four Classic Albums (For You, For Me, For Evermore / Sings The Blues / The Greatest Songs Ever Swung / Let Me Love You) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Morgana King's professional singing career began at age sixteen as Morgana King.[12] When she sang in a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1953, a record label executive took interest after being impressed with the unique phrasing and multi-octave range.... |
ANONYMOUS
Piae Cantiones Utopia Chamber Choir, Andrew Lawrence-King [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Andrew Lawrence-King conducts the leading Finnish early music vocal ensemble Utopia Chamber Choir in a performance of traditional carols from the "Piae Cantiones," a collection of medieval Latin songs compiled by Finnish priest Jacobus Finn in 1582... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children Various Artists including Robert Tear, Janet Baker, Elisabeth Söderström and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. [ Emi Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2013 ] This special collection of his works showcases the way in which the composer's love of poetry formed a crucial basis for much of his choral and operatic music; inspired by poets such as Auden, Smart and Hopkins. |
JANET JENNINGS / WITI IHIMAERA / TOM ROA
Flowing Water Voices New Zealand, Joel Amosa, James Ioelu, Ora Kihi, Amy Thomas, Anna Simmons, Angus Simmons, Morgan-Andrew King [ Performing Arts Community Trust / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] This unique blend of kapa haka, opera, drama and music tells the histories of Aotearoa New Zealand through key events that took place from the emerging of this land from the waters, to the arrival of Māori, the arrival of British, to ensuing... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
England My England Alastair Hussain (treble) Thomas Bullard (baritone) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, etc [ EMI / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] There is surely no more quintessentially English sound than that of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, its unaccompanied voices - evocative of immemorial sandstone, of cool cloisters, of evensong in church, chapel and cathedral. |
Albert King
Definitive Albert King on Stax [ Stax / 2 CD ] |
LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
B.B. King
Four Classic Albums Plus (B.b. King Sings Spirituals / King Of The Blues / More B.B. King / Easy Listening Blues) [ Avid Roots / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second release by B.B.King complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'B.B.King Sings Spirituals'; 'King Of The Blues'; 'More B.B.King' and 'Easy Listening Blues'... |
B.B. King
Four Classic Albums (Singin' The Blues / B.B. King Wails / The Blues / My Kind Of Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] B.B King was a guy who had actually lived the classic blues story. He was born Riley B. King into poverty on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers. A broken family was followed by being raised by his maternal grandmother and he... |
B.B. King
His Definitive Greatest Hits (2CD) [ MCA Records / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/1999 ] This specially priced double disc set features B.B.'s best blues in one fine collection!! |
B.B. King
Live in Japan [ CD ] |
Carole King
Home Again: Live From Central Park, New York City May 26th 1973 [ Legacy / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Recorded live on The Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park on May 26, 1973. Produced by Lou Adler, Carole King Home Again is a previously unreleased concert recording and a stunning document of one of the greatest contributors to the American... |
Carole King
Home Again: Live From Central Park, New York City May 26th 1973 [ Legacy / DVD - released 26/May/2023 ] Recorded live on The Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park on May 26, 1973. Produced by Lou Adler, Carole King Home Again is a previously unreleased concert recording and a stunning document of one Directed by George Scott and produced by... |
Carole King
The Legendary Demos (RSD 2023 LP) [ Legacy / LP - released 22/Apr/2023 ] Originally released in 2012, The Legendary Demos Vol. 1 compiles 13 demo recordings from 1962 through 1971 on milky clear vinyl. |
Carole King
Pearls [ CD ] |
Carole King
Tapestry (LP) [ Legacy / LP - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Tapestry is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971 on Ode Records and produced by Lou Adler. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide. In the United States, it... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: An Ode for St Cecilia's Day Carolyn Sampson (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) / Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE CD OF THE MONTH/EDITOR'S CHOICE |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Abbandonata - Handel Italian Cantatas Sampson, Carolyn / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Vivat / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] "The sexiness of Armida, the silliness of Icarus, the shiftlessness of Agrippina are implicit in his score; Sampson's performance, and that of the King's Consort, makes this splendidly explicit." BBC Music |