|
Jakob
Solace [ Universal Music New Zealand / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] The opening bars of 'Solace' and beyond are unmistakably the work of three fellows from Napier, continuing to infiltrate eardrums the world over with their expansive organic instrumentals. |
|
MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rozsa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Concerto For String Orchestra James Sedares (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] "This is the fourth CD in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's admirable traversal of all of Rozsa's orchestral music. I suppose it's too much to think that an American orchestra would have undertaken such a project." Courant.com |
|
Jamie McDell
Extraordinary Girl [ Jamie McDell / CD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] Now at age 25, New Zealand singer/songwriter Jamie McDell has achieved a prolific amount for someone so young. Being signed to EMI at age 16 sparked the beginning of a successful musical journey, making Jamie McDell a household name across the... |
|
Jamie Strange
Thanks for Faking it Sometimes [ Isaac Promotions New Zealand / CD - released 14/May/2009 ] The debut album from Hamilton pop/rock artist, Jamie Strange, 'Thanks For Faking It Sometimes', explores the themes of faking it as a rock star, unfulfilled dreams, and a search for purpose and identity. |
|
Jan Preston
Accomplices [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD ] |
|
Jan Preston
The Cool Boogie Woogie [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/Nov/2010 ] Sydney-based New Zealander, Jan Preston has been entertaining audiences for over 30 years. A regular visitor to venues all over NZ and a National Radio 'favourite'... |
|
Jan Preston
Plays The Music Of Winifred Atwell [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] Jan Preston continues to build an ever-growing market for her own brand of piano playing with regular touring of NZ and high quality recordings, like this one. |
|
JACK BODY / JOHN PSATHAS / ANTHONY RITCHIE / TRADITIONAL
Music from New Zealand for Two Guitars Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (guitars) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Guitar works by new Zealand composers continue to display a richness of imagination and sense of colour that makes them intensely attractive to listeners. In 1990 Jack Body wrote African Strings, which transcribed music of the Madagascan valiha tube... |
|
AULIS SALLINEN
Cello Concerto, Op. 44 / Symphony No. 6, Op. 65 'From a New Zealand Diary' Jan-Erik Gustafsson (violoncello) / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen [ CPO / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Gustafsson audibly has the measure of the piece, ably supported by conductor and orchestra, moulding a convincing whole from the work's two unequal parts...Heartily recommended." Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 |
|
Janice Bateman
Here I Am [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] 10 beautiful songs including "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love", "And I Love You So", "Tears In Heaven", "Here I Am" and "L.O.V.E." - songs Janice holds dear to her heart. |
|
Janice Bateman
Here I Am (Special Edition) [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] Special reissue edition featuring four Christmas songs as bonus tracks. |
|
Max Kenworthy
Bach in Black The Jazz-Tempered Trio [ Maximum Records New Zealand / CD - released 21/Jan/2008 ] Bach meets jazz. The Jazz-tempered Trio is NZ's premier exponent of classical-jazz fusion, giving the music of the Baroque masters, primarily Johann Sebastian Bach, the jazz treatment. |
|
Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
Jean-Paul Sartre Experience [ Flying Nun Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Oct/2002 ] Re-issued at last! A cheeky grab-bag assortment of beguiling songs by band members Dave Yetton, David Mulcahy, Jim Laing and Gary Sullivan. |
|
Jenny McLeod
The Silent One (Original Soundtrack) [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 2/Apr/2009 ] Winner of "Soundtrack of the Year", 'The Silent One' is a landmark in NZ's musical heritage with an exciting blend of Polynesian, classical and modern music styles. |
|
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Complete Incidental Music Jenny Wollerman, Pepe Becker (sopranos) / Varsity Voices / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "The self-contained numbers...may be familiar items, but on disc...you discover and enjoy so much more: the flashes of instrumental colour, the exquisite little tone paintings that intersperse or accompany the spoken text...Judd's New Zealand and... |
|
Jess Chambers
Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra [ Jess Chambers Project New Zealand / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This is the solo debut album from golden-throated, Wellington lovely, Jess Chambers - featuring many of NZ's finest players: Sam F. Scott (Phoenix Foundation), Rio Hemopo (Trinity Roots), Tessa Rain (Fly My Pretties), Andy Hummel, Rob Hinkley (Good... |
|
Jess Chambers
Desire [ Jess Chambers Project New Zealand / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] NZ singer / songwriter, Jess Chambers presents her sophomore album 'Desire' - the follow-up to her 2008 release 'Firefly Orchestra', which saw her take home APRA's Best Country Song award. |
|
JACK BODY / GARETH FARR / ROSS HARRIS / JENNY MCLEOD / JOHN PSATHAS / ANTHONY RITCHIE
Sarajevo: A Collection of New Zealand Piano Works Jian Liu (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] A theme of remembrance pervades this recital of works by some of New Zealand's foremost composers, sometimes elusive and discomforting as in Jack Body's Sarajevo, which launches the programme, and at other times affectionate or nostalgic. |
|
Jim Christy
God's Little Angle [ She'll Be Right Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] The second full-length CD by Canadian poet and performer Jim Christy is a unique mix of lyrics and music, mixed beats, song, vocal gymnastics, rap and rock, blues and syncopated eccentricities. |
|
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Vaughan Williams Anthology [8 CD set] Joan Rodgers (sop) Christopher Maltman (bar) Jennifer Pike (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmon [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of Britain's most illustrious composers, and this specially curated selection of works demonstrates the sheer breadth of his achievement. |