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The Sidewinder cover
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Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder
[ Blue Note Records / CD ]
Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge. While the rest of the album retreats to a more conventional...
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981) cover
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981)
Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, Sesto Bruscantini, Brent Ellis / Nicola Rescigno
[ Decca DVD / DVD - released 19/Jul/2019 ]
Filmed in 1981, live from the Metropolitan Opera, Luciano Pavarotti sings Nemorino in Donizetti's comic opera. This one of his Pavarotti's most famous roles and here he sings it in his prime joined by an all-star ensemble: Judith Blegen sings the...
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1989) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1989)
Metropolitan Opera / Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Placido Domingo / James Levine, conductor
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2003 ]
"Levine's is a stalwart reading, less flashy than Maazel's and with a finer orchestra, although he could have turned up the tempo and temperature a little for the war declaration and the tomb scene." Gramophone
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995)
Metropolitan Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Vladimir Chernov, Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd / James Levine (conductor)
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2004 ]
"Vladimir Chernov's Boccanegra, a compelling portrayal, beautifully and intensely sung. His eyes tell us throughout of Boccanegra's torments of mind and heart. Levine draws fine performances from his players, but Solti does as well if not...
Holst: The Planets cover
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets
Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit
[ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ]
1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "an highly successful version, both rich and brilliant, and recorded with an opulence to outshine almost all rivals. *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo.
Tootsie cover
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6+ weeks
Original Broadway Cast
Tootsie
[ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ]
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
Bayreuther Festtspiele / Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier / Christian Thielemann (cond)
[ Deutsche Gramophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 4/Jul/2019 ]
Featuring an illustrious cast including Piotr Beczala and Anja Harteros in their house debuts, as well as the acclaimed return of Waltraud Meier to the Bayreuth Festival.
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018)
Bayreuther Festtspiele / Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier / Christian Thielemann (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammaphon DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Jul/2019 ]
Featuries an illustrious cast including Piotr Beczala and Anja Harteros in their house debuts, as well as the acclaimed return of Waltraud Meier to the Bayreuth Festival.
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 1983) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 1983)
Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry, Nicolai Ghiaurov / James Levine (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 13/Oct/2005 ]
Filmed in 1983, this DVD captures the Metropolitan Opera's sweeping sets, its army of authentically costumed singers, and a cast of glowing soloists led by Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry and Nicolai Ghiaurov
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2 cover
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Ray Charles
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2
[ Concord Jazz / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ]
The groundbreaking albums, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2 are now reissued on CD.
Farewell - Deluxe Collector's Edition Box cover
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The Seekers
Farewell - Deluxe Collector's Edition Box
[ Decca / 3 CD/DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2019 ]
First ever deluxe Seekers collector's item box released by Universal! The Seekers "Farewell" has been one of their fastest selling CDs and DVDs, debuting at No. 4 in the Overall ARIA Album Charts, continuing to hold a Top 5 position.
Getz at the Gate [1961 live recording] cover
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Stan Getz (saxophone), Steve Kuhn (piano), John Neves (double bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
Getz at the Gate [1961 live recording]
[ Verve Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ]
Previously unreleased 1961 live recording from the historic Village Gate in New York City
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three Cornered Hat) / El Amor Brujo / etc cover
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MANUEL de FALLA
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three Cornered Hat) / El Amor Brujo / etc
Teresa Berganza (soprano) Marina de Gabarin (mezzo-soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
[ Decca Legends / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ]
During the war, Falla wrote a pantomime ballet titled El Corregidor y la Molinera ('The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife') based on a novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, was at the 1917 premiere....
Classic 100: Composer (Limited Deluxe Box Set) cover
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic 100: Composer (Limited Deluxe Box Set)
Various Performers
[ ABC Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2019 ]
Who is your favourite composer? In 2019, the Classic 100 asked the ultimate musical question: who is the composer you can't live without?
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1972) cover
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JOHANN STRAUSS
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1972)
Vienna State Opera / Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wacher, Renate Holm, Erich Kunz / Karl Bohm (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2007 ]
G - "It breathes the wondrous, intoxicating atmosphere of Vienna, features the orchestra and select singers of that city's legendary opera and is presided over by that master among Strauss conductors, Karl Böhm" (San Francisco Examiner)