W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1981) Royal Opera / Stuart Burrows / Thomas Allen / Richard Van Allan / Kiri Te Kanawa / Agnes Baltsa / Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come Scoglio' is staggering. Thomas Allen's Guglielmo, too, is... |
MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES
Music from the Middle Ages [5 CD set] Andrea von Ramm, Richard Levitt & Sterling Jones / Studio der fruhen Musik, Thomas Binkley [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
Sturgill Simpson
A Sailor's Guide To Earth [ Atlantic CD / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO EARTH is Simpson's third full-length album and follows his break-through, Grammy-nominated 2014 release, METAMODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY MUSIC. Beloved by critics and fans, the record was featured on year-end "best of" lists at The... |
Suede
Night Thoughts (CD/DVD) [ CD/DVD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] Suede will release their stunning brand new studio album NIGHT THOUGHTS on January 22nd. The album, which features a full string section, was produced by long-time Suede collaborator Ed Buller. It was recorded at SARM studios in London and ICP in... |
Suffocation
Pinnacle Of Bedlam (CD + DVD) [ Nuclear Blast / 2 CD/DVD - released 12/Apr/2013 ] |
Susan Tedeschi
Live From Austin, TX (CD + DVD) [ New West Records / CD/DVD - released 24/Feb/2012 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Complete String Quartets [7 CD set] Suske Quartett [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2013 ] The genius of Beethoven is probably not most commonly associated with chamber music. The pieces in this collection can be grouped according to three distinct periods of Beethoven's life. |
BEETHOVEN
The Beethoven Collection [16 CD set] Svlatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] |
Swedish House Mafia
Leave The World Behind (CD / DVD) [ EMI / 3 CD/DVD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Leave The World Behind is a film following electronic super band Swedish House Mafia as they decide to break up but go on One Last Tour before they call it quits. Directed by Christian Larson and executive produced by Jonas Åkerlund, the film gives a... |
CHEN GANG / XIAN XING-HI
Violin concerto No. 1 'Butterfly lovers' / Yellow River Piano Concerto [DVD with bonus CD] Takako Nishizaki (violin) Yin Chengzong (piano) / Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Marco Polo DVD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written in 1958 by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang, and is here presented on a 24k gold CD. Musically the concerto is a synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions, although the melodies and overall style are... |
JOHN BROWNE / WILLIAM CORNYSH / JOHN TAVERNER / CHRISTOPHER TYE
Tudor Church Music Vol 1 (2 CD) Tallis Scholars [ Gimell / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "Of all the polyphony we have recorded, this early English style with its dazzling high treble parts and luminous sonorities is, for me, as good as it gets. Henry VIII would have known this sound from childhood and may well have included some of the... |
JOHN SHEPPARD / THOMAS TALLIS / ROBERT WHITE
Tudor Church Music Vol 2 (2 CD) Tallis Scholars [ Gimell / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "Of all the polyphony we have recorded, this early English style with its dazzling high treble parts and luminous sonorities is, for me, as good as it gets. Our pioneering performances of Sheppard and White have shown them to be the equals of Tallis... |
LUIS da VICTORIA / PALESTRINA / CLEMENS non PAPA / ALLEGRI / TALLIS / etc
The Essential Tallis Scholars [2 CD set] The Tallis Scholars [ Gimell / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2003 ] A specially-priced 2CD set featuring over 2 hours and 35 minutes of classic recordings. |
LUIS da VICTORIA / CARDOSO / LOBO
Requiem [2 CD set] The Tallis Scholars [ Gimell / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] "From the split second that the opening Requiem aeternam chant is heard, every listener is inevitably transported. It is a classic instance of the power of music to communicate without reserve." Peter Phillips |
LISZT / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY
A Portrait of Tamas Vasary [4 CD set] Tamas Vasary (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2012 ] In 1962 Stephen Plaistow wrote of the Liszt E flat Polonaise on this set that 'the playing of the E major Polonaise is outstanding: it has bravura, exquisite timing and poise, colour, delicacy, plenty of rhythmic character and an air of ebullient... |
Ted Heath & his music
Big Band Bash & America Swings Coast to Coast (Recorded 1962 & 1964) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] Recorded 1962 & 1964 |
Ted Heath & his music
Goes Latin / West Side Story And Other Great Broadway Hits (rec 1960) [2 LPs on one CD] [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] Recorded 1960 |
Ted Heath & his music
Swing is King-Volumes 1 & 2 (Recorded 1968/69) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] Ted Heath is back again on Vocalion, and this time we present two of his best, not to mention most popular, albums from his Decca 'Phase 4' discography. |
Ted Heath and Max Bygraves
Hits of the Twenties / Hits of the Thirties (Recorded 1959/60) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] The teaming of Max Bygraves with Ted Heath and his Music is not as unlikely as at first it may be seen. Both are among the best known and most respected artists in contemporary British show business, Max as a brilliant and imaginative solo... |
Ted Nugent
5 CD Original Album Classics [ 5 CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] This European imported, limited edition set contains 5 original Ted Nugent albums on digitally re-mastered CDs, presented in miniature LP vinyl replica sleeves, all packaged in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase. |