GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Minnesota Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] For its final concert of the 2021-22 season and Osmo Vänskä's last as artistic director, the Minnesota Orchestra chose to present Mahler's mammoth Eighth Symphony, which calls for one of the largest complement of performers in the history of music, a... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Opera |
Banks Arcade
Future Lovers [ Unified / CD - released 29/Jul/2022 ] New Zealand natives Banks Arcade are a 5-piece bringing a fresh dose of modern heavy. From the hard-hitting aural hues and thematics of "Be Someone", the oscillating additions of metal, electronic and beyond of "Wine", "Don't Start", and the hip... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: King Olaf / The Banner of Saint George Emily Birsan, Barry Banks, Alan Opie, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2015 ] "The Chandos sound is full-blooded and excellent in every respect... for this project Ralph Couzens was assisted by Gunner Herleif Nilsen of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation; between them they've produced very fine results." (MusicWeb Feb '15) |
TONY BANKS
Banks: Seven - A Suite for Orchestra Tony Banks / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mike Dixon (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Banks has a genuine melodic gift... The LPO under Mike Dixon play sympathetically and often ardently, and the woodwind relish Simon Hale's many piquant touches of colour." - Ivan March, Gramophone, 05/04 |
Rhythmakers [Billy Banks & Jack Bland]
1932 - The Complete Set [ Retrieval / CD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] Widely regarded as amongst the hottest jazz records ever made, The Rhythmakers output has never before been collected together into a single package. The 26 tracks feature some of the greatest names in jazz history including Red Allen, Pee Wee... |
Just Banks
Under The Influence [ Etage Noir / CD - released 7/Jul/2008 ] Austrian musician / multi-talent Just Banks demonstrates his remarkable versatility on his debut album. Hip-Hop, funk, jazz, breaks and a pinch of minimal house come together here in flowing and coherent whole. |
Banks
Goddess (Deluxe) [ Capitol / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] The debut album from Banks includes nine new tracks as well as underground favourites 'Waiting Game', 'Brain', 'This Is What It Feels Like', 'Change' and 'Warm Water'. Produced by frequent collaborator Lil Silva, it's a powerful mission statement... |
2 Banks of 4
Junkyard Gods [ Sonar Kollektiv / CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] With Demus and Zinger in the role of the space-pilots and Valerie Etienne as your personal hostess, you can be sure that 2 Banks of 4 will take you on a trip that you've never heard before. |
BANKS
The Altar [ Harvest / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] The follow up to Goddess was premiered by Zane Lowe with the first single 'Fuck With Myself' on which Banks gets straight to the point and it is haunting: "So I fuck with myself more than anybody else" she sings in that voice that's been alternately... |
Banks
Goddess [ EMI Capitol / CD - released 7/Nov/2014 ] |
Banks
III [ Universal Music / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] |
Banks Peter
Two Sides Of [ CD - released 21/Jul/2010 ] |
W.A. MOZART
The Magic Flute (Complete Opera in English) Barry Banks (tenor) Elizabeth Vidal (soprano) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Lesley Garrett (soprano) / London Philh / Mackerras [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] "Mackerras re-invigorates the Opera in English series with magnificent Mozart" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2005 |
PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges (recorded live in 2005) Charles Workman / José Van Dam / Philippe Rouillon / Barry Banks / Béatrice Uria-Monzon / Opéra National de Paris / Sylvain Cambreling [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Conducted by 20th century specialist Sylvain Cambreling and sung in the original French version by superb singer-actors, this production presents a stage performance set in perfect harmony with Prokofiev's inventive music. |
ROSSINI
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri [The Italian Girl in Algiers] (highlights in English) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Brad Cohen [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The latest instalment in the lauded Chandos Opera in English label is Rossini's The Italian Girl of Algiers. One of Rossini's most wonderful comic operas, it has a plot full of wit, warmth and endearing craziness and music bubbling with fun and laughter. |
TRADITIONAL
Pax Romana: Peaceful music from the age of Rome Jon Banks (hammered dulcimer, Lyre, Harp, Gittwen, Psalterium, pipe & drums) [ A Feast of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The Romans loved music and used it both in peace and at war. This unique programme recreates the sounds that might have been heard in a Roman villa in fifth-or-sixth-century Europe, using a wide variety of instruments which were known at the time. A... |
CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Laura Claycomb (soprano) / Barry Banks (tenor) / Christopher Maltman (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchatra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This performance of Orff's popular dramatic cantata Carmina burana was recorded live at the Barbican Centre in November 2007, Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus with Laura Claycomb, Christopher Maltman... |
Lloyd Banks
The Hunger For More [ Interscope Records / CD - released 8/Jul/2004 ] In 2003 he was crowned the street's number one artist, appeared on the year's top-selling record, and sold another two million-plus copies of an album with his own rap troupe. Lloyd Banks now brings you The Hunger For More. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Barry Banks (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 11/Mar/2013 ] "..the combined LSO and LPO choirs - singing beautifully and bringing out the music's profound sadness - is wonderfully enhanced. Colin Davis fits the work to the conditions with a master hand. Memorable." (Sunday Times) |
TRADITIONAL
Sanctus: Music for Quiet Contemplation Marguerite Hutchinson (Northumbrian pipes) Jon Banks (harp) The Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery on Holy Island off Northumbria, with early English church music and Northumbrian pipes. |
TONY BANKS
Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra Martin Robertson, Charlie Siem, Tony Banks, Frank Ricotti, John Barclay, Skaila Kanga [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Famous for his role as the keyboard player in rock band Genesis and as a solo artist, Tony Banks was always fascinated by the idea of writing orchestral music. |
TRADITIONAL
A Pageant of Medieval Music The Oxford Girls' Choir / John Rowlands-Pritchard / Sirinu / The Henrician Consort / Jon banks [ Music of the Middle Ages / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing... |
Paul Banks
Banks [ Matador / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] Banks is a 10-song album from the Interpol singer that is a tour-de-force of exhilarating minor-key intensity. |
BIZET
The Pearl Fishers (Highlights in English) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Barry Banks (tenor) / Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Brad Cohen [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'It was Rebecca Evans's Gretel, who took the honours. Spinning out radiant lines of delicious purity, she made it hard to see how the role could be sung better' The Times |
MENDELSSOHN
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36 Susan Gritton / Jean Rigby / Barry Banks / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Another superb performance from Hickox, who gets a quartet of tremendous soloists and a first-rate orchestra and chorus… One of this year's musts.' (Cathedral Music) |
Tony Banks
A Curious Feeling [ Esoteric / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] |
Tony Banks
A Curious Feeling (Deluxe Edition with DVD + Book) [ Esoteric Recordings / 2 CD/DVD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] In addition to the re-mixed CD, this limited 2 disc deluxe edition also features a new 5.1 Surround mix, the rare promotional videos of "For a While" and "The Waters of Lethe" and is specially packaged with a 20-page hardback book. |
Tony Banks
A Curious Feeling (Special Edition) [ Esoteric Recordings / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] This new 30th Anniversary edition of 'A Curious Feeling' has been re-mixed from the original master tapes by Nick Davis and Tony Banks - resulting in a more dynamic sounding album. |
Tony Banks
The Fugitive - Hardback Deluxe Edition [ Esoteric / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] |
Two Banks Of Four
Queen Of Crows / Go Remixes [ Sonar Kollektiv / 12in - released 4/Aug/2008 ] |
GEORGES LENTZ
Ingwe from ‘Mysterium’ (“Caeli enarrant...” VII) Zane Banks (electric guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentz's 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning night) is a truly extraordinary achievement. Here, heavy metal meets musical metaphysics, as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the... |