THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Amanda Roocroft, Deborah Polaski, Nikolai Schukoff / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Something in the composer's writing brings out the best in [Roocroft's] creamy voice and committed acting, and here she's superb as a young woman who forgives her stepmother for committing a terrible crime." (ClassicFM) |
CHARPENTIER
La couronne de fleurs / La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg, Dorothee Mields / Boston Early Music, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee Mields a compelling Amaranthe and Proserpine." Gramophone |
Amanda Blank
I Love You [ Downtown / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Amanda Blank is a woman making listeners take notice of her unique voice, while using various genres and styles as vehicles toward unhindered self-expression. Whether set against a pastiche of club beats or stadium rock, her voice is undeniably her own. |
Amanda Cole
Saudade - A Portuguese Songbook [ Ode Records / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] 'Saudade' from New Zealand based Mezzo-Soprano Amanda Cole and pianist Sandra Crawshaw contains 34 tracks (using poems that span several centuries) from a handful of the genres leading exponents. |
BLOW
Venus and Adonis (complete opera) Amanda Forsythe / Tyler Duncan / Mireille Lebel / Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles / Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Again in cooperation with the Boston Early Music Festival, we are now releasing yet another baroque opera, this time a work by John Blow regarded as the first »real« English opera. |
Amanda Holden
Songs From My Heart [ Universal Music Group / CD ] Amanda Holden is undoubtedly one of Britain's best loved entertainers - an Olivier Award nominated actress, singer, radio presenter on Heart Breakfast, author and judge on the UK's biggest television show Britain's Got Talent. Her multitude of... |
Amanda Lear
Sweet Revenge [ Ariola / CD ] |
Amanda O'Connor
Walk On By [ Ode Records / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] Local singer / songwriter Amanda O'Connor's voice is pure and youthful, her melodies fluid and instinctive with strong rhythm, and she conveys delight, passion and faith in her always heartfelt songs. |
Amanda Palmer
Goes Down Under [ Liberation Records / CD - released 27/Jan/2010 ] Provocative, irreverent, controversial, entertaining and artistic - Ex Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer continues to push the boundaries as the Queen of Punk Cabaret. |
Amanda Palmer
There Will Be No Intermission [ CVUK Music / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Amanda Palmer is a singer, writer, pianist, activist and blogger who simultaneously embraces and explodes traditional frameworks of music, theatre, community and art. She first came to prominence as one half of the Boston-based punk cabaret duo The... |
Amanda Palmer
There Will Be No Intermission (LP) [ CVUK Music / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Amanda Palmer is a singer, writer, pianist, activist and blogger who simultaneously embraces and explodes traditional frameworks of music, theatre, community and art. She first came to prominence as one half of the Boston-based punk cabaret duo The... |
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
Theatre is Evil [ Inertia / CD - released 7/Sep/2012 ] |
QUILTER
Folk-Song Arrangements / Part-Songs for Women's Voices (Complete) Amanda Pitt (soprano) Joanne Thomas (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 11 / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "A worthy addition to British song history. Quilter enhances traditional tunes with understated, self effacing arrangements" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Songs & Piano Music [2 CDs] Amanda Pitt (soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) Peter Savidge (baritone) David Owen Norris (1844 Broadwood Square Piano) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "A veritable treasure-trove." (BBC Radio 3) |
HUBERT PARRY
Choral Works (Incls 'Jerusalem' & 'The Birds of Aristophanes') Amanda Roocroft (soprano) / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] "This is breast-swelling stuff...the BBC National Orchestra of Wales gives warmly sympathetic renditions of music which was probably completely unfamiliar to them before the recording sessions. The Chandos sound is excellent." (BBC Music) |
Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson
Loving You [ Ato / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] "Loving You is a reflection on the life and music of Bobbie Nelson," says Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires. Shires' mission in making 'Loving You 'is to pay respect to the only woman she saw working in a band... |
Jack & Amanda Palmer
You Got Me Singing [ Cooking Vinyl / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] Amanda Palmer and her father Jack Palmer release You Got Me Singing, a lovingly put together album. Amanda sings, and plays piano and ukulele, and Jack, a semi-professional choral singer, plays guitar and lends his rich bass voice to a variety of... |
TRADITIONAL
Sephardic Journey Karim Sulayman, Nell Snaidas, Jeffrey Strauss, Amanda Powell, Brian Kay / Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Cast out of Jerusalem, cast out of Spain. The Spanish Jews in their travels absorbed the colorful musical accents of Italy, Turkey and North Africa, including exotic percussion. Apollo's Fire's musical journey interweaves Sephardic folk song with the... |
Luc Beauséjour, Sylvain Bergeron, Amanda Keesmaat Space Time Continuo
Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugues [ Analekta / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] The threads that weave through this entire music program, and indeed that inspired it, are 15 fugues taken from the 95 such works covering the eight church modes written by Pachelbel as preludes to settings of the Marian Magnificat canticle sung at... |