Anita O'Day
All the Sad Young Men [ Verve Records / CD - released 19/Oct/1998 ] European imported disc. |
VERDI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / SPONTINI
Anita Cerquetti - Recital Anita Cerquetti (soprano) / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] A famous Decca operatic recital, long unavailable, celebrating the thrilling voice and short-lived career of a soprano who set operatic stages alight in the late 1950s. |
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Anita O'Day With Gene Krupa & Stan Kenton [ Acrobat Records / CD - released 14/Aug/2008 ] This European imported disc has been digitally re-mastered and includes six bonus tracks. |
BIZET / VERDI / MASSENET / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Anita Rachvelishvili Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/May/2018 ] "This is a must-have CD for not just all lovers of great vocalism, but for anyone who relishes a singing actress in the first flush of her youthful triumph." Opera Now Five Stars |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / TOSTI / DUPARC / FALLA
Anita Rachvelishvili - Elegie Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] "Élégie" is the second Sony release from Anita Rachvelishvili, showcasing her in the song repertoire to which she has a special connection despite being best known as a star of the world's greatest opera houses. |
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Anita Sings for Oscar [ Lonehill Records / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
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Anita Sings The Most [ Polygram Records / CD - released 25/Oct/1990 ] American imported disc. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / HEINZ HOLLIGER
Aschenmusik Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore), Anita Leuzinger (cello), Anton Kernjak (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 8/Jul/2014 ] This absorbing set embraces Holliger's Romancendres, which seeks to recapture the late Cello Romances by Schumann that his widow, Clara, and Brahms destroyed. |
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Big Band at Carnegie Hall [ CD ] |
Anita Baker
Compositions [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 21/Jun/1990 ] Limited Edition US import (official) |
WAGNER
Die Walküre Anita Välkki, Claire Watson, Hans Hotter, Jon Vickers / The Royal Opera House, Georg Solti [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Jul/2014 ] This release marks the first appearance of Georg Solti on Testament as an opera conductor in an historic performance of Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in October 1961. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus / Gloria / Nulla in mundo pax sincera Jane Archibald (soprano) Anita Krause (mezzo-soprano) / Oxford Schola Cantorum / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Naxos could well be on to a big winner with Kevin Mallon and his fine Aradia ensemble...distinguished solo singing and eloquent, rich-toned instrumental playing. " -- Classic FM Magazine |
Anita Schwabe
Eat Your Greens [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] "Making music with Anita Schwabe is always a special occasion for me and has been from the beginning when as a 17 year old student at the Wellington Polytechnic Jazz Course she demonstrated a formidable talent as a pianist and very skilled composer.... |
PAVEL HAAS
Fata Morgana: Songs by Pavel Haas Anita Watson (soprano), Anna Starushkevych (mezzo soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), James Platt (bass), Navarra Quartet, Lada Valesova (piano) [ Resonus / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] "from joy to despair, every emotion is here in subtle colours; a legacy of great human and musical worth." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song Choice - May 2017 |
Anita O'Day with Stan Kenton
First Lady Of Swing [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] In 1943, after two years as featured vocalist with Gene Krupa's band, touring, broadcasting and making big hit records like "Let Me Off Uptown", Anita was one of the top band singers in the United States. |
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Five Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May / At Mister Kelly's / Singin' And Swingin' / Trav'lin' Light / All The Sad You [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz presents five classic Anita O'Day albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. For our third set from our top selling artist Anita O'Day we have squeezed no less than five albums plus a... |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums (Anita Sings The Most / The Lady Is A Tramp / An Evening With Anita O'day / Anita) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day And Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart / Anita O'day & The Three Sounds / Anita O'day Sings The Winners / Time For [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] It's that magic combination again for our first selection, recorded in L.A. in June 1960, Anita O'Day joining forces again with top arranger Billy May to sing songs from one of the great American songbooks, "Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers &... |
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Four Classic Albums Plus (Pick Yourself Up / Cool Heat / Incomparable / Waiter, Make Mine Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] Avid's second volume from the "incomparable" Miss Anita O'Day. Quotes from the original liner notes from all four of our selections more than do justice in describing this unique vocalist! From "Pick Yourself Up" ….."there was a time…..that I used to... |
DANIEL BORTZ
His name was Orestes (complete oratorio) / Concerto for recorder and orchestra Anita Bjark (narrator) Annalena Persson, Ingrid Tobiasson, Marianne Eklaf (vocals) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "… a fine eye for detail and imaginatively spare use of full orchestral resources which now distinguishes Bortz as a composer of music drama." Gramophone |