Anthony Williams
Life Time (Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Tone Poet Vinyl Edition reissue produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket. The... |
TCHAIKOSVKY / BRAHMS / SHOSTAKOVICH / SIBELIUS / HANDEL / RIMSKY KORSAKOV / etc
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection Isaac Stern (violin) William Kincaid (flute) Anthony Gigliotti (clarinet) Gary Graffman (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony RCA Original Masters / 88 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Sony label now presents Eugene Ormandy's stereo recordings from Philadelphia containing all recordings released from 1958 to 1963 (plus some fillers from later years). |
YORK BOWEN / IMOGEN HOLST / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Chamber Music with Viola Yue Yu (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano), Jeffrey Armstrong (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] An accomplished horn and viola player, York Bowen is said to have preferred the tone of the viola to the violin. Inspired by the virtuosity and vibrato style of the distinguished violist, Lionel Tertis, Bowen wrote several works for him and became... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Frankfurt Opera / Julia Muzychenko, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Anthony Robin Schneider / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Loy masses his choral scenes with gusto, and draws the characters with compassion and wit. It's the mixture of cheerfulness and melancholy that makes this opera sing, and Loy walks the line without compromise to his own aesthetic." Gramophone |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (complete opera recorded in 2021) Frankfurt Opera / Julia Muzychenko, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Anthony Robin Schneider / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Composed using his own libretto, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov created this magical opera based on the short story by Nikolay Gogol 'The Night before Christmas' in which Vakula the handsome blacksmith wants to marry the rich farmer's daughter Oksana, who... |
ANTHONY HEDGES
Hedges: Kingston Sketches RTÉ Sinfonietta, Anthony Hedges [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] 'prove a welcome addition to the collections of more adventurous light music enthusiasts looking for something slightly different' Gramophone |
Anthony Moore
Flying Doesn't Help (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Anthony Moore's contribution to the post-punk pre-wave sound of London in 1979 - light with pop, fronted with meta-punk attitude and draped in strings of keyboard theory. As someone else said at the time, The perfect release! A lovely collision of... |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (Sung in English) Cynthia Buchan (mezzo), John Winifred (ten), Ian Caddy, Thomas Lawlor (bass-baritone), Anthony Smith (bar) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; RTÉ Sinf [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "..very satisfying: everyone sings and plays with obvious enjoyment. Again, Berners' temperament was obviously attuned to its times and his music partakes of the then prevailing mood of light-headedness and nonchalance." British Music Society |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Victims Of The Modern Age (Re-Issue 2022) [ Insideoutmusic / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] On 2010's Victims of the Modern Age, Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One reunite the stellar cast of lead vocalists from the debut release Space Metal (2002): Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold), Floor Jansen (ReVamp,... |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Victims Of The Modern Age (Re-Issue 2022 2LP & 2CD) [ Insideoutmusic / 2 LP/CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] On 2010's Victims of the Modern Age, Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One reunite the stellar cast of lead vocalists from the debut release Space Metal (2002): Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold), Floor Jansen (ReVamp,... |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Space Metal [ Century Media / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The debut album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One offers stellar musicianship, visionary production and a simple yet far-reaching concept. Dan Swano (ex-Edge of Sanity, Nightingale), Russell Allen (Symphony X and more), Damian Wilson... |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Space Metal (LP) [ Century Media / 2 LP/CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The debut album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One offers stellar musicianship, visionary production and a simple yet far-reaching concept. Dan Swano (ex-Edge of Sanity, Nightingale), Russell Allen (Symphony X and more), Damian Wilson... |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Revel In Time [ Insideoutmusic / 2 CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Revel in Time, the third album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One, is as much of a reaction as it is a contrast to Arjen Lucassen's previous album, "Transitus" from Ayreon. While "Transitus" is a cinematic experience that you may almost call a... |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Revel In Time (LP) [ Insideoutmusic / 2 LP/CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Revel in Time, the third album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One, is as much of a reaction as it is a contrast to Arjen Lucassen's previous album, "Transitus" from Ayreon. While "Transitus" is a cinematic experience that you may almost call a... |
BUSTAMENTE / TIRAO / LOBO / ALVARADO / CARRILLO / BARRIOS / etc
South American Guitar Music Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "Devine plays this South American repertory with much understanding, affinity and immaculate attention to every dimension of execution. On this recording he employs two different instruments: Otto Rauch and Graham Emes (Reis, Laurenz)." MusicWeb |
SIBELIUS / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / DELIUS / WALTON / ELGAR / etc
Anthony Collins - Complete Decca Recordings Moura Lympany, Ruggiero Ricci, Friedrich Gulda, Gervase de Peyer, Orchestras conducted by Anthony Collins [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Including several recordings new to CD, the complete published Decca legacy of noted Sibelius conductor Anthony Collins is collected for the first time on disc. |
PAUL ABRAHAM
Abraham: Ball at the Savoy (complete operetta sung in English) Alison Kelly, Gerald Frantzen, Ryan Trent Oldham, Cynthia Fortune Gruel / Folks Operetta, Anthony Barrese [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] Hungarian composer Paul Abrahám enjoyed huge success across Europe with his 'jazz operettas', not least in Weimar Berlin where his works scored for an orchestra augmented by a jazz band caused a sensation. |
DOWLAND / BRITTEN / MAW / RUTTER / SCOTT
British Guitar Music Volume 2 Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] The iconic guitarist Julian Bream commissioned music from a number of British composers with international reputations, thus creating a whole new repertoire of guitar music. He also played an important role in the revival of interest in the... |
JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera recorded in 2015) Dallas Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Perez, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Roth Costanzo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] WQXR, the USA's leading classical music radio station, welcomed as a "deeply moving and musically brilliant work" that "should enter the standard repertory just as Heggie's two previous masterpieces - Dead Man Walking and Moby-Dick - already have". |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Igor Stravinsky Edition Natalie Dessay, Marie McLaughlin, Charles Dutoit, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sabine Meyer, Alban Berg Quartett, Michael Collins, Pierre Boulez, etc [ EMI The Opera Series / 23 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2021 ] The release of this edition marks 50 years since the death of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), the most influential composer of the 20th century. |