SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Sir Arthur Bliss: the Decca Originals Eileen Joyce (piano) Alfredo Campoli (violin) Griller Quartet (string quartet), Colin Hampton (cello), Philip Burton (viola) / Sir Arthur Bliss, Muir [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "This is a convenient, well-transferred compilation of some of the finest performances of music by a still-underrated composer. Bliss's version of the Colour Symphony is better paced than many of its successors." BBC Music |
Gary Burton & Chick Corea
Crystal Silence (LP) [ ECM Records / LP ] "For Crystal Silence, the first of several partnerships between Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton in the 1970s, the two musicians selected an interesting array of material. The compositions on this record are all modern ones, either by Steve... |
Gary Burton Quartet
The New Quartet [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] Born in 1943 and raised in Indiana, Gary Burton taught himself to play the vibraphone and, at the age of 17, made his recording debut in Nashville, Tennessee, with guitarists Hank Garland and Chet Atkins. Two years later, Burton left his studies at... |
Gary Burton / Chick Corea
Crystal Silence [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] The Corea/Burton duo was brought together by producer Manfred Eicher, and Crystal Silence (recorded in 1972) brought a new chamber music sensibility into jazz improvisation, distinguished by an effervescence of melody and countermelody, with... |
Gary Burton
Passengers [ ECM / CD ] |
Gary Burton
Rarum Volume 4 :-Selected Recordings [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded musician. |
Gary Burton
Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] This is one of seven historical albums, mastered from original analog sources, issued simultaneously in three media formats û as 180 gram vinyl albums, as CDs, as high-resolution download files. Follow the great arc of music on these early ECM... |
Gary Burton (vibraphone), with Jan Garbarek, Ralph Towner, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Eberhard Weber & Chick Corea
Works [ ECM / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] Original recording released in 1984 |
Jeff Wayne / Various Artists, includes Richard Burton (narrator)
The War of the Worlds [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] Re-mixed by Jeff Wayne and producer Gary Langham, this is a fantastic re-issue of the 90-minute double album musical masterpiece, 'The War of the Worlds'. |
DYLAN THOMAS
Dylan Thomas Poetry Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas (narrators) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "He was greatly affected at the death of his favourite drinking companion, Dylan Thomas.....When Burton died in 1984 he was buried with a copy of Dylan Thomas' Collected Poems." - James Murray |