Hoagy Carmichael Trio, Nat King Cole, Art Tatum, Dinah Shore, Kay Starr, Zoot Sims, etc
Hoagy Carmichael Songbook - Star Dust [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing four of the most-recorded American songs of all time: "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", and "The Nearness of You" |
Judy Garland, Dorus Day, Billie Holiday, Sarah vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, etc
The First Ladies of Sing [ K.Tel / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Compilation originally released in 2002 |
The Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis / Milt Jackson / Percy Heath / Connie Kay)
European Concert [ Poll Winners / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] European Concert is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Sweden in April 1960 and originally released on two consecutive volumes on the Atlantic label. (Wifi) |
HEGGIE / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN
Violins Of Hope Sasha Cooke, Daniel Hope, Sean Mo, Dawn Harms, Kay Stern, Emil Miland, Patricia Heller [ Pentatone / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Violins of Hope presents instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, representing strength and optimism for the future during mankind's darkest hour. They have been refurbished by luthiers Amnon and Avshalom... |
HANDEL
Imeneo (Complete opera) Ann Hallenberg, Johanna Stojkovic, Siri Karoline Thornhill, Kay Stiefermann, Capella Augusta. Andreas Spering [ CPO / 2 CD - released 12/May/2004 ] "Though the cast contains no star names, all five singers have fresh, youthful voices and a keen sense of character. Mezzo Ann Hallenberg brings warm tone and tender phrasing to Tirinto's music. Dramatically conducted. Pacing throughout is lively and... |
D Kay
Individual Soul [ CD - released 3/Dec/2007 ] |
Grame Kay
A Life: Gigli [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
ORFF
Orpheus (3rd version, 1940) / Klage der Ariadne for Mezzo-soprano & Orchestra (2nd version, 1940) Janina Baechle / Michaela Selinger/ Kay Stiefermann / Marcus Everding /Tareq Nazmi / orpheus chor munchen / Muenchner Rundfunkorchester / Ulf Schirmer [ CPO Records / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2011 ] Although centuries separated the two composers, Orff immediately felt an affinity for this Italian master of the early Baroque: »I found a music that was so familiar to me that it was as if I had long known it, as if I had rediscovered it. It was an... |
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... |
JS BACH
The Complete Organ Works Kay Johannsen, Andrea Marcon, Wolfgang Zerer, Martin Lücker, Peter Van Dijk & Bine Katrine Bryndorf (organ) [ Hanssler Classic / 20 CD - released 14/Oct/2013 ] This release presents the complete organ works of J.S Bach in a single box, performed by outstanding artists, under the artistic direction of Helmuth Rilling. |