Osaka Monaurail Ft. Shirley Davis
No Trouble On The Mountain / Archipelago [ Unique / 7in - released 28/Feb/2014 ] |
FRANCESCO CANOVA DA MILANO
Lute Music-Fantasias Ricercars And Duets Christian Wilson (Solo Lute) / Shirley Rumsey (Lute Duettist) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "This record is especially valubale since it contains fabulous biographic notes by Christopher Wilson... Wilson is at his best. His playing is lively, and he brings out the polyphonic structure and shapes the form with great ease and flexibility. The... |
Dame Shirley Bassey
Hello Like Before [ RCA Victor / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] One of the most iconic and indelible voices in British music, Dame Shirley Bassey returns with Hello Like Before, her most personal album yet, at the helm of celebrating her Diamond Jubilee of an incredible 60 years in the entertainment business!... |
Dame Shirley Bassey
I Owe It All To You [ Decca / CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] Deluxe Edition with expanded booklet featuring archive material and highlights from Dame Shirley Bassey's incredible career. |
Dame Shirley Bassey
The Performance [ Polydor Records U.K. / CD - released 12/Nov/2009 ] Dame Shirley Bassey's first full studio album in over 20 years, 'The Performance' features songs written specifically for Shirley, by a stellar cast of contemporary artists, including the Manic Street Preachers, Pet Shop Boys, KT Tunstall and Rufus... |
VINTAGE CHILDREN'S FAVOURITES
Vintage Children's Favourites [Includes 'Sparky's Magic Piano' & 'Tubby The Tuba'] Danny kaye, Shirley Temple, Arthur Askey, Sidney Torch, Alma Cogan, Vera Lynn, Rosemary Clooney, etc [ Nimbus Retrospective / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 48 Original mono recordings (1926 - 1959) |
Don Shirley
The Best Of [ Not Now Music / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] This two CD set, accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: Jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Here there are moments when... |
Beethoven,
Missa Solemnis Donath, Schreier, Fassbaender, Shirley-Quirk, Chor des BR; Symphonieorchester d. BR, Kubelik [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/1994 ] |
Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Shirley Scott
The Complete Cookbook Sessions [ Solar Records / 3 CD - released 17/May/2010 ] |
JOHN TAVENER
Akhmatova Requiem Elise Ross (soprano) Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky / Nash Ensemb [ NMC / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] John Tavener first came to public attention in 1968 with the premiere of his oratorio The Whale at the inaugural concert of the London Sinfonietta; The Beatles subsequently recorded this piece on their Apple label. Akhmatova Requiem will be... |
HAROLD MELTZER
Meltzer: Brion / Sindbad / Exiles Elizabeth Farnum (soprano) / Gregory Hesselink (cello) / John Shirley-Quirk (narrator) / Cygnus Ensemble / The Peabody Trio / Sequitur / James Baker [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "[Brion] is a haunting, quirky and continually inventive chamber work for a small ensemble including guitar and mandolin. It receives an elegant, colorful performance on a splendid recording of four fascinating chamber and vocal works by Mr.... |
Berlioz, H
Roméo et Juliette Fassbaender, Gedda, Shirley-Quirk, ORF-Chor; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Gardelli [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 11/May/1987 ] |
Shirley Scott
Talkin' Verve [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Dec/1997 ] European import. |
GLUCK
Alceste (complete opera recorded in stereo in 1981) Philip Gelling, Maldwyn Davies, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk / The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Royal Opera House / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "A great evening at Covent Garden rescued for posterity." (Gramophone on a previous release) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] "You can still enjoy Davis' lively and sympathetic direction, enthusiastic singing and playing by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, two fabulous female soloists." Arkivmusic |
HANDEL
Judas MacCabeus (recorded in 1971) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Johannes Somary [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The solo singing is excellent with Alexander Young a ringing tenor, and Helen Watts singing the opening aria in Act III exquisitely. Very good recording... the effect is wholly natural - and a sense of commitment throughout from all departments." -... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Requiem / Idyll / A Song before Sunrise / Songs of Farewell Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) / Royal Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic / Meredith Davies / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "This disc deserves a warm welcome from enthusiasts for Delius." (Amazon.com) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem / Sinfonia da Requiem / Ballad of Heroes Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "Heather Harper has at last recorded the 'role' she created-indeed it is her farewell to her many admirers as she has now retired. I heard her sing it in St Paul's not long ago and thought then that her peculiar accents, her inevitable shaping of so... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony no 1 in D minor "The Gothic" Hpnor Sheppard (soprano) Shirley Minty (contralto) Ronald Dowd (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Choral Society, etc / Sir Adrian Boult [ Testament / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] "Long available in a pirated recording of the broadcast, this live performance of the mighty Gothic has at last 'gone legit'." BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 *** |
HANDEL
Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) (Special price) Janet Baker / John Shirley-Quirk / Felicity Palmer / English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "The orchestral group and continuo sound splendidly crisp. Ryland Davies and John Shirley-Quirk are most stylish, while both Felicity Palmer and Janet Baker crown the whole set with glorious singing...the recording quality is outstanding." (***... |