Shirley Bassey
20 Of The Best [ EMI Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2002 ] |
HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, James Bowman, David Thomas / Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the choir sing most beautifully throughout and of the soloists, John Elwes is particularly sensitive to Handel's setting of charitable texts." (Gramophone on the Foundling Hospital Anthem) |
Shirley Caesar
After 40 Years: Still Sweeping Through the City [ Light Records / CD - released 6/Nov/2007 ] American imported disc. |
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... |
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) |
Shirley Temple
America's Sweetheart Volume 2 [ Flapper / Pavilion / CD - released 22/May/2000 ] Another 26 favourites. She was a show-biz phenomenon who captured the mood and fulfilled the dreams of millions - a curly-headed moppet innocently conquering adversity and saving the day. She still lifts the spirit. |
DONIZETTI
Anna Bolena (Complete opera) [Recorded in 1973] Beverly Sills, Paul Plishka, Shirley Verrett, Robert Lloyd, Stuart Burrows, Patricia Kern, Robert Tear / Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "(Sill's) voice is crystal clear and has considerable warmth...Her incisiveness with words comes as no surprise, her technical accomplishment likewise. There is often a disarming simplicity and youthfulness in her singing." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
Shirley Collins
Archangel Hill [ Domino / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. It showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from... |
Shirley Collins
Archangel Hill (LP) [ Domino / LP - released 26/May/2023 ] One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. It showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from... |
Shirley Bassey
As I Love You (1956 - 58) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV170, BWV82. BWV159, BWV56, BWV211, BWV212 Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2020 ] PENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD: Cantatas BWV 170, 82, 159 |
Matt Monro, Shirley Bassey, Dionne Warwick, Louis Armstrong, Duran Duran, Rita Coolidge, Gladys Knight, John Barry Orchestra, etc
Best Of James Bond - 30th Anniversary [limited edition] [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/1992 ] The 30th Anniversary Collection of The Best of James Bond was released in 1992. It featured 19 tracks including 16 title songs for the 16 films that had thus far been released. This limited 2-disc edition, was released in the US only. It... |
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... |
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.... |
Shirley Bassey
Burn My Candle [ Fantastic Voyage / 2 CD - released 3/Aug/2009 ] |
Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Shirley Scott
The Complete Cookbook Sessions [ Solar Records / 3 CD - released 17/May/2010 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Death in Venice (Complete Opera recorded in 1974) John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, James Bowman / Members of the English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2002 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Jospehine Veasey / John Shirley-Quirk / Helen Donath / Thomas Allen / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "fresh and enjoyable" Penguin Guide to CDs |
ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus / Delius - Sea Drift) Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony / Benjamin Britten [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
HARRY BURLEIGH / WILLIAM Levi DAWSON / FLORENCE PRICE / WILLIAM Grant STILL
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 3: The Souls of Black Folk and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music Kevin Deas, Arthur Fagan, James Jeter, Roderick Cox, Joseph Horowitz, Michael Morgan, George Shirley [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] If George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess embodies a glorious (and controversial) fulfilment of Dvořák's prophecy, there also exists a buried lineage of exceptional compositions by Black composers following in Dvořák's wake. |