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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rendezvous with Korngold Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) with Bengt Forsberg (piano) & friends [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Apr/2015 ] "Von Otter brings beautiful tone, perfect diction and a rapt sense of submerging herself in the music. As an encore she sings Forsberg's arrangement of Korngold's most famous tune, 'Marietta's Lied' from Die tote Stadt." Gramophone |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Bach: Two Cantatas BWV 82 & BWV 56 / Handel: Arias from 'Susanna' & 'Messiah' Arcadian Academy and friends, The Baroque Choral Guild, Nicholas McGegan, with William Parker (baritone) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/1991 ] An exquisite program of chamber music |
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Butch Miles & Friends
Cookin' [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 11/Mar/2002 ] Butch Miles is the top swing drummer today. He was for more than a decade the (always hard swinging) drummer of the legendary Count Basie Orchestra. He is a great personality and his playing is impressive. "He may be the best of his generation,"... |
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Dan Zanes & Friends
Rocket Ship Beach [ Weatherbox / CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] Rocket Ship Beach introduced Dan Zanes' special brand of children's music, which mixes well-known songs for kids, standards, and traditional country and folk songs with a hand-crafted sound and plenty of affection for both the music and its intended... |
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Dick Cary's Tuesday Night friends
Got Swing? [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] A rousing 19 number compilation of Cary originals and arrangements that is a true celebration of his unique musical personality, humour and, of course, genius, as performed by an all-star big band of his Tuesday Night Friends. |
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The Fisherman's Friends
One And All [ Island / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Bound together by lifelong friendship and shared experience for more than 25 years the Fishermen's Friends have met on the Platt (Harbour) in their native Port Isaac to raise money for charity, singing the traditional songs of the sea handed down to... |
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Gray Bartlett & Friends
Gray Bartlett & Friends (SPCA album) [ Gray Bartlett / CD - released 7/Nov/2014 ] All proceeds from the sale of this album go to the SPCA. Guitar legend Gray Bartlett returns with a host of NZ musicians for this album in support of the SPCA. Aside from being a top notch listen, it's all for a great cause with all proceeds going... |
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John Mayall & Friends
Along for the Ride [ Ear Music / CD - released 8/May/2001 ] This American imported disc features John Mayall and various talented mates playing some really good blues covers and originals. |
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Loretta Lynn & Friends
Coal Miner's Daughter - A Tribute to Loretta Lynn [ Columbia Nashville / CD - released 31/Jan/2011 ] Featuring Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, The White Stripes, Paramore, Carrie Underwood and more. |
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Louis Armstrong & Friends
The Wonderful Duets [ Avid / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] |
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SCHUMANN / TANEYEV / DEBUSSY / GULDA / SCHNITTKE / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Lugano Festival of Chamber Music 2006 Martha Argerich (piano) and friends, Nicholas Angelich, Jorge Basso, Dora Schwarzberg, Renaud and Gautier Capucon [ EMI Music / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "4 stars(...) the performances have a fresh-minted quality. There's extreordinary piano playing from Gabriela Montero with cellist Gautier Capuçon in Mendelssohn's D major Cello Sonata, and a thoughtful account of Schumann's D minor Piano Trio from... |
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Mick Fleetwood And Friends
Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green And The Early Years Of Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition) [ BMG / ADA / 4 Multi-Format Box Set - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Includes double CD, 4LP, Blu-ray and media book. Legendary drummer Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-a-kind concert honouring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green. Held on 25th February 2020 at the... |
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Neil Finn & Friends
7 Worlds Collide (Live At The St. James) [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Live recording culled from a series of five shows recorded at the St. James theatre in Auckland from 2nd April 2001 to 6th April 2001. Features Eddie Vedder, Johnny Marr, Ed O'Brien, Tim Finn, Sebastian Steinberg, Phil Selway, Lisa Germano, and... |
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: The two Piano Quintets, Quartet for four Violins, Quartet for four Cellos Silesian Quartet and friends [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Adrian Thomas' notes are wholly admirable and the recording highly sympathetic. Another Bacewicz winner." MusicWeb |
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Soweto Gospel Choir & Friends
Divine Decade - Celebrating 10 Years [ Universal / CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Heralded as the most exciting group to emerge in World Music in recent years, two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir celebrate 10 years. |
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Surf Friends
Sonic Waves [ Flying Nun / CD - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Indie two-piece Surf Friends make their welcome return with the their first full-length project in almost four years - Sonic Waves - via Flying Nun Records. The new album sees the duo of Brad Coley and Peter Westmoreland joining forces with long-time... |
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Tapper Zukie & Friends
A Soulful i & i [ Kingston Sounds / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] This follow up album to Tapper Zukies Bunker Buster set, sees Tapper again rally calling his fellow reggae singers to work up some great songs. This group of tunes lean towards a more soulful sound, yet still holding that reggae feel we know and... |
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Anthony Moore With Aka & Friends
On Beacon Hill (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] On Beacon Hill: Anthony Moore with AKA & Friends manifest a sensuous post-devastation lounge act, seeking to re-invoke natural orders by naming - rather than cursing - the darkness in its many guises. Like final-phase Johnny Cash on a lost episode of... |
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Big Eyes Family Players and Friends the
Folk Songs II [ Static Caravan / CD - released 17/Aug/2012 ] |
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Brian May + Friends
Star Fleet Project [ EMI / CD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project is the third release in the 'Brian May Gold Series', originally released in 1983. Accompanied by top rock luminaries Edward Van Halen (guitar), Alan Gratzer (drums), Phil Chen (bass) and Fred Mandel... |
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Brian May + Friends
Star Fleet Project (Deluxe Box Set) [ EMI / Multi-Format Box Set - released 14/Jul/2023 ] Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project is the third release in the 'Brian May Gold Series', originally released in 1983. Accompanied by top rock luminaries Edward Van Halen (guitar), Alan Gratzer (drums), Phil Chen (bass) and Fred Mandel... |
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Brian May + Friends
Star Fleet Project (LP) [ EMI / LP - released 14/Jul/2023 ] Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project is the third release in the 'Brian May Gold Series', originally released in 1983. Accompanied by top rock luminaries Edward Van Halen (guitar), Alan Gratzer (drums), Phil Chen (bass) and Fred Mandel... |
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Buddy Miller & Friends
Cayamo Sessions At Sea [ New West Records / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] In 2012, Cayamo veteran Buddy Miller brought along some recording gear and set up a studio in the ship's library where he and his Sirius XM co-host Jim Lauderdale recorded episodes for their Buddy & Jim Radio Show. Buddy thought the radio show... |
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Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts With Pete Johnston & Friends
Remembered In Exile: Songs And Ballads From Nova Scotia (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Drag City's man in Scotland Alasdair Roberts partners once more with Scottish Gaelic singer Màiri Morrison (a native of the Isle of Lewis) for their second collaborative LP, Remembered in Exile. Recorded in Nova Scotia with local lad,... |
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Surf Friends
Endorphins [ Flying Nun / CD - released 22/Nov/2013 ] Auckland's Surf Friends' are back with their second album, ENDORPHINS. Showering listeners with washed out guitars, motorik rhythms, and sun-drenched synths, ENDORPHINS has enough positive energy to make Tony Robbins seem despondent. Following on... |
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Tapper Zukie & Friends
A Soulful i & i (LP) [ Kingston Sounds / LP - released 15/Nov/2024 ] This follow up album to Tapper Zukies Bunker Buster set, sees Tapper again rally calling his fellow reggae singers to work up some great songs. This group of tunes lean towards a more soulful sound, yet still holding that reggae feel we know and... |
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Tommy Mccook & Friends
Horns Man Dub (LP) [ Jamaican Recordings / LP - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Jamaican Recordings have compiled a great selection of rhythms that feature McCook blowing over tracks stripped of their vocals and replaced with some fantastic lead lines played by Tommy and some of his fellow horn players. |
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ALFREDO PIATTI / DAVID POPPER / WILHELM FITZENHAGEN / JULIUS KLENGEL
48 Strings - Music for One, Two, Four and Twelve Cellos Andreas Brantelid, Ingemar Brantelid and friends (Cellos) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] The four cellist-composers in this recital share a common background: from musical families they played as soloists in outstanding orchestras, taught many students, and wrote music for the instrument that continues to challenge players. |
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Atile & Friends
Thandazani [ Profil / CD ] |
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Bob Hope & Friends
Put It There, Pal! - A Salute To The King Of Comedy [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1999 ] Do the names Fearless Frazier, Ace Lannigan or Turkey Jackson mean anything to you, the reader? No? Then how about Chester Hooton or Hot Lips Barton? If I mention that they all were characters in a hugely successful series of movies known as the... |
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Christine Lavin and Friends
One Meat Ball [ Appleseed Recordings / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] A delightful feats for the ears and eyes: 19 food-related songs performed by Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Juli Gold, actor Jeff Daniels and other eager eaters from the singer/songwriter, cabaret and Broadway worlds! |
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Dolores Gibson meets RIchard Lewis & Friends
Hey Little Boy, Hey Little Girl - 1949-1962 [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Unlike Roy Milton, Jimmy Liggins & Lloyd Glenn, Richard Lewis & Dolores Gibson were never the star attractions on the West Coast scene but judging by their personal appearances and recordings they must have had a following however short lived it was.... |
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Hossam Ramzy & Friends
Rock The Tabla [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Although Egypt is at the core of everything, 'Rock the Tabla' is a highly creative fusion of styles and glides musically into many corners of the world from Cairo to India through to Mali and Japan! |
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SIMEON TEN HOLT
Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato XL Jeroen Van Veen (piano) and friends [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Anyone having experienced the power of Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt will come under the spell of the hallucinatory effect of this iconic work, the most famous Dutch work for piano of the 20th century, one of the "classics" of minimal music. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Minimal Piano Collection Vol 10 - 20 [compositions for 2 to 6 pianos] Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) and friends [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2010 ] Fanfare Music: "Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today", Alan Swanson, Jan 2010. |
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Johnny Hodges & Friends
Jazz Ballads [2 CDs] [ Documents / 2 CD - released 25/May/2015 ] |
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Justin Hayward & Friends
Sing Moody Blues Classics [ Music Avenue / CD - released 21/May/2009 ] |
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BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / DVORAK / MAHLER / MOZART / SMETANA / etc
Live from Lugano 2012 Martha Argerich and Friends [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/May/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / DVORAK / MAHLER / MOZART / SMETANA / etc
Live from Lugano 2014 Martha Argerich and Friends [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/May/2015 ] Warner Classics is pleased to release the 12th annual 3CD set of highlights from the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, described in The Times (London), as "community music-making on a deluxe scale, with performers and listeners mutually uplifted by |
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BARTOK/ BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / GLASS / GINASTERA / SCHUMANN / etc
Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2015 Martha Argerich and Friends [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2016 ] In June 2016, Martha Argerich - both a phenomenal pianist and a much-loved mentor to young musicians - celebrates her 75th birthday before hosting the 15th edition of the Progetto Martha Argerich at the Lugano Festival in Switzerland. |