Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Get Up! (10th Anniversary Edition LP) [ Concord / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Get Up! saw Ben Harper team up with legendary Blues musician Charlie Musselwhite for a collection of songs that blend gospel, roots, country and R&B together to create a record that is considered a Modern Blues classic. Upon its release in January... |
Ben Harper
Wide Open Light [ Chrysalis / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Wide Open Light is described by Ben as a family of songs he's written where each track is a close relative to the next. It's deliberately minimalist and the songs themselves do as much of the heavy lifting as the production. "There was once a time... |
Ben Harper
Wide Open Light (LP) [ Chrysalis / LP - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Wide Open Light is described by Ben as a family of songs he's written where each track is a close relative to the next. It's deliberately minimalist and the songs themselves do as much of the heavy lifting as the production. "There was once a time... |
LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / MOZART / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / HANDEL / LEHAR / etc
THRILLING TENOR - Best Loved Opera Arias Piotr BeczaĆa, János Berkes, John Dickie, Marcello Giordani, Vladimir Grishko, Marcus Haddock, Thomas Harper, Kristjan Johannsson, Torsten Kerl, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] It is only since the bel canto era in the 19th century that the tenor voice really took off as a leading character in operatic roles, often playing the heroic figure against a love-interest soprano and a villain baritone. |
Ben Harper
Winter Is For Lovers (LP) [ Anti / LP - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Meditative and affecting, the music featured on Winter Is For Lovers is deeply ingrained in Harper's DNA and leads directly back to The Folk Music Store, the influential California instrument shop his grandparents opened in the 1950s. The store has... |
Harper Finn
Conversations (With The Moon) (7") [ Warner / 7in - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Art pop singer-songwriter Harper Finn shuffles in mysterious ways. Growing up under an eclectic umbrella of influences, Harper bends the style boundaries of pop, centering his handwritten gems around an infectious kinetic energy and the twists and... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded live in 1967) James King, Heather Harper, Donald McIntyre, Grace Hoffman / Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Rudolf Kempe [ Orfeo / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "A must for Kempe collectors and fans of Harper's musicality; less important as a Bayreuth or Lohengrin landmark." Gramophone |
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
No Mercy In This Land [ Epitaph / ADA / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] GRAMMY winning, multi-platinum artists Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite collaborate once again on 'No Mercy in This Land'. No Mercy in This Land is the first of new music from the pair since the 2013 release of their collaborative album 'Get... |
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
No Mercy In This Land (LP) [ Epitaph / LP - released 30/Mar/2018 ] GRAMMY winning, multi-platinum artists Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite collaborate once again on 'No Mercy in This Land'. No Mercy in This Land is the first of new music from the pair since the 2013 release of their collaborative album 'Get... |
STEPHAN PROCK
Sojourn Lisa Harper-Brown, Mark Dorrell, Roberto Fabbriciani, Margaret Medlyn, Jian Liu, Martin Riseley, Diedre Irons [ Rattle / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Boston-based composer Stephan Prock offers a rich musical reflection of his time in Aotearoa with SOJOURN. Stephan is a film music scholar and freelance composer of contemporary music for soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and film. Based in... |
BRITTEN / HOLLOWAY / PANKHURST / McCABE
War Memorials Tredegar Town Band & Cory Band, Ian Porthouse, Philip Harper & Robert Childs [ NMC / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] The period between the two world wars was one of the richest in music composed for brass bands. Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, Arthur Bliss, John Ireland and others added their voices to a growing repertoire, but little of that paid... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 (recorded in 1960) Heather Harper (soprano) & Janet Baker (contralto) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "I would say that Klemperer's revelatory Mendelssohn performance is the Midsummer Night's Dream music. It shows him at his greatest, and in an unaccustomed role." (MusicWeb) |
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Call It What It Is [ Caroline / CD - released 8/Apr/2016 ] Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals have reunited for Call It What It Is, their first record together in nine years. The beloved, soulful rock band premiered the album's lead single, "Pink Balloon" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Call It What It Is is an... |
Roy Harper
Songs Of Love And Loss [ Salvo / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] Compiled by Roy, this is a 2CD collection of the talented lyricist, vocalist and guitarist's most celebrated love and lament songs. Includes a 20-page booklet including rare photos, lyrics... |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Carols From Oxford Magdalen College Choir, John Harper, conductor [ Alto / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "..Magdalen College Oxford played an important part in the Victorian revival of the celebration of Christmas and especially of carol singing.. key figure.. J R Bloxam, Fellow of Magdalen.. first held a musical entertainment for Magdalen choristers.. |
Ben & Ellen Harper
Childhood Home [ Prestige Folklore/Concord Music Group / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] Ben Harper and his mother Ellen have collaborated to create Childhood Home, an absorbing, deeply personal collection of original songs. Landing the week before Mother's Day, the ten songs on Childhood Home, six written by Ben and four written by... |
Harper Simon
Division Street [ Liberation Music / CD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] |
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Get Up! [ Concord / CD - released 31/Jan/2013 ] A striking mix of blues, gospel, roots and R&B, 'Get Up!' features ten vivid musical character studies, skillfully rendered in cinematic detail, all written or co-written by Harper. |
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Get Up! (Deluxe Edition) [ Concord / CD/DVD - released 31/Jan/2013 ] Includes a DVD, featuring The Making of 'Get Up!' along with three songs from the Machine Shop Session. |
Ben Harper
By My Side [ CD - released 12/Oct/2012 ] Ben has selected his favorite ballads for a career-spanning retrospective, including "Crazy Amazing" which is exclusive to this release. |