BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) BLU-RAY Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong / Thomas Allen / Ragnar Ulfung / Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - 'Vladimir Jurowski gives the bottle a good shake before popping his first cork with the overture. The London Philharmonic are on their toes… The pace is racy, the articulation brilliant, the Viennesisms deftly in place, the waltz fruity... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in March 2013) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Soile Isokoski, Kate Lindsey, Laura Claycomb, Sergey Skorokhodov, Thomas Allen / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Ariadne and Bacchus have rarely been so 'absolutely human'. Soile Isokoski's suicidal patient rings truer than any heroine I've ever seen - and perhaps this is the role's most luminously sung performance...Skorokhodov, as a wounded airman, has lungs |
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Angelika Kirchschlager / Diana Damrau / Elizabeth Connell / Thomas Allen / Colin Davis, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Diana Damrau, a plain-Jane Gretel with awkward pigtails, gets along famously with her brother, dancing, playing, being huffy. They work well off one another and their voices blend beautifully. The Sandman and Dew Fairy are lovely." 10/10 ClassicsTod |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (complete opera recorded in 1995) BLU-RAY Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet / Thomas Allen, Eva Jenis, Hannah Minutillo , Ivan Kusnjer / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] This enchanting production by Nicholas Hytner, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Charles Mackerras, a master of the best Janáček style. Through myriad shifts of scene, the episodic story is presented in brightly coloured sets and costumes... |
Allen Ginsberg
Howl and Other Poems [ Fantasy / CD - released 25/Mar/1998 ] This is arguably the best-known recording to feature any beat-era poet. Fantasy Records originally issued Howl and Other Poems in 1959 and the title was kept in print until the late '80s, when CDs replaced traditional vinyl records and cassettes.... |
John Allen / Gabriel Dell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Ghost Stories for Young People / Famous Monsters Speak [ Micro Werks / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] This collection brings together two classic LPs from the early '60s, featuring some great spine-tingling horror tales. ;-) |
Lily Allen
Alright, Still (Explicit) [ EMI Music / CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] This cocky 20-year old is teaching a thing or two about getting herself heard. "Lily Allen is the archetypal singer-songwriter for the iPod generation. Brilliant."- NME |
Allen Stone
Allen Stone [ Decca / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] |
Allen Stone
Building Balance [ ATO / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Soulful vanguard Allen Stone's Building Balance takes his soul-stirring R&B and funk to the next artistic level. Allen continues to draw inspiration from '70s funk and soul with current flexes, sitting amid D'Angelo in its sultrier moments, and... |
Tony Allen
Secret Agent [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] 'Secret Agent' is Tony Allen's debut album for World Circuit. Self-produced, this majestic slice of hardcore funky Afrobeat was recorded in Lagos, Paris & London, using his regular hard-drilled touring band with full horn section. |
Allen Toussaint
The Allen Toussaint Story [ Charly / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
Allen Toussaint
American Tunes [ Nonesuch / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] AMERICAN TUNES, is the new studio album by legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. Toussaint had just completed the album when he passed away in November of last year during a European tour. Recording took place at two sets of sessions... |
Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] For the first time in his storied career, the legendary composer, pianist explores the work of his New Orleans forebears on a soulful, live-in-the-studio jazz set. |
Allen Toussaint
Happy Times In New Orleans [ Soul Jam / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] |
Allen Toussaint
What Is Success - The Scepter And Bell Recordings [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 30/Oct/2007 ] |
Allen Toussaint
The Wild New Orleans Piano & Productions of Allen Toussaint 1958-1962 [ Jasmine / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] The death of Allen Toussaint on November 15th 2015 probably brings to a close the greatest period of musical history in New Orleans. For over 50 years he produced, played on and wrote the greatest volume of classic R&B you could imagine. This... |
Allen Verden
My Masochistic Side [ Angel Air / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] |
Allen/Mertens/Korondi
Brahms: Songs [ Farao / 2 CD ] |
GUILLAUME DUFAY
Dufay: L'alta bellezza Alta Bellezza; Ann Allen; Hanna Geisel; Nathaniel Wood [ Arcana / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] In this debut release, the ensemble ALTA BELLEZZA traces the footsteps of 15th century composer Guillaume Dufay through Italy, Savoy and his Burgundian homeland. Considered the most illustrious composer of his generation, Dufay was employed by... |