W. A. MOZART
50 Best Mozart Classics [3 CDs special price] Thomas Allen, Cheryl Studer, Daniel Barenboim, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Sabine Meyer, Neville Marriner, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] All the greatest works of Amadeus Mozart performed by teh world's top soloists and performers. |
Stewart Allen
9 Rooms [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Stewart Allan's 9 Rooms has been a long time coming, with some songs taking shape over many years. During that time, Stewart has been searching for the right sonic framework for his work, a sound world that would serve the aesthetic and intellectual... |
Tony Allen
Afro Disco Beat - Complete 70s Anthology [ Vampisoul Records / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2007 ] Some of the deepest, most sizzling African funk ever made! This is an excellent introduction to both the joys of Tony Allen and the sound of Afrobeat. |
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. ;-) |
Steve Allen
All Star Jazz Concert feat Lawson - Haggart & Billy Butterfield Jazz Bands [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] |
Allen Stone
Allen Stone [ Decca / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] |
Allen Toussaint
The Allen Toussaint Story [ Charly / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
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 |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors / Sebastian: Ballet Suite Chet Allen / Rosemary Kuhlmann / Andrew McKinley / David Aiken / Leon Lishner / Orchestra and Chorus / Thomas Schippers [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Best of all here is the wonderful conducting of Thomas Schippers, who finds more energy, more poetry and more pathos in Amahl than any other conductor I've heard: in Schippers's hands it is both moving and adorable, and this Naxos transfer by Mark... |
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
American Tunes (2LP) [ Nonesuch / 2 LP - released 8/Jul/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... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in March 2013) Glyndebourne Opera / Soile Isokoski, Kate Lindsey, Laura Claycomb, Sergey Skorokhodov, Thomas Allen / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Director Katharina Thoma sets Richard Strauss's comedy in a country house in the South Downs (a surrogate for Glyndebourne), immediately before and during the Second World War. Hofmannsthals' conceit - that a hapless young composer has to accept the... |
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 |
SIMON MAYR
Arianna in Nasso (Ariadne on Naxos) Cornelia Horak, Thomas Michael Allen & Franz Hauk (directed from the harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "[Cornelia Horak] doesn't quite have the necessary star quality, though Thomas Michael Allen in the distinctly secondary role of Bacchus is much more than adequate, and Franz Hauk ensures Mayr's striking orchestral textures make their point." (The... |
Daevid Allen
Australia Aquaria [ Retro World / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] |
Hartelius/Paulsen/Allen/Hanesc
Bach: Christmas Oratorio [ Farao / 2 CD - released 4/Nov/2002 ] |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss/Narrator) LSO, Marin Alsop [ LSO / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Marin Alsop conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a new recording of Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta based on Voltaire's satirical novella, in a performance that is full of dry wit, absurd humour, and stirring optimism. Marin Alsop leads... |
Foster & Allen
Best Friends [ Telstar / CD ] |
SAINT-GEORGES / STILL / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / CORDERO / KAY / WALKER / etc
Black Composer Series - The Complete Album Collection Miriam Fried, Jaime Laredo, Sanford Allen (violins) Faye Robinson, Doralene Davis (sopranos) Juilliard String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "The sound is in general typical of Sony at this period in time, close set with good spatial definition. Some journey, this, and I'd heartily recommend it." Gramophone |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (excerpts) / Pictures at an Exhibition (Rec 1961) George London (bass) Mildred Allen (mezzo) Howard Fried (tenor) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Thomas Schippers / Philadelphia Orch / Eugen [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "At mid-price this is a find: a truly great version of Pictures and one of the great Borises at the height of his powers. Not to be missed." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb August 2006) |