GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' Christine Brewer, Soile Isokoski, Juliane Banse, Birgit Remmert, Jon Villars, etc / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 25/Jul/2017 ] "A Mahler 8 that seems dutifully fervent against a euphoric Rattle and his forces" - Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine April 2005 |
Jon Spencer
Spencer Sings The Hits! [ In The Red / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] Jon Spencer is back! Often imitated, never duplicated, the original NYC underground-rock legend returns from the wilderness with twelve red-hot hits, each more powerful than the last! Despite the title, this is not a hits collection but is instead... |
Jon and Vangelis
Short Stories [ Polydor Records / CD - released 1/Mar/1985 ] Available as an import from Europe, 'Short Stories' is an inspired album from two great talents - keyboard master, Vangelis, with singer, Jon Anderson (of Yes). |
Jon Bon Jovi
Young Guns 2: Blaze of Glory (Original Soundtrack) [ Vertigo Records / CD - released 8/Mar/1994 ] This is a GREAT soundtrack from Mr. Bon Jovi, continuing songs with themes similar to "Wanted Dead or Alive" - which fit the movie perfectly. |
SCHUBERT
Jon Vickers - In Memoriam [Winterreise & Interview] Jon Vickers (tenor) with Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Vickers rose to international prominence in 1957 when he debuted with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. According to the Sunday Times, he "electrified the audience by the force and ringing brightness of his voice". |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Lucia Popp (soprano) Jon Vickers (tenor) Elena Obraztsova (mezzo) Martti Talvela (bass) The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus. Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classic Library / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] Lorin Maazel conducts the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and a dream quartet of soloists in this epic performance of Beethoven's ultimate symphonic testament. |
WAGNER
The Essential Wagner Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Helga Dernesch, Cheryl Studer, Birgit Nilsson, Marjana Lipovsek, Christa Ludwig, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jon Vickers, e [ Emi Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The best-loved and most popular works by Richard Wagner, performed by the world's leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price. |
Dave Brubeck (piano) with Jon Hendricks and Michael Brecker
Young Lions & Old Tigers [ Telarc Discover Jazz / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] Celebrating his 75th birthday, Dave Brubeck hosts three generations of modern jazzmen on his new release, Young Lions & Old Tigers. Three lush standards anchor a collage of nine Brubeck originals written especially for each honored soloist. |
CHOPIN
The Best of Chopin John O'Conor-piano) Jon Kimura Parker (piano) Malcolm Frager (piano) Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] The Best of Chopin is a great new addition to this highly successful classical series featuring such critically-acclaimed Telarc artists as harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, pianists John O'Conor and Jon Kimura Parker. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Prokofiev-Piano Concerto No 3) Jon Kimura Parker (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] Since winning the Leeds Piano Competition in 1984, Jon Kimura Parker has maintained an international career at the highest level throughout the world. |
SAMUEL BARBER
Violin Concerto, Op. 14 / Piano Concerto, Op. 38 Jon Kimura Parker (piano) Robert McDuffie (violin) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Yoel Levi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2007 ] "…Parker is commanding…McDuffie is powerful…" - Gramophone |
BRAHMS
Piano Sonata No 3 Op 5 / Fantasien Op 116 / etc Jon Nakamatsu (piano) [ harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Jon Nakamatsu, Gold Medal Winner at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, presents three of brahms's finest piano works. "Nakamatsu is clearly a major talent" CD Now |
SAMUEL BARBER
The Best of Barber (includes the Adagio-both string & choral versions) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Jon Kimura Parker (piano) / Leonard Slatkin / Robert Shaw Festival Singers / Robert Shaw and others. [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] Delving into its vast classical catalog, Telarc has compiled a disc full of Samuel Barber's most memorable works. The Best of Barber is an exquisite collection featuring Sylvia McNair singing "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Leonard Slatkin and the Saint... |
TRADITIONAL
Pax Romana: Peaceful music from the age of Rome Jon Banks (hammered dulcimer, Lyre, Harp, Gittwen, Psalterium, pipe & drums) [ A Feast of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The Romans loved music and used it both in peace and at war. This unique programme recreates the sounds that might have been heard in a Roman villa in fifth-or-sixth-century Europe, using a wide variety of instruments which were known at the time. A... |
TRADITIONAL
Sanctus: Music for Quiet Contemplation Marguerite Hutchinson (Northumbrian pipes) Jon Banks (harp) The Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery on Holy Island off Northumbria, with early English church music and Northumbrian pipes. |
TRADITIONAL
A Pageant of Medieval Music The Oxford Girls' Choir / John Rowlands-Pritchard / Sirinu / The Henrician Consort / Jon banks [ Music of the Middle Ages / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing... |
Jon K / Pat Thomas
Asafo / Enye Woa (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 7/Dec/2018 ] Soundway presents the first in a new series of 12" releases, featuring hard-to-find and in-demand dancefloor tracks on loud DJ-friendly pressings. These two late 1980s Ghanaian highlife cuts are taken from the catalogue of Nakasi Records. Nakasi... |
PAUL SCHOENFELD / STEVEN STUCKY / JOHN HARBISON
Schoenfeld/Stucky/Harbison: Three American Violin Sonatas Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Jon Kimura Parker (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] The three sonatas on this recording were written at the behest of violinist Cho-Liang Lin, who worked closely with each composer at their premiere performance. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2013 ] Highlights from Herbert von Karajan's mighty 'Ring' cycle. The disc includes extended highlights from the four 'Ring' operas and allows us to sample Karajan's choice of different singers for the same character in different operas - Fischer-Dieskau's... |