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DAVID GRIFFITHS / DAVID HAMILTON / ANTHONY RITCHIE / EVE de CASTRO-ROBINSON / etc
Spirit of the Land Tower Voices New Zealand / Karen Grylls [ Trust / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] This recording presents works from over three decades of New Zealand choral composition which draw upon the words of New Zealand poets and take their inspiration from the landscape of Aotearoa (New Zealand). From one of the earliest, David Hamilton's... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ Yann Beuron, Karen Cargill, William Dazeley, Matthew Rose & Peter Rose, LSO & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ Alto / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Disc of the Year: Financial Times & New York Times "Beuron, probably today's finest lyric tenor, gives the performance an essential idiomatic core in his narration ... [Tenebrae are] dramatically alert and glowing as stained glass, the angelic... |
VERDI
Requiem (complete recorded in 2009) Christine Brewer / Karen Cargill / Stuart Neill / John Relyea / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "…Sir Colin conducts the Requiem with a judicious mix of fire and meditative calm; tempi never drag nor are they, in the reflective passages, metronome-quick. The work of the LSO Chorus is first-rate, as is that of the LSO itself." Gramophone... |
Karen Dalton
In My Own Time (LP) [ Light In The Attic / LP - released 18/Aug/2023 ] The late Karen Dalton sang the blues and played the 12-string Gibson guitar and a long neck banjo. This is a re-issue of her second album 'In My Own Time' - which was originally released in 1971. |
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FRANK LOESSER
Loesser: The Most Happy Fella [first complete recording] Louis Quilico, Emily Loesser & Karen Ziemba / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ TER / JAY / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2010 ] The Most Happy Fella frequently has been described as an opera, but some have qualified the term. In his book The World of Musical Comedy, Stanley Green noted that the musical is "one of the most ambitiously operatic works ever written for the... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust Karen Cargill, Bryan Hymel, Christopher Purves, Gábor Bretz / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Hymel's Faust is the most convincing soloist. But it's the vivid detail Rattle conjures up, the brilliant playing and the force and intensity of the choral singing that give greatest satisfaction." Sunday Times |
ALMA MAHLER / GUSTAV MAHLER
Alma & Gustav Mahler Lieder Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) & Simon Lepper (piano) [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Jun/2014 ] "a bronze-tinted mezzo of Wagnerian amplitude...for the most part this Mahler-family recital...finds Cargill expressive at every level, while still proudly displaying the full glory of her voice." Gramophone Magazine, July 2014. |
Karen Dalton
1966 [ Delmore / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] Recently unearthed rehearsal tape from 1966. Features Karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus 4 duets with Richard Tucker. Many never heard before covers... |
Karen Dalton
1966 (Clear Green Rocky Road LP) [ Delmore / LP - released 2/Dec/2021 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. Recently unearthed material, featuring Karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus 4 duets with Richard Tucker. Exclusive 8"x12" colour portrait, 4 panel heavy insert containing rare photos and 3500 word essay by Ben Edmonds,... |
Karen Dalton
In My Own Time (50th Anniversary Edition) [ Light In The Attic / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] The late Karen Dalton sang the blues and played the 12-string Gibson guitar and a long neck banjo. This is a re-issue of her second album 'In My Own Time' - which was originally released in 1971. |
CORELLI / VIVALDI/ LOCATELLI / PAGANINI
Carnival - a violin and guitar recital Karen Gomyo (violin), Ismo Eskelinen (guitar) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] For her début album, Karen Gomyo has joined forces with guitarist Ismo Eskelinen in a programme offering fireworks as well as graceful tenderness. A violin virtuoso as well as an expert guitar player, Niccolò Paganini wrote a number of works for the... |
Karen Souza
Velvet Vault (LP) [ Music Brokers / LP - released 1/Jan/2019 ] Three years after the release of her successful Essentials II, jazz diva Karen Souza is back with her fourth studio album. Velvet Vault is the title of a collection that combine jazz standards with jazz reworks of pop classics plus two songs... |
Karen Verros
You Just Gotta Know My Mind / Karen's Theme (7") [ Ace / 7in - released 25/Aug/2023 ] First issued on the Dot label in 1965, Karen Verros' recording of 'You Just Gotta Know My Mind' is one of the most popular and in-demand tracks ever to appear on Ace Records' "Girls With Guitars" compilation series. Pressings of the hopelessly rare... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Concertos Michael Collins (clarinet) Richard Watkins (horn) Karen Jones (horn) David Nettle, Richard Markham (piano) / London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] Arnold was an exceptionally gifted orchestrator, and his writing for solo instruments, particularly winds and brass, is always extremely effective. All the soloists here seem to be having a great time with this light-hearted and gratifying music. |
MAURY YESTON
Yeston: "Nine" Raul Julia & Karen Akers / Original Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / 2 CD - released 17/May/1982 ] Nine is a musical whose original conception and music and lyrics are by Maury Yeston, with a book by Arthur Kopit. It is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 1963 film 8½. |
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HARVEY SCHMIDT
Schmidt: 110 in the Shade [First complete recording] Ron Haines & Karen Ziemba / 1999 Studio Cast [ Jay Productions Masterworks Edition / 2 CD - released 17/May/1999 ] 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. A 1992 New York City Opera production, directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Susan Stroman, starred Karen Ziemba as Lizzie. |
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Lonely Drifter Karen
Fall Of Spring [ Crammed / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] |
Karen Hunter
Rubble [ Monkey Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Described by NZ Herald as "a dynamite guitarist with one of the most sensual voices in the country", Auckland's Karen Hunter performs original songs which range in style from sweet melodic jazz to funky acoustic grooves. |
Karen O & Danger Mouse
Lux Prima [ BMG / Warner / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Lux Prima is the first release from iconic Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and legendary musician-producer Danger Mouse. "After making music for the past twenty years and embarking on making this record with Danger Mouse, I knew a couple... |
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BERLIOZ
Harold en Italie [Harold in Italy] / La Mort de Cleopatre [The Death of Cleopatra] Antoine Tamestit (viola) Karen Cargill (mezzo) / London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Dec/2014 ] 'There is no sacrificing of the music's Byronic aura, which is strengthened by the rich, burgundy timbre of Antoine Tamestit's solo viola and the mellifluous lyricism and vitality of his playing.' Daily Telegraph |
Edward De Souza / Paul Jesson / Simon Harris / Karen Archer / Laura Paton
Classical Love Poetry [ NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS / 2 CD ] An Anthology of Greek and Latin Amorous Verse. |
ELIZABETH JENKINS
Life And Times Of Elizabeth I Karen Archer (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] A revealing study of the Queen and her court--their daily lives, concerns, topics of conversation, meals, living condition, travels, successes and failures--that places them firmly within the historical context of 16th century Britain. "...gives... |
Karen Elson
The Ghost Who Walks [ XL Recordings / CD - released 31/May/2010 ] On her debut disc, Karen Elson spins intriguingly unsettling tales of lost love, dashed hope, romantic betrayal, and various crimes of passion witnessed only by the full moon. |
Karen Chandler
Karen Chandler Meets Eve Young [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] In the 1940s and early 50s a young girl called Eve Young was making waves in the UK charting with some big hits. Across the pond in America there was a young singing sensation also taking the charts by storm called Karen Chandler... |
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Karen Drucker
The Heart of Healing [ CD ] |
Karen Elson
The Ghost Who Walks (Limited Edition LP) [ XL Recordings / LP - released 31/May/2010 ] This is a limited edition LP record of 'The Ghost Who Walks' album by Karen Elson - on VINYL. You will need a good ol' record player to listen to it! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bassoon Concertos Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "The instrument is precisely focused and the fineness of her playing shows her to be a musician of cultivated taste and sensibility...Geoghegan arrests attention immediately." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice November 2010 |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Symphonies 1 and 2 / Bassoon Concerto / Invitation to the Dance Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Mena immediately sounds like a natural Weberian who, together with his smart horns and timpanist, has absorbed enough of historic-instrument practice to spare the music the false-sounding weighty Viennese classicism that used to be inflicted on many |
WOLF-FERRARI
Orchestral Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) John Bradbury (solo clarinet) Peter Dixon (solo cello) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] "The richly romantic themes in the overture from La dama boba are also particularly sumptuous and enormously enjoyable. The sound quality of this recording is consistently excellent, as we have come to expect from Chandos." (MusicWeb March 2009) |
HUMMEL / WEBER / ELGAR / JACOBI / etc
Works for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / Opera North Orchestra / Benjamin Wallfisch [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "It is clear that Geoghegan has spent her life so far working hard and nurturing her abilities, under the careful guidance of some excellent teachers, such as Janet Bloxwich and John Orford. With a disc such as this, it is impossible not to take the... |
ELGAR / RACHMANINOV / SCHRECK / SCHUMANN / SPOHR / etc
Fantasies for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "There's a wonderfully natural quality to Geoghegan's phrasing and expression - especially in the Schumann - and she is partnered adeptly at all times by Philip Edward Fisher." (Classic FM) |
GROVLEZ / TANSMAN / KOECHLIN / FAURE / BOUTRY / GALLON / DUTILLEUX / BITSCH / JANCOURT / PIERNE / DEBUSSY
French Bassoon Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] For the popular young bassoonist Karen Geoghegan this is her third recording with Chandos and aptly demonstrates the capabilities of the bassoon in this unique collection of French music, ably accompanied by Philip Fisher. |
BO LINDE
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Karen Gomyo (violin) / Maria Kliegel (cello) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Petter Sundkvist (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide - "Two romantic-dramatic concertos full of explosive action and searing sunny lyricism. I don't buy the suggestion that Linde is a neo-classicist. Not to be misse" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
ASTOR PIAZZOLA
A Piazzolla Trilogy Karen Gomyo (violin), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Karen Gomyo's violin takes centre stage in this homage to Astor Piazzolla. |
Karen Hunter
Words & Groove [ Rawfish Records / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] Guitarist / Songwriter Karen Hunter's 'Words & Groove' blends jazz, dirty blues and performance poetry. Embellishing on themes of local significance, Hunter entwines personal experience with liberally exaggerated stories... |
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Karen Mantler
And Her Cat Arnold (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
Karen Mantler
Business is Bad [ Watt / CD - released 31/Oct/2012 ] "Business is bad" confesses Karen Mantler, and many in the music world will sympathize. Almost 20 years have passed since Karen's last leader album on XtraWatt (Farewell). In the interim she has been a Virgin artist with her Pet Project disc,... |
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Karen Mantler
My Cat Arnold (LP) [ ECM / Watt / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
Karen O
Crush Songs [ Cult / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O has announced her first solo album, Crush Songs, via Julian Casablancas' label Cult. Karen O says of Crush Songs, 'When I was 27 I crushed a lot. I wasn't sure I'd ever fall in love again. These songs were... |
Karen O
Crush Songs (Ltd Edition Blue Coloured LP w/36 Page Booklet) [ Cult / LP - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O has announced her first solo album, Crush Songs, via Julian Casablancas' label Cult. Karen O says of Crush Songs, "When I was 27 I crushed a lot. I wasn't sure I'd ever fall in love again. These songs were... |
