Charles Lloyd
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Unsettled by the state of the world in 2020, Charles Lloyd began conceiving of a musical offering in the form of a new studio recording featuring a new band, a quartet that would be a first-time convening of four distinctive voices with the legendary... |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / ERICH KORGOLD
Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets Nash Ensemble / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The teenage Korngold possessed a compositional fluency and maturity which belied his youth; in contrast, Tchaikovsky feared-wholly unjustifiably-his own creative powers to be on the wane when writing Souvenir de Florence. |
MERCADANTE / BELLINI / RICCI / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / VIARDOT
Casta Diva - Operatic Arias transcribed for trumpet Matilda Lloyd (trumpet) / Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] "The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect in Arban's set of variations from Norma...Overall, this is immensely assured and really great fun." BBC |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Complete Symphonies / Orchestral Works Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / 7 CD Box Set - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Sir Arnold Bax wrote his seven symphonies between 1921 and 1939. Bax's powerful symphonic world is one of surprising and at times stormy vigour contrasting with the most intense lyrical expressiveness and serenity. |
Charles Lloyd
Trio Of Trios (Triple LP Box Set) [ Blue Note (USA) / 3 LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than 6 decades the legendary saxophonist and composer has loomed large over the music world, and at 84 years old he remains at the height of his powers and as... |
Charles Lloyd
Trios: Sacred Thread [ Blue Note / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than 6 decades the legendary saxophonist and composer has loomed large over the music world, and at 84 years old he remains at the height of his powers and as... |
Charles Lloyd / Bill Frisell / Thomas Morgan
Trios: Chapel [ Blue Note / Verve Records / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than 6 decades the legendary saxophonist and composer has loomed large over the music world, and at 84 years old he remains at the height of his powers and as... |
Keith Jarrett with Manfred Eicher, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette | Steve Cloud, Scott Jarrett, George Avakian, Charles Lloyd, Gary Burton, Miles Davis
Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation (Blu-ray) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/Apr/2022 ] In-depth portrait of one of the world's superstars of jazz, Keith Jarrett. |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: Ballet Music - Les Sirènes / Cupid and Psyche Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland / RTÉ Sinfonietta, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Lord Berners excelled in the ballet medium where he enjoyed collaborations with leading choreographers and conductors with whom his natural flair for spectacle and design could be explored to the full. |
Dennis Lloyd
Some Days [ Arista Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The debut album from singer/songwriter Dennis Lloyd. 'Some Days' finds Dennis exploring his deepest questions, narrating his story through the time of "Nevermind" to his present life, as he searches for his true purpose. "This album is about my... |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar 50th Anniversary (Double Gatefold LP) [ Geffen Records / 2 LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1970 concept double album, Jesus Christ Superstar, special anniversary edition albums will be released on September 24th. In 1970, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber released Jesus Christ Superstar as a concept... |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar 50th Anniversary [ Decca / Universal / 2 CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1970 concept double album, Jesus Christ Superstar, special anniversary edition albums will be released on September 24th. In 1970, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber released Jesus Christ Superstar as a concept... |
LORD BERNERS
Berners.: Triumph of Neptune / L'uomo dai baffi / Valses bourgeoises / Champagne Charlie "Polka" English Northern Philharmonia, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] "...Indeed, his forces respond with hugely committed performances full of gusto and bouncy swagger that make Berners' works as accessible as possible to new listeners." Classical Music Daily |
ALWYN / BRITTEN / BUTTERWORTH / FINZI / IRELAND / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
English Song Collection Various Artists including Philip Langridge, Frank Lloyd, Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Andrew Matthews-Owen, Ivan McCready, Thomas Allen, etc [ Naxos / 25 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Keenly priced, this set will surely provide many hours of listening pleasure." Gramophone |
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd - Tone Poem [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Tone Poem is the third album by Charles Lloyd & The Marvels, the genre-straddling quintet that features the master saxophonist with Bill Frisell on guitar, Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar, Reuben Rogers on bass, and Eric Harland on drums. Released... |
KERRY TURNER
Turner: Horn Works (Complete), Vol. 1 Kristina Mascher-Turner (horn, Kerry Turner (horn), Frank Lloyd (horn), Lauretta Bloomer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Kerry Turner made his mark on the global music community through his association with the illustrious American Horn Quartet. Turner's compositional goal is to communicate to the listener a vivid picture through his highly melodic musical language.... |
Andrew Lloyd Webber / Cast Of Cats
Cats - Highlights From The Motion Picture [ Polydor Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2019 ] Highlights from the motion picture soundtrack of 2019 movie 'Cats', featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic music performed by an all-star cast. |
Lloyd Cole
Guesswork [ Ear Music / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Through his work as front man for The Commotions and his solo career, Lloyd Cole has established himself as one of the most articulate and acute songwriters of the post-punk era. Guesswork is a record about the uncertainty of the world as one... |
Charles Lloyd
Voice in the Night (LP) [ ECM Records / 2 LP - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Recorded in May 1998, 'Voice in the Night' is rightly regarded as a jazz classic. |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Elizabethan Lute Songs / Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Norma Burrowes (Soprano), James Bowman & Charles Brett (Countertenors) / Robert Lloyd (Bass) / Early Consort of Music / David Munrow [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "The solo singing, however, is strong, and the music represents Purcell at his finest - the counter tenor duet "Sound the trumpet" (Bowman and Charles Brett) never palls." (Irish Times) |