Lou Monte
American Italian Style (The Hits & More) [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/May/2013 ] During the fifties it seemed that, with a few exceptions, all the top male vocalists in the States were of Italian-American extraction and one look over Lou Monte's list of recordings it is clear that he certainly falls into that category. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas (recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Placido Domingo & Ana Maria Martinez / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg / Jesus Lopez Cobos [ Medici Arts / EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "A live concert of zarzuela, the genre in which Domingo cut his teeth, with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra delivering stylish playing and soloists assured." (BBC Music) |
C. P. E. BACH
The C. P. E. Bach Edition: Symphonies, Concertos, Sonatas & Chamber Music Julian Steckel, Michael Rische, Ana-Marija Markovina, Patrick Gallois, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart & more [ Hanssler Classic / 54 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2016 ] The composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has been rediscovered in recent years. Hardly any other label has done more for the composer's appreciation than Hanssler Classic. Now all, really all, of Hänsslers C.P.E Bach recordings are in a sensational box |
Ana de la Vega (flute) / English Chamber Orchestra, New Dutch Academy / Simon Murphy (direction)
Baroque Bohemia & Beyond VIII: Stamič, Richter, Mysliveček [ Alto / CD ] [Mysliveček] "She is a charming, persuasive advocate ... The ECO, too, offer fine support and with a range of tone colours, match de la Vega's recreative imagination. Pentatone has captured these performances in particularly clear sound ... De la... |
FRANZ IGNAZ BECK
Beck: L'Isle deserte, Opéra comique in one acte Ana Maria Labin, Samantha Gaul, Theodore Browne, Fabian Kelly, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider [ CPO / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Franz Ignaz Beck is one of the most fascinating composers of the eighteenth century, a musical visionary as well as a »genuine European« with roots in Mannheim. His opera L'isle déserte, long regarded as lost, has resurfaced in a score manuscript in... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Stuttgart Opera / Ana Durlovski, René Barbera, Roland Bracht, Diana Haller / Manlio Benzi, conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2019 ] "Barbera sings Arturo with a mellow beauty of tone that has surely never been matched in the 21st century, enhanced by expressive diction, the smoothest of legatos and a rare ease in the vocal stratosphere." Opera |
Lou Reed
The Bells [ Buddha Records / CD - released 16/May/2000 ] Import. NIce instrumentals and good production give this record a very distinctive sound. |
Lou Reed
Berlin [ RCA Records / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] Lou Reed's original 'Berlin' album is now re-issued! "Caroline Says" and "Sad Song" come shining through on this one. Many rank this as one of his best. |
Lou Reed
Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse [ Matador Records / CD - released 3/Nov/2008 ] This is the audio release of Reed's 2006 performances of his classic 'Berlin' album from 1973 - a majestic and poignant re-imagining of one of the 20th century's most powerful works. |
Lou Reed
Berlin (LP) [ Sony / LP - released 19/Jan/2018 ] |
Lou Rawls
The Best Of Lou Rawls (LP) [ Philadelphia International / LP - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Lou Rawls was an American record producer, singer, composer, and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". He... |
Lou Reed
The Best Of (Platinum Edition) [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] As a member of the hugely influential Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, as the band's main songwriter, explored subjects that had rarely been examined so openly in Rock and Roll. In 1971, Reed embarked upon a solo career that to this day is still going... |
Lou Rawls
The Best of: the Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions [ Capitol Records / CD ] |
Lou Rhodes
Bloom [ A & G Records / Infinite Bloom / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Bloom ... quite simply breathtaking."-BBC, UK. "Multi-layered, deeply rewarding ... marvelous."-THE SUN, UK (5 Stars). "Haunting, disturbing and dynamic."-UNCUT, UK. |
Lou Reed
The Blue Mask [ RCA Records / CD - released 4/Aug/2009 ] Import. More personal insight from Lou. We're told of his loves (his wife, kids, guitar, motorcycle..etc) and his fears (pain, alcohol, loneliness). |
SERGIO AZEVEDO / ANTONIO FRAGOSO / JOLY BRAGA SANTOS
Bows Up! - Portuguese Music for Strings Camerata Atlântica, Ana Beatriz Manzanilla [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Portuguese orchestral music was scarce until the 20th century, when composers were able to build on the great legacy of Luís de Freitas Branco. |
G-Wi Khoe G-Ana Khoe
Bushmen of the Kalahari [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] THE BUSHMEN: THE LOST PEOPLE This album documents the almost extinct Bushman culture in Southern Africa. It contains Bushmen shaman healing rituals, hunting songs, rain-making songs, tracking songs, a spoken history of the Qwii… accompanied on... |
SHCHEDRIN / BIZET
Carmen (a ballet with choreography by Mats Ek recorded in 1994) Cullberg Ballet / Ana Laguna / Marc Hwang / Yvan Auzely [ Arthaus / kultur / DVD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Anna Laguna, with her long cigars, is never going to stay for long with the gentle, expressive Marc Hwang, and Yvan Auzely is an irresistible competitor for her fickle, uncontrollable desires." - Seen&Heard OperaReview |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Mario del Monaco, Giuletta Simionata, Anna di Stasio, Cornell MacNeil, Ana Raquel Satre / Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Ser [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Orginal recording made in 1961 |
Mary Lou Williams
MARBECKS RARE: The Circle Recordings [ Progressive / CD - released 5/May/2006 ] This set contains many unique performances. These include lovely treatments of standards like "Talk of the Town" and "People Will Say We're in Love", and even a Monk tune, as well as originals |