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Anne-Marie
Therapy (Orange Vinyl LP) [ EWUK / Warner / LP - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Anne-Marie's second studio album, Therapy, is the official follow-up to her multi-platinum debut, 2018's Speak Your Mind [the UK's biggest-selling debut release of that year]. An artist whose everywoman candour and knock-you-down vocal range has... |
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Anne-Marie
Therapy (Rose Coloured Vinyl LP) [ EWUK / Warner / LP - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Anne-Marie's second studio album, Therapy, is the official follow-up to her multi-platinum debut, 2018's Speak Your Mind [the UK's biggest-selling debut release of that year]. An artist whose everywoman candour and knock-you-down vocal range has... |
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RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Complete Opera with full libretto) Barbara Frittoli, Jose Cura, Carlos Alvarez, Simon Keenlyside / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / CD - released 10/Mar/2000 ] 'The recording is rich, spacious and brilliant with glorious orchestral playing, making one marvel at the beauty and subtlety of Leoncavallo's orchestration.' A Key Recording, from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. (I Pagliacci) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Serenade / Our Hunting Fathers Ian Bostridge (tenor) with Marie Luise Neunecker (horn) / Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Harding [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] Ian Charles Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. |
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Courtney Marie Andrews
Old Flowers (Limited Edition LP) [ Fat Possum / LP - released 24/Jul/2020 ] Created in the aftermath of a long-term relationship, Old Flowers features Courtney Marie Andrews' most vulnerable writing to date on ten new songs that chronicle her journey through heartbreak, loneliness and finding herself again after it all. |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / FRANCESCA CILEA / UMBERTO GIORDANO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jose Cura: Verismo Jose Cura (tenor/conductor) / The Philarmonia Orchestra, with Anne Marie Owens (mezzo) [ Erato / CD - released 17/Feb/1999 ] "José Cura, the new star in the Tenor sky," wrote the Berliner Morgenpost recently. |
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ARIEL RAMIREZ
Ramirez: Misa Criolla / Navidad en Verano / Navidad Nuestra José Carreras (tenor) / Coral Salvé de Laredo, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, José Luis Ocejo, Damián Sanchez [ Philips / Decca / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Ramirez' Creole Mass is a daring fusion of Catholic liturgy and Latin American folk music. This particular performance is made even better by the presence of José Carreras as lead singer. Carreras seems to have a personal feeling for this music and... |
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Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras
The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 - 25th Anniversary Edition [ Decca CD+DVD / CD/DVD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] The world's most celebrated trio, The Three Tenor's first concert in Rome produced the biggest-selling classical album of all time. On July 10, 1998, set against the imposing backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, José Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano... |
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THE THREE TENORS
Three (3) Tenors In Concert 1990 [The original recording] Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Dec/1999 ] On the evening of July 7, 1990, an `impossible dream' came true: the three greatest tenors of the day joined forces with an orchestra of 200 musicians against a backdrop of the majestic scenery of ancient Rome. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Damnation De Faust Op. 24 Michael Myers, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Alain Vernhes / Orchestre National de Lille/ Région Nord-Pas de Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Recorded: 4 - 5 November 2003 Recording Venue: L'Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France |
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Various Artists includes Jacqueline Francois, Charles Trenet, Nadja, Edgar Bori, Marie-Chantal Toupin, etc
Putumayo Presents - French Christmas [ Putumayo World Music / CD - released 14/Nov/2014 ] Following on from the best-selling French Café and Vintage France titles comes this delightful seasonal collection. Experience the beauty of the season with classic and contemporary songs from Marseille to Montreal. This is an album that overflows... |
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WOLF / BRAHMS
Lieder by Wolf & Brahms Alastair Miles (bass) & Marie-Nöelle Kendall (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2014 ] Miles's oaken depth of tone and amplitude of line are impressive, and ultimately moving...it's a nobly sung recital, confirming that the leading English operatic basso cantante is also a Lieder singer of intelligence and insight. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera) Alessandra Marianelli, Silvia Beltrami, Maxim Mironov, Randall Bills / Camerata Bach Choir, PoznaĆ, Virtuosi Brunensis, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "High standards of florid singing allow this performance to take flight and remain in the air: in fact..it's a vocal feast. Conductor José Miguel Pérez- Sierra shows considerable expertise" Opera, June 2018 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (1977 recording) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, Jose van Dam / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1977 ] Original recording from 1977 |
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HONEGGER / IBERT
L'Aiglon (operetta recorded March 2015) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Étienne Dupuis, Marc Barrard, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, etc /Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/May/2016 ] "Marc Barrard is the touchingly funny Flambeau, while Etienne Dupuis makes Metternich all the more sinister by singing his music so beautifully. The orchestral sound is gorgeous, as is the recording itself" (Gramophone, April 2016) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas [2 CDs] Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Serebrier has a remarkable gift for drawing polished and vigorous performances from his orchestra. The result has all the tension and bite of a live performance with the advantage of studio techniques, helped by refined and beautifully balanced... |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Stokowski Mussorgsky: Symphonic Transcriptions (With music by Tchaikovsky) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2005 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE - Recording of the Month (Awards Issue 2005) "Brilliant recordings of Stokowski's technicolor spectaculars" |
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PHILIPPE D'ORLEANS
D'Orléans: Suite d'Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée Cappella Mediterranea; Leonardo García Alarcón; Choeur de Chambre de Namur; Marie Lys; Véronique Gens; Gwendoline Blondeel; Cyrille Dubois; Nicholas S [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Mar/2025 ] The sorceress Armide, infatuated with the valiant knight Roland, but desperate for Roland to return her love, tries at all costs to lure him into her arms. At the same time, the courageous Herminie tries to protect Tancrede, Roland's companion, from... |
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Jose Carreras
Best Of Jose Carreras [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Aug/1998 ] |
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Courtney Marie Andrews
Loose Future [ Fat Possum / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] On the honey shores of Cape Cod in a beach shack, Courtney Marie Andrews found self-love and her voice. Every morning, she'd walk 6-8 miles around the back trails of an island and meditate on her life, perusing old memories and patterns like browsing... |