JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concertos András Schiff (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] "What he and the OAE offer is not so much to do with authenticity as with freshness and 'detoxification." Recording of the Month Gramophone July 2021 |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Salieri Album Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Adam Fischer [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "A superb collection of arias from a composer known, if at all, as the villain of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2003 |
W. A. MOZART / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: David Daniels - Sento Amor: Operatic arias David Daniels (counter-tenor) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket [ Virgin Records / CD - released 26/Nov/1999 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2000) Gramophone 2000 Award Finalist - Recital |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Operatic Arias Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Simon Rattle [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Sep/2006 ] "Here is a singer with both a rich, colourful and 'alive'-sounding voice and the musical intelligence to use that gift." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (September 2006) |
Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman (Black Vinyl LP) [ Matador / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman (Opaque Blue Vinyl LP) [ Matador / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman (Opaque Red Vinyl LP) [ Matador / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman (Opaque Silver Vinyl LP) [ Matador / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
Queens Of The Stone Age
Rated R (LP) [ Universal Music / LP - released 22/Nov/2019 ] First Ever US Vinyl Pressing featuring original blue album artwork. Pressed on 180G Black vinyl in a single pocket jacket with 12" x 24" insert. Includes the International vinyl bonus track "Ode To Clarissa". |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Renee Fleming sings Handel Renee Fleming (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] Gramophone Editors Choice - November 2004 |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Opera |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album Danielle de Niese (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 13/Aug/2009 ] "a voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals... there is nothing restrained about Ms. de Niese's warmly voluptuous and passionate singing" New York Times |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Ed Lyon, Christiane Karg, Sarah Connolly / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Christie lavishes his love and skill on a score whose splendours keep on growing over the show's three hours." (Times) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Box Set: Rinaldo / Saul / Giulio Cesare (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, 2005-2015) Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese, Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies / Orchestra of the Age of Enligh [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Dantone conducts a strongly characterised performance founded on the alert playing of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment." (BBC Music on Rinaldo) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Heroines: Mozart Operatic Arias Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Louis LangrACe [ Virgin Records / CD - released 5/Mar/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Recital |
New Age Steppers
Love Forever (LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Love Forever was issued posthumously in 2012, following the untimely passing of Ari Up two years before.Like the preceding New Age Steppers album from 1983, it was started in Jamaica and completed in London, producer Adrian Sherwood wishing to... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: The Paris symphonies (Nos 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 21/May/2002 ] "Kuijken present an outstanding set of Haydn's six Paris Symphonies, between them offering some of the most enjoyable period performances of Haydn ever." Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos 5, 8 (Completed by Brian Newbould) / Rosamunde: Incidental Music Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Classics Veritas / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "Recommended listening - you do not need to be a period performance devotee to enjoy it." (MusicWeb Sept 2000) |
Queens Of The Stone Age
Era Vulgaris (LP) [ Interscope / LP - released 20/Dec/2019 ] |
Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman [ Matador / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
Queens of the Stone Age
...Like Clockwork [ Matador / CD - released 24/May/2013 ] Described by Queens principal Joshua 'Homme as "an audio documentary of a manic year," '… Like Clockwork' is the band's first full length collection of all new material since 2007′s 'Era Vulgaris'. |
Queens of the Stone Age
...Like Clockwork (Double LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 31/May/2013 ] Described by Queens principal Joshua 'Homme as "an audio documentary of a manic year," '… Like Clockwork' is the band's first full length collection of all new material since 2007′s 'Era Vulgaris'. |
Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze [ Interscope Records / CD - released 24/Mar/2005 ] Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan and co. have produced an awesome rock album with guests Broady Dalle (The Distillers), Shirley Manson (Garbage) and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. |
Queens Of The Stone Age
Lullabies To Paralyze (Double Gatefold LP) [ Interscope / 2 LP - released 20/Dec/2019 ] Over nearly two decades, Queens of the Stone Age have built a powerful and distinctive body of work that marks QOTSA as one of rock's most consistently audacious outfits. Interscope Records & Universal adds an exciting new chapter to QOTSA's catalog... |
Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens Of The Stone Age (LP) [ Matador / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Back in print after a long, long decade, Queens Of The Stone Age's self-titled 1998 debut album will be released on October 21. Restored to its original track listing and adorned by the long out-of-print original Frank Kozik artwork, the soon to be... |
Queens of the Stone Age
Villains (LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 25/Aug/2017 ] Queens Of The Stone Age re-emerge from the desert newly scarred and somehow strangely prettier with lucky seventh album, Villains. Produced by Mark Ronson and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, Villains is the first full album... |
Queens Of The Stone Age
Villains (Limited White Vinyl Gatefold LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] Queens of the Stone Age's redefining, Grammy-nominated 2017 album Villains, produced by Mark Ronson and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, is reissued in a special Five Year Anniversary package with etching, obi-strip, and a... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (complete opera recorded in 2011) Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "What is here is some exhilarating music-making, both vocal and instrumental. Ottavio Dantone leads an orchestral with a spring in its step and some fine playing" (BBC) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes August 2011) Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone, Robert Carsen (Stage director) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Directing from his tinkling harpsichord, Ottavio Dantone encourages the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to be light, bright and Italian. Listen wholeheartedly; watch with caution." (The Times) |
BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / von BINGEN / PART / HAYDN / DVORAK / etc
The Choral Collection Tonus Peregrinus, Camerata Bach Choir, Musica Ficta, Oxford Camerata, Choir of the Golden Age, TOWER Voices New Zealand, Simon Mayr Choir, etc [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "There's plenty to celebrate here, not least sterling performances by Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly (including Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem and other choral pieces, and a fine Hildegard CD). |
Age Of Taurus
Desperate Souls of Tortured Times [ Rise Above / CD - released 10/May/2013 ] |
New Age Steppers
Action Battlefield (Reissue LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Shedding a few of the more experimental flourishes of their debut, Action Battlefield still contains multitudes of post-punk approaches nestled in among tighter structures, making it a release that is surprisingly accessible for its wayward... |
New Age Steppers
New Age Steppers (LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Includes digital download. 1980 album from the UK dub collective formed by producer Adrian Sherwood. |
No Age
Goons Be Gone (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 7/Aug/2020 ] A guitar/drums duo (Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt) with a penchant for self-recorded samples, No Age are mostly unconcerned with things like space or pause, and Goons Be Gone is gorgeously thick - a hazy, delirious expanse that's both... |
No Age
People Helping People (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 14/Oct/2022 ] No Age's ethos sings to us from beyond the clouds, with words and without, a conceptual boost to everyone helping everyone. Ensconced in Randy's Garage without a clock to spit on 'em, Dean and Randy composted drums and guitar and life on planet earth... |
No Age
Snares Like A Haircut [ Drag City / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Rock and roll for the black hole - reimagined rippers, for the misfits that 2017 couldn't kill to blast under the shadow of the big boot and beyond the glow of the chemical horizon. This is driving music, and you're the designated shotgun rider - get in! |
No Age
Snares Like A Haircut (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] |
The Raven Age
Blood Omen (LP) [ Music For Nations / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Blood Omen pushes everything further than ever before. The choruses are made for arenas, the riffs are taut, direct, and free of fat. It all makes for a grand musical stage on which the record's concept plays out. 'Forgive & Forget' rushes in on a... |
Age Of Taurus
Desperate Souls of Tortured Times [ Rise Above / LP - released 10/May/2013 ] |
BACH / HANDEL / MOZART
Aksel! Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart Aksel Rykkvin (treble), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "If you are going to buy just one more CD this year, make sure that it is this one." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2016) |