DAVID LONG
I'll hum the first few bars David Long, Hamish McKeich (conductor) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] The title track for this album, I'll Hum the First Few Bars, is a piece for chamber orchestra, electric guitar and mechatronics. Commissioned by Orchestra Wellington, the work was recorded with Stroma under the ever-reliable baton of Hamish McKeich.... |
Muni Long
Public Displays Of Affection: The Album (LP) [ Def Jam / LP - released 10/Feb/2023 ] This 18-track album fulfills the wishes of fans everywhere as it compiles all eight tracks from Muni's 2021 EP Public Displays Of Affection (including the RIAA platinum #1 global smash "Hrs And Hrs"), plus the five tracks from the follow-up EP Public... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky: Mavra / Iolanta Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Mirjam Mesak (Iolanta), Long Long (Vaudémont) [ BSO Recordings / DVD - released 22/Dec/2022 ] Along with the young singers of the Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Director and Grimme Award winner Axel Ranisch presents an unusual approach to two rarely performed works: In Peter I. Tchaikovsky's last opera Iolanta, a blind princess is in... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky: Mavra / Iolanta (Blu-ray) Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Mirjam Mesak (Iolanta), Long Long (Vaudémont) [ BSO Recordings / Blu-ray - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Along with the young singers of the Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Director and Grimme Award winner Axel Ranisch presents an unusual approach to two rarely performed works: In Peter I. Tchaikovsky's last opera Iolanta, a blind princess is in... |
David Long
Ash And Bone [ Rattle Records / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] This new recording by David Long defies easy generic tags. Acoustic electronica, alt-folk, alt-chamber music or experimental instrumental are vaguely in the ballpark, but as David says, his music makes a constellation of these musical styles but... |
The Long Blondes
Someone To Drive You Home (Anniversary Edition Limited 2LP) [ Rough Trade / 2 LP - released 17/Dec/2021 ] 15th anniversary edition of The Long Blondes debut album, the acclaimed Someone To Drive You Home. The home of a host of indie disco classics with its noir atmospheres and vivid storytelling - qualities that saw the record inspire recent,... |
AVSHALOMOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (recorded 2017) Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 25/Jan/2020 ] "With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto" BBC Music |
QIGANG CHEN / FRITZ KREISLER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Gateways Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Long Yu [is] a superpower of China's burgeoning music world" - Washington Post The second Deutsche Grammophon release "Gateways" by the newly signed Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Long Yu features Chinese and Russian works. |
DOMINICK ARGENTO
Argento: The Andrée Expedition / From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Brian Mulligan (baritone) Timothy Long (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "Mulligan delivers Argento's plain-spoken, pensive setting with appropriate serenity. Throughout, he sings with gratifyingly clear diction…" Opera News Critics Choice |
Richard Nunns, Natalia Mann, David Long
Utterance [ Rattle Records / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Richard Nunns has been an inspiration to countless artists across a range of disciplines around the world, but his influence on the cultural landscape of Aotearoa is enormous. One simply can't quantify the value of Richard's contribution, not only... |
Long Ryders
Final Wild Songs [ Cherry Red / 4 CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] This 4-CD career overview has been compiled with both Sid Griffin and Tom Stevens from original tapes (where they exist) - Sid has contributed a track by track breakdown for the set. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dragon Songs [includes the Yellow River Concerto] BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) / Fan Wei / Zhang Jial / Ji Wei / Long Yu / Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra / Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Lang Lang has fascinated audiences all over the globe - with "Dragon Songs" he takes them home to show them "his" China. Discover the musical culture that forged one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day. |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Symphony No. 7 / Vespers Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano) & Matthew Long (tenor) The Bach Choir, David Hill / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "magnificent singing from the Bach Choir, with David Hill securing a powerful response from the Bournemouth Symphony...This is an important addition to Matthew's ever-increasing discography." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Contemporary) |
David Long
Beyond the Edge - Music from the Motion Picture [ Independent Artists / CD - released 24/Jan/2014 ] The music on Beyond the Edge was written for a new documentary feature by Leanne Pooley, a film that charts Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's 1953 ascent of Everest. David's score is rich in texture and timbre, a skillful combination of... |
GABRIEL FAURE / VINCENT d'INDY
Marguerite Long - Volume 1: Faure & d'Indy Marguerite Long (piano) [ Appian APR / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Undoubtedly the foremost French female pianist of the 20th century, Marguerite Long (1874-1966) prided herself on her personal friendships with some of the foremost composers of her day - Debussy, Fauré and Ravel. She championed their works,... |
Long Distance Calling
The Flood Inside [ CD - released 15/Mar/2013 ] Previously completely instrumental, Germany's Long Distance Calling has taken on the challenge of adding a vocalist to the band. |
Long/Pco/Weingartner/De Freita
Ravel/D'indy/Beethoven: Long P [ Dutton / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
Josh Rouse and The Long Vacations
Josh Rouse and The Long Vacations [ Bedroom Classics / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] |
Josh Rouse and The Long Vacations
Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations (Vinyl) [ Bedroom Classics / LP - released 26/Sep/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
Bobby Long
A Winter Tale [ Fuse / CD - released 16/May/2011 ] British singer-songwriter-guitarist Bobby Long presents his anticipated debut studio album, featuring guests Nona Hendryx, B.J. Cole and Icelandic singer Lay Low. |