PURCELL
Hail Bright Cecilia / Come ye Sons of Art / Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary Jennifer Smith, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, Art Landry, Leonard Joy, Whispering Jack Smith, Duke Ellington, Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians, Fred & Adele Astaire, etc
The Charleston Era [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 22/Aug/2000 ] This definitive "Charleston" album features 25 vintage recordings from 1925 - 1930. |
Various Artists incls Al Jolson, John McCormack, Bessie Smith, Paul Whiteman, Cliff 'Ukulele' Edwards, Marion Harris, The Knickerbockers, Gene Austin
Hits Of '25 - The Roaring '20s 'Yes Sir, that's My Baby' [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 2/Jul/2006 ] Living Era's year-by-year compilations of hit recordings from the Roaring Twenties are well worth investigating. This volume, focusing upon the year 1925, is much better than the hideous cover photo suggests. Although the people posing artlessly with... |
Various Artists incls Johnny Smith, Jack Wilkins, Django Reinhardt, Baden Powell, Les Paul, etc
Jazz Guitar Giants [ Membran / 4 CD Box Set - released 14/Feb/2011 ] |
Paul Smith
Margins [ Billingham Records / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] Maximo Park's Paul Smith presents his debut solo album, 'Margins', co-produced by Andy Hodson and featuring contributions from Field Music brothers David and Peter Brewis. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Complete Songs vol.3 Felicity Lott (sop) Jennifer Smith (sop) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (ten) Christopher Maltmann (bar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 'recording and presentation are the stuff of dreams. Hyperion has done Fauré proud' - Gramophone |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Complete Songs Vol. 2 Jennifer Smith, Geraldine McGreevy, Felicity Lott and Stella Doufexis, sopranos / John Mark Ainsley and John-Paul Fouchecourt, tenors / Christopher Ma [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "This disc has given me enormous pleasure and will continue to do so, I know. I recommend it urgently" (MusicWeb April 2005) |
John Coulter, Chris Cree Brown, David Downes, John Elmsly, Paul Smith
Sound Dome [ Rattle Records / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] A set of five works created specifically for the sounddome, a 25-loudspeaker instrument designed for composing with space that brings to life a three-dimensional sound world previously conceivable only in the imagination of the composer. |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: King Arthur (Highlights) Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Paul Elliott / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classic Apex / CD - released 14/Jun/2004 ] "Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
Ella Fitzgerald, with Ellis Larkins, Paul Smith and Oscar Peterson
The Complete Piano Duets [ Verve / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] For the first time, all of Ella Fitzgerald's collaborations with pianists recorded for the Decca, Verve and Pablo labels are brought together on the album The Complete Piano Duets. |
KODALY / DOHNANYI
Kodály & Dohnányi: Chamber Works for Strings Simon Smith (violin), Clare Hayes (violin), Paul Silverthorne (viola) & Katherine Jenkinson (cello) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Following on from his acclaimed Resonus debut of solo works by Bartók and Kurtág (Signs, Games & Messages - RES10167), virtuoso violinist Simon Smith returns to the label with an enticing programme of chamber works for strings by Zoltán Kodály and... |
PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2016 ] Choreography Matthew Hart Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev's musical fairy tale, has been delighting children since 1936. Nearly 60 years later, in 1995, the young choreographer Matthew Hart created a witty choreographed version for the Royal Ballet... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] "...Matthew Hart's Peter and the Wolf is one of the most beguiling children's ballets around." The Telegraph |
Jean-Luc Godard / Soundtrack (featuring Dino Saluzzi / David Darling / Patti Smith / Jean Schwartz / Werner Pirchner / Paul Hindemith / etc)
Nouvelle Vague [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] This is the complete soundtrack - music, dialogue, sounds - of Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. |