Smith Westerns
Soft Will [ CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [complete opera] Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Edith Haller / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "a swift, light, comic reading of the score, more Lortzing than Tristan...Albert Dohmen sounded at home across the whole spectrum of Sachs's poetry, wistfulness and wit" (Gramophone Award Finalist 2012 - Opera) |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins & Yvonne de Carlo / 1971 Original Broadway Cast [ Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2012 ] Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. |
W.A. MOZART
Concerto for Flute and Harpe, Sinfonia concertante KV 297b Anderson (Oboe) Collins (Clar) Smith (Flute) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Sinopoli conducts a programme of Mozart |
Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell
Lebroba [ ECM / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Andrew Cyrille's title Lebroba is a contraction of Leland, Brooklyn and Baltimore, birthplaces of the protagonists of an album bringing together three of creative music's independent thinkers. Each of them made his first ECM appearance long ago:... |
Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell
Lebroba (LP) [ ECM / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Andrew Cyrille's title Lebroba is a contraction of Leland, Brooklyn and Baltimore, birthplaces of the protagonists of an album bringing together three of creative music's independent thinkers. Each of them made his first ECM appearance long ago:... |
SAINT-SAENS
Organ Music (Incls 'Preludes & Fugues' & 'Fantaisie No 3, Op 157') Andrew-John Smith (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] 'The charm and elegance of these preludes, fugues and fantasies … brilliantly played by the hugely talented Smith on the great Cavaillé-Coll instrument that Saint-Saëns knew' (Observer) |
SAINT-SAENS
Organ Music Volume 2 Andrew-John Smith (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2011 ] "The preludes and fugues make a sharply contrasted trio: the first and last, in D minor and C, are grand in scale and conception; the second, in G, is much more compact and relaxed. Smith makes full use of the resources of the Madeleine instrument to... |
SAINT-SAENS
Organ Music Volume 3 Andrew-John Smith (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "The mighty Fantasie pour orgue-Aeolian, complete with tubular bells, written for the new American Aeolian organ in 1906, sounds epic on this vast, brooding instrument, so splendidly tamed by the dextrous Smith." (Observer) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione (complete oratorio) Annick Massis, Jennifer Smith / Les Musiciens Du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ ARCHIV / 2 CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] La Resurrezione (HWV 47) is a sacred oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652-1728). Capece was court poet to Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome. It was first performed on the... |
Arild Andersen/Tommy Smith/Pao Vinaccia
Live At Belleville [ ECM / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] |
Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith
Have A Little Fun [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Here we present yet more of Mr. Smith but with the emphasis definitely on the vocals - and humour a-plenty. Arthur Smith could play guitar, pluck the banjo, master the fiddle, write a tune - and sing a song in good ole Country fashion. |
Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith
Here Comes The Boogie Man - The Original Recordings [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] This CD compilation of original Arthur Smith instrumental recordings shows the versatility of the man as both an accomplished and innovative guitarist. |
Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith
One Good Boogie Deserves Another [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] This compilation focuses heavily on the 'boogie' aspects of Arthur Smith's recordings, many with their unmistakable 'Roots of Rock 'N' Roll' feel. The three early hits are included, duplicating "Guitar Boogie" and "Boomerang" from the previous... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded live in 2009) BLU-RAY Bayreuth Festival / Robert Dean Smith, Robert Holl, Irene Theorin, Jukka Rasilainen / Peter Schneider (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2010 ] G - 'In Tristan the standard of conducting and singing is high. Peter Schneider draws seamless playing from the orchestra, contouring Wagner's long arcs of sound as only someone of his experience can do.' The Financial Times |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Arapatiki Ben Hoadley (bassoon) Stephen de Pledge (piano) with Richard Nunns, Aroha Yates-Smith, Janet Roddick & others [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Smaller-scale Whitehead, all pieces based on a single artistic theme - and featuring solo bassoonist Ben Hoadley. |
Bessie Smith
The Anthology (2CD) [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 14/May/2010 ] |
Bessie Smith
Blues Queen: The Definitive Collection [ Phoenix / CD - released 31/Oct/2011 ] |
Bessie Smith
Chapter 1 [ CD/Book ] |
Bessie Smith
Downhearted Blues [ Naxos Jazz Legends / CD - released 3/Feb/2003 ] |