Armin Van Buuren
10 Years [ 405 Recordings / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
PUCCINI
100 Best Puccini (excerpts from La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and others) Various Artists including Roberto Alagna, Josa Van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Tear, etc [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In 2008 the world celebrated the 150th anniversary on 22 December of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and perhaps the last in the line of the gifted melodists and dramatists to shape the genre... |
Ricky Van Shelton
16 Biggest Hits [ Sony Music / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] American imported "best of" collection. |
QUANTZ / GALUPPI / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / GIORDANI / etc
18-th Century Flute Concertos Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen (traverso) / Musica ad Rhenum (with Lex Vos, Paul van der Linden, oboes) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] The six Italian concerti recorded here were all written within 60 years. They show remarkable variety. Of these the Galuppi and the Ferrandini are the most extreme with sometimes weird harmonies. |
Van Halen
1984 [ Warner Bros. / CD - released 8/Mar/2001 ] A timeless hard rock masterpiece! Originally released in 1984, this superior reissue CD has been digitally remastered. |
Van Halen
1984 (LP) [ Warner Bros. / LP - released 26/Sep/2011 ] 30th Anniversary reissue of the classic Van Halen album on 180g Vinyl At the time of its release, much of the fuss surrounding 1984 involved Van Halen's adoption of synthesizers on this, their sixth album -- a hoopla that was a bit of a red... |
LOUSIS VIERNE
24 Pieces de Fantaisie Ben van Oosten (organ) [ MDG / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Van Oosten paces Vierne´s miles of tonal corridors with sympathy." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
50 Best Bach (3 CDs special price) Nancy Argenta, Bob van Asperen, Fabio Biondi, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Herreweghe, Monica Huggett, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] An amazing selection of period performances of the greatest pieces of Bach recorded by some of today's top musicians. |
Van Halen
5150 [ Warner Bros. Records / CD - released 8/Sep/2005 ] '5150' was the first (and easily the best) Van Halen album with Sammy Hagar as Roth replacement. Includes "Why Can't This Be Love" & "Dreams". |
ATTILIO ARIOSTI
Ariosti: 6 Cantatas (with Trio Sonatas by Locatelli & Vivaldi) Laurie Reviol, soprano / Truike van der Poel, contralto / Musica Solara [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "Excellent performances of six cantatas which make one understand why Ariosti was a successful opera composer" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
The Dick Van Dyke Show
7 Of The Best [ Possum / DVD - released 16/Jan/2015 ] The "Dick Van Dyke Show" centres around the life of Rob Petrie, a New York Comedy writer who lives in Suburban new Rochelle with his wife Laura and son Ritchie, plus a pair of zany next door neighbours, Jerry and Millie Helper. Rob is the head of the... |
Townes Van Zandt
Abnormal [ Normal Records / CD - released 29/Oct/2002 ] American imported disc. |
Van Morrison
Accentuate The Positive [ Virgin / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Like this year's acclaimed 'Moving On Skiffle', 'Accentuate The Positive' sees Van Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions: this time rock 'n' roll. Growing up in Belfast shortly after World War II, he was immensely inspired by the heady... |
Van Morrison
Accentuate The Positive (Limited Edition LP) [ Virgin / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Like this year's acclaimed 'Moving On Skiffle', 'Accentuate The Positive' sees Van Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions: this time rock 'n' roll. Growing up in Belfast shortly after World War II, he was immensely inspired by the heady... |
Van Morrison
Accentuate The Positive (LP) [ Virgin / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Like this year's acclaimed 'Moving On Skiffle', 'Accentuate The Positive' sees Van Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions: this time rock 'n' roll. Growing up in Belfast shortly after World War II, he was immensely inspired by the heady... |
ROLF WALLIN
Act Kroumata Percussion Ensemble / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / John Axelrod / Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Jaap van Zweden [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Act" is the première recording on Ondine of Norvegian composer Rolf Wallin - one of Scandinavia's leading composers and a figure of increasingly international renown who celebrates his 50th birthday in 2007. Three of his works are featured in world... |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Piano Music (LP) Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / LP - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The LP version of a highly successful CD issue of the complete piano music by John Adams (born 1947). "Minimalism, but not as you know it", thus described The Guardian the John Adams' music. John Adams is active in almost every musical genre,... |
Barry Van Zyl
African Heartbeat - Drums and Percussion from Southern Africa [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] In his first solo album, Barry Van Zyl, world-renowned South African percussionist and drummer with the Johnny Clegg Band since 1999, presents his interpretation of the rhythms and feels of southern African drumming. The album combines musical and... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Concertos for Trombone and Trumpet Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Alain De Rudder (trumpet), Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS / CD - released 10/Dec/2018 ] Hugely prolific as well as widely acclaimed, Kalevi Aho has composed 30 concertos to date. Many of them are available in recordings from BIS, and the present release features two works from the past decade. The Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra was... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Double and Triple Concertos Dimitri Mestdag, Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Storioni Trio (Wouter Vossen, violin), Marc Vossen (cello), Bart van de Roer (piano), Antwerp Symphony Orch [ BIS / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Two recent and unusual concertos from the prolific Finnish composer. |