ALMA DEUTSCHER
Deutscher: Cinderella (complete recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera San Jose / Vanessa Becerra, Jonas Hacker, Nathan Stark, Karin Mushegain / Jane Glover (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 18/Dec/2018 ] "As a dramatic construct, the opera's a marvel for one so young...Deutscher starts with two gifts on her side: natural talent (I'll avoid the word genius) and sincerity. Cinderella may be pastiche, but at the same time nothing is fake." BBC Music |
Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave
Wagner - The Mini-Series [ ViaVision Entertainment / 5 DVD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2011 ] A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. |
Vanessa Williams
Greatest Hits - The First Ten Years [ Universal / CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] In 1988, Vanessa Williams released her debut studio album The Right Stuff, whose title single saw moderate success as well as "Dreamin'" which peaked at number 8 in the United States in 1989. With her second and third studio albums. |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kander/Ebb: Kiss of the Spider Woman - The musical Vanessa Williams & Howard McGillin / New 1994 Broadway Cast Recording [ Mercury / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with the book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the Manuel Puig novel El Beso de la Mujer Araña. Directed by Harold Prince, the musical had runs in the West End (1992)... |
BARBARA
Barbara Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis A [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara's music in very different ways." Gramophone |
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound [ Shock Records / CD - released 4/Apr/2012 ] |
Carlton Vanessa
Rabbits On The Run [ CD ] |
FERSINANDO PAER
Il Santo Sepolero (oratorio) Cornelia Horak, Miriam Clark, Vanessa Barkowski, Valer Barna-Sabadus / Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] Together with Johann Simon Mayr, Ferdinando Paër counts as one of the most important opera composers of his day, and he was unable to resist filling his oratorio on Christ's Passion, Il Santo Sepolcro with expressive extremes. Pain and grief contrast... |
LOEILLET
Recorder Sonatas Daniel Rothert (recorder) / Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord) / Vanessa Young (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
Ella Mae Morse
The Morse Code - 50 Classic Original Recordings [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This 50 track 2CD set from Jasmine (What great value for money), includes such hits as The Blacksmith Blues, Patty Cake Man, Cow Cow Boogie and other great toe tapping, finger snapping, booty shaking music... |