BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for All: Symphonies 1-9 Daniel Barenboim / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Decca Music Group / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2012 ] Decca's five-disc set, from Daniel Barenboim, of the most revolutionary and influential symphony cycle ever composed was recorded with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Cologne during August 2011. |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Morning Heroes / Hymn to Apollo Samuel West (orator) / BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "This is a splendid disc. The performance standard is extremely high and Ralph Couzens' engineering is excellent. Similarly excellent are the notes by Andrew Burn. Bliss devotees should acquire this as a matter of urgency" (Recording of the Month MW |
The Broken West
I Can't Go On, I'll Go On [ Longtime Listener Records / CD - released 27/Mar/2007 ] On their debut full-length, this American group have delivered a true power pop gem - shimmering and cool, with sharp edges and soaring melodies. |
The Broken West
Now or Heaven [ Longtime Listener / CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] Our heroes from LA have returned, eschewing their ragged rootsiness and delivering a succinct statement of super-tight, highly melodic pop. This version of 'Now or Heaven' includes an exclusive bonus track. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass No. 16 'Coronation Mass' / Missa longa Carolina Ullrich, Marie Henriette Reinhold, Angelo Pollak, Konstantin Krimmel /Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Cologne Chamber, Christoph Poppen [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] The occasion for the composition of Mozart's Missa longa is still a matter of speculation, but the Mass remains an exceptional work with its elaborate choral writing, extended orchestration and dramatic changes. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the Salzburg Festival 2019 Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are not only an internationally-acclaimed touring orchestra but also a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the legendary Martha Argerich. Argerich, gives an... |
POULENC / AURIC / TAILLEFERRE / MILHAUD / DUREY / HONEGGER
L'Album des Six Emily Beynon (flute) Andrew West (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Hyperion has enriched the catalogs with far more than its fair share of superb releases, and this is yet another one… urgently recommended to everyone who has even a passing interest in fine flute-playing or works of this period" (Fanfare) |
BRUNO WALTER / RICHARD STRAUSS / JOSEPH MARX
Lieder Recital Emma Bell (soprano) / Andrew West (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "This is an intensely attractive and thoughtfully constructed recital." (MusicWeb Sept 2005) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (Complete opera) Felicity Palmer / Deborah Polaski / Anne Schwanewilms / West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov [ Profil Medien / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2010 ] BBC Music Magazine: Opera Choice - March 2006 |
GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1 Jacques Zoon, Fenwick Smith (flutes) Malcolm Lowe (violin) John Ferrillo (oboe), Sally Pinkas (piano) Jayne West (soprano) Andrew Pearce (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
PIERRE RODE
Rode: Violin Concertos Nos. 7, 10, 13 Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) / South West German Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern / Nicolas Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Mr. Eichhorn plays with a sweet and airy tone… There is ample technical display to support Rode's reputation as a virtuoso, and Eichhorn carries off florid passages with ease." MusicWeb |
Go West
Aces and Kings: The Best of Go West [ Capitol Records / CD - released 2/Nov/1993 ] American import. |
Hedy West
Hedy West & Volume 2 [ CD - released 26/Oct/2012 ] |
WILLIAM WALTON / CONSTANT LAMBERT
Walton/Lambert: Façades James Geer (tenor) Andrew West, Ronald Woodley (piano) [ Somm / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Façades takes its title from Walton's era-defining "entertainment", heard here in arrangements for four-hand piano of its two orchestral Suites by Lambert - regarded by Walton as the definitive reciter of Edith Sitwell's nonsense verses. |
Jay Z & Kanye West
Watch the Throne [ Def Jam / CD - released 18/Aug/2011 ] For this project, music icons and pop culture visionaries Jay-Z and Kanye West have joined their extraordinary talents to form the group 'The Throne'. |
PHILIP GLASS
The Juniper Tree (an opera in two acts) Jayne West (soprano) Sanford Sylvan (baritone) Lynne Torgrove (soprano) Valerie Walters (mezzo) / The Juniper Tree Opera Orchestra / Michael Riesman [ Orange Mountain / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] An opera co-composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran, libretto by Arthur Yorinks based on the tale by the Brothers Grimm |
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Shakespeare Overtures Volume 1 Joel Marangella (oboe) / Jay Harrison (cor anglais) / Ashley Arbuckle (violin) / Michael Goldschlager (cello) / West Australian Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 3 (with John Barbirolli - Elizabeth Suite) Lucretia West (alto) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Testament / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2005 ] Recorded 1969 & 1964 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 1993) John Cheek, Jon Garrison, Jeffrey Johnson, Shirley Love, Melvin Lowery, Jane West, Wendy White, Arthur Woodley / Robert Craft [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "That we have such a direct link to Stravinsky's living thoughts and intentions in Robert Craft and such a powerful performance makes this recording as much a 'must have' as the composer's own." (MusicWeb July 2009) |
Kanye West
Graduation [ Universal Music / CD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] Kanye's third album, 'Graduation' is one of the most anticipated albums of 2007, which features the smash singles "Stronger" and "Can't Tell Me Nothing". This NZ edition also contains a bonus track. |