West Side Story / Guys and Dolls
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Marlo Brando, Jean Simmons & Frank Sinatra [ 20th Century Fox DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, & Frank Sinatra. |
Go West
Go West (2022 Remaster LP) [ ADA / Warner / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] Go West's debut album is celebrated here with an expanded 35th Anniversary edition. Originally forming in 1982, Peter Cox and Richard Drummie signed to Chrysalis Records in 1984 on the back of hearing demo versions of their breakthrough hits 'We... |
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Vol 3. A Child's Guide To Good And Evil (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band make an interesting case for being one of the era's more unclassifiable bands. Vol 3. A Child's Guide To Good And Evil was a great example of this. This album is considered to be the band's most accomplished... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Symphony 1 / Essays Nos.1 & 2 / Night Flight/ Music from Scene from Shelley/ Knoxville (Summer of 1915) London Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Molly McGurk (soprano), David Measham (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "Measham proves a splendid advocate of the Symphony, securing a passionately committed performance… The Essays for Orchestra are also very well played, as is the hauntingly evocative movement Night Flight" © Penguin Guide 3 stars |
Kanye West
Donda [ Universal / 2 CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Kanye West delivers a deluxe release of the record-shattering Donda, featuring 4 additional tracks along with highly anticipated fan-favorite verses from Andre 3k, Kid Cudi and more. The next release from one of "the most influential pop stars of... |
West Side Story Cast
West Side Story (OST) (Gatefold Double LP) [ Universal / 2 LP - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Experience the greatest love story ever told with the music from Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, featuring all new recordings performed by the cast. |
W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Mozart / Strauss: Oboe Concertos Cristina Gómez Godoy (oboe) / West Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Godoy's tone is rich and velvety, and ideally suited to the ecstatic, songful outpouring of Strauss's 1945 Oboe Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2022 |
SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY
Martha Argerich and David Barenboim perform Schubert and Tchaikovsky Martha Argerich (piano) David Barenboim (conductor) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Unitel Edition / Blu-ray - released 23/Oct/2021 ] Acclaimed by critics as an evening of superlative, Martha Argerich - arguably the greatest living pianist - joins Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for an unforgettable interpretation of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.... |
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. |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 East-West Chamber Orchestra, Rostislav Krimer [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Symphonic thinking dominated Mieczysław Weinberg's final decade, and these chamber symphonies are part of an interrelated sequence that reworks and cites earlier pieces. |
Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Triple Gatefold LP) [ Universal / 3 LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] As fatiguing as it is invigorating, as cold-blooded as it is heart-rending, as haphazardly splattered as it is meticulously sculpted, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an extraordinarily complex 70-minute set of songs. Listening to it, much like... |
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... |
TOBY YOUNG
Beowulf Timothy West, Elin Manahan Thomas / Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks [ Signum Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] The story of Beowulf, although thousands of years old, is still loved by many all over the world. This recording of a new musical telling of the story, composed by Toby Young, blurs traditional sense of the genre of classical music by merging it with... |
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. |
Kanye West
Jesus Is King [ GOOD Music / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Jesus Is King is the ninth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released on October 25, 2019, through GOOD Music and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. The album follows a Christian theme, with West describing it as "an... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Symphony No 7 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "This is a fine, generously-filled and well-recorded album of Beethoven's music, in traditional performances that are very good." MusicWeb May 2020 |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ešenvalds: There Will Come Soft Rains The Pacific Lutheran Choir of the West [ Signum / CD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] "This new release can stand proudly against all rivals. Richard Nance has polished his Pacific Lutheran choristers to perfection. Balance and tuning are beyond reproach, with superb control of a full dynamic range." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
PELLEGRINI / PICCININI / PURCELL
From the Ground Up: Chaconnes Samuel West, Baba Israel (narrator) O/MODƏRNT, Hugo Ticciati [ Signum / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Originating as a sexy dance in South America, the 'chacona' crossed the Atlantic and established itself in Spain as an irresistible temptation. In 1615, it was banned from Spanish theatres for being 'lascivious, dishonest, offensive to pious ears',... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 'Sinfonia Antartica' & 9 in E minor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Andrew Manze (conductor), Rowan Pierce (soprano), Timothy West (narrator) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 9/May/2019 ] For any Vaughan Williams lover, this series of recordings is well worth the acquaintance for its probing, sympathetic interpretations and beauty of sound" Gramophone |
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The
Part One (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 17/Aug/2018 ] The bizarre psychedelic rock music from The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band came to life on their second album Part One. It features a diversity of compositions by, among others, Frank Zappa and P.F. Sloan. Its is the most song-oriented album... |