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JOHN McCABE
McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (conductor) [ Signum / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] This album brings together three major orchestral works by John McCabe, composed between 1970 and 2007, and reflecting key strands of his musical thought. Symphony No. 2 unfolds as a tightly integrated single span, notable for its rhythmic energy,... |
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ANTHONY RITCHIE
Symphony No 4 "Stations" Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Tom Woods, with Jenny Wollerman (soprano) [ Atoll / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Anthony Ritchie's Symphony No. 4 was written for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and dedicated to "those in Christchurch who have suffered in the [2010/2011] earthquakes". The work's principal point of reference is a publication entitled The Way... |
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Jamila Woods
Water Made Us [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] On her expansive new album Water Made Us, Chicago musician and poet Jamila Woods shines anew as she asks the question, what does it mean to fully surrender to love? Across Water Made Us Jamila embraces new genres, playful melodies, and hypnotizing... |
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CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Gunning: Symphonies 2, 10 & 12 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Christopher Gunning has composed twelve symphonies, as well as concertos for the piano, violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and guitar; many of these have now been recorded. He has also composed many scores for films and television... |
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Quincy Jones, with Phil Woods, Lucky Thompson, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Herbie Mann & Charles Mingus
This Is How I Feel About Jazz [ Impulse! BMG / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] #1-6 were originally issued as "This Is How I Feel About Jazz" (ABC Paramount 149) and #7-12 were originally issued as part of "Go West, Man" (ABC Paramount 186). |
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Phil Woods
Three Classic Albums Plus (Four Altos / Phil Talks With Quill / Phil & Quill With Prestige) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] |
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Phil Woods
Three Classic Albums Plus (The Young Bloods / Bird Feathers / Birds Night: A Memorial Concert Dedicated To The Music Of Charlie Parker) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] |
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Roy Woods
Exis (LP) [ Ovo Sound / Warner / LP - released 1/Oct/2021 ] Originally released in 2015, this 6-track EP features the smash singles "Drama" (featuring Drake) and "Get You Good". |
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Ben Woods
Dispeller (LP) [ Melted Icecream / LP - released 15/Jul/2022 ] On Dispeller, Woods' intimate experiments in rock paint a vivid portrait. Here, the New Zealand artist leans comfortably into intuition and abstraction. Expansive arrangements are anchored by heavy-lidded prose, while carrying the air of the portside... |
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Ben Woods
Put (LP) [ Melted Icecream / LP - released 18/Oct/2019 ] With the release of his debut album PUT, Ben Woods establishes himself as the poster boy of a new, more personal phase of the 'Antipodean Gothic': a term, penned by the writer Jasmine Gallagher, which describes the dark output spilling from outsider... |
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Jamila Woods
Heavn [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Woods first became known as the eloquent heart within the choir arrangements of Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment's "Sunday Candy." The singer/songwriter made a few more key appearances on Macklemore's polarizing "White Privilege II" and... |
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Jamila Woods
Legacy! Legacy! (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 10/May/2019 ] Jamila Woods has a voice and lyrical sensibility that transcends generations, and so it makes sense to have this lush and layered album that bounces seamlessly from one sonic aesthetic to another. This was the case on 2016's HEAVN, which found Woods... |
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Jamila Woods
Heavn (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 6/Oct/2017 ] A frequent guest vocalist in the hip-hop, jazz and soul world, Jamila has emerged as a once-in-a-generation voice on her soul-stirring debut. Hailed by Pitchfork as, "a singular mix of clear-eyed optimism and Black girl magic," HEAVN is the... |
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Roy Woods
Waking At Dawn (Expanded Edition LP) [ Ovo Sound / Warner / LP - released 1/Oct/2021 ] Waking at Dawn was released in 2016 as a follow-up to Roy's debut EP, Exis. The project features the hit single, "Gwan Big Up Urself", inspired by his Caribbean roots & brought to life by Jamaican producer KRS. Another critically acclaimed single... |
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Woods
Find Them Empty (7") [ Sacred Bones / 7in - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
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BUSONI / DEBUSSY / FALLA / GRANADA / TURINA / etc.
Turina: Rapsodia Sinfonica Valerie Tryon (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Woods [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] SOMM has embarked on an exciting new series of recordings with the RPO and pianist Valerie Tryon and conductor Kenneth Woods. |
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HANS GAL
Violin Concerto / Violin Concertino / Triptych for Orchestra Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) / Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Woods [ Avie Records / CD - released 22/Aug/2011 ] "Woods directs a highly polished account [of Triptych] but the orchestral playing throughout is most assured. Avie's sound is excellent but it is the music that compels attention. Strongly recommended." (Gramophone) |
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JOHN JOUBERT
Jane Eyre: An Opera In Two Acts April Fredrick, David Stout, English Symphony Orchestra, Gwion Thomas, Kenneth Woods, Mark Milhofer [ Somm / 2 CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] With this new release SOMM pays an affectionate tribute to John Joubert who is turns 90 in March 2017. It also adds a veritable gem to the operatic catalogue: the world première of his 2-Act Opera Jane Eyre recorded live during a concert performance... |
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Hans Gál
Concertino for Cello and Strings; Solo Cello Sonata; Solo Cello Suite Matthew Sharp (cello) / Kenneth Woods / English Symphony Orchestra [ AVIE / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Bringing to light another of Hans Gál's gorgeously melodic and finely crafted scores, AVIE presents the world premiere recording of the Austrian émigré's Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra with Matthew Sharp supported by Gál aficionado... |
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HANS GAL
Symphony No. 2 (with Schumann - Symphony No. 4) Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods [ Avie Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Kenneth Woods and Orchestra of the Swan continue their revelatory cycle pairing the symphonies of Hans Gál and Robert Schumann, with Gál's Second and Schumann's Fourth. |