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. |
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) |
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... |
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... |
Carol Woods
Out Of The Woods [ Fantastic Voyage / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] Carol Woods was born in Jamaica, New York in 1943. She was deeply influenced by her grandfather, a Pentecostal minister, and her mother Marion Jones, which led her to become lead singer with the local church choir. Originally Carol only sang gospel... |
The Deep Dark Woods
Winter Hours [ CD ] |
Herbie Mann / Phil Woods
Beyond Brooklyn [ Telarc Records / CD - released 6/Sep/2004 ] Mann's final recording captures the collaborative spirit of two masters with their first album together in nearly fifty years. |
Jamila Woods
Heavn (Limited Edition White Vinyl LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 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... |
Jamila Woods
Legacy! Legacy! (Pink Vinyl 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... |
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... |
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. |
HANS GAL
Symphony No. 3 (with Schumann - Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”) Orchestra of the Swan / Kenneth Woods [ Avie Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] "a committed performance of a work that grows on me with each hearing...Woods provides a strong reading and the disc as a whole, with splendid sound, is warmly recommended." (Gramophone) |
HANS GAL
Symphony No. 4 (with Schumann - Symphony No. 2, in C) Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods [ Avie Records / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "The Orchestra of the Swan provide a quietly compelling account, relishing the many solos, duos and textural intricacies that Gal wrings from his orchestra. Their account of Schumann's C major brings playing necessarily of great fire." Editor's... |
Phil Quintet Woods
Heaven [ Black Hawk / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
Phil Woods
Musique Du Bois [ CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
DEBORAH PRITCHARD / ROBERT SAXTON / JOHN MCGABE
Psalm: Contemporary British Trumpet Concertos Simon Desbruslais (trumpet) / Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods & David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Seeking to expand the trumpet's repertoire of concerto and orchestra works, Simon Desbruslais was inspired after performing Robert Saxton's Psalm to help comission the three remaining works on this programme. |
James Moody/Paul Horn/Lou Donaldson/Jimmy Woods
Alto Sax - Four Classic Albums (Last Train From Overbrook/Something Blue/Sunny Side Up/Awakening) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] AVID Jazz is proud to introduce an exciting new addition to our Four Classic Album series, Four Classic Jazz Instrumentalists. We continue with Four Classic Jazz Alto Saxophonists, a re-mastered 2CD set complete with original artwork, liner notes and... |
Various Artists / Mixed by Marcel Woods & Wippenberg
Godskitchen [ Central Station / 3 CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] This 3 CD set includes all the current biggest and best future Trance, House and Electro anthems from the exploding festival circuits. |
Various - Phil Woods / Red Rodney / Monte Alexander / Rufus Reid / Roy Haynes
Tribute to Charlie Parker - Birdland [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 19/Jan/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 38 Minutes - PAL Includes :- -Musician biography and discographies -Charlie Parker tribute Jazz legend Charlie Parker's range,... |
Various - The Phil Woods Quartet / The Jon Hendricks Group
Tribute to Charlie Parker - Birdmen [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 19/Jan/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 65 Minutes - PAL Recorded at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, 1990, this tribute to the most daring jazz innovator of his generation.... |