HANDEL
Rinaldo (complete opera) Deborah York / David Daniels / David Walker / Harry Bicket / Brian Large [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / 2 DVD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] G: "The recording is excellent, with a choice of surround-sound tracks; but newcomers will find the action incomprehensible, especially from the miserable synopsis, and would do better to start with Hogwood." (Gramophone) |
Dennis Lotis & Brian Dee
Mr Dee & Me- Recorded July'99 [ Vocalion / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
KURT WEILL
Weill: Street Scene (Hollywood Bowl Performance recorded in 1949) Dorothy Sarnoff / Norman Atkins / Brian Sullivan / Polyana Stoska / Izler Solomon [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] There are many things to cheer about Kurt Weill and the varied career he led in the American musical theatre, but the sheer unpredictability of it all is what proves most electrifying. |
Brian Eno
Small Craft on a Milk Sea [ Warp / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] Brian Eno's brilliant 25th album sees him producing a collection of tracks that range from gentle piano pieces through to hypnotic, experimental electronic workouts. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Le Willis (complete original production) Ermonela Jaho, Arsen Soghomonyan, Brian Mulligan / Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / CD - released 25/Sep/2019 ] "The chorus and orchestra are both impressive, while conductor Mark Elder delivers a lively and loving account of the score" BBC Music Award Finalist 2020 |
Fiona Mackenzie / Brian Ó hEadhra
Tuath - Songs of the Northlands [ Naxos World / CD - released 20/Jan/2020 ] TUATH is a musical and cultural exploration of the connections between the Gaels and their nearest neighbours. This includes new Gaelic songs written especially for the album, as well as traditional tunes recorded in Danish, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic... |
Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson
Winter In America [ Snapper / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackso
Midnight Band: The First Minut [ Soul Brother / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] |
Harold Budd And Brian Eno
Ambient 2/The Plateaux Of Mirr [ Virgin / CD - released 3/Aug/2009 ] |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Fire and Blood / MotorCity Triptych / Raise the Roof Ida Kafavian (violin) / Brian Jones / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Michael Daugherty is a wonderful composer, and these three pieces make splendid listening. Fire and Blood is a violin concerto, and a damn fine one....Great sonics too." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
DVORAK / MAHLER / SIBELIUS
All Who Wander Jamie Barton (mezzo), Brian Zeger (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 2/Oct/2002 ] "The disc's highlight is the Sibelius, in which the mezzo pours her heart into grand, soaring accounts of some of the composer's most seductive songs." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Solo Vocal |
J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley, Sir Michael Hordern
The Lord of the Rings: v.2: Two Towers: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation [ AudioGO Limited / 13 CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation on 13 gold CDs |
TRADITIONAL
Sephardic Journey Karim Sulayman, Nell Snaidas, Jeffrey Strauss, Amanda Powell, Brian Kay / Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Cast out of Jerusalem, cast out of Spain. The Spanish Jews in their travels absorbed the colorful musical accents of Italy, Turkey and North Africa, including exotic percussion. Apollo's Fire's musical journey interweaves Sephardic folk song with the... |
Luciano Pavarotti, Brian Eno, Bono, Dolores O'Riordan Michael Bolton, Chieftains
Pavarotti and friends-Together for the children of Bosnia [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] The Pavarotti and friends concerts continue |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
Stainer
The Crucifixion Martyn Hill (tenor) / Michael George (bass) / Margaret Philips (organ) / BBC Singers / Leith Hill Festival Singers / Brian Kay [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] Recorded in: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London 13,14 January 1997 |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Marek Janowski, Brian Jagde, Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig [ Pentatone / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] "I enjoyed this recording of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana immensely..conductor Marek Janowski..manages a fresh take on a piece that is (almost!) too often staged and recorded." MusicWeb |
Nostalgia 77 with Brian & Julie Tippett
Nostalgia Sessions [ Tru Thoughts / CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata [complete opera recorded in 2012] BLU-RAY Opera Australia / Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, Jonathan Summers / Brian Castles-Onion (cond) [ Opus Arte Opera Australia Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Emma Matthews's Violetta is exuberant and breathtakingly accurate...she has nothing to fear from close scrutiny and amid what must have been considerable challenges she feels free enough to wow the audience." Gramophone |
OST (Brian Tyler)
Exependables 2 [ Silva Screen / CD - released 24/Aug/2012 ] |