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JONAS SJØVAAG
Sunday Songs Jonas Sjøvaag (vocals, synthesizers, drums), Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals), Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle), André Roligheten (saxophone) etc. [ NXN Recordings / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Sunday Songs is the latest vocal album from Jonas Sjøvaag. It features a series of songs based on lyrics written in Florence in the spring of 2019, under a scorching sun on a rooftop in the eastern part of the city; the music followed during... |
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BACH / TARREGA / AGUARDO / ALBENIZ / MARTIN / etc
Guitar Recital Jose Antonio Escobar, Guitar [ Naxos Laureate Series / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] "Escobar's tone is outstanding" (American Record Guide) |
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Massenet,
Lieder José Carreras, Edoardo Müller [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Aug/2012 ] |
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MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci (highlights from the operas) José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballé, Astrid Varnay, Thomas Allen / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ EMI Highlights / CD - released 14/Aug/2011 ] "Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment … Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both of his roles - they are among his best achievements on records." |
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José González
Local Valley (LP) [ City Slang / LP - released 17/Sep/2021 ] Local Valley, José González's long awaited fourth album, serves as a relieving reminder that you don't have to be loud to be heard. Local Valley provides a welcome reminder of the Gothenburg, Sweden-based artist's understated appeal and singular... |
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José González
Local Valley (Limited Edition LP) [ City Slang / LP - released 17/Sep/2021 ] Local Valley, José González's long awaited fourth album, serves as a relieving reminder that you don't have to be loud to be heard. Local Valley provides a welcome reminder of the Gothenburg, Sweden-based artist's understated appeal and singular... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jose Iturbi: The Victor & HMV Solo Recordings 1933-55 José Iturbi (piano) [ Appian APR / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "Beethoven's Andante favori is a model of tenderness and poise...also prominently displays that inerrant rhythmic undergirding that lends Iturbi's interpretations, regardless of shifts in interpretative fashion, their perennial freshness" Gramophone |
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ROBERT BEASER
Beaser: Guitar Concerto José Serebrier, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Eliot Fisk [ Linn / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] Conducting legend José Serebrier, together with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, performs the premiere recording of four works by contemporary American composer, Robert Beaser. Two of the works, Notes on a Southern Sky and the Guitar... |
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SAMUEL ADLER
José Serebrier Conducts Samuel Adler [Symphony No 6 / Cello Concerto] Maximilian Hornung (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Linn / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] Conducting legend José Serebrier, together with the RSNO, performs a programme of works by the hugely influential American composer Samuel Adler, including the world premiere of his Sixth Symphony. |
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DUKAS
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Recorded live at Gran Teatre del Liceu, June & July 2011) José van Dam, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet / Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane Denève (conductor) & Claus Guth (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] José van Dam is cast as the villainous Barbe-bleue, while taking on the immensely demanding role of Ariane - who does not leave the stage throughout the entire opera - is American soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet. |
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Jose Alberto
Herido [ Rykodisc / CD - released 22/Nov/1999 ] |
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JOSE ANTONIO ESCOBAR
Guitar Music of Chile Jose Antonio Escobar (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] A new generation of Chilean composers, influenced by national folkloric traditions and the best of contemporary music, is featured in a programme of varied styles, rhythms and concepts. The music of Violeta Parra in guitar arrangements is also... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
José Carreras: A Life In Music José Carreras (tenor) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2016 ] This new 2 CD collection, José Carreras - A LIFE IN MUSIC, features the one of the most acclaimed tenors the world has known, at his very best. Not only is Carreras a superstar in his own right, he was one of the legendary 'Three Tenors', alongside... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Jose Carreras Collection Jose Carreras (tenor) with various guests, orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] Known to the wider public, together with his older colleagues Plácido Domingo and the late Luciano Pavarotti, as one of the legendary Three Tenors, the Catalan Spaniard José Carreras was already a major star in the world's opera houses. |
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GIMENEZ / VERDI / DONIZETTI / CATALANI / BARBIERI / BIZET / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTIABLE: Gala Lirica (recorded live May 1991) Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, Alfredo Kraus / Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Various conductors [ RCARed Seal / CD - released 22/Jul/1992 ] Recorded live at the inauguration of the Gran Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, May 10, 1991. |
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THE THREE TENORS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Three (3) Tenors In Concert 1990 [The original recording] Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta [ Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Original Masters / CD - released 12/Dec/1999 ] This is a special collector's Mobile fidelity gold CD edition. |
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TRADITIONAL
The Three Tenors Christmas Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti / Vienna Symphony, Steven Mercurio [ Bank Austria / Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Resplendent in voice and manner, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording. |
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MASSENET / VERDI / ROSSINI / MASSENET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Jose Carreras - The Philips Years Jose Carreras (tenor), with Montserrat Caballé, Katia Ricciarelli, Agnes Baltsa, Frederica von Stade, etc [ Philips / 21 CD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2023 ] Celebrating one of the most remarkable tenors of our time, this 21-CD set brings together the legendary Philips recital recordings of José Carreras: 17 CDs of recitals discs including Spanish and popular songs, plus highlights from complete operas. |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Jose Carreras: Operas Arias Jose Carreras (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 6 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] " . . . José Carreras is certainly caught in his prime in his two collections . . . [offering worthwhile rarities] in what is surely some of the most sheerly beautiful tenor singing from its period . . . BBC Music Magazine " . . . a thrillingly... |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / LEONCAVALLO / FRANCK / etc
José Carreras - The Great Carreras Jose Carreras (tenor). with Katia Ricciarelli, Frederica von Stade, various orchestras [ Philips / CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "Carreras's Cavaradossi is one of his best recorded performances: the voice untarnished, the line ample, and if he's tempted at times to over-sing one forgives the fault for the sake of his poetic ardour" (Gramophone on Tosca) |