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BIRTWISTLE
Punch and Judy: A tragical comedy or a comical tragedy Stephen Roberts, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, David Wilson- Johnson & John Tomlinson / London Sinfonietta / David Atherton [ NMC / 2 CD - released 15/May/2007 ] ‘As a whole the opera loses none of its powerful and sustained impact when compared with Birtwistle’s own more mature compositions. If anything, its startling primitivisms stand out more vividly, while its not inconsiderable moments of reflection and... |
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RACHMANINOV
The Bells / Vocalise / Dances from 'Aleko' / Capriccio bohemien Suzanne Murphy (soprano) Keith Lewis (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Rachmaninov, one of the twentieth-century's most enduringly popular composers, is represented here with acclaimed performances of some of his greatest compositions. |
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Syl Johnson
Complete Mythology [ Numero / 4 CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] The self-proclaimed "most sampled artist ever," Syl finally gets his due on this 4CD box covering his most productive period, 1959 through 1972. Collected for the first time are all of Syl's Federal, Twinight, Zachron, Special Agent, Cha Cha, and... |
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Syl Johnson
Do You Know What Soul Is (LP) [ Numero / LP - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Culling together records from a host of short-lived indie labels, Do You Know What Soul Is? finds Syl Johnson at his most industrious. Heard here developing his chops as a writer/producer, Mr. Johnson knows what soul is. |
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Syl Johnson
Dresses Too Short (LP) [ Numero / LP - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
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Syl Johnson
Is It Because I'm Black (LP) [ Numero / LP - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
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Syl Johnson
Mississippi Mainman [ HARMLESS / CD - released 14/Dec/2012 ] |
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Syl Johnson
My Gift (LP) [ Numero / LP - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Every side of every 45 from Syl Johnson's formative years on the Federal Label. Recorded between 1959 and 1962, My Gift is an exemplary collection of early R&B that blends Chicago blues with fiery soul. Cut from the original master tapes, these early... |
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Syl Johnson Meets Smokey Smothers
Chicago Blues: The 60s New Breed [ Jasmine / CD - released 12/May/2022 ] Two artists who recorded for the legendary FEDERAL label in 1959 and 1960. 24 tracks offering a perfect snapshot of the R&B scene at the time, several of which include the guitar work of blues legend Freddie King. Experience the sounds that had... |
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ALBENIZ
Merlin (complete opera recorded in 2003) Teatro Real Madrid / David Wilson-Johnson / Stuart Skelton / Eva Marton / Carol Vaness / Jose De Eusebio (cond) [ Kultur / BBC / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] G :- "From its opening stage scene, as dawn breaks outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on a Christmas Morning to the final curtain, with the sun setting behind Madrid's encircling mountains, turning the Plaza de Oriente and the Teatro Real pink,... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante / Gran Concerto in F sharp minor / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 1 / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "At the heart of most of the music by Bottesini which I have heard, there is an essential simplicity, a kind of directness of feeling, a sense of social conversation, which while it may not make for music of great profundity certainly led Bottesini... |
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ANTON WEBERN
Webern: Vocal and Orchestral Works - 5 Pieces / 5 Sacred Songs / Variations / Bach-Musical Offering: Ricercar Tony Arnold / Claire Booth / David Wilson-Johnson / Simon Joly Chorale / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Many of the performances are by the Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, a group of veteran New York new-music players who could just as well call themselves the Robert Craft All-Stars…their interpretations reflect Mr. Craft's half century of... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Songs: Volume 1 [2 CD set] Various artists including Andrew Tortise, Ben Johnson, Caryl Hughes, Philip Smith & Nicky Spence [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "James Geer, a tenor with an instinct for the inflection of poetry that matches the composer's own, offers 'A Dirge'...Katherine Broderick brings by turns a forlorn beauty and a fiery plangency to the Pushkin settings of The Poet's Echo" (Financial... |
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Watanabe/Johnson
Various: Summer Song [ Profil / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] |
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Wilko Johnson
The Best Of [ Cadiz / 2 LP - released 18/Apr/2014 ] Collected together for the first time on CD, these two volumes present the finest recordings of one of the most idiosyncratic and iconic guitarists in Rock history, Wilko Johnson, who was a founding member of seminal UK Rock/R&B act Dr Feelgood and... |
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Wilko Johnson
I Keep It To Myself The Best Of [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Continuing his association with the reactivated Chess imprint, the label that issued so many of the tunes that inspired him in his youth, I Keep It To Myself - The Best Of Wilko Johnson draws together 25 tracks recorded between 2008 and 2012 by the... |
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Wilko Johnson
Blow Your Mind [ Universal Music / CD - released 15/Jun/2018 ] Wilko's first album of new material in 30 + years! Recorded at Rockfield Studios, where famously Wilko and the Feelgoods parted company back in '77. Guests on the album are Mick Talbot on keyboards and Steve Weston on harmonica, both of whom were... |
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Will Johnson
El Captain (LP) [ Keeled Scales / LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] El Capitan is Will Johnson's 7th studio album, released less than a year after Wire Mountain. While this is a collection of songs written on the road, they're given a polished studio treatment, albeit a bit more subdued and restrained than Wire... |