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Marlon Williams
My Boy [ Virgin Music Australia / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] My Boy, the third solo record from New Zealand singer/songwriter Marlon Williams, announces an artist emerging anew. Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice - in his place comes a playful, shapeshifting... |
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Marlon Williams
Te Whare Tīwekaweka [ Marlon Williams Music / Universal / CD - released 4/Apr/2025 ] "Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori" goes the Māori whakatauki (proverb) that has guided Aotearoa singer/songwriter Marlon Williams'(Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) fourth solo album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Translated, it means "The Māori language is a... |
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Marlon Williams
Te Whare Tīwekaweka (One Year Anniversary Limited Edition Green Vinyl LP) [ Marlon Williams Music / Universal / LP - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Marlon Williams marks the first anniversary of Te Whare Tīwekaweka with a limited edition green vinyl pressing of the album. |
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MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
Itzhak Perlman - Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] "...This disc contains arrangements of film scores for violin and orchestra. Perlman's playing is lovely, as always; the arrangements are pleasant and well played..." American Record Guide |
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Pixie Williams
For the Record - The Pixie Williams Collection [ Blue Smoke Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] A stunning new digitally re-mastered collection of Pixie Williams' songs. Recorded 60+ years ago, these songs have never sounded so good. In 1949, Pixie Williams gave voice to one of the most enduring popular melodies of the 20th century: Blue... |
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Robbie Williams
Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Columbia / CD - released 17/Jan/2025 ] Includes songs featured in 'Better Man' - all re-recorded and arranged especially for the movie. Robbie's musical biopic film 'Better Man' hits cinemas and sees Robbie William's portrayed as a CGI monkey throughout... Based on the true story of... |
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Robbie Williams
The Christmas Present [ Epic / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] Robbie Williams releases his first ever Christmas album, 'The Christmas Present'. Featuring two discs: 'Christmas Past' and 'Christmas Future', both including a brilliant mixture of original songs and special festive covers with star guest... |
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Robbie Williams
Swing When You're Winning [ EMI Music / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] Robbie sings favourite cover songs including: "Mr Bojangles" plus rocking renditions of the finger-popping perennials "Ain't That A Kick In The Head", "They Can't Take That Away From Me" and "Beyond The Sea", plus a swing version of "Eternity". |
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BERNARD HERRMANN
Herrmann: Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' / etc Roderick Williams (baritone) / Singapore Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Mario Venzago [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] "Through their two voices - a radiant Keri Fuge and a towering Roderick Williams...stunningly recorded, serves as a tantalising example of what it might be to go on Herrmann's entire emotionally wrought journey." Recording of the Month BBC Music |
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Toni Williams
Best Of [ Zodiac / CD - released 7/Aug/2014 ] A broad selection of tracks, including 'Moon River', Dylan's 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight', and Williams's 1975 hit written and produced by Peter Posa, 'Rose Can I Share a Bed With You'. The Zodiac label was established more than 70 years ago back... |
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MICHAEL HEAD
Head: Songs Ailish Tynan (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Roger (mezzo-soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Christpher Glynn (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "Christopher Glynn brings out the different colours in accordance with each song, from crashing chords to gurgling gruppetti, sparking little scales to vigorous outpourings or soft sweetness." (International Record Review) |
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Andy Williams
Andy's Best [ Jackpot / CD ] A highly successful American popular music singer, Andy Williams recorded seventeen Gold and three Platinum-certified albums. Presented here are 26 of his all-time hits, recorded between the mid-1950s and the early 1960's, including Henry Mancini col |
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Big Joe Williams
Four Classic Albums (Piney Wood Blues / Tough Times / Blues On Highway 49 / Mississippi's Big Joe Williams And His Nine String Guitar) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Big Joe Williams complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
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BERNSTEIN / KANDER / STEINER / COPLAND / SONDHEIM / MANCINI / WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: American Classics The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This compilation was released 2001 with original recordings from 1981 to 1988 |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: String Quartet / Piano trio / etc Brodsky Quartet with Sioned williams (harp) & Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "....with some ravishing shading down to the most hushed pianissimos. All this is caught in wonderfully rich and transparent sound, a credit to the Chandos engineers." Gramophone |
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SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Bantock: Omar Khayyam Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence & Roderick Williams / BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] "It's a fascinating rediscovery on a huge scale, especially in the detail and depth of SACD surround-sound, seductively performed by Handley's forces, Toby Spence appropriately poetic and Catherine Wyn-Rogers sensuous." BBC Music Five Stars |
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DONALD SWANN
Swann: Songs Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] "this is a continually fascinating and diverse selection...The real star of the show is Christopher Glynn, for whom the project has evidently been a labour of love." Gramophone |
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Don Williams
In Ireland: The Gentle Giant In Concert [ BFD / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Three Movements for Piano Trio [arr Rooke] (with chamber works by Maddison & Bridge) The Fibonacci Sequence: Benjamin Nabarro (violin) Benjamin Hughes (cello) Kathron Sturrock (piano) Helen Paterson (violin) Louise Williams (viola) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] "The biggest revelation… may be the 1916 Piano Quintet by Adela Maddison (1862? - 1929). French influences are patent, but this is overall a captivating work with a gorgeous slow movement and vivacious scherzo and finale." BBC Music |