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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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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
Four Andy Williams Albums On Two Discs [ BGO Records / 2 CD ] Four Andy Williams albums, dating from 1965, 1966 and 1967. All made the US Top Ten album charts, with "Merry Christmas" achieving No.1. In the UK, "Love, Andy" reached No.1 on the album charts. This package includes the hit singles "Music To... |
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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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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kissing Her Hair - Twenty early songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Roderick Williams (baritone) Sarah Fox (soprano) Andrew Staples (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Albion / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The twenty songs on this CD were composed over 30 years and demonstrate in the early songs of 1895 and 1896 a remarkable assurance. They show that Vaughan Williams was aware of the beauty and musical quality of lyric poetry in his early twenties. |
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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 |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016) Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Natalie Simpson, Nia Gwynne, Kelly Williams / Robin Lough (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. |
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Hank Williams
16 Great Hits [ Bescol / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] |
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Hank Williams
The Absolutely Essential [ Big 3 / CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] |