|
Artists incls Noel Coward, Les Paul Trio, Nat King Cole Trio, Ruth Etting, Elisabeth Welch, Billy Mayerl & Jessie Matthews:
Elegance: A Musical Journey Through the 30s & 40s [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This album features polished performances from the most elegant artists of the 1930s and 40s, including Noel Coward, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire and a wonderful Cole Porter medley from Hutch. |
|
Al Bowly, Marlene Dietrich, Nat King Cole, Vera Lynn, Fred Astaire, George Formby, Dorothy Lamour, Flanagan and Allen, Perry Como, Noel Coward, etc
Perfect Nostalgia [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Bask in a comforting warm nostalgic glow. Some wit once quipped "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be". I think when you hear this collection you will disagree. Happy listening! |
|
JANET JENNINGS / WITI IHIMAERA / TOM ROA
Flowing Water Voices New Zealand, Joel Amosa, James Ioelu, Ora Kihi, Amy Thomas, Anna Simmons, Angus Simmons, Morgan-Andrew King [ Performing Arts Community Trust / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] This unique blend of kapa haka, opera, drama and music tells the histories of Aotearoa New Zealand through key events that took place from the emerging of this land from the waters, to the arrival of Māori, the arrival of British, to ensuing... |
|
LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
|
BEETHOVEN / CHERUBINI / BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / ROSSINI / GOUNOD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Spiritus - Passage to Paradise: 33 highlights from great Sacred Music Ann Murray, Kurt Moll, Barbara Hendricks, Lucia Popp, Edda Moser, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Choir, Ambrosian Chorus, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] Featuring conductors Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Neville Marriner, Philip Ledger, etc |
|
BB King
The Best Of (Millennium Collection) [ MCA / CD - released 8/Dec/2006 ] |
|
B.B. King
His Definitive Greatest Hits [ MCA Records / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/1999 ] This specially priced double disc set features B.B.'s best blues in one fine collection!! |
|
B.B. King
Live in Japan [ CD ] |
|
Ben E. King
Don't Play That Song [ Jasmine / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] Although BEN E. KING's name is synonymous with The Drifters, he only actually sang on a dozen tracks with them, most of which were recorded concurrent with the start of his own solo career. This compilation anthologises Ben's solo recordings... |
|
Ben E King
Stand By Me Collection [ BMG / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2020 ] |
|
Ben E. King, Drifters, Solomon Burke, Crystals, Sam Cooke, The Angels, The Shirelles, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, etc
Stand by Me: 30 Soul & Chiffon HITS [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] "in mid-1950's USA the Teenager was born of the post-war boom. A new retail demographic was determined to impose their tastes away from sheet-music to newly invented 45's, LP's and Charts: a major worldwide industry was born" (MusicalMerit) |
|
FRANCK / MENDELSSOHN / FAURE / IRELAND / HADLEY / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Heavenly Voices Boy of Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine November 2004 Editor's Choice |
|
MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'Beatus vir' & 'salve Regina I') Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sopranos) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenors) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
|
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: An Ode for St Cecilia's Day Carolyn Sampson (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) / Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE CD OF THE MONTH/EDITOR'S CHOICE |
|
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Abbandonata - Handel Italian Cantatas Sampson, Carolyn / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Vivat / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] "The sexiness of Armida, the silliness of Icarus, the shiftlessness of Agrippina are implicit in his score; Sampson's performance, and that of the King's Consort, makes this splendidly explicit." BBC Music |
|
TRADITIONAL
The King's Men: Twelve Days of Christmas King's College Cambridge, The King's Men [ Kings College Cambridge / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] The King's Men is the close-harmony vocal group formed by the current choral scholars of King's College, Cambridge. Following on from the success of their 2014 release, After Hours, for their latest album on the college's own label, the King's Men... |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach: St. Matthew Passion The Choir of King's college, Cambridge Academy of Ancient Music, Sir Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [ King's College / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Mar/2020 ] King's College presents a new account of one of sacred music's greatest masterpieces, the Bach St Matthew Passion, recorded before Sir Stephen Cleobury's untimely death on 22 November 2019. |
|
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor, Motets Choir of King's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Bruckner's E Minor Mass and a selection of his profoundly beautiful motets were selected by Sir Stephen Cleobury as his last album at King's, recorded only a few months before his death. Perhaps the deepest and most spiritual of Bruckner's masses,... |
|
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Now the Green Blade Riseth: Choral Music For Easter Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde [ Kings College / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] The Choir of King's College, Cambridge releases a beautiful and varied selection of Easter choral music on its new album under the direction of Daniel Hyde. Now the Green Blade Riseth is a procession through time and history, with music rooted in... |