ANGELO GILARDINO
Gilardino: Complete Music for Solo Guitar 1965-2013 Angelo Marchese (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2015 ] Angelo Gilardino is one of the most important guitar composers of the last half century. His unique style is a blend of the old and new, folk art and contemporary music, from Mozart to Messiaen. |
SPYRIDON SAMARAS
Samaras: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (Complete opera) Angelo Simos, Tassis Christoyannis, Pavlos Maropoulos, Pantelis Kontos / Kaval Choir of Sofia, Pazardzhik Symphony, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Remembered today for the Olympic Anthem, Spyridon Samaras was the most distinguished Greek composer of his day and the first to gain international recognition. |
ANTOINE DE LHOYER
Lhoyer: Complete Guitar Duos Antonio Rugolo, Angelo Gillo (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2021 ] Antoine de Lhoyer was born at Clermont-Ferrand, in the heart of France. Although he developed his apparent musicality with excellent teachers in Paris he nevertheless embarked upon a military career and entered the Kings Guards at Versailles shortly... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass No. 16 'Coronation Mass' / Missa longa Carolina Ullrich, Marie Henriette Reinhold, Angelo Pollak, Konstantin Krimmel /Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Cologne Chamber, Christoph Poppen [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] The occasion for the composition of Mozart's Missa longa is still a matter of speculation, but the Mass remains an exceptional work with its elaborate choral writing, extended orchestration and dramatic changes. |
D'angelo
Live At The Jazz Cafe, London: The Complete Show [ Virgin / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] In 1995, D'Angelo's star was on the rise around the world, with the exciting young R&B singer-songwriter hailed as the new sound of soul, a genius artist in the tradition of Stevie Wonder, Prince and Curtis Mayfield. His Virgin Records debut, Brown... |
D'Angelo
Voodoo (Double LP) [ Virgin / 2 LP - released 4/Sep/2015 ] Five years after his Brown Sugar album helped launch contemporary R&B, D'Angelo finally returned with his sophomore effort, Voodoo. His soulful voice is just as sweet as it was on Brown Sugar, though D'Angelo stretches out with a varied cast of... |
D'Angelo & the Vanguard
Black Messiah [ RCA / CD - released 30/Dec/2014 ] With the shock release of Black Messiah, soul singer and multi-instrumentalist D'Angelo, the man music critic Robert Christgau once earnestly dubbed "R&B Jesus," returns with his first album of new material in 14 years. |
BREATHE
Breathe: The Relaxing Guitar (Includes Rodrigo - Adagio & Bach - Preludes) David Russell, Angelo Romero, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet [ Telarc Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse The English Concert (early music ensemble), William Dazeley, Paula Murrihy, Emily D'Angelo, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert and Harry Bicket [ Linn Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2023 ] "The superb cast is led by Emily D'Angelo, whose opening aria - beautifully controlled and rich in tone - will not disappoint...this new Serse is surely one of the most charismatic recordings now available." Gramophone Recording of the Month July 23 |
W.A. MOZART
A Little Night Music: Eine kleine Nachtmusic / Symphony No. 29 in A major, I Filarmonici di Bologna / Angelo Ephrikian (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/2003 ] "Delightful" - Classic CD |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (Complete Opera) (recorded 1964-65) Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Gianna d'Angelo, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ernest Blanc / Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluy [ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] 'In a celebrated cast, Gedda, as Hoffmann, sings beautifully and with dramatic feeling, Victoria de los Angeles is a delightful Antonia, Schwarzkopf brings sumptuous creamy tone to Giulietta, Blanc is a splendid Dapertutto, and the smaller parts,... |
Original Soundtrack / Music by Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch
Mulholland Drive [ Milan Records / CD - released 26/Jul/2002 ] Ethereal, brooding score plus Connie Stevens, Roy Orbison, Sonny Boy Williamson |
OST (Angelo Badalamenti)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (180g Double LP) [ Death Waltz / 2 LP - released 17/Feb/2017 ] From the brooding opening bars of the main Fire Walk With Me Theme, Angelo Badalamenti's gorgeous, eerie score introduces us to a cinematic experience which significantly begins with the smashing of a television screen. Just as the Main Title from... |
ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) complete opera Renato Capecchi, Gianna d' Angelo, Nicola Monti, Giorgio Tadeo / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bruno Bartoletti [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] “Bartoletti eschews superficial excitement in favour of elegance, and his orchestra plays beautifully” (The Met Guide) |
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner's Mind (Cassette) [ Asthmatic Kitty / Cassette - released 24/Sep/2021 ] It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture (impossible and absurd). But what about singing about movies? Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine have paired up for a collaborative project that does just that. A... |
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner's Mind (LP) [ Asthmatic Kitty / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture (impossible and absurd). But what about singing about movies? Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine have paired up for a collaborative project that does just that. A... |
FRANCESCO CILEA
L'Arlesiana (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Teatro Pergolesi / Stefano Antonucci, Riccardo Angelo Strano, Annunziata Vestri, Mariangela Sicilia / Francesco Cilluffo (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] This is a rare opera by the great Italian composer Francesco Cilea. Its famous aria 'Il lamento di Federico' has always been a favourite with tenors of all times. This recording also features the aria for tenor, 'Una mattina'. |