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Go West
Bangs & Crashes (Crystal Clear Coloured 2LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP ] The follow up to their hugely successful UK double platinum selling debut album Go West came this collection of 12" Remixes, B-sides and live tracks taken from UK single releases. This release was largely aimed the International audience who didn't... |
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Kanye West
808s & Heartbreak [ Mercury / CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] The fourth album from popular hip-hop artist Kanye West heavily features high profile guests such as rappers Young Jeezy and Lil' Wayne, as well as additional production from Herbie Hancock on the track "Robocop". |
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Kanye West
808S & Heartbreak (LP) [ Universal Music / 2 LP/CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Conceived in the wake of several distressing personal events, 808s & Heartbreak marked a major musical departure from West's previous rap records, instead featuring a sparse, electronic sound and West singing through an Auto-Tune vocal processor. His... |
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Kanye West
Donda [ Universal / 2 CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Kanye West delivers a deluxe release of the record-shattering Donda, featuring 4 additional tracks along with highly anticipated fan-favorite verses from Andre 3k, Kid Cudi and more. The next release from one of "the most influential pop stars of... |
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Kanye West
Jesus Is King [ GOOD Music / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Jesus Is King is the ninth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released on October 25, 2019, through GOOD Music and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. The album follows a Christian theme, with West describing it as "an... |
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Kanye West
Late Registration [ Interscope Records / CD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] With a line up of guests that includes Jay-Z, Jamie Foxx, Brandy, Paul Wall, Cam'ron, Adam Levine of Maroon Five and collaborator John Legend, Kanye tackles the highs and lows of everyday life through pointed lyrics and emotionally charged music. |
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Kanye West
Late Registration (Double LP) [ Roc-A-Fella Records / 2 LP - released 8/Jun/2018 ] With Late Registration, West enlisted composer / producer Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann) to lend his skills to the album's production.. Kanye's newest offering is a big album in every sense of the word. His trademark sample-based arrangements... |
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Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Triple Gatefold LP) [ Universal / 3 LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] As fatiguing as it is invigorating, as cold-blooded as it is heart-rending, as haphazardly splattered as it is meticulously sculpted, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an extraordinarily complex 70-minute set of songs. Listening to it, much like... |
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Kanye West
Ye (LP) [ Def Jam / LP - released 10/Aug/2018 ] 'ye' is the anticipated eighth studio album from Kanye West. Following controversy surrounding his sociopolitical views, West rewrote and recorded all the work on the album, completing it over the course of just two weeks at his ranch in Jackson Hole... |
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W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Mozart / Strauss: Oboe Concertos Cristina Gómez Godoy (oboe) / West Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Godoy's tone is rich and velvety, and ideally suited to the ecstatic, songful outpouring of Strauss's 1945 Oboe Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2022 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Symphony No 7 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "This is a fine, generously-filled and well-recorded album of Beethoven's music, in traditional performances that are very good." MusicWeb May 2020 |
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POULENC / AURIC / TAILLEFERRE / MILHAUD / DUREY / HONEGGER
L'Album des Six Emily Beynon (flute) Andrew West (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Hyperion has enriched the catalogs with far more than its fair share of superb releases, and this is yet another one… urgently recommended to everyone who has even a passing interest in fine flute-playing or works of this period" (Fanfare) |
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BRAHMS / WAGNER
Alto Rhapsody, Haydn Variations, Tragic & Academic Festival Overtures / Siegfried Idyll Lucretia West, Alto, Vienna Academy Male Voice Choir, Vienna Phil. Knappertsbusc [ Decca Legends / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] The beloved Brahms recording sessions from 1957 |
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Vivian Ellis, Jocelyn West (voices) Sinfonie Stevie Wishart (director)
Gabriel's Greeting [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] 'The performances have great panache and virtuosity ... sung simply and gently with understated eloquence' (American Record Guide) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (with Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "It's a highly exciting performance, treating the work as a bravura concerto for orchestra...Lyricism could hardly be in short supply in the Tchaikovsky" (BBC Music) |
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SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Morning Heroes / Hymn to Apollo Samuel West (orator) / BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "This is a splendid disc. The performance standard is extremely high and Ralph Couzens' engineering is excellent. Similarly excellent are the notes by Andrew Burn. Bliss devotees should acquire this as a matter of urgency" (Recording of the Month MW |
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The Broken West
I Can't Go On, I'll Go On [ Longtime Listener Records / CD - released 27/Mar/2007 ] On their debut full-length, this American group have delivered a true power pop gem - shimmering and cool, with sharp edges and soaring melodies. |
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The Broken West
Now or Heaven [ Longtime Listener / CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] Our heroes from LA have returned, eschewing their ragged rootsiness and delivering a succinct statement of super-tight, highly melodic pop. This version of 'Now or Heaven' includes an exclusive bonus track. |
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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. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the Salzburg Festival 2019 Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are not only an internationally-acclaimed touring orchestra but also a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the legendary Martha Argerich. Argerich, gives an... |