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Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens Of The Stone Age [ Matador / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] The expanded 2011 edition of QOTSA's debut album, featuring original loosegroove cover artwork. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (complete opera recorded in 2011) Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "What is here is some exhilarating music-making, both vocal and instrumental. Ottavio Dantone leads an orchestral with a spring in its step and some fine playing" (BBC) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes August 2011) Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone, Robert Carsen (Stage director) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Directing from his tinkling harpsichord, Ottavio Dantone encourages the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to be light, bright and Italian. Listen wholeheartedly; watch with caution." (The Times) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 Susan Gritton (sop) Thomas Hobbs (ten) Iestyn Davies (cntten) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layon [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm that there's no hint of stodginess" (Gramophone) |
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Era Vulgaris [ Interscope / CD - released 11/Jun/2007 ] QOTSA rock again, with their fifth album - this NZ version contains two bonus tracks. Guests include Mark Lanegan, The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. |
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Age Of Taurus
Desperate Souls of Tortured Times [ Rise Above / CD - released 10/May/2013 ] |
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New Age Steppers
Action Battlefield (Reissue LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Shedding a few of the more experimental flourishes of their debut, Action Battlefield still contains multitudes of post-punk approaches nestled in among tighter structures, making it a release that is surprisingly accessible for its wayward... |
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New Age Steppers
Love Forever (LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Love Forever was issued posthumously in 2012, following the untimely passing of Ari Up two years before.Like the preceding New Age Steppers album from 1983, it was started in Jamaica and completed in London, producer Adrian Sherwood wishing to... |
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New Age Steppers
New Age Steppers (LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Includes digital download. 1980 album from the UK dub collective formed by producer Adrian Sherwood. |
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No Age
Snares Like A Haircut (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] |
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Era Vulgaris (LP) [ Interscope / LP - released 20/Dec/2019 ] |
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Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf [ Interscope Records / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] Released in 2002, this is an awesome "out-there" album from Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri, with guests Dave Grohl and Mark Lanegan. |
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Queens of the Stone Age
Villains (LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 25/Aug/2017 ] Queens Of The Stone Age re-emerge from the desert newly scarred and somehow strangely prettier with lucky seventh album, Villains. Produced by Mark Ronson and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, Villains is the first full album... |
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BACH / HANDEL / MOZART
Aksel! Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart Aksel Rykkvin (treble), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "If you are going to buy just one more CD this year, make sure that it is this one." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2016) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Opera |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (LP) Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski [ Hyperion / LP - released 13/Sep/2024 ] The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven's violin works. She appears on this new vinyl release with... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concertos / Fingal's Cave Overture Alina Ibragimova (violin) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "what was the thinking behind teaming together a soloist who uses vibrato, albeit tastefully, and a string band who don't? Not that I necessarily object to the result...Ibragimova's sensitive playing wins the day, with some superlative quiet moments... |
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C.P.E. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach (C.P.E.): Cello Concertos, Symphonies Anner Bylsma (cello) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Gustav Leonhardt [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] [Cello Concertos Wq.170-2] 'It is difficult to imagine a better partnership to provide authentic versions of these three fine works.' Penguin Guide |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 Bob Van Asperen (organ) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2015 ] A classic recording now available again |
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VIVALDI
Viola d'amore Concertos Catherine Mackintosh (viola d'amore, director) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Some of the most beguiling music he wrote. Mackintosh, on top form, acts her role with the utmost virtuosity, lovely tone, unimpeachable intonation, and fine style. The OAE rise to the occasion, making this splendidly... |