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Alexander Skip Spence
Oar (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 17/Nov/2011 ] The Canadian-born Alexander 'Skip' Spence was the co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year he released his only solo album: Oar. The album was recorded after Spence had spent six months in a mental... |
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Alexander Turnquist
As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color [ VHF Records / CD - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color' is the second full-length from New York-based guitarist Alexander Turnquist, who defies expectations with a set of hypnotic epics that owe more to classic minimalism than current notions of solo guitar. |
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Arthur Alexander
The Monument Years [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 8/May/2001 ] |
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Brown/Alexander/Malone
Brown/Alexander/Malone [ Telarc / 2 CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ancient Echoes Chorovaya Akademia / Alexander Sedov [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] "The members of Chorovaya Akademia are all graduates of music conservatories. Their singing shows it. It is clear and precise, not to mention of the highest quality. Some of the Russian choral albums I have (e.g., the Monks of Zagorsk; the Yale... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Yeomen of the Guard (complete operetta recorded in 1958) Denis Dowling, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Alexander Young, Marjorie Thomas / Glyndebourne Festival, Sir MalcolmSargent [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/1987 ] "This is a very operatic Yeomen which certainly suits the work and gives the soloists an opportunity to shine. Sir Geraint Evans makes a better Jack Point than a Ko-Ko and 'When a wooer goes a-wooing' is very moving." Mel (Marbecks) |
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LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 1989) Glyndebourne Opera / Anja Silja, Roberta Alexander, Philip Langridge / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Kultur / Channel 4 DVD / DVD - released 28/Dec/2001 ] "State-of-the-art filming of a state-of-the-art production, cunningly cast and passionately played and conducted...hugely recommended." - International Record Review Dec 2001 |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 / La mort de Cleopatre Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Gabriel Bacquier / Chœurs de 'Opera de Paris, Orchestre de Paris & LSO / Georges Pretre & Alexander Gibson [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Prêtre's "Damnation de Faust"...does have some of the finest singers of the day. Nicolai Gedda and Gabriel Bacquier both turn in excellent professional performances. Dame Janet Baker was evidently determined to stretch herself no matter what the... |
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Joey Alexander
Joey. Monk. Live! [ Motema / CD ] In celebration of Thelonious Monk's centennial, Joey Alexander performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room in June of 2017. The resulting live album, Joey.Monk.Live! captures Joey's trio, with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Willie Jones III,... |
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HANDEL
Handel Arias Karina Gauvin (soprano) / Tempo Rubato / Alexander Weiman [ Atma / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "Her glinting soprano, bright-edged yet deliciously rounded and sensual, is used with rare understanding for character……The highlight is the Queen of Sheba's Will the Sun Forget to Streak, fabulously sung……." Sunday Times |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 (with Schnittke - Piano Trio) Kempf Trio (Freddy Kempf, piano; Pierre Bensaid, violin; Alexander Chaushian, cello) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Anyone who doubts the spiritual desolation wrought by Soviet communism need only listen to this disc...The Shostakovich is impressively intense" The Telegraph, 12th February 2010 *** |
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Songs and Interludes / Handel: Arias from Xerxes Maureen Forrester (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Martin Isepp (harpsichord) / Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman [ MCA Millennium Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1996 ] Recording: June 1966 - Mozartsaal, Vienna |
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Monty Alexander
Goin' Yard [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I am most excited about my new album because it's a live concert with my brothers from Jamaica, rather than a studio recording. It's a heartfelt collection of mostly my own compositions, with some Bob Marley songs, and it's unique because this is... |
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Monty Alexander
Live At The Iridium [ Telarc Records / CD - released 14/Mar/2005 ] Recorded in May 2004 at the New York City jazz club, featuring the finest compositions from Monty's own vast catalog pus a few numbers from composers he has long admired. |
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Monty Alexander
Monty Meets Sly & Ro [ Telarc / SACD - released 11/Mar/2002 ] |
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Monty Alexander
My America [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Dec/2002 ] Familiar touchstones of 20th century popular music and instrumental versions |
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Monty Alexander
My America [ Telarc / SACD - released 18/Dec/2008 ] |
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Monty Alexander
Rocksteady [ Telarc / SACD - released 3/May/2004 ] |
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Monty Alexander & Ernest Rangl
Rocksteady [ Telarc / CD - released 18/Dec/2008 ] |
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Monty Alexander / Sly Dunbar / Robbie Shakespeare
Monty Meets Sly And Robbie [ Telarc Discover Jazz / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] Killer combination: classic soul, funky jazz, modern grooves w/hardcore dub flavour |