WILLIAM MATHIAS
Violin sonatas Sara Trickey (violin) & Iwan Llewelyn-Jones (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] William Mathias's eloquent and accessible style comes to the fore in these première recordings of his music for violin and piano. |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Dip Dappin' With Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings [ Daptone Records CD / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] This is the one that started it all, Folks! The debut Long Player for SJDK and Daptone Records. DIG on Funky classics like 'Got a Thing on My Mind', 'Got to be the Way iIt Is', and 'Pick it up Lay it in the Cut'. Oh, and if you're a fan of Funky... |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Give The People What They Want (Mono LP) [ Daptone Records LP / LP - released 21/Apr/2010 ] Limited Edition Mono Version. Last year, Daptone and Shock Records announced the August release of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' Give the People What They Want when Sharon Jones was diagnosed with cancer. The scheduled release and supporting... |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) [ Daptone Records / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Throughout their career, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings remained in high demand both publicly and privately to recreate and often re-imagine songs by other artists. More often than not, these covers were recorded by request - commissioned for placement... |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Practical Cats: An entertainment for speaker and orchestra / Madame Chrysanthame Ballet Suite / Medieval Diptych, for baritone & orchestra / etc Simon Callow (narrator) Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / David Lloyd-Jones [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] David Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra are completely at home in Rawsthorne's repertoire, and in Practical Cats. Renowned English actor Simon Callow brings a wonderful life and character to T.S. Eliot's familiar words set... |
IMOGEN HOLST
String Chamber Music Simon Hewitt Jones (violin), David Worswick (violin), Tom Hankey (viola), Oliver Coates (cello), Thomas Hewitt Jones (cello), Daniel Swain (piano) [ NMC Recordings / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] This award-winning album of first recordings of Imogen Holst's chamber works (originally released on the Court Lane Music label) is an important addition to the NMC catalogue, and a wonderful tribute to a significant 20th-century British composer.... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: The Bear Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Alan Opie (baritone) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Sir William Walton wrote two operas, the second - The Bear - far more readily acclaimed than the first, and more often performed. Its premiere took place in Aldeburgh in June 1967 as part of the twentieth Aldeburgh Festival, and followed the... |
Spike Jones
Spiketaculars [includes 'Cocktails for Two' & 'William Tell Overture'] [ Primo Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork. |
Spike Jones and the City Slickers
Spiking The Classics (1945-1950) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] Through much of the 1930s, Spike Jones was a drummer with a variety of dance bands and stage bands in California, also working the radio studios and free-lancing on recording sessions. |
Spike Jones
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
WAGNER / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / VIVALDI / PARRY / RUTTER / WIDOR / etc
101 Wedding Stephen Cleobury (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Decca / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] For many people their Wedding will be the most important day of their lives and choosing the right music is an important element in the making of the special day. |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Piano Concerto / Five Studies for Piano / Capriccio for Piano Duet / Commedia IV Stephen Kovacevich, Richard Rodney Bennett, Thea Musgrave (pianos) / London Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Gibson / with Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "Magnificently played and recorded". (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES
Music from the Middle Ages [5 CD set] Andrea von Ramm, Richard Levitt & Sterling Jones / Studio der fruhen Musik, Thomas Binkley [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 / Harp Concerto, 'Lyra Angelica' Suzanne Willison (harp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "This disk can be placed alongside those of the composer and Richard Hickox and its price as well as its performance quality make it a valuable contribution to the Alwyn discography." |
Tammy Wynette & George Jones
Duets [ Epic / Legacy Records / CD - released 14/Jul/2008 ] Many of these 17 songs were top ten country hits, and proves beyond doubt why George and became known as the President and First Lady of Country Music. |
Teddy Wlson Trio With Jo Jones
Complete Recordings [ 3 CD ] |
Thad Jones
Mad Thad & Olio [ Vocalion / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] |
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra
Complete Poland Concerts 1976 - 1978 [ CD - released 18/Jul/2009 ] |
WAGNER
Der fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera) Thomas Stewart - Gwyeth Jones - karl Ridderbusch / Bayreuther Festspiele 1971 / Karl Bahm [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] A fine memorial to the late Thomas Stewart as the Dutchman, this recording re-creates the authentic Bayreuth atmosphere. Gwyneth Jones “gets right inside the character [of Senta] … Karl Ridderbusch jovially does what is required to perfection” (The... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Cello Concerto / Music for Strings Tim Hugh (cello) / English Northern Philharmonia / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2003 ] "Tim Hugh's adroitly managed and deeply personal reading...Tim Hugh has unquestionably set the benchmark in the Arthur Bliss Cello Concerto" - Fanfare |