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John Prine
Aimless Love (LP) [ Thirty Tigers / LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] John Prine's 1984 album Aimless Love was his first release on his independent record label, Oh Boy Records. Prine and his long-time manager Al Bunetta formed Oh Boy Records in an attempt to take control of his own music. Aimless Love would be... |
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John R. Miller
Heat Comes Down [ Concord / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] John R. Miller's Heat Comes Down finds him teaming up with producers Andrija Tokic and John James Tourville (Alabama Shakes and Sunny War). With its understated but gorgeously detailed convergence of country and folk-rock, Heat Comes Down hits... |
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John Void
Mise En Abyme (LP) [ Constellation / LP - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Mise En Abyme is the second full-length by Joni Void, the avant-electronica project of France/Canada producer Jean Cousin, following his acutely accomplished and acclaimed 2017 debut album Selfless. Consistent with Selfless, the primary raw... |
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John Wesley Harding
The Sound of His Own Voice [ Yep Roc / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Sharp-witted John Wesley Harding has been churning out first-rate folk-rock for years, but he's hit a particularly good stride on 'The Sound of His Own Voice'. |
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John White
Inkadies [ Monkey Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] The third album from NZ musician John White boasts chiming harmonies and dripping synth accompaniments underneath his dreamily relaxed vocals. |
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John Wizards
John Wizards [ Planet Mu / CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] John Wizards are a band from Cape Town, South Africa. They've written one of the most singular and intriguing records of the year, and one of the loveliest to boot. |
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Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 26/May/2023 ] All analogue mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI. Recorded in NYC 1957-58. |
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Thurston Moore / John Moloney
Full Bleed [ NSPY / CD - released 6/Feb/2015 ] For their latest spiritual odyssey, Thurston Moore and John Moloney deliver the volcanic and violent maelstrom, Full Bleed. But unlike the helter-skelter out-jazz of Caught on Tape ("Full bore savage highway stuff, the mind exploding with wall... |
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John Abercrombie (guitar) with Dan Wall (Hammond B3) & Adam Nussbaum (drums)
Tactics [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Recorded July 1996 |
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Adam Page, James Brown, John Psathas
The Harvest [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 16/Nov/2012 ] The Harvest is comprised of two suites, two continuous 30-minute compositions broken into 8 and 9 parts respectively. The Harvest Suite (composed by Adam Page and John Psathas) features Adam on solo tenor saxophone played through various looping... |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Le Loup / Sonatine / Sonate / Sarabande et Cortège Adam Walker (flute) Juliana Koch (oboe) Jonathan Davies (bassoon) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "Wilson seizes on the opportunities to bring out the vivid colours of Dutilleux's score, with the brass blazing superbly and every rhythm alive with meaning. No less striking is the music's lyricism, phrased by Wilson with great tenderness." BBC |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol.1 Adam Walker (flute) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chando SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] The Grammy-Award-winning Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956) is without doubt one of American music's leading orchestral composers. His orchestral output has grown and developed to encompass a wide range of genres, from overtures and tone poems to suites and... |
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PETER WARLOCK
The Curlew / Lillygay / Peterisms Sets 1 & 2 / Saudades Adrian Thompson (Tenor) Christopher Maltman (Baritone) John Constable (Piano) / The Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The performance competes with the best, with sensitive playing from the Duke and finely shaded singing from Adrian Thompson." --Robert Cockroft, Yorkshire Post |
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WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER
Webber: Piano music, chamber music & songs John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Ian Brown (piano) / Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] |
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CELEBRATION
Celebration: Christmas Fanfares and Carols Aled Jones (readings) / BBC Welsh Chorus / John Hugh Thomas (conductor) with Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A lovely collection of music and readings for Christmas. There are seven readings, which, within the context of the recording, is just about right for ultimately it is the music for which you will be buying this disk." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
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GIACOMO SUSANI
Susani: A Screenshot of Now Alexander Chance (countertenor), Tim Mead (countertenor), Daniel Norman (tenor), Chinwe D John (narrator), Giacomo Susani (guitar) [ Linn Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The song cycle A Screenshot of Now is a new work by guitarist and composer Giacomo Susani on words by the poet, lyricist, author and physician Chinwe D. John. Receiving its premiere recording on this album, the collection is a series of 14 poems in... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 / Schumann: Piano Concerto (Rec 1934/35) Alfred Cortot (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Landon Ronald, John Barbirolli (Conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] "At its bargain price this release should prove highly attractive to those with specialized interests." - Fanfare |
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FINZI / BRITTEN / HOLST
Works for Choir and Orchestra Alison Barlow (sop) John Mark Ainsley (ten) David Hoult (bar) Stephen Varcoe (bar) / Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "If any lover of the music of English twentieth century composers does not have this disc in their collection, they should take steps to rectify the omission immediately." (Recording of the Month musicWeb Aug 2013) |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Music for 2 Pianos Allan Schiller (piano) / John Humphreys (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] Ferruccio Busoni was universally regarded as one of the late-Romantic era's most remarkable piano virtuosi, and was undoubtedly one of its most fascinating composers, even if the searching intellectualism of much of his music only slowly won it an... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Essential Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Amadeus Quartet, Claudio Arrau, John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 95 CD/DVD Box Set - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Deutsche Grammophon are proud to present the most modern and complete set of Beethoven's work ever issued. Assembled in cooperation with Decca and ten other labels, this New Complete Edition features over 250 legendary performers. |