VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ovation: The Very Best Of Dame Malvina Major Dame Malvina Major with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Brian Law [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] A celebration of an incredible 50 year career New Zealand's internationally acclaimed soprano Dame Malvina Major releases her first ever career retrospective. 'Ovation: The Very Best Of Dame Malvina Major' features 36 recordings across 2 CDs. |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "Marc Albrecht and his orchestra are familiar, so their excellence is no surprise. But the three lead singers are relative unknowns-and their stupendous performances leave you wondering why." Fanfare |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / PIETRO MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Anita Rachvelishvili, Ailyn Pérez, Rihab Chaieb, Brian Jagde, Roman Burdenko, Elena Zilio / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Apr/2021 ] "Anita Rachvelisvili is the undisputed star of Cav. She sings Santuzza as an unashamed mezzo, and her chest voice is thrilling in this music. Brian Jagde's Turridu is rakish and appealing, never a caricature villain, and he sings with electric energy |
MOZART / SCARLATTI / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / etc
Fou Ts'ong - Complete Westminster Recordings Fou Ts'ong (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The Westminster label legacy of a master Chopin interpreter, issued complete for the first time in an 'original covers' box of new remasterings. |
Fred Again & Brian Eno
Secret Life [ Text / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] One the biggest electronic artists on the circuit right now, UK act Fred again.. has thrown a slow, contemplative spanner in the works with this surprise ambient collaboration with his long-time mentor Brian Eno. While the results may flummox Fred's... |
Fred Again & Brian Eno
Secret Life (LP) [ Text / LP - released 26/May/2023 ] One the biggest electronic artists on the circuit right now, UK act Fred again.. has thrown a slow, contemplative spanner in the works with this surprise ambient collaboration with his long-time mentor Brian Eno. While the results may flummox Fred's... |
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian Mcbride, Brian Blade
LongGone (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] In 1994, the original Joshua Redman Quartet-Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)-released MoodSwing, an instant classic that helped launch each member's career as a leader. The members of the... |
Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade
RoundAgain [ Nonesuch / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet-Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)-reunite with RoundAgain, the group's first recording since 1994's MoodSwing. The album features seven newly... |
Joshua Redman, with Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade
Still Dreaming [ Nonesuch / CD - released 11/May/2018 ] Saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman is joined by drummer Brian Blade, bassist Scott Colley, and trumpeter Ron Miles for Still Dreaming - an album inspired by his father Dewey Redman's 1976-1987 band, Old and New Dreams. |
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 |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: South Pacific Reba McEntire & Brian Stokes Mitchell / 2005 Carnegie Hall Concert Original Broadway Cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] The New York Times critic Ben Brantley wrote, "Open-voiced and open-faced, Reba McEntire was born to play Nellie"; the production was received "in a state of nearly unconditional rapture. |
Tom Rogerson With Brian Eno
Finding Shore [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 8/Dec/2017 ] Like every child, Tom Rogerson loved to make a noise. Life as an improviser began at a tender age when he would copy his older sister after she'd done her piano practice. "I was three or four, my legs couldn't touch the ground," he remembers. "I... |
Various Artists incls Ambrose, Jack Hylton, Lew Stone, Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Brian Lawrance & Ronnie Munro
Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the Thirties [ Past Perfect / CD - released 26/Aug/2008 ] This album features 26 re-mastered tracks from the likes of Ray Noble with Jack Hylton, Ambrose, Harry Roy, Henry Hall and many more musicians and bandleaders. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Music Vol. 5: Overtures Alexander Paley, Brian Zeger (piano, four hands) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Weber's childhood was in a theatrical environment as the family was part of his father's touring theatre company. He had been born in 1786 in Germany and given the names Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber. His education was haphazard as the company... |
STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert 2006 - The Director's Cut by Brian Large Wiener Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons / Brian Large [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Feb/2006 ] Broadcast on TV and radio to over 40 countries around the world, the annual New Year's Day Concert in Vienna has been an exalted tradition for more than six decades. |
Brian Jonestown Masacre
Mini Album Thingy Wingy [ A' Records / CD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] Mini Album Thingy Wingy are 7 brand new & exclusive tracks recorded by Anton Newcombe in is his studio in Berlin in 2014 & 2015. Running at over 34 minutes, the mini album is co produced, engineered & mixed by Fabien Leseure. This release contains... |
Brian Jonestown Masacre
Mini Album Thingy Wingy (LP) [ A' Records / LP - released 6/Nov/2015 ] Mini Album Thingy Wingy are 7 brand new & exclusive tracks recorded by Anton Newcombe in is his studio in Berlin in 2014 & 2015. Running at over 34 minutes, the mini album is co produced, engineered & mixed by Fabien Leseure. This release contains... |
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Brian Jonestown Massacre [ A Recordings / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Brian Jonestown Massacre burst into 2019 with the release of their 18th full-length album, just 7 months after their last one. It was recorded and produced at Anton's Cobra Studio in Berlin. Recorded this time last year, the album features Sara... |
Brian Jonestown Massacre
One EP [ A Records / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Revelation [ A recordings / 2 LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] It is the 14th full length release from the Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded from late 2012 to early 2014. Featuring Ricky Maymi an original member of the band plays on this album. It also features Joachim Alhund (Les Big Byrds) , Constatine Karlis... |