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Shirley Rumsey
Music Of The Italian Renais [ Naxos / CD ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music ofthe Spanish Renaissance Shirley Rumsey (voice, vihuelas, lute, renaissance guitar) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "A most remarkable voice." Northern Echo |
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Shirley Temple
America's Sweetheart Volume 2 [ Flapper / Pavilion / CD - released 22/May/2000 ] Another 26 favourites. She was a show-biz phenomenon who captured the mood and fulfilled the dreams of millions - a curly-headed moppet innocently conquering adversity and saving the day. She still lifts the spirit. |
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Shirley Temple
Oh, My Goodness! [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] In the 1930s two very talented young ladies helped save two of Hollywood's major film companies from the threat of bankruptcy. Universal Pictures were having a bad time when they took a gamble on Deanna Durbin in 1936 but after the success of her... |
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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... |
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WEST SIDE STORY / OLIVER! / MY FAIR LADY / CAMELOT / etc
Show Stoppers - Big Hits From the Musicals Julie Andrews, Marni Nixon, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Georgia Brown, Rita Moreno, Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, etc [ Alto / CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] "A superb collection of gems from some of the best performances of that golden era" |
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Cliff Richard, Russ Conway, Shirley Bassey, Connie Francis, Elvis Presley, The Fleetwoods, Lloyd Price, etc
Hits Of '59 - Only Sixteen [ Retrospective / CD - released 8/Feb/2010 ] 32 original hits by the original artists - 25 number ones! Tracks include One Night - Elvis Presley, Living Doll - Cliff Richard, It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly, 'Til I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers, As I Love You - Shirley Bassey, What... |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
An Introducton To Early Music Rebecca Outram (soprano), Christopher Wilson (lute), Joseph Payne (organ), Robert Parkins (organ), Shirley Rumsey (lute, guitar), Laurence Cummings (h [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/1996 ] Artists Rebecca Outram (soprano), Christopher Wilson (lute), Joseph Payne (organ), Robert Parkins (organ), Shirley Rumsey (lute, guitar), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Early Venetian Lute Music Christopher Wilson (lute), Shirley Rumsey (lute) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 2/Dec/1999 ] The lute was always an aristocratic instrument, and Christopher Wilson's playing--nimble yet restrained in expression--does full justice to this quality...Wilson catches the character of each piece with great sensitivity." - International Record Review |
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ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus / Delius - Sea Drift) Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony / Benjamin Britten [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
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Dame Shirley Bassey
Hello Like Before [ RCA Victor / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] One of the most iconic and indelible voices in British music, Dame Shirley Bassey returns with Hello Like Before, her most personal album yet, at the helm of celebrating her Diamond Jubilee of an incredible 60 years in the entertainment business!... |
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Dame Shirley Bassey
The Performance [ Polydor Records U.K. / CD - released 12/Nov/2009 ] Dame Shirley Bassey's first full studio album in over 20 years, 'The Performance' features songs written specifically for Shirley, by a stellar cast of contemporary artists, including the Manic Street Preachers, Pet Shop Boys, KT Tunstall and Rufus... |
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Don Shirley
The Best Of [ Not Now Music / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] This two CD set, accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: Jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Here there are moments when... |
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Shirley Scott
Talkin' Verve [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Dec/1997 ] European import. |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (Complete opera recorded in 1970) George Shirley, Elisabeth Söderström & Yvonne Minton / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Boulez's sharply dramatic view of Debussy's atmospheric score is a performance which will probably not please the dedicated Francophile but it rescues Debussy from the lanquid half-tone approach which for long has been accepted as authentic. He is... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1967) Judith Raskin, Tatiana Troyanos, Leontyne Price, George Shirley, Sherrill Milnes / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "there's plenty of style there, above all in a wonderfully decorated 'E amore un ladroncello'. Leinsdorf paces well, and was this the first Così to include all the usually discarded numbers" Classical-Music "Troyanos is possibly the most engaging... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (feature film of the opera recorded in 1987) Leo Nucci / Samuel Ramey / Shirley Verrett / Veriano Luchetti / Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Riccardo Chailly [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] G - "Practically everything has already been said about the quality of Shirley Verrett´s voice: she plays Lady Macbeth magnificently. On the other hand, her partner Leo Nucci, new to the role of Macbeth, seems like a fresh discovery." (Le Figaro) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (Complete opera recorded in 1967) Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi & Shirley Verrett / RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Bergonzi is both impassioned and refined in what was, perhaps, his best and favourite role, He chuckles urbanely in the laughing song, declaims his love for Amelia with real ardour and laments giving her up with deep sensitivity and plangent tone." |
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Osaka Monaurail Ft. Shirley Davis
No Trouble On The Mountain / Archipelago [ Unique / 7in - released 28/Feb/2014 ] |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Harold Blackburn, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jan/1989 ] "Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. |