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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Murder on the High C's Florence Foster Jenkins (soprano) with additional tracks by Alexander Kipnis; John Charles Thomas; Josephine Tumminia; Ezio Pinza; Jeanette MacDonald [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "Hilariously ignorant of all musical rules and delightfully incapable of hitting, never mind holding the note, she recorded just nine songs. Priceless." -- Andrew Clarke, The Independent |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe / Vert-Vert / Entre Nous John Brecknock, Yvonne Kenny, Roderick Kennedy, Marilyn Hill Smith, Toby Spence, Thora Einarsdottir, Jennifer Lamore / Alun Francis, David Parry (cond [ Opera Rara / 7 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] 'All but dedicated misanthropes will find this set entrancing. Highly recommended' Gramophone |
JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / John Light, Pearce Quigley, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Matthew Tennyson / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius - but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods. |
SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 Howard McGill (saxophone), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] The recent partnership of John Wilson and BBC SSO on record reaches this second volume in their invigorating exploration of fascinating orchestral works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. Less well known than his widely famous film music (Murder on the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] Both of these cantatas may have been written for an outstandingly gifted boy alto in Bach's Leipzig, but-listening to these peerless accounts-it's impossible to believe he could have approached Iestyn Davies's flawless technique. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Jacqueline du Pre Recital Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano), Oslan Ellis (harp), Roy Jesson (organ) & John Williams (guitar) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] The tragedy of du Pré's brief career is still fresh in the public memory and can be summarised here. She was born in Oxford on 26 January 1945 into a middle-class family in which music was important: her mother was a fine pianist and a gifted teacher. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / Overture: Cockaigne Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Sheherazade (with lieder by Chausson, Duparc, Schumann & Brahms) [recorded in 1967] Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (ba [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1999 ] A classic recording of Ravel's Shéhérazade, evoking a wealth of moods and sensations. Janet Baker, an irresistible storyteller, is accompanied on her journey by Sir John Barbirolli, conducting the New Philharmonia with sensitivity and imagination |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1962) Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merill / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Sir John Pritchard [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Sutherland's performance puts lovely things in the listener's way at every stage" (Gramophone) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete Opera with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Robert Merrill / Santa Cecilia, Roma / John Pritchard [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/1989 ] "There remains something special about this early Lucia" Gramophone |
John Coltrane
Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album Deluxe 2CD [ Impulse / 2 CD - released 13/Jul/2018 ] Unknown until 2004 and unheard until now, these recordings by the John Coltrane Quartet are, as Sonny Rollins says in the liner notes, like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid. Featuring the Classic Quartet - John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy... |
John Coltrane
Soultrane (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 26/Jan/2024 ] Soultrane is the fourth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1958 on Prestige Records. It features Coltrane's renditions of Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby" and "You Say You Care" from the Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer... |
John Coulter, Chris Cree Brown, David Downes, John Elmsly, Paul Smith
Sound Dome [ Rattle Records / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] A set of five works created specifically for the sounddome, a 25-loudspeaker instrument designed for composing with space that brings to life a three-dimensional sound world previously conceivable only in the imagination of the composer. |
John Dankworth & Danny Moss
About 42 Years Later [ Avid / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
John Denver
A Song's Best Friend - The Very Best of John Denver (Limited Edition) [ Sony & BMG Entertainment / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] A must for any John Denver fan, this special package contains all the best of his songs. The DVD features never-before seen footage of John, live performances and much more. |
John Farnham
One Voice: The Greatest Hits [ RCA Records / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2003 ] All of his biggest and most loved hits from "You're the Voice", "Pressure Down", right through to "The Last Time" and "We Will Rock You" with Queen |
John Hanlon
After the Dam Broke: The Best Of John Hanlon [ John Hanlon / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] A retrospective compilation of songs chosen by John Hanlon, selected from work recorded up until 2010. After the Dam Broke includes songs from Garden Fresh, Higher Trails, Use Your Eyes, Short Stories, Just Quietly, and 12 Shades of Blue, as well... |
John Hanlon
Naked Truths [ John Hanlon / CD - released 23/Jul/2021 ] This album was recorded in late 2020 and early 2021 during the time of Covid when John Hanlon was severely debilitated and eventually hospitalized. Confronted with his own mortality, he become even more determined to release these songs for... |
GARY DAVERNE
A Man With A Mission (A Musical Story Of New Zealand) John Hobbs [ Viscount / 2 CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] John Hobbs - A Man with a Mission. A musical story of adventure and love set in the Hokianga and Bay of Islands, far north regions of the North Island of New Zealand from 1821, leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. |
