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PUCCINI / MOZART / VERDI / ROSSINI / BIZET / J. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Incomparable Heddle Nash (Incls 'La Boheme' Act 4) Heddle Nash (tenor), with John Brownlee, Robert Alva, Dora Labbette, and others [ Dutton / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Heddle Nash (1894 - 1961) was an English lyric tenor who appeared in opera and oratorio in the middle decades of the twentieth century whose quality of timbre remains unsurpassed today. |
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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... |
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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) |
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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 |
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John Coltrane
Giant Steps (Atlantic reissue LP) [ Atlantic Records / LP - released 29/Aug/2014 ] History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream... |
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John Coltrane
Giant Steps (60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [ Rhino / Warner / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] John Coltrane's Giant Steps, the influential jazz saxophonist's first album with Atlantic Records, continues to astound and inspire listeners 60 years after its release. Consistently lauded in music histories, Giant Steps was inducted into the... |
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John Coltrane
Now Playing (Limited LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 31/May/2024 ] John Coltrane 'Now Playing' on translucent blue coloured vinyl! Uncover the brilliance of jazz legend John Coltrane through a tracklist uncovering rich gems, such as the iconic "Giant Steps", the soulful "Naima", demonstrating Coltrane's... |
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John Coltrane
Olé Coltrane (Limited Edition LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 27/Jan/2023 ] The final album recorded by Coltrane under his own supervision for Atlantic Records, Ole Coltrane features several of the players from Africa/Brass, which was recorded two days earlier, and is widely considered one of the premiere statements of Avant... |
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John Coltrane
Standard Coltrane (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 8/Dec/2023 ] John Coltrane brought a new sound and style to jazz, and he applied it in his own unique way to the standard material of the storehouse of American music gathered from Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. With the excellent rhythm team of Red... |
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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. |
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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 |
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John Fogerty
Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years [ Concord / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Fogerty celebrates the songs that shaped rock history-on his own terms. For the first time, he fully owns the rights to his music. This marks both celebration and reclamation. With newly recorded versions of his hits, Legacy captures his raw... |
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John Glacier
Like A Ribbon [ Young / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] A highly feted vocalist whose work was subject to huge demand even before her debut project SHILOH: Lost For Words was released, John Glacier has pushed the boundaries of what defines UK rap |
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John Glacier
Like A Ribbon (LP) [ Young / LP - released 14/Feb/2025 ] A highly feted vocalist whose work was subject to huge demand even before her debut project SHILOH: Lost For Words was released, John Glacier has pushed the boundaries of what defines UK rap with a diaristic approach that shines a light on the... |
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John Gómez & Nick The Record
Tangent Edits Vol. 1 (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 11/Oct/2024 ] One of London's most loved underground parties, Tangent, celebrates its 10th birthday this year with a new compilation on Mr Bongo. Its residents, John Gómez and Nick the Record, have curated a selection of prized, rare and dancefloor-ready tracks... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard John Holloway (Violin) Davitt Moroney (harpsichord, chamber organ) Susan Sheppard (cello) [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/1999 ] The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 by Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. |
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John Howard
Across The Door Sill [ Occultation / CD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] When John Howard's 1975 album Kid In A Big World was reissued to wide acclaim in 2003, it marked his return to writing and recording after twenty years of silence. Since then John has recorded new material for various labels, including his... |