BIAGIO MARINI
Le Lagrime d'Erminia Emma Kirkby (soprano) & Nigel Rogers (tenor) / The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley & Trevor Jones [ Decca L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Recorded: London, 1978 |
ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: A Colour Symphony / Adam Zero English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] "Terrific value for money, then, and a generous pairing which should hopefully win many new friends for this fine composer." --Review by Gramophone, June 2007 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Falstaff / Elegy / The Sanguine Fan English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Rich, full naxos sound with high dynamic contrasts adds satisfying weight to David Lloyd-Jones's taut and dramatic account of Elgar's elaborate Shakespearean portrait." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones
Tinted Shades (LP) [ 12in - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Fatima and Joe Armon-Jones unite for Tinted Shades; a three track EP that asserts personal truths whilst juxtaposing dark times with hopeful optimism - spanning soul, hip hop and R&B. |
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
The Laughing Policeman: 27 Children's Vintage Favourites Flanders & Swann, Frankie Howard, Michael Holiday, Max Bygraves, Henry Blair, Spike Jones, Anne Stephens, etc [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Original mono recordings from 1926-1950. The Sunday morning breakfast and the children's requests were a regular weekly event - not to be missed. Turn the wireless up to full volume and pop back in time for a nostalgia hour or so of memories. |
George Jones and Tammy Wynette
16 Biggest Hits [ Epic / CD ] |
Grace Jones
Nightclubbing [ Island / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] There is so much more to Grace Jones than the chat-show host-slapping Bond girl of popular myth, and Nightclubbing remains the reason she will never be forgotten as a performer. Jones managed in 1981, with an incredible team of people working around... |
Grace Jones
Nightclubbing (LP) [ Island / LP - released 20/Jan/2023 ] In a career of myriad highlights 'Nightclubbing' remains the high water mark of Grace Jones's imperial years with Island Records. It is indisputably the album on which her musical legacy rests, and rightly considered one of the greatest albums of... |
Grace Jones
Slave To The Rhythm (Picture Disc LP) [ Island / Def Jam / LP - released 1/Oct/2013 ] |
Grandpa Jones
Country Music Hall Of Fame 197 [ King / CD ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R) - Salome (Complete opera recorded in 1972) Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Richard Cassily / Hamburg State Opera, Karl Bohm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "singing of grandeur and magical intensity [from Gwyneth Jones, in the last scene] [...] [Fischer-Dieskau's] denunciation of the "Tochter Sodoms" chills the spine" (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (Complete opera) Hakan Hagegard, Gilles Cachemaille, Arleen Auger, Della Jones / Drottningholm Court Theatre, Arnold Ostman [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Even those who have never been to Drottningholm and experienced Arnold Ostman's Mozart in the flesh will know exactly what it is that makes his recorded performances live." (Gramophone) |
Jack Jones
The Romantic Voice Of Jack Jones [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jun/2010 ] Having studied drama and singing at high school and with actors as parents, it was obvious that Jack Jones would pursue a career in entertainment. After recording a number of demos for songwriter Don Raye, Jack was signed by Capitol Records in... |
Joe Armon-Jones & Mala
A Way Back [ 12in - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Mala and Joe Armon-Jones unite on A Way Back; a five track collaborative project that calls back the golden age of dubstep, released on Armon-Jones' imprint Aquarii Records. Born and raised in South Norwood, South London, Mala has played a... |
Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin
Archetype (LP) [ Warp / 2 LP - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Archetype is an exorcism of South London's underground spirit. It's a sound-world which draws on its ancestral echoes as equally as it captures the pulse of a city on the edge of evolution. The twelve-track collaborative record is the product of two... |
CLARKE / CHARPENTIER / PURCELL / HANDEL / HAYDN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Sound of the trumpet John Wilbraham (trumpet) Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Michael Laird Brass ensemble, Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields [ Decca / CD - released 23/Apr/1998 ] A veritable feast of trumpet favourites, ranging from the 'Trumpet Voluntary' to the spectacularly virtuoso 'Carnival of Venice' |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings / Elizabethan Dances / The Innumerable Dance Jonathan Small (oboe) / Eleanor Hudson (harp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Recording is natural without being distanced and performances evince commitment and sympathy. The unique experience of hearing more than sixteen minutes of previously unrecorded Alwyn" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
ANDREA & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Glory of Venice King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stepen Cleobury / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] With Charles Brett (countertenor), Ian Caddy (bass), Thomas Elias (treble), Richard Farnes (organ), Peter Hall (tenor), William Kendall (tenor), Stephen Layton (organ), John Scott (organ) |
KURT WEILL
Weill: Street Scene Kristine Ciesinski, Janis Kelly, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard van Allan, Catherine Zeta Jones / English National Opera, Carl Davis [ Jay Productions / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Nov/1989 ] Street Scene is an American opera by Kurt Weill (music), Langston Hughes (lyrics), and Elmer Rice (book). Written in 1946 and premiered in Philadelphia that year, Street Scene is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1929 play of the same name by... |
Kronos Quartet, with Zakir Hussain, Taraf de Haidouks, Martyn Jones, +
Caravan [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2001 ] Kronos Caravan is inspired by the part of the world once known as "Pannonia" - the territory that connects northeastern Europe with the Mediterranean and western Asia. This crossroads of peoples and cultures is the starting point for this recording |