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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Mass Jubilant Sykes (baritone) / Morgan State University Choir / Peabody Children's Chorus / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2009 ] "It's all fabulously recorded with a glittering impact that never turns unduly aggressive. The multi-textural layering in the climactic Dona Nobis Pacem comes across as both musically and physically overwhelming." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketèlbey conducts Ketèlbey Vol. 3 [Incls. In a Camp of the Ancient Britons] Various orchestra, Albert Ketèlbey, with Allin Norman (bass) & Morgan Kingston (tenor) [ Naxos Historical British Light Music / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] Recorded 1909-40 |
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HARRY BURLEIGH / WILLIAM Levi DAWSON / FLORENCE PRICE / WILLIAM Grant STILL
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 3: The Souls of Black Folk and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music Kevin Deas, Arthur Fagan, James Jeter, Roderick Cox, Joseph Horowitz, Michael Morgan, George Shirley [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] If George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess embodies a glorious (and controversial) fulfilment of Dvořák's prophecy, there also exists a buried lineage of exceptional compositions by Black composers following in Dvořák's wake. |
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Lee Morgan
Four Classic Albums (Candy / City Lights / Indeed! / The Cooker) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums plus series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from Lee Morgan complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details "Candy", "City Lights", "Indeed!" and "The Cooker" For someone... |
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Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder [ Blue Note Records / CD ] Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge. While the rest of the album retreats to a more conventional... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights) Marin Alsop, Angel Blue, Lester Lynch , Chauncey Packer, Kevin Short, Alexandria Crichlow, Darrin Scott , The Philadelphia Orchestra , Morgan State Un [ Pentatone / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop present a live recording with highlights of Gershwin's self-proclaimed American "Folk Opera" Porgy and Bess, together with a stellar cast and the Morgan State University Choir. Since its premiere... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Iolanthe (1951 recording) with Pineapple Poll ballet Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Morgan Fisher, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Isido [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "We have an experienced stage-performing cast brought into the studio for this recording; all names remembered with affection." (MusicWeb International) |
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BLOW / DOWLAND / FERRABOSCO / JOHNSON / PURCELL
A Painted Tale Nicholas Phan (tenor), Michael Leopold (lute), Ann-Marie Morgan (viola da gamba) [ Avie / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] 'As shown by this programme of Dowland, Purcell and others, Nicholas Phan is a wonderfully communicative tenor: a fine follow-up to his two Britten recitals.' (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015) |
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ALEC ROTH
Sometime I Sing: Music For Voice & Guitar Mark Padmore (tenor) & Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Padmore's clean tenor finds an ideal vehicle ... there's a transparent, haunting beauty about it, and the accompaniments for violin, harp and guitar are a joy" The Times, 8th June 2013 **** |
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JEROME KERN
Showboat (1932, 1946) Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Jan Clayton, Helen Morgan & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 23/May/2005 ] Show Boat shares something with the Mississippi River so central to its story: it never flows the same way twice. Perhaps more than any other work in modern theatre, Show Boat has varied with each new incarnation, due to changes in political or... |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Horn Trio / Flute Sonatina / Viola Sonata / Quintet for Wind and Piano Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) / Stephen Stirling (horn) / Patrick Williams (flute) / Morgan Goff (viola) / Members of the New London Chamber Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Lennox Berkeley amassed over 100 works and contributed to almost every genre. Since he had the opportunity to write for some of the leading performers of the time-the Horn Trio was written for Dennis Brain-chamber music featuring wind and strings... |
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Various Artists (Red Rodney, Monte Alexander, Frank Morgan, Rufus Reid, Roy HaynesAE)
Birdsongs - A Tribute to Charlie Parker [ Umbrella / DVD - released 16/May/2008 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 52 Minutes - PAL Performed at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, 1990, this excursion into Parker's inimitable be-bop sound is another... |
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Derrick Morgan
No Dice! (Vinyl) [ Reggae Retro / LP - released 14/Feb/2011 ] |
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Derrick Morgan
Original Ska - Volume 1 [ Retro Reggae / CD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] |
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Derrick Morgan
Original Ska, Volume 2 (LP) [ SRD / LP - released 13/Jul/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. Derrick Morgan's recording career spans over Five decades, starting with Smith's in the late 1950's with mainly R&B style output. In the Ska era of the early 1960's he moved on to work with producers... |
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Derrick Morgan
Original Ska - Volume Two [ Reggae Retro / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] |
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Derrick Morgan
People Decision [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] One of the very first artists to begin recording in Jamaica, Derrick Morgan, is beloved as a ska icon and a pioneer of the 'skinhead reggae' style. Blessed with a rich, deep tenor, which with he belts out his clever and often humorous lyrics,... |
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Derrick Morgan
People Decision (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 28/Apr/2017 ] One of the very first artists to begin recording in Jamaica, Derrick Morgan, is beloved as a ska icon and a pioneer of the 'skinhead reggae' style. Blessed with a rich, deep tenor, which with he belts out his clever and often humorous lyrics,... |
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Derrick Morgan
This is Derrick Morgan [ Kingston Sounds / CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] Originally released in 1974 and titled In The Mood, Kingston Sounds re-releases this golden album by one of the most legendary voices of Jamaican ska, reggae and rocksteady - Derrick Morgan. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Morgan worked with... |
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Derrick Morgan
Top the Pop [ Reggae Retro / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] |