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Ray Thomas
Hopes Wishes and Dreams [ Esoteric / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] Ray Thomas was a founder member of the Moody Blues, a band whose classic albums need no introduction. In 1976 Ray recorded his second solo album... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (bass) / Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antoni [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "If you're in the market for a Ninth full of surprise and delight rather than soulful yearning or triumphalist breast-beating, look no further." Gramophone |
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Rob Thomas
Cradlesong [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 29/Jun/2009 ] 'Cradlesong' is the second solo album from Matchbox Twenty's lead singer, Rob Thomas. Combining all of his projects, Thomas has contributed to sales of some 80 million records! |
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Rob Thomas
The Great Unknown [ Atlantic / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] The Great Unknown is the multiple Grammy-award-winning singer/songwriter's first new solo album in more than six years. It has been produced by a remarkable roster of studio all-stars including longtime collaborator... |
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Rob Thomas
Something About Christmas Time [ Atlantc Records / CD ] |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI / WILLIAM LOVELOCK / FRANCIS POULENC
Respighi/Lovelock/Poulenc: Organ Concertos Robert Boughen (organ) Michael Dudman (organ) / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vanco Cavdarski, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 18/Aug/1994 ] Three classic works for organ and orchestra. |
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HANDEL
Duetti e Terzetti italiani Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Silvia Frigato (soprano), Krystian Adam (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (baritone) / La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa / CD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "Beaming a searchlight into the darkest and furthest corners of Handel's youthful Italian-period creations, these sage performances are essential fare." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2016) |
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HANDEL
Apollo e Dafne (Italian Cantatas Vol. 7) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Thomas E. Bauer (bass) / Furio Zanasi (bass) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa Le Cantate Italian di Handel / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] "Bonizzoni and his string players provide assertive accompaniments to Invernizzi's journey through mixed emotions of despair, maternal love, vengefulness and defiance." Gramophone Award WINNER 2011 - Baroque Vocal |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (Complete opera recorded in 1995) (with complete libretto) Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson / Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Pappano's recording of Boheme is the finest in over 20 years or even longer - sumptuously played and recorded, and characterfully sung by a starry cast. This is a version to stand alongside the classics of the past." Rosette. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (compete opera recorded in 2016) The Royal Opera / Vittorio Grigolo, Kate Lindsey, Thomas Hampson, Christine Rice, Sonya Yoncheva / Evelino Pidò (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Vittorio Grigolo acts with terrific fervour as both the drunken wreck of the exordia and the ingenuous patsy of the central episodes, making the conflicted character deeply sympathetic if faintly risible." Telegraph |
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JACQUES OFFENBACHI
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (compete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY The Royal Opera / Vittorio Grigolo, Kate Lindsey, Thomas Hampson, Christine Rice, Sonya Yoncheva / Evelino Pidò (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Vittorio Grigolo brought as much colour and vigour to the (title) role as possible, his wonderful freely projected voice growing in size and intensity as the evening progressed." (Spectacular) |
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Rufus Thomas
The Best Of - The Singles [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Rufus Thomas
Can't Get Away From This Dog [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Rufus Thomas
The Funkiest Man [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Rufus Thomas
That Woman Is Poison! [ Alligator Records / CD ] The funky godfather of R&B delivers his first all-blues album. "A spectacular comeback album...it has soulful, swaggering strut"--ROBERT PALMER, author of DEEP BLUES RUFUS THOMAS, Vocals BRYAN BASSETT & ERNIE LANCASTER, Guitars LUCKY PETERSON,... |
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WEIGL
Symphony No 5 'Apocalyptic Symphony' (1945) / Phantastisches Intermezzo Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Thomas Sanderling [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2002) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Matti Salminen, Thomas Hampson / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Antonio Pappano [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Sep/2014 ] Giuseppe Verdi's late opera Don Carlo delivers all the big topics while Ferdinand Wögerbauer's ultra-simple décor provides a spartan counterpoint to the dramatic action. |
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance / Cox & Box Peter Pratt, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Jean Hindmarsh, Kenneth Sandford / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isadore Godfrey, Royston Nash [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2015 ] "A classic recording and one of the very first Gilbert and Sullivan recordings ever made in stereo. The solo singing is all first-class with Thomas Round and Jean Hindmarsh (as Frederic and Mabel) being at their very best." Mel@Marbecks |
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SIR THOMAS ALLEN
Great Operatic Arias: Thomas Allen Vol 2 Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry (with Susan Gritton soprano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] "The careful husbanding of his vocal resources, and choice of repertoire, over his career means he can take on a recording such as this without fear for his reputation. Darker tone of course, but, unlike many others there is no sign of vocal spread... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
G & S: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Operetta) Richard Suart, Thomas Allen, Rebecca Evans, Donald Adams / Welsh National Opera, Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2000 ] "Richard Suart is an excellent as Sir Joseph and Donald Adams is well cast (as usual) as Deadeye. It's great to have the women's chorus actually sounding 'out at sea' in Act One." Mel@Marbecks |