More By Artist: John D'Amato
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WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jose Van Dam, John tomlinson / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] "For a studio performance my vote would go now-just-to the new version, largely on the strength of the recording and the performances of Meier and Jerusalem. (Gramophone) |
JOHN ADAMS / SAMUEL BARBER / GEORGE GERSHWIN / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / STEVE REICH / etc
American Classics Hélène Grimaud, Renaud Capuçon, Labèque Sisters, Peter Donohoe, John McGlinn, Paavo Jarvi, Christopher Warren-Green, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Under Rattle the foxtrot from The Chairman Dances has unabated energy" (Rosette Penguin Stereo) |
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ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus / Delius - Sea Drift) Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony / Benjamin Britten [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
ROSSINI
Otello (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Kálmán, John Osborn, Javier Camarena / Muhai Tang (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jul/2014 ] DVD/Blu-ray of the Month - July 2014 |
DAD'S ARMY
Dad's Army Two: two classic episodes Original cast with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn [ BBC Radio Collection / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] Two classic episodes from the highly sccessful television series, the radio version of Dad's Army also looked in on the activities of the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard. The troops are lead by the pompous Captain Mainwaring, with help from this... |
John Safran
John Safran vs. God - Collector's Edition [ Madman Entertainment / 2 DVD - released 24/Nov/2004 ] M - Contains violence, sexual references, and offensive language. |
John Abercrombie (guitar) with Dan Wall (Hammond B3) & Adam Nussbaum (drums)
Tactics [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Recorded July 1996 |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony In C / L'Arlesienne - Suites Nos.1 & 2 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, with John Stenhouse (saxophone) and Christine Messiter (flute) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] "Vivacity and elegance are present in full measure, and one can only admire a violin section that can play the finale up to speed without hazard or apparent strain. Indeed, tempos are finely judged throughout." (Gramophone) |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Le Loup / Sonatine / Sonate / Sarabande et Cortège Adam Walker (flute) Juliana Koch (oboe) Jonathan Davies (bassoon) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "Wilson seizes on the opportunities to bring out the vivid colours of Dutilleux's score, with the brass blazing superbly and every rhythm alive with meaning. No less striking is the music's lyricism, phrased by Wilson with great tenderness." BBC |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol.1 Adam Walker (flute) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chando SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] The Grammy-Award-winning Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956) is without doubt one of American music's leading orchestral composers. His orchestral output has grown and developed to encompass a wide range of genres, from overtures and tone poems to suites and... |
PETER WARLOCK
The Curlew / Lillygay / Peterisms Sets 1 & 2 / Saudades Adrian Thompson (Tenor) Christopher Maltman (Baritone) John Constable (Piano) / The Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The performance competes with the best, with sensitive playing from the Duke and finely shaded singing from Adrian Thompson." --Robert Cockroft, Yorkshire Post |
Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin, Paco De Luca
Saturday Night In San Francisco: Live 12.6.80 [ Ear Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Jazz writer Walter Kolovsky has said that Friday Night in San Francisco "may be the most influential of all acoustic guitar albums." LPs of it have been a demonstration staple on turntables around the world for over 40 years. To celebrate the... |
Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin, Paco De Luca
Saturday Night In San Francisco: Live 12.6.80 (LP) [ Ear Music / LP - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Jazz writer Walter Kolovsky has said that Friday Night in San Francisco "may be the most influential of all acoustic guitar albums." LPs of it have been a demonstration staple on turntables around the world for over 40 years. To celebrate the... |
CELEBRATION
Celebration: Christmas Fanfares and Carols Aled Jones (readings) / BBC Welsh Chorus / John Hugh Thomas (conductor) with Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A lovely collection of music and readings for Christmas. There are seven readings, which, within the context of the recording, is just about right for ultimately it is the music for which you will be buying this disk." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 / Schumann: Piano Concerto (Rec 1934/35) Alfred Cortot (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Landon Ronald, John Barbirolli (Conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] "At its bargain price this release should prove highly attractive to those with specialized interests." - Fanfare |
FINZI / BRITTEN / HOLST
Works for Choir and Orchestra Alison Barlow (sop) John Mark Ainsley (ten) David Hoult (bar) Stephen Varcoe (bar) / Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "If any lover of the music of English twentieth century composers does not have this disc in their collection, they should take steps to rectify the omission immediately." (Recording of the Month musicWeb Aug 2013) |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Music for 2 Pianos Allan Schiller (piano) / John Humphreys (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] Ferruccio Busoni was universally regarded as one of the late-Romantic era's most remarkable piano virtuosi, and was undoubtedly one of its most fascinating composers, even if the searching intellectualism of much of his music only slowly won it an... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Essential Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Amadeus Quartet, Claudio Arrau, John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 95 CD/DVD Box Set - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Deutsche Grammophon are proud to present the most modern and complete set of Beethoven's work ever issued. Assembled in cooperation with Decca and ten other labels, this New Complete Edition features over 250 legendary performers. |
