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PAUL SCHOENFIELD
Refractions / 6 British Folk Songs / Peccadilloes James Tocco (piano) / Yehuda Hanami (cello) / Alexander Fiterstein (clarient) / Paul Schoenfield (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Paul Schoenfield's music attracts listeners with its combination of exuberance and seriousness, familiarity and originality, lightness and depth, often with sly twists. Six British Folk Songs was written in 1985 as a tribute to the cellist Jacqueline... |
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RUBBRA / WALMISLEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / M. BERKELEY / etc
The English Oboe: Rediscovered James Turnbull (oboe) with Libby Burgess (piano), Matthew Featherstone (flute), Dan Shilladay (viola) [ Champs Hill / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "The recorded sound is excellent throughout, offering both clarity and warmth. The booklet notes by Malcolm MacDonald are extremely interesting and informative." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
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James Vincent McMorrow
Post Tropical [ Dew Process / CD - released 13/Dec/2013 ] Post Tropical is Irishman James Vincent McMorrow's second album. On a pecan farm half a mile from the Mexican border, Post Tropical was born - a collection of sounds and ideas brought to life in rooms where the low frequencies of passing freight... |
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COLES / HOLST
Cecil Coles, Gustav Holst: Piano Music James Willshire (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] James Willshire's groundbreaking survey of Cecil Coles' piano music reveals a young Scottish composer finding his voice in pre-war Britain, France and Germany, a poignant and distinctive blend of 'happy-sad', as Nigel Osborne's perceptive notes... |
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James Yorkston
When the Haar Rolls in [ Domino Records / CD - released 15/Sep/2008 ] The 4th studio album by Yorkston is a masterful thing - all the ambition, beauty and pathos of his previous work is sweeping through - and he's even bought back the full, lush arrangements that popularised his early work. |
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James Zabiela
Renaissance Presents: Utilities [ Renaissance Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2005 ] James Zabiela continues to prove he's at the forefront of DJing with this eagerly awaited follow up to 'Alive' - a brand new mix utilizing a broad range of new tools. |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Violin Duets 2 Jameson Cooper, James Dickenson (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] Louis Spohr's reputation as one of Germany's leading violinists was at its height when he composed his 'Duets for Two Violins, Op. 39', and while it appears his intention was to finance an Italian concert tour with marketable duets, the publishers... |
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BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 Jay Baylon / Lori Phillips / Robynne Redmon / James Taylor / Nashville Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Symphony Chorus is a splendid group who sing with confidence... The four soloists are really very good" (MusicWeb) |
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BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 2 / West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) / Candide Overture Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Florida Philharmonic Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "The inevitable Candide overture goes at quite a lick. So many continents. So little time. James Judd's Florida Philharmonic point and counterpoint with some aplomb and the big lyric tune is not merely glossed over but sung." - Edward Seckerson,... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Complete Incidental Music Jenny Wollerman, Pepe Becker (sopranos) / Varsity Voices / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "The self-contained numbers...may be familiar items, but on disc...you discover and enjoy so much more: the flashes of instrumental colour, the exquisite little tone paintings that intersperse or accompany the spoken text...Judd's New Zealand and... |
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JAMES WHITBOURN
Living Voices Jeremy Powell (soprano saxophone) & Ken Cowan (organ) / Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Tonal, tuneful, technically accessible, harmonically palliative: James Whitbourn's music ticks many of the boxes beloved by choral societies" (BBC Music) |
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Jessie James & The Outlaws
The Price of Gum [ Fantail / CD - released 11/Oct/2010 ] |
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Jim James
Eternally Even [ Capitol / CD - released 4/Nov/2016 ] Defying categorisation, James' second solo project, Eternally Even, co-produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes) and Jim James, is a heart-thumping call to action. The timing of its release, smack in the middle of election season, is no... |
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Jim James
Eternally Even (LP) [ Capitol / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Defying categorisation, James' second solo project, Eternally Even, co-produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes) and Jim James, is a heart-thumping call to action. The timing of its release, smack in the middle of election season, is no... |
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Jim James
Regions of Light and Sound [ Universal Music Australia / CD - released 7/Feb/2013 ] Storytelling goes beyond words and the audio experience, and for his first solo album, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James found inspiration from 'God's Man', a wordless 1929 woodcut novel. |
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Jim James
Tribute To 2 (LP) [ ATO Records / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] After releasing the politically charged solo album 'Eternally Even' in 2016, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James returns with 'Tribute To 2', a collection of cover songs that reverberate with hope. Unlike his 2009 mini album of songs by George... |
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Jim James
Uniform Clarity [ ATO Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Uniform Clarity comprises intimate acoustic renditions of the songs originally found on 2018's Uniform Distortion, along with two new tracks. The album was recorded with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/engineer Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, The... |
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Jim James
Uniform Distortion [ ATO / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Third solo album from the frontman of My Morning Jacket. Uniform Distortion was inspired by a photograph from the 70's environment focused magazine The Last Whole Earth Catalog, and is a reflection on society's addiction to technology and how... |
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Jim James
Uniform Distortion (LP) [ ATO / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Third solo album from the frontman of My Morning Jacket. Uniform Distortion was inspired by a photograph from the 70's environment focused magazine The Last Whole Earth Catalog, and is a reflection on society's addiction to technology and how... |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 12: BWV55, BWV89, BWV115, BWV60, BWV139, BWV163, BWV52, BWV140 Joanne Lunn / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] "One of the most ambitious musical projects of all time" Gramophone |