Allen Toussaint
American Tunes (2LP) [ Nonesuch / 2 LP - released 8/Jul/2016 ] AMERICAN TUNES, is the new studio album by legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. Toussaint had just completed the album when he passed away in November of last year during a European tour. Recording took place at two sets of sessions... |
Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] For the first time in his storied career, the legendary composer, pianist explores the work of his New Orleans forebears on a soulful, live-in-the-studio jazz set. |
Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi (LP) [ Nonesuch / 3 LP - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
Allen Toussaint
Happy Times In New Orleans [ Soul Jam / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] |
Allen Toussaint
What Is Success - The Scepter And Bell Recordings [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 30/Oct/2007 ] |
Allen Toussaint
The Wild New Orleans Piano & Productions of Allen Toussaint 1958-1962 [ Jasmine / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] The death of Allen Toussaint on November 15th 2015 probably brings to a close the greatest period of musical history in New Orleans. For over 50 years he produced, played on and wrote the greatest volume of classic R&B you could imagine. This... |
Allen Verden
My Masochistic Side [ Angel Air / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] |
Allen/Mertens/Korondi
Brahms: Songs [ Farao / 2 CD ] |
GUILLAUME DUFAY
Dufay: L'alta bellezza Alta Bellezza; Ann Allen; Hanna Geisel; Nathaniel Wood [ Arcana / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] In this debut release, the ensemble ALTA BELLEZZA traces the footsteps of 15th century composer Guillaume Dufay through Italy, Savoy and his Burgundian homeland. Considered the most illustrious composer of his generation, Dufay was employed by... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Alwyn Mellor, Anna Larsson, Thomas Allen, Stuart Skelton / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "A top class performance and magnificent recording of this vast piece." MusicWeb International, 20th January 2017 |
FAURE / DURUFLE
Requiem Ann Murray & Mary Seers (sopranos) Thomas Allen & Michael George (baritones) / Corydon Singers & English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Superb' (Fanfare, USA) |
DURUFLE
Requiem Op 9, Quatre Motets sur des themes gregoriens Op 10 Ann Murray, Thomas Allen / Corydon Singers / English Chamber / Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] 'A wonderfully sympathetic performance... a heavenly, visionary effect which is amazingly satisfying' (BBC Record Review) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
The Delius Collection [7 CDs] Anthony Rolf Johnson, Felicity Lott, Sarah Walker, Thomas Allen, Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Heritage / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "The present set, sumptuous in quantity and quality, is quite a coup for Heritage. The price is right and the content is classic...Classic Delius overwhelmingly in fruity early digital sound." (MusicWeb) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona Nobis Pacem & Towards the Unknown Region Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/1993 ] |
Bishop Allen
The Broken String [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 30/Jul/2007 ] |
Bishop Allen
Grrr... [ Longtime Listener / CD - released 11/Jan/2010 ] Bishop Allen write extremely happy, solid catchy pop! For fans of: Belle & Sebastian, God Help The Girl, Jonathan Richman, The Kinks, Bright Eyes, Spoon, Bon Iver etc. |
Bishop Allen
Grrr... [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 9/Mar/2009 ] |
Bishop Allen
Grrr... [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 9/Mar/2009 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (complete opera) Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bed [ Signum / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "...[Oke's] is a strong, ballasted performance, less purely plangent than many, but deeply moving in its simple strength and keen imagination...There's much to relish throughout this hand-picked cast." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Opera WINNER |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors / Sebastian: Ballet Suite Chet Allen / Rosemary Kuhlmann / Andrew McKinley / David Aiken / Leon Lishner / Orchestra and Chorus / Thomas Schippers [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Best of all here is the wonderful conducting of Thomas Schippers, who finds more energy, more poetry and more pathos in Amahl than any other conductor I've heard: in Schippers's hands it is both moving and adorable, and this Naxos transfer by Mark... |