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Jon Strong Band
Follow Me [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Jon Vickers - In Memoriam [Winterreise & Interview] Jon Vickers (tenor) with Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Vickers rose to international prominence in 1957 when he debuted with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. According to the Sunday Times, he "electrified the audience by the force and ringing brightness of his voice". |
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Ketil Bjornstad / David Darling / Terje Rypdal / Jon Christensen
The Sea [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS / RAVEL / GOUNOD / SCHUBERT
Glass Heart - Works for Violin and Piano Maria Bachmann (violin) / Jon Klibanoff (piano) [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] Violinist Maria Bachmann presents the world premiere recording of Phillip Glass' Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano (2008) in a recital which also features Schubert's A major Sonata, Ravel's posthumous work and Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod. |
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Nakamatsu,Jon
Chopin:fantasy On Polish Airs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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OLA GJEILO
Ola Gjeilo: Voices - Piano - Strings Ola Gjeilo (piano) Thomas Gould (violin) Ciaran McCabe (violin) Jon Thorne (viola) Matthew Sharp (cello) / Voces 8 / Chamber Orchestra of London [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] A rising composer's debut release on a major label, Gjeilo's album on Decca is an important release of heavenly, bewitching, eternal new choral music for our time. Ethereal yet tangible, this is music with wide appeal; music of purity and beauty;... |
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Rainer Brüninghaus, Kenny Wheeler, Jon Christensen, Brynjar Hoff
Freigeweht (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Released in 1981, the debut of the legendary keyboardist from Eberhard Weber's Colours band and later the Jan Garbarek Group, Freigeweht presented Rainer Brüninghaus as a highly original and idiosyncratic sound sculptor in his own right, accompanied... |
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Rainer Brüninghaus, Kenny Wheeler, Jon Christensen, Brynjar Hoff
Freigeweht [ ECM / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] Released in 1981, the debut of the legendary keyboardist from Eberhard Weber's Colours band and later the Jan Garbarek Group, Freigeweht presented Rainer Brüninghaus as a highly original and idiosyncratic sound sculptor in his own right, accompanied... |
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JON LORD
Durham Concerto Matthew Barley (cello), Jon Lord (hammond organ), Ruth Palmer (violin) & Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Avie / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] "Jon Lord has concentrated on composition since leaving Deep Purple. Lord's music is compellingly sonorous, his programmatic narratives are crystal-clear, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic play with passion and tenderness." (Gramophone) |
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SPIKE MILLIGAN
Spike Milligan: Vivat Milligna! - A Twenty-One Goon Salute Denis Norden (narrator) with readings by Jon Glover & Sally Grace [ BBC Radio Collection / CD - released 19/Jun/2003 ] Researched and written by Russell Davies, and presented by Denis Norden, this one hour documentary was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Christmas Eve 2002. |
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: A Child of Our Time Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Jon Garrison & John Cheek / City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett [ Naxos / CD ] "..the composer's own lovingly crafted reading has a special place in the discography of this still-modern masterpiece." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
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NIELSEN
Chamber Music Vol 2: The Violin Sonatas and works for Solo Violin Tue Lautrop (violin) Jon Gjesme (violin) & Jens Elvekjar (piano) [ Dacapo / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Carl Nielsen's works for violin, both with and without violin accompaniment, have never achieved the same dizzy heights of popularity as his Wind Quintet, but they do give us a very wide-ranging picture of the composer. The Sonata No. 1 was... |
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Various - The Phil Woods Quartet / The Jon Hendricks Group
Tribute to Charlie Parker - Birdmen [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 19/Jan/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 65 Minutes - PAL Recorded at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, 1990, this tribute to the most daring jazz innovator of his generation.... |
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VERDI
Un Ballo In Maschera (complete opera recorded in 1962) Amy Shuard, Jon Vickers, Ettore Bastianini, Regina Resnik / The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Edward Downes [ Royal Opera House / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] A classic recording from the stage of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, now reissued on CD. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen [complete operas on Blu-ray audio] Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela, Thomas Stewart, Régine Crespin, Gundula Janowitz, Josephine Veasey, etc / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray audio / Blu-Ray Audio - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Deutsche Grammophon is reissuing, in Blu-ray audio, Karajan's monumental Ring cycle, which he recorded together with the Berlin Philharmonic and a stunning cast of singers. |
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BARTOK / R. STRAUSS / PUCCINI / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER
Birgit Nilsson: The Great Live Recordings [1953-1976] Birgit Nilsson, with, Regina Resnik, Leonie Rysanek, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jon Vickers, Helen Donath, Walter Berry, etc [ Sony Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2018 ] "Many of these live recordings have been remastered, mostly very adequately, from radio broadcasts, and include samples at least of all her major roles...The casts for some of these performances are the stuff of legend now." The Guardian |
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Dave Brubeck (piano) with Jon Hendricks and Michael Brecker
Young Lions & Old Tigers [ Telarc Discover Jazz / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] Celebrating his 75th birthday, Dave Brubeck hosts three generations of modern jazzmen on his new release, Young Lions & Old Tigers. Three lush standards anchor a collage of nine Brubeck originals written especially for each honored soloist. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2013 ] Highlights from Herbert von Karajan's mighty 'Ring' cycle. The disc includes extended highlights from the four 'Ring' operas and allows us to sample Karajan's choice of different singers for the same character in different operas - Fischer-Dieskau's... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltán Kéléman, Helen Donath / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1995 ] "Helga Dernesch as Leonare gives a glorious, thrilling peformance. The orchestral playing is superb." (Penguin Guide) |