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Michael Jackson
Thriller (LP) [ Sony / LP - released 13/May/2016 ] Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success... |
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Michael Jackson
Thriller (Picture LP) [ Sony / LP - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success... |
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Michael McDonald
Motown [ Universal Music / CD - released 16/Jul/2003 ] The ex-Doobie Brother vocalist captures the classic sound of the Motown era with new interpretations. |
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Michael Patrick Kelly
B.O.A.T.S - Extended Edition [ Columbia / CD - released 16/Dec/2022 ] With this Extended Edition Michael Patrick Kelly releases a special version of the album B.O.A.T.S. Musically, B.O.A.T.S breaks through all genre boundaries, with epic ballads and cinematic dreaminess, at times full throttle and booming hard rock,... |
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BARTOK / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / etc
Nelson Freire - Memories: The Unreleased Recordings (1970 - 2019) Nelson Freire (piano) / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Uri Segal / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen & Horst Stein [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] On November 21st 2021, Nelson Freire was taken before his time. One year on, we remember him with a new collection of previously unreleased Decca recordings, bonus tracks making their debut on disc and rare radio broadcast tapes. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 and 25 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "Bis has given all performers excellent surround sound that is wide, deep, and comforting to the ear. A most definite recommendation." (AudAud.com) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Damnation De Faust Op. 24 Michael Myers, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Alain Vernhes / Orchestre National de Lille/ Région Nord-Pas de Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Recorded: 4 - 5 November 2003 Recording Venue: L'Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France |
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KURT WEILL / MICHAEL NYMAN / etc
All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper (music from Chicago, Threepenny Opera, Cabaret, and much more) Ute Lemper / RIAS Kammerchor / John Mauceri / The Michael Nyman Band / etc [ Universal Music / CD - released 18/Jun/1998 ] This CD contains the very best of the talented cabaret singer, Ute Lemper. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
The Best Of Vivaldi Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jiri Valek (flute), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Michael Meeks (trumpet) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2005 ] Featuring the Cappella Istropolitana, Budapest Strings, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, and, Accademia Ziliniana |
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MASON BATES
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (complete opera) Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones / Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2019 ] "Christie conducts with plenty of energy and verve, and the playing and choral singing are exemplary in their precision" Gramophone |
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FRANZ von SUPPE
Suppe: Die schöne Galathée (complete operetta recorded in 2000) Andrea Bogner, Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher, Juliane Heyn, Michael Kupfer / Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Thomas Eitler [ CPO / CD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "this has all the exhilaration and charm indispensable to success...How delightful that this Koblenz team seem so consistently engaged by the music. Ganymed's childlike duetting with the magically distanced choir in track 2 is just one example." MWeb |
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Ann Crumb, Michael Ball, Kevin Colson, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Original Cast
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Aspects of Love (Original London Cast) [ Really Useful Records / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/1989 ] Originating in London in 1989, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love was poorly received when it crossed the ocean to New York. Of course, compared to the success Webber had achieved with The Phantom of the Opera, nearly any response would have... |
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Various artists incls Marti Webb, Michael Crawford, Michael Ball, David Essex, Elaine Paige
The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber [ Polydor Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2001 ] Featuring the best known ALW songs, as performed by Michael Crawford, Elaine Paige, Michael Ball, Marti Webb, Barbra Streisand, and more! |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Lady, Be Good! Ann Morrison & Michael Mcguire / Orchestra St Luke's, Eric Stern [ Nonesuch / CD Box Set - released 17/May/1995 ] Lady, Be Good! is a musical written by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson with music by George and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was first presented on Broadway in 1924; the West End production followed in 1926. |
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HILDEGARD von BINGEN
Hildegard von Bingen - In Portrait - Ordo Virtutum Ansy Boothroyd / John Hancorm / Vox Animae, led by Evelyn Tubb / Mayfield Chamber Opera Chorus / Michael Fields / Piers Adams / Steven Devine [ Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] G :- "The vocal artistry is at a very high level… neither Evelyn Tubb nor Ansy Boothroyd try to steal the show. …If I were forced to limit my library to only one recording of music by Hildegard von Bingen, this would be it." -Continuo, USA (Ordo... |
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GLORIA COATES
Coates: Symphony No. 15 / Cantata da Requiem / Transit Ars Nova Nuremberg / Talisker Players / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michael Boder [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] Gloria Coates is one of the most startlingly individual figures on the contemporary music scene, and the most prolific female symphonist in history. Her Symphony No. 15, the newest and most ambitious work on this recording, is subtitled Homage to... |
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ADRIAN SUTTON
Sutton: Orchestral Works BBC Philharmonic, Michael Seal [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Following a devastating cancer diagnosis in September 2022, Adrian Sutton, composer of the music for War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and other National Theatre productions, made a conscious decision to change his focus,... |
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STRAUSS / ELGAR / MOZART / ROSSINI / PURCELL
Cinema Classics 2006 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / George Hurst (Conductor) / Eder Quartet / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Michael Halasz (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] Classical tracks and excerpts used in some of the most popular recent blockbuster movies! |
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SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals and Metamorphic Variations BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Seal (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] "Seal again secures a confident, colourfully projected performance from the BBC Philharmonic..." BBC Music |