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Lou Reed
Transformer [ RCA Records / CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] Uncle Lou's second solo album, took him from cult hero of The Velvet Underground to international superstar status. |
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Lou Reed
Transformer (Classic Albums) + Live At Montreux 2000 [ Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Apr/2014 ] This release combines the documentary TRANSFORMER from the acclaimed Classic Albums series, which tells the story of the creation and recording of this legendary album, with LIVE AT MONTREUX 2000, a live concert film of Lou Reed's performance at the... |
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Lou Reed
Transformer (Special Expanded Edition) [ RCA Records / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Now available as this fantastic, digitally re-mastered re-issue - complete with extensive liner notes, rare photos and two bonus tracks - Reed's brilliant second solo album was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson. |
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Lou Reed
Words & Music [ Light in the Attic / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their ongoing Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965. Released in tandem with the late artist's 80th birthday celebrations... |
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Lou Reed and John Cale
Songs for Drella [ Sire Records / CD - released 11/Apr/1990 ] A joint effort between Velvet Underground alums Reed and John Cale. Simply put, this is the story of the life of Andy Warhol... |
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Lou Reed & Metallica
Lulu - Deluxe Tube Edition [ Mercury Records / 3 CD/Book - released 3/Nov/2011 ] "Lulu" was inspired by German expressionist writer Frank Wededkind's plays "Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box", which tell a story of a young abused dancer's life and relationships. |
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Lou Rhodes
Bloom [ A & G Records / Infinite Bloom / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Bloom ... quite simply breathtaking."-BBC, UK. "Multi-layered, deeply rewarding ... marvelous."-THE SUN, UK (5 Stars). "Haunting, disturbing and dynamic."-UNCUT, UK. |
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Maria Ana Bobone
Fado & Piano [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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DELIBES / GOUNOD / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI / VERDI / MOZART / etc
SPECTACULAR SOPRANO - Best Loved Opera Arias Maria Pia Ionata, Monika Krause, Hellen Kwon, Ana María Martínez, Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Luba Orgonášová, Antonietta Stella, Krassimira Stoyanova [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] The soprano voice occupies the highest-sounding line of music (in Italian 'sopra' means 'over' or 'above') and it is subdivided into various types. The coloratura is the virtuoso, suited for rapid ornamentation such as in Mozart's Queen of the Night. |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Mario del Monaco, Giuletta Simionata, Anna di Stasio, Cornell MacNeil, Ana Raquel Satre / Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Ser [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Orginal recording made in 1961 |
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Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou's Mass [ Smithsonian Folkways / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] This re-mastered re-issue album includes bonus material from her 1969 masterpiece 'Music For Peace' (the third of her four masses), and two hymns written in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Mary Lou Williams
TBC [ Acrobat / CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] |
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Mary Lou Williams with Andy Kirk and His Clouds Of Joy
The Lady Who Swings the Band [ Definitive / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
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HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2014) Opera de Rouen / Vivica Genaux, Henk Neven, Ana Quintans, Marc Mauillon / Vincent Dumestre (cond) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] CHOEUR ACCENTUS Vivica GENAUX Dido Henk NEVEN Æneas Ana QUINTANS Belinda Marc MAUILLON Sorceress, Marin Vincent DUMESTRE Musical direction Cécile ROUSSAT & Julien LUBEK Staging, Choregraphy, Set, Costumes Laurent CASTAINGT Lights Stéphane... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas (recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Placido Domingo & Ana Maria Martinez / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg / Jesus Lopez Cobos [ Medici Arts / EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "A live concert of zarzuela, the genre in which Domingo cut his teeth, with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra delivering stylish playing and soloists assured." (BBC Music) |
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LUIS TINOCO
Round Time / From the depth of distance / Search Songs / Cancoes do Sonhador Solitario Ana Quintans (soprano) Yeree Suh (soprano) Raquel Camarinha (soprano / Gulbenkian Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Portuguese composer Luís Tinoco's works are "as engrossing as they are entertaining" (Musical Opinion), and these première recordings represent some of the most exciting new orchestral work to appear in recent years. Conductor David Alan Miller... |
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Lou Reed
Lou Reed's Berlin [ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 22/Jan/2009 ] Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album. Staging 'Berlin' has been discussed for over 30 years and in December of 2006 it became a reality. 'Berlin' was said to be one of the most depressing albums ever made and as it... |
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SPANISH NIGHT
Placido Domingo Conducts a Spanish Night - Recorded live at the Waldbuhne, Berlin, 1 July 2001 Sarah Chang (violin) / Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Placido Domingo (conductor) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] G :- "Sarah Chang's flawless technique and her boldly imaginative playing elicited thunderous applause and, following Jules Massenet's Méditation, played with touchingly noble tone, she received a standing ovation." Tagesspiegel |
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Stan Getz Quartet With Lou Levy
Complete Studio Master Takes [ 2 CD - released 27/Dec/2007 ] |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in June 2013) Stuttgart Opera / Ana Durlovski, Luciano Botelho, Catriona Smith, Enzo Capuano / Gabriele Ferro (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] "The Stuttgart team...bluntly portray Amina's sleepwalking as a mental problem...Musical, we are in the safe but far from unexciting hands of Gabriele Ferro…As well as fielding a Caruso/Bjorling-like ability to crescendo on those high peaks, Durlovsk |