Ray Charles
Four Classic Albums (The Genius Hits The Road / The Genius Sings The Blues / The Genius After Hours / Genius + Soul = Jazz) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] For those of us in music retail, Ray Charles has always presented a problem as we love to place artists into handy categories in order to file their albums in the racks in our stores or on our websites! I have lost count of how many times I have been... |
Ray Charles
Four Classic Albums (Yes Indeed / What'd I Say / Ray Charles / The Great) [ Avid / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] For those of us in music retail, Ray Charles has always presented a problem as we love to place artists into handy categories in order to file their albums in the racks in our stores or on our websites! Well, what's the answer? It could be gospel,... |
Ray Charles
The Genius in Person - Journey Through the Early Albums 1957-1960 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Four complete classic albums presenting Ray as a jazz performer, R&B performer and as an exciting live performer with 'The Great Ray Charles', 'At Newport', 'The Genius of Ray Charles' and 'Ray Charles in Person'. These is nothing new to be said... |
Ray Charles
Modern Sounds In Country & Western (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 18/Feb/2013 ] |
Ray Charles
Simply Ray Charles [ Simply / 2 CD - released 24/May/2010 ] |
Ray Charles
The Very Best of (2CD) [ Mastersong / 2 CD ] A collection of Ray's classics collected over 2 CDs |
Ray Charles
The Very Best Of [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2011 ] |
Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings, Basie Swings [ Concord Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2006 ] Genius in his prime, singing a bevy of timeless Charles classics - with big band arrangements recreated and re-recorded in perfect sync with Ray's incredible original vocal performances. The results are extraordinary! |
ANTON WEBERN
The Complete Music of Anton Webern Robert Craft (conductor & musical director) with Marni Nixon, Grace-Lynne Martin, Richard Robinson, Charles Scharbach & others [ Sony Classical Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection of Anton Webern. All of the performers, as well as additional instrumentalists and choral singers, were selected from Hollywood film studios. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: The Sacred Music 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, James Gilchrist, Charles Daniels / Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] "... there are joys here to melt icebergs ... I want Volume 3 immediately" The Times |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler arr. Schoenberg: Songs [Lieder] Roderick Williams (baritone) Susan Platts (mezzo-soprano) & Charles Reid (tenor) / Attacca Quartet & Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, JoAnn Fal [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Arnold Schoenberg founded the Society for Private Musical Performances in 1918 to perform contemporary music from 'Mahler to the present'. Mahler had been an early supporter of Schoenberg's music, and Schoenberg repaid the favour by arranging... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (recorded live Covent Garden in 2019) BLU-RAY Royal Opera / Ermonela Jaho, Charles Castronovo, Placido Domingo / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Sep/2019 ] ".Castronovo is a splendid Alfredo, his bright, springy tone capturing the character's impetuosity...Manacorda conducts sensitively, not always with Solti's zip, but supports his singers well." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Kyle Ketelsen / Miah Persson / Ramón Vargas / Joyce DiDonato / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "If one of the cast it to be named above the rest, that should be Joyce DiDonato, an outstandingly accomplished Elvira, brilliantly projected, interestingly conceived, her singing concentrated in tone." (Gramophone) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La bohème (complete opera, recorded in 2020) Royal Opera / Sonya Yoncheva, Charles Castronovo, Andrzei Filonczyk, Gyula Nagy, Peter Kellner, Jeremy White / Emmanuel Villaume (co [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Sonya Yoncheva and Charles Castronovo lead an award-winning cast in Richard Jones's acclaimed production of Puccini's most heartrending opera. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus. |
W. A. MOZART
Discover Mozart Rudolf Serkin (piano) David Jolley (horn), Gerald Finley (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Charles Neidich (basset clarinet), etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] Mozart created exquisite masterworks that encapsulate the sparkling clarity and formal precision of the Classical era. His father declared him "the miracle that God let be born in Salzburg" and history has proved such a boast to be entirely valid. |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: The six (6) violin concertos (3 CD set) Salvatore Accardo (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2000 ] "Paganini's concertos can too often seem trivial and long-winded; it is a tribute to the virtuosity and artistry of Salvatore Accardo that they reveal sp much musical interest in his hands. Accardo's technique is formidable and his intonation... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Maurice Ravel: The Complete Works Sir Simon Rattle, Martha Argerich, Bertrand Chamayou, Samson François, André Cluytens, Armin Jordan, Lorin Maazel, Charles Münch, etc [ Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/2020 ] An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Wind Concertos (Flute Clarinet Horn Oboe Bassoon) Charles Neidich (clarinet), Susan Palma (flute), Frank Morelli (bassoon) William Purvis (horn) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "..a very persuasive collection, probably a 'best buy' for those wanting all the music in a digital format." Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 [Levin Edition] Susan Gritton (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo) Timothy Robinson (tenor) Peter Rose (bass) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Charles Mackerras [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "The string lines carry all the expressive weight one could want, and the woodwind and brass have a sovereign authority." The Guardian |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Violin Concerto / Two Aquarelles / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / etc Tasmin Little (violin) / Welsh National Opera rchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Argo / CD - released 1/Oct/1992 ] Recorded: 1991 Recording Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea |