James Blunt
Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions [ Atlantc Records / CD ] |
James Blunt
Once Upon A Mind (LP) [ East West / Warner / LP - released 25/Oct/2019 ] After flirting with electronica on his last album (2017's The Afterlove), James Blunt returns to what he does best on Once Upon A Mind, writing classic songs that touch both the heart and the head. Once Upon A Mind sees Blunt collaborating with a... |
James Blunt
The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021) [ EWUK / Warner / 2 CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] James Blunt's greatest hits album, 'The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)', celebrates songs spanning a stellar 17-year career that has spawned over 23 million album sales, a global smash hit with 'You're Beautiful', two Brit Awards and two Ivor... |
James Blunt
Who We Used To Be (Deluxe CD) [ East West Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] |
James Blunt
Who We Used To Be (Limited Edition Recycled Vinyl LP) [ East West Records / LP - released 27/Oct/2023 ] |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lute Songs James Bowman (countertenor) / Robert Spencer (Lute) [ Alto / CD - released 18/Jan/2010 ] "This admirable record contains songs from all three Bookes & more. … The lute solos are played in exemplary fashion by Robert Spencer. A fine single-disc introduction to Dowland's art, since it includes justly famous pieces… sung with wonderful... |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: Akathist of Thanksgiving James Bowman & Timothy Wilson (counter-tenors) / Westminster Abbey Choir & BBC Singers, Martin Neary [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/1994 ] "the score is a catalogue of riches. The dark-hued, quasi Bulgarian male-voice sections, the sparkling countertenor duets, the variety of the scoring and the deeply moving recurring ''Amin'', and the unexpected quiet climax." Gramophone |
HANDEL
English Arias James Bowman (counter Tenor), Susan Gritton (soprano) The King'S Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] 'This beautiful collection of songs and duets from Handel oratorios finds the 52-year-old English countertenor in quite amazing form ... His voice remains phenomenally agile. Unmissable' (The Sunday Times) |
James Brown
Gold (2CD) [ 2 CD ] |
James Brown
James Brown: Four Classic Albums Plus...Four Bonus Tracks [ Avid R & B / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] AVID R&B presents the latest release in their Four Classic Albums Plus series with a re-mastered 2CD set from James Brown & The Famous Flames, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. "Please, Please, Please"; "Think";... |
James Brown
Live At The Apollo, 1962 (& Bonus Tracks) [ Soul Jam / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] The Greatest Live Soul Album Ever Recorded! Through The Gospel-Impassioned Fury Of His Vocals And The Complex Polyrhythms Of His Beats, The Legendary James Brown Became One Of The Most Important Figures In The Transformation Of Rhythm & Blues Into... |
James Brown
Soul On Top (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 13/Jan/2023 ] In the liner notes to this grooving 1969 album, featuring a big band led by drummer Louis Bellson and arranged by Impulse! star Oliver Nelson, the Godfather of Soul explains that he is a "jazz man at heart". Brown's soul consigliere, saxophonist... |
WALTER PISTON
Piston: Violin Concertos / Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra James Buswell (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide / * * * * * 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine (Sept 99) / Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Oct 99) / Critic's Choice Gramophone Magazine 1999 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fat Knight / Serenade to Music / Henry V Overture James Clark (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2017 ] "Yates secures some commendably alert playing from the RSNO, who seem to be thoroughly enjoying the whole experience…it's hard to conceive of a more sympathetic performance of either [the Henry V Overture] or the radiant Serenade to Music in its... |
James Duncan
Mirror Minor [ Round Trip Mars CD / CD ] It is possible that on a cursory first listen you could overlook the unfathomable depth of James Duncan's debut EP, but it would take cloth ears. Veering from almost jigulatory (Do U?) to muchos moody, this is a record for all days, all seasons... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Complete Violin Concertos James Ehnes (violin) / Mozart Anniversary Orchestra [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "A must for devotees" Northern Echo, 2nd February 2017 |
EUGENE YSAŸE
Ysaye: Sonatas For Solo Violin, Op.27 James Ehnes (violin) [ Onyx / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] 'Ehnes's 'centrist' approach keeps your attention focused on the music, leaving you to marvel at his technique only after you've stopped listening.' Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Instrumental |
FRANCK / STRAUSS
Violin Sonatas James Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2015 ] James Ehnes and long term musical partner Andrew Armstrong have performed both the Franck and Strauss violin sonatas many times and bring special insight to these works that only many years of performing them together can convey. The Franck is one... |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor (with Shostakovich - Quartets) James Ehnes (violin) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth / Ehnes Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "Ehnes' urgent and energetic finale [of the Khachaturian] is full of gypsy spirit and freshness without feeling too sweet-toothed...This rather unusual mix of concerto and chamber music only serves to increase the desirability of this release." (MW) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61 / Serenade for strings, op. 20 James Ehnes (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Onyx / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Concerto - "Even before the review was in, a well-meaning soul placed this disc on my desk. This, my benefactor assured me, was not just "another Elgar" for the anniversary - it was something special. So it... |