GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1978) Metropolitan Opera / Jon Vickers, Renata Scotto, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) [ Sony Metropolitan Series DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2011 ] |
Nakamatsu,Jon
Chopin:fantasy On Polish Airs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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;... |
Various Artists / Composed by Jon Brion
Punch Drunk Love (Original Soundtrack) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 17/Mar/2003 ] Available as an import CD from America, this score is by L.A. based gifted multi-instrumentalist, singer / songwriter Jon Brion. |
TRADITIONAL
A Pageant of Medieval Music The Oxford Girls' Choir / John Rowlands-Pritchard / Sirinu / The Henrician Consort / Jon banks [ Music of the Middle Ages / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing... |
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) |
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. |
SAMUEL BARBER
The Best of Barber (includes the Adagio-both string & choral versions) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Jon Kimura Parker (piano) / Leonard Slatkin / Robert Shaw Festival Singers / Robert Shaw and others. [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] Delving into its vast classical catalog, Telarc has compiled a disc full of Samuel Barber's most memorable works. The Best of Barber is an exquisite collection featuring Sylvia McNair singing "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Leonard Slatkin and the Saint... |
MICHAEL 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 |
BRAHMS
Quintets Op 34 & Op 115 Tokyo String quartet with Jon Manasse (clarinet) [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] |
Tony Ashton & Jon Lord
First of the Big Bands [ CD ] |
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... |
Uli Jon Roth
Sky of Avalon [ Steamhammer Records / CD - released 23/May/2006 ] American imported disc. |
Uli Jon Roth
Transcendental Sky Guitar [ Steamhammer Records / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2000 ] American imported double disc set. |
Uli Jon Roth
Under a Dark Sky [ Steamhammer Records / CD - released 23/Sep/2008 ] American imported disc. |
WAGNER
The Essential Wagner Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Helga Dernesch, Cheryl Studer, Birgit Nilsson, Marjana Lipovsek, Christa Ludwig, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jon Vickers, e [ Emi Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The best-loved and most popular works by Richard Wagner, performed by the world's leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price. |
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.... |
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. |