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HUMMEL / BEETHOVEN
Piano Pieces (the rare and the unusual) Georgina Zellan-Smith (piano) [ Zellan Records / CD - released 22/Mar/2006 ] Both were child prodigies, their Fathers’ their first teachers. Beethoven’s Father was hard, demanding, irresponsible, Hummel’s more balanced. Both played to Mozart, Hummel aged 7, Beethoven 16. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs of Ireland and Scotland Georgina Zellan-Smith (piano), Richard Bruce (baritone) [ Georgina Zellan-Smith / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] Georgina Zellan-Smith is one of New Zealand's most accomplished pianists with a long list of accolades, dating right back to her debut at London's Wigmore Hall, through to her recordings of Ravel and laterley her work with the Auckland... |
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VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MOZART / MOLTER / CRUSELL / etc
Wind Concertos [special priced boxed set] Henk de Graaf (clarinet) Daniel Smith (Bassoon) Stefan Schilli (oboe) (trumpet) Herman Jeurissen (horn) Emma Johnson (clarinet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A delightful collection of Wind concertos, featuring some rarer works amongst the well known. |
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Huey 'Piano' Smith
Would You Believe it! In Session in New Orleans 1951 - 1962 [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Part of Jasmine's ongoing and popular "In Session" series this new set can also be seen as the companion to an earlier Jasmine release, Don't You Just Know It, The Very Best Of Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns 1956-62 (JASMCD 3059), this set... |
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BEETHOVEN
Eroica / Symphony No. 3 Ian Hart / Tim Pigott-Smith / Claire Skinner / Jack Davenport / Orchestre RACvolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 5/May/2005 ] G :- 'Ian Hart is brilliant as Beethoven, a volatile, magnetic figure of genius and uncouth charm…not to be missed.' -- Daily Mail |
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LANQUETUIT / BOULNOIS / MULET / JONGEN / BOWEN / etc
Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ, Volume 1 Jane Parker-Smith (organ) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Jane Parker-Smith is one of the world's leading concert organists, acclaimed by the critics and public alike for her musicianship, virtuosity and interpretative ability. Jane joins the Avie label with a unique programme linking European composers who... |
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EDMUNDSON / KROMOLICKI / IRELAND / VIERNE/ WEITZ/ etc
Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ, Volume 2 Jane Parker-Smith (organ) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is the kind of repertoire in which Jane Parker-Smith excels; big, gutsy, colourful, occasionally passionate, occasionally frothy, bristling with opportunities for virtuoso display but with a deeply hidden inner core of intellectual substance... |
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COCHEREAU / LANDMANN / PARRY / BAIRSTOW / LISZT / etc
Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ - Volume 3 Jane Parker-Smith (organ) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is an interesting programme, excellently performed and recorded and well presented, as were the earlier volumes. At 77:04, the CD is well filled, too." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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Jean-Luc Godard / Soundtrack (featuring Dino Saluzzi / David Darling / Patti Smith / Jean Schwartz / Werner Pirchner / Paul Hindemith / etc)
Nouvelle Vague [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] This is the complete soundtrack - music, dialogue, sounds - of Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. |
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C. P. E. BACH
Bach, CPE: Flute Concertos Jennifer Stinton (flute), Orchestra St John's Smith Square, John Lubbock [ Alto Records / CD - released 21/Feb/2017 ] "I thoroughly enjoyed this playing of some wonderfully inventive music.." (Gramophone) |
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith: Four Classic Albums (The Sermon! / Crazy Baby! / Jimmy Smith's House Party / Midnight Special) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from Jimmy Smith, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details |
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BRITTEN / MERTZ / BACH / PONCE / SCHWIZGEBEL
Guitar Recital: Johan Smith Johan Smith (guitar) [ Naxos Laureate Series: Guitar / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] "Particularly admirable is Smith's tone, unmarred by the arbitrary use of sul ponticello effects." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2020 |
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Johnny Burnette / Buddy Knox / Ronnie Hawkins / Ray Smith / Carl Mann
Rockabilly Legends - Five Classic Albums Plus (Johnny Burnette And The Rock N Roll Trio / Buddy Knox / Ronnie Hawkins / Travellin' With Ray / Like Man [ Avid / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] AVID Rock N Roll continues with its Five Classic Albums plus series with a re-mastered 2CD Various Artists set complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details |
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MARIN MARAIS
Pieces de Viole des Cinq Livres (Livre 1686, 1701, 1711, 1717 & 1725) Jordi Savall (viol) Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Hopkinson Smith (theorbe & guitar) Christophe Coin & Anne Gallet [ Alia Vox SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "These marvelous discs are from 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, and 1992, but you will be very hard-pressed to find much difference in sound quality, especially in these stunningly gripping SACD remasterings-they are simply beautiful," (AudAud) |
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Kate Smith
Two Dozen Roses [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] When Kate Smith died on 17th June, 1986, America lost one of its best-loved radio personalities. Millions of fans would no longer hear the opening strains of "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" coupled with that famous greeting, sincere, soft... |
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Keely Smith
Be My Love [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/1993 ] Once in a while you get a glimpse of how God intended his created beings to sound: The velvet voiced Keely Smith is such a rare example with a truly natural singing voice: Slowly burning from some magic inner flame it travels along the melody line.. |
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Keely Smith
Because You're Mine [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] Ease into your favourite chair, close your eyes, take a deep breath and inhale the essence of Kelly Smith's smoky voice. Her clear intimate tones will fill the room, and you will hear the perfect blend of lyric and melody. Words take on meaning... |
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Keely Smith
Cherokeely Swings [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] CheroKeely Swings has got to be one of her best works, originally recorded for the DOT label. This album features HOT swinging charts by Billy May, and some of Keely's most thrilling moments captured behind a microphone. "My Heart Cries For You"... |
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Keely Smith
Dearly Beloved [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] |