Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles (Deluxe Edition) [ Rhino Handmade / 3 CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] 3 discs / 36 tracks, housed in a cardboard replica of a wooden box, with 40-page booklet with photos & liner notes. Includes rare 30-minute interview with Charles. |
Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles (Encore Series) [ UK COMP / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] |
Bobby Charles
Last Train To Memphis [ Proper Records / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] This double digipack, at a single CD price with 12 page booklet, presents 15 previously unissued Bobby Charles recordings cut between 1975 and 2001. Guests include Sonny Landreth, Delbert McClinton, Fats Domino, Willie Nelson, and Neil Young. |
Bobby Charles
Timeless [ CD - released 22/Jun/2010 ] |
Bobby Charles
Wish You Were Here Right Now [ Stony Plain / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] |
DEBUSSY
La Mer / Prelude a l'apras-midi d'un / Printemps / Nocturnes (with Ibert - Escales) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ Sony / RCA Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "This makes a superb introduction for the first-time buyer to Debussy's major orchestral masterpieces. It may even provide a point of entry to those unable to relate to the softer-centred impressionist Debussy more commonly heard." (MusicWeb July 04) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos 4 & 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ Sony Classical Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "Brisk tempos, wicked string and woodwind attacks keep this affectionate version on its toes. Without preliminaries, the Finale erupts out of the opening motifs, a series of punctuated lightning bolts interrupted by woodwinds' pipings and strings'... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 / Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2003 ] "It also demands a performance which combines virtuosity with excitement, sensuous ardour with subtlety of feeling and above all is seemingly spontaneous. Mackerras meets all these requirements admirably in a reading of great power and romantic... |
ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
The Merchant of Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Richard Angas (Duke of Venice), Christopher Ainslie, Charles Workman, Adrian Clarke, Norman Patzke / Erik Nielsen [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Apr/2015 ] "Bergian in idiom, it's a fine if uneven piece...Magdalena Anna Hofmann is a superb Portia; Jason Bridges exudes charm as Lorenzo; Eröd and Ainslie are heartbreaking and unforgettable." (The Guardian) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 5 (Incls Stabat mater RV621) Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies / The KIng's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'A superlative recording and exemplary notes add to the desirability of an absolute must' (Goldberg) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'Beatus vir' & 'salve Regina I') Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sopranos) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenors) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sops) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (ten) Peter Harvey (bass) / King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] This second volume of Hyperion's project to record all of Monteverdi's sacred music focuses on works to be found in the 1650 publication Messa a quattro voci e salmi and includes a glorious Mass-setting, Litany of Loreto and the five-part Exultent caeli. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29 & 6 others Carolyn Sampson (sop) Charles Brett (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (b) / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "The soloists are outstanding, with Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore in especially communicative form… Outstanding work; Herreweghe's occasional oratorios are beginning to achieve some kind of critical mass, a very fine series of Bach recordings... |
Charles Trenet
Douce France / Je Chante [ Le Chant du Monde / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] |
MILTON BABBITT
Babbitt: Soli e Duettini Charles Abramovi (Piano), Curtis Macomber (Violin), Marshall Taylor (Alto saxophone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] One prepossessing characteristic of Milton Babbitt's music is that its lines jump around a lot. However intrinsically appealing, this gains something from the fact that they also do not. The jumps sample streams of slower activity, communicate... |
Charles Aznavor
Encores [ CD ] |
Charles Aznavour
Duos [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] This is 2-CD set of 28 duets which Charles Aznavour has performed with artists including Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Elton John, Josh Groban, Sting, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and more. |
Charles Aznavour
Il Faut Savoir / Je M'Voyais Deja (LP) [ VINYL PASSION / LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
Charles Aznavour
Original Album Series [ Rhino / 5 CD - released 8/Aug/2014 ] This collection includes the featured albums: Jezebel Le Feutre Taupe Sur Ma Vie Bravos Du Music-Hall C'est Ca |