More By Artist: B-Real
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GABRIELE ROBERTO / DMITRI CERVO / NICOLA TESCARI / MENACHEM ZUR
Alchemy: New Music for Trumpet and Orchestra Fabio Brum (trumpets, Cornets, Flugelhorn, Horn) / Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Seville, Noam Zur [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2022 ] Like alchemists of old, attempting to recombine the four elements, here Fábio Brum presents four distinct musical languages in a programme forged during lockdown. Gabriele Roberto's Tokyo Suite charts the astonishment of a traveller dazzled by the... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera recorded in 2008) Teatro Real, Madrid / Karita Mattila, Miroslav Dvorsky, Guy de Mey, Dali Schaechter / Jiri Belohlavek (cond) [ FRA Musica DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2010 ] "Its luminosity is reflected in Jiří Bělohlávek's conducting, undoubtedly the most airily lyrical Katya I can remember, which uses Mackerras's edition but applies less spiky gestures" BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 ***** |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Noise And Flowers [ Reprise / Warner / CD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Noise & Flowers documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young's lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at age 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young... |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Paradox (Original Music From The Film) [ Reprise / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Neil Young recorded the music for the Paradox soundtrack on the MGM soundstage with three different groups: Promise of the Real, an orchestra, and another backing band comprised of Jim Keltner, Paul Bushnell and Joe Yankee. Paradox (the film) is... |
Sunny Day Real Estate
LP2 (Double LP) [ Sub Pop Records / 2 LP - released 19/Oct/2009 ] Released on LP for the first time in years, LP2 has been remastered from the original tapes and includes 2 bonus tracks. Delivering on the promise Sunny Day Real Estate showed on their 1994 debut Diary, the following year's LP2 (a.k.a. The Pink... |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Noise And Flowers (Double Gatefold LP) [ Reprise / Warner / 2 LP - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Noise & Flowers documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young's lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at age 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young... |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Paradox (Original Music From The Film) (Double Gatefold LP) [ Reprise / Warner Music / 2 LP - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Neil Young recorded the music for the Paradox soundtrack on the MGM soundstage with three different groups: Promise of the Real, an orchestra, and another backing band comprised of Jim Keltner, Paul Bushnell and Joe Yankee. Paradox (the film) is... |
Neil Young + The Promise Of The Real
The Visitor [ Warner Music / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Neil Young reteams with Promise of the Real for a new album titled The Vistor, their second studio LP together. The album comes just three months after Young released Hitchhiker, his long-lost LP of acoustic songs recorded over one night in August... |
The Real Thing
The Very Best Of [ Pulse / CD - released 29/May/2006 ] Northern soul had emerged in the north of England when the Real Thing formed in 1970, but the disco/funk/soul quartet couldn't get into the obscure R&B sounds, preferring instead the more progressive soul of the Temptations, Barry White, and funk... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: The Perfect American (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / David Pittsinger, Donald Kaasch, Christopher Purves, Janis Kelly / Dennis Russell Davies (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The dark tone is set from the beginning...Purves impresses conveys the complex and ultimately flawed character of Walt...Opus Arte's production is excellent...and brings The Perfect American - such as it is - very vividly to life." Gramophone |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Amanda Roocroft, Deborah Polaski, Nikolai Schukoff / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Something in the composer's writing brings out the best in [Roocroft's] creamy voice and committed acting, and here she's superb as a young woman who forgives her stepmother for committing a terrible crime." (ClassicFM) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Marcelo Alvarez / Violeta Urmana / Marco Vratogna / ElenaZaremba / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Passion, loyalty and political conspiracy are the three pillars of Un ballo in maschera (1859), the 'most operatic of all operas'. Set in XIX century Boston, Mario Martone's atmospheric production for the Teatro Real in Madrid brings out all the... |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Violeta Urmana / Vincenzo La Scola / Vladimir Galouzine / Maria Bayo/ Carlo Guelfi / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "The performances are uniformly superb; especially Violeta Urmana's Santuzza and Vladimir Galouzine's Canio, especially in the aria Vesti La Giubba, where he almost brings down the house. Very highly recommended!" (AudAud.com) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theatro Real / Kurt Streit (Silla), Patricia Petibon, Silvia Tro Santafé, Inga Kalna / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2018 ] "But the vocal laurels, and the principal reason for recommending this recording, belong to Patricia Petibon who tears into Giunia's arias as if her really depended on it." BBC MusicBBC Music Magazine October 2018 Opera Choice |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Earth [ Reprise Records / CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] Neil Young's new album, EARTH features performances of songs from a range of Young's albums, including last year's THE MONSANTO YEARS, 1990's RAGGED GLORY, and 1970's AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. The audio was captured during Young's 2015 tour with The... |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Noise And Flowers (2LP, CD & Blu-ray Box Set) [ Reprise / Warner / Multi-Format Box Set - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Noise & Flowers documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young's lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at age 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young... |
JANACEK
Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 2009) Amanda Roocroft / Deborah Polaski / Miroslav Dvorský / Nikolai Schukoff / Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid / Ivor Bolton [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "Amanda Roocroft has won laurels as Jenufa in various stage productions and comes across as a deeply sincere performer here, even if the voice is apt to turn shrill at the top...[Polaski's] very understatement is moving in its own way." (Gramophone) |
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B-Real
Smoke 'n' Mirrors [ Shock Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2009 ] B-Real was raised in South Central LA, and is best known as lead vocalist in the multi-Platinum selling rap group Cypress Hill. His debut solo album features Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Kurupt, Damian Marley, Buckshot, Sean Price, Too $hort and Sen Dog. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida / La Traviata / Rigoletto (complete operas recorded 2002 - 2006) Royal Opera, Teatro Real, Liceu Opera / Daniela Dessi, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Norah Amsellem, Renata Bruson, Christine Shafer, Marcelo Alvarez, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "José Antonio Gutiérrez's production is, by definition, ultra-traditional, but everything looks beautiful thanks to Cabanes's feeling for colour - ochres and blues dominate - and perspective." (BBC Music on Aida) |
DAVID LANG
Lang: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating / Wed / etc Real Quiet with Theo Blockmann (vocals) & Evan Ziporyn (bass clarinet) / Boston Modern Orchestra / Gil Rose [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Mr. Rose and his team filled the music with rich, decisive ensemble colors and magnificent solos. These musicians were rapturous - superb instrumentalists at work and play." The New York Times |
