JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: Chicago: The Musical Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton / 1997 Broadway Cast [ RCA Records / CD - released 28/Jan/1997 ] CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show. |
Adam Page, James Brown, John Psathas
The Harvest [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 16/Nov/2012 ] The Harvest is comprised of two suites, two continuous 30-minute compositions broken into 8 and 9 parts respectively. The Harvest Suite (composed by Adam Page and John Psathas) features Adam on solo tenor saxophone played through various looping... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Amsterdam Music Theatre / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, James Stout / Ermanno Florio [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Choreographers Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling created a Nutcracker for the children and adults of today. It is more dynamic and exciting, and less sweet than usual. |
Barclay James Harvest
Gone to Earth [ Polydor / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] 2003 remastered reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1977 album includes 5 bonus tracks. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff in Lucerne - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Symphony No. 3 Behzod Abduraimov (piano) / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "Behzod Abduraimov is the ultra-commanding soloist in the Rhapsody...here is a comfortable sense that nothing can possibly go wrong. He is ideally partnered in a work alive with tricky ensemble challenges." International Piano |
SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / REGER / WARLOCK / STRAUSS / WOLF
Benjamin Appl: Heimat Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "The voice has a burnished, oaky beauty as well as considerable sweetness (well captured in Sony's natural engineering), while the interpretations are suffused with a gentle intelligence." Gramophone |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with James Levine (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 15/Feb/2009 ] In 2007/08, Bartoli devoted her time to studying and recording the early 19th-century repertoire - the era of Italian Romanticism and bel canto - and especially the legendary singer Maria Malibran. |
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Missa Sancta et immaculata The Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] RECORD OF THE MONTH, CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Mary of Magdala Dame Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-soprano), James Platt (Bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Bliss composed The Enchantress in 1951, the year of his sixtieth birthday, for Kathleen Ferrier. The text is a free adaptation of the Second Idyll of Theocritus, made by Henry Reed, and well suited to Bliss's love of classical Greek... |
Etta James
Come a Little Closer [ Music on CD / CD - released 19/Jun/2018 ] Come a Little Closer is the eleventh studio album by Etta James, released in 1974 on the Chess label. The album reached a peak position of number 47 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart. |
Etta James
Etta James (Clear LP) [ Ermitage / LP - released 10/Dec/2012 ] 2023 reissue of the self-titled album that was originally released as her third studio album in 1962. Pressed on clear vinyl. |
HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR
The 'Lost' TV Episodes Tony Hancock with Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques & Bill Kerr [ BBC Audio / CD - released 6/Aug/2009 ] Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic BBC TV series. This title includes "The Flight of the Red Shadow" - 23 January 1959, and "The Wrong Man" - 6 March 1959 that was broadcast live in 1959. These rare recordings are made... |
Harry James
The In Person & Hi-Fi Sounds Of Harry James [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
MOZART / STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY / BARTOK / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / etc
100 Years Of The Salzburg Festival Herbert von Karajan, Alfred Brendel, Martha Argerich, Georg Solti, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 58 CD Box Set - released 31/Jul/2020 ] This comprehensive 58-CD limited edition boxed set is the centerpiece of Deutsche Grammophon's campaign celebrating the 100th anniversary of Salzburg Festival in 2020 offering an opportunity to dive into the rich Salzburg Festival history through a... |
ARVO PART
Litany / Psalom / Trisagion The Hilliard Ensemble / David James (countertenor) / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra [ ECM Records / CD - released 6/May/2001 ] The world premiere recording of Arvo Pärt's 'Litany' |
James
Be Opened By The Wonderful [ Virgin / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Be Opened By The Wonderful is a collection of some of James' most loved and rare tracks, re-imagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir. Be Opened By The Wonderful was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and... |
James Blake
Playing Robots Into Heaven (Deluxe White Vinyl Double LP) [ Polydor UK / 2 LP - released 8/Sep/2023 ] James return to the electronic roots of his Hessle, Hemlock and R&S records days. |
James Blunt
Back To Bedlam - (Standard) [ Atlantic / CD - released 13/Jun/2005 ] |
James Brown
ames Brown & His Famous Flames Tour The USA [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] The title is something of a misnomer, for this is no live album; rather it was recorded in a studio and was seen as an opportunity for James' backing group The Famous Flames to step into the spotlight. Of course, the James Brown connection would... |
James Brown
Live At The Apollo (LP) [ DOL / LP - released 1/Jan/2017 ] 180g vinyl, gatefold. |