JOHN PSATHAS
Diálogos Chris Mason-Battley Group [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] Interpretations of the music of John Psathas. "Diálogos is a revelation. I don't know what the language is that properly describes what the guys are doing, but they're somehow creating new works. This isn't 'arranging' or 'adapting' - I feel it's... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2019) Globe Theatre / Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts / Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of... |
GERSHWIN / BARBER / BEACH / COLERIGDE-TAYLOR / COPLAND
Isata Kanneh-Mason - Summertime Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 6/Sep/2021 ] "'Summertime' indeed, from a profound and greatly gifted artist who radiates warmth, joy and much-needed musical sunshine." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2021 |
FLORENCE PRICE
Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement / Symphony No. 1 Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Chineke! Orchestra, Leslie Suganandarajah, Roderick Cox [ Decca / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "[Kanneh-Mason's] playing is vigorous and authoritative. Price could have no more persuasive an advocate...Chineke! Orchestra's woodwind, especially, shine in these lively performances" The Guardian |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Song Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) [ Decca / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Stretching from Bach to Bacharach, 'Song' sees Sheku present an extraordinary kaleidoscope of music, joined by some of the musicians he loves working with, collaborating with both family and friends while showcasing his skills as both arranger and... |
SAMUEL BARBER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Muse Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] Classical music's star duo have performed together all over the world, they present an impassioned programme of Barber & Rachmaninov. This disc includes each composer's Cello Sonata and a selection of beautiful songs transcribed for cello. |
Wayne Mason
Sense Got Out [ Ode Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2008 ] This is Mason's third album under his own name and first with his band "The Fallen Angels". The title song "Sense Got Out" was a finalist in the prestigious US based International Songwriting Competition 2006... |
ELMER BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: How Now Dow Jones Anthony Roberts & Marilyn Mason / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1999 ] How Now, Dow Jones is a musical comedy by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein, Tony Award nominee Carolyn Leigh and Max Shulman. The original Broadway production opened in December 1967. |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Edd: Steel Pier Anthony Roberts & Marilyn Mason / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1997 ] Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb from the original book by David Thompson. Directed by Scott Ellis with choreography by Susan Stroman, the musical opened on Broadway on April 24, 1997. |
The Chris Mason-Battley Group with Richard Nunns
Two Tides [ Rattle Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] This album brings together two distinct musical sensibilities and explores their similarities and differences through improvisation: Maori instrumentation and European jazz forge new paths within the evolving musical landscape of New Zealand. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with John Reed, Pauline Wales, Thomas Lawlor, Christine Palmer, Ralph Mason / James Walker (cond) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] "There is a real sense of staging and movement which is all to the good. The dialogue is well handled and is very much a plus factor.' Fanfare, November/December 1983 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Song (LP) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Stretching from Bach to Bacharach, 'Song' sees Sheku present an extraordinary kaleidoscope of music, joined by some of the musicians he loves working with, collaborating with both family and friends while showcasing his skills as both arranger and... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / etc Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Decca / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Award-winning British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a brand new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto - arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello. |
Dave Mason
Alone Together / Headkeeper [ BGO Records / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Dave's first solo recording after the split-up of Traffic. Mason based himself in the States where Traffic had always enjoyed great success. Alone Together features a host of top session musicians from Jim Gordon to Leon Russell. Headkeeper is... |
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets
Live At The Roundhouse [ Legacy / 2 CD/DVD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] "Live at the Roundhouse" is unlike any other concert film connected with Pink Floyd. It's the nearest thing you can get to a time machine, transporting you back to the very earliest days of the band. Nick Mason, the only band member to have played on... |
Alexander Mason (The organ of Gloucester Cathedral)
Beyond The Score - Organ improvisations for Whit Sunday [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
KENNETH ALFORD
The Music Of Kenneth Alford (Incls 'Colonel Bogey') Band Of H.M. Royal Marines / Captain J.R Mason [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] The composer of 'Colonel Bogey', 'Dunedin' & 'Eagle Squadron' |
Bill Mason / Gary Chandler
Gettin' Off / Outlook [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 22/Jun/1999 ] |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quintet) Capricorn with Sarah Leonard (soprano) / Timothy Mason (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Oct/2006 ] 'Capricorn's blazing performance of the Serenade is what really makes this disc a standout among recent Schnittke releases' (Fanfare) |