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Cypress Hill
The 420 Remixes (RSD 2022 10") [ Legacy / 10in - released 23/Apr/2022 ] Cypress Hill's self-titled debut album was an instant classic. In 2021, for its 30th anniversary, two favorite tracks were remixed and released digitally, and they're now ready to take the turntables, on 10" black vinyl, as part of Record Store Day's... |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Symphony No 7 / Four Songs for Tenor and Orchestra Martyn Hill (tenor) / Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "I found his interpretation of the Seventh fully acceptable...I found myself in his more leisurely company enjoying the scenery." MusicWeb |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Choral Masterpieces Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ) Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Superbly recorded, "massive" performances (in the main) of music for choir and orchestra by Vaughan Williams and Walton. The thrilling music here - Old hundredth psalm, Coronation Te Deum and Orb and sceptre - contrast well with the more intimate... |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Part - Tavener - Gorecki Various artists including Steven Isserlis, Vasari Singers conducted by Jeremy Backhouse, Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Hill. etc [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / Warner Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] The perfect introduction to the choral music of these 20th Century composers. |
Andrew Hill
Black Fire (Gatefold LP) [ Blue Note Tone Poet Series / LP - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Andrew Hill's Black Fire is both the pianist and composer's debut and an acknowledged masterpiece of modern post-bop jazz. Featuring a sublime quartet with Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Richard Davis on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums, the music... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "If you don't know Howells' music, this splendid new recording of one of his most powerful works is likely to win new friends, who will want to investigate further the many very fine Hyperion recordings" MusicWeb |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Stabat Mater / Sine Nomine, Op. 37 / Te Deum Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Alison Hill (soprano) / The Bach Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "The Bach Choir has a palpable vibrancy in its range and layers of dynamics which are complemented by the extensive and highly sensitive palette of Howells's orchestra...and the incisive solo tenor role of Benjamin Hulett." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
PARRY / BAIRSTOW / ELGAR / STANFORD / HADLEY
Jerusalem - British Choral Classics Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/May/2005 ] "In all, this is a nice representation some of the core repertoire of the Anglican Church; but again, these ears would have appreciated much more variety, and dare I say it, mature female voices, especially given the big orchestrations." (MusicWeb... |
Cypress Hill
Back In Black (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 18/Mar/2022 ] Cypress Hill shifts culture. Since releasing its eponymous debut album in 1991, the California rap group has regularly revolutionized rap. B-Real and Sen Dog's innovative lyrics, distinctive voices and poignant street-centred subject matter... |
Cypress Hill
Black Sunday (Double LP) [ Columbia / Legacy Records / 2 LP - released 3/Dec/2009 ] Black Sunday made Cypress Hill's connection to rock & roll more explicit, with its heavy metal-like artwork and noisier, more dissonant samples (including, naturally, stoner icons Black Sabbath). It's a slightly darker affair than its groundbreaking... |
Cypress Hill
III (Temples Of Boom) (LP) [ Leagacy / 2 LP - released 26/Nov/2021 ] With this album Cypress Hill turned towards a more tranquil, sedate, slower, spooky sound with beats. The dark mood of this album reflects the strife within the band during this era, when member Sen Dog temporarily left the band to pursue other... |
Cypress Hill
Insane In The Brain (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 16/Oct/2020 ] What has become one of the hip-hop's most iconic party anthems, and one of Cypress Hill's biggest hits, started out with them taking offence at Chubb Rock. He'd flipped some of their lyrics on his own 'Yabba Dabba Doo' song in 1992 and the group... |
Cypress Hill
IV (Double LP) [ Sony / 2 LP - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "Cypress Hill's most bangin' LP since their 1991 debut.… Cypress Hill still name-check firearms, threaten rivals and smoke more weed than a congregation of Rastas. But the obsessions are means to an end." Rolling Stone |
Eternal, Rod Stewart, Amy Grant, Curtis Stigers, Richard Marx, Faith Hill, Bee Gees, Manhatten Transfer, Celine Dion, etc
Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute To Carole King [ Atlantic Lava / CD - released 15/Sep/1995 ] Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King is a 1995 tribute album honoring American singer, songwriter, and pianist Carole King. It features a diverse lineup of artists including Richard Marx, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Celine Dion, etc |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Mass of Life / Prelude & Idyll Janice Watson (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Alan Opie (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony, David Hill [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "a marvellous starting point for anyone new to Delius's unique but compelling art." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2012 |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chamber Works Vol 1 Haffner Wind Ensemble of London, with Nicholas Daniel - oboe & Kate Hill - flute [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The Haffner Wind Ensemble is very impressive indeed, both individually as personalities and as a team matching timbres expertly. Their playing is full of spontaneity and conveyed enjoyment" Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 3 / Orchestral Suite BWV 1066 Hazelzet - Staier - Hill - Bouman - Ter Linden - Musica Antiqua Kaln, Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / CD - released 15/Jun/1986 ] These uncompromising performances of the Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites set new standards in the 1980s and remain a monument to the keen spirit of enquiry that Reinhard Goebel has always applied to his performances and recordings. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Owen Wingrave (complete opera recorded in 2001) Kent Nagano / Gerald Finley / Peter Savidge / Hilton Marlton / Josephine Barstow / Anne Dawson / Elizabeth Gale / Charlotte Hellekant / Martyn Hill / [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] G - GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2004: DVD |
Lauryn Hill
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (2LP) [ Columbia / 2 LP - released 30/Jan/2014 ] Though the Fugees had been wildly successful, and Lauryn Hill had been widely recognized as a key to their popularity, few were prepared for her stunning debut. The social heart of the group and its most talented performer, she tailored The... |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore (complete operetta - original version) Marilyn Hill Smith, Gordon Sandison, Joan Davies, Alexandra Hann / Chorus and Orchestra of the New Sadler's Wells Opera / Simon Phipps [ Jay Productions / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] The New Sadler's Wells Opera was formed in the mid-eighties, filling the void (or so it was thought) that was left by the closure of the original D'Oyly Carte. It has even been suggested that the Powers that Be pushed the old Company gently into the... |
