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Leonard Cohen
Popular Problems (Gold Series) [ Columbia CD / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Leonard Cohen is a master songwriter, musician, poet, novelist and visual artist whose stunning body of original work has touched the lives of millions with a career spanning six decades. On Popular Problems, his thrilling new studio album,... |
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker [ Sony Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Leonard Cohen, acclaimed composer of 'Hallelujah', has released an album of haunting new songs at the age of 82. This great artist continues to astonish us. Uncompromising and urgent, "You Want It Darker" is the latest chapter in Leonard's... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / Overture: Cockaigne Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: Complete Piano Music Vol 2 Dan Poynton (piano) [ Trust / CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] This is the second CD in at 4 CD series covering the complete piano music of New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn. |
Julia Deans
We Light Fire [ Julia Deans / CD - released 11/May/2018 ] With the release of bold first single Walking In The Sun in September 2017, Julia Deans whet the appetite of fans and critics alike for her new album. It had been seven years since we were last seduced by her songwriting, when her acclaimed first... |
TRADITIONAL
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Silk Road Ensemble [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Aug/2016 ] Continuing their explorations on Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble go even deeper into cross-cultural studies on this 2005 soundtrack album. Produced for a 10-part series on Japan's NHK television network,... |
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
In The Heart Of The Moon [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 30/Jun/2005 ] The GRAMMY winning In the Heart of the Moon is a unique album of duets from Ali Farka Toure (guitar) and Toumani Diabate (kora), two of Africa's greatest musicians. It was recorded using a mobile studio in the Hotel Mandé, on the banks of the Niger... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Orchestral songs (Including 'Four Last Songs') Jessye Norman (soprano) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Philips Originals / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "The vocal command is irresistible. Norman brings heart-felt, deeply committed performances, at times larger than life, which satisfyingly expoits the unique glory of her voice. Excellent recording." Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette Recording |
RODRIGO / FALLA / SOR / LENNON & McCARTNEY
Milos Karadaglic: Aranjuez Milos Karadaglic (guitar) with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Mercury Classics / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Feb/2014 ] "The young guitarist comes across as an interpreter of delicacy and meticulousness." Financial Times, 14th February 2014 |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: No longer mourn for me & other works for cello Steven Isserlis (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir, Omer Meir Wellber [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] BBC Music Award WINNER - Premier Award 2021 Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2020 |
EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar / Walton: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands" BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice March 2016 |
Trio-Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] You take a trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali and put them in the studio with a renowned and revolutionary Western string quartet - and the resulting album is one of the most richly rewarding musical collaborations you are... |
J. S. BACH
Bach Trios Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) [ Nonesuch / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which sings and weeps and whispers" Five Stars BBC Music |
BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / SCHUMANN / ELGAR / DELIUS / etc
Songs from the Arc of Life Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "This is warm, engaged, vital music making by two of the finest musicians around." the Guardian |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / ROBERT VOLKMANN
Schumann / Volkmann: Cello Concertos (with works by Richard Strauss & Max Bruch) Daniel Müller-Schott (Violoncello) / NDR Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "Daniel Müller-Schott's mellow cello timbre and emotional sensibility are key factors in this warmhearted disc of four Romantic works" (Daily Telegraph) |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ghosteen [ Kobalt / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Ghosteen is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2016 album 'Skeleton Tree'. The double album features 8 songs on 'Part 1', and 'Part 2' consists of two long songs, linked by a spoken word piece. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Goes Wild Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata, featuring Valer Sabadus (counter-tenor) & Nuria Rial (soprano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2017 ] "Christina Pluhar has great taste. She brings great musicians together with great music. And of course, if you've liked their past collections, you're likely to find something very appetizing in this release as well." (AudAud) |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: From Sleep Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] "Sleep is functional music, furniture music, a soundtrack for relaxing and sleeping, and as such it's successful. It's not "classical" music, and shouldn't be judged as such. It does what it claims, and it's enjoyable." (Musicweb) |
Milos Karadaglić (guitar)
Sound of Silence [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] An album of calming and meditative solo guitar works set alongside a selection of pop and jazz hits. Sound Of Silence includes songs by artists stretching from Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen to Portishead and Nora Jones. |