Since you are interested in Old Ideas (Gold Series), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Adele
21 [ XL Recordings / CD - released 24/Jan/2011 ] U.K. singer/songwriter Adele presents '21' - the follow-up to her 2008 breakthrough debut, '19'. The album features the singles, "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You". |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
Melody Gardot
The Absence [ Universal Music / CD - released 31/May/2012 ] Steeped in Melody's global travels and worldly influences, encompassing the sound and feel of exotic places such as Morocco, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Lisbon and more. |
Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
Area 52 [ Warner Music Australia / 2 CD/DVD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] The Mexican acoustic rock duo present their first recorded collaboration with another group of musicians; a thirteen piece Cuban orchestra. Includes a 30-minute DVD documentary. |
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black (Deluxe Jewel Case Edition) [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] All the best parts of her musical character - from jazz vocalist to soul siren. Contains an 8-track bonus disc, featuring live recordings and rarities. |
Robert Plant
Band of Joy [ Rounder Records / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] On 'Band of Joy' Robert Plant immerses himself in the heart of the Nashville scene, enlisting the help of some of the best players in the genre, including Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin. |
PHILIP GLASS
Book Of Longing: A Song Cycle based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen (spoken text) Dominique Plaisant (soprano) Tara Hugo (mezzo) Will Erat (tenor) Daniel Keeling (bass-baritone) Philip Glass (keyboard) [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "For me, this work is both a departure from past work and a fulfillment of an artistic dream." -Philip Glass |
Various Artists
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International) [ Universal Music U.K. / 4 CD - released 2/Feb/2012 ] The cream of the world's music talent cover 73 Bob Dylan songs over 4 CDs - featuring Adele, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Ke$ha, Sting, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, Kris Kristofferson, Bad Religion, Marianne Faithfull, My... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT / MAURICE RAVEL
Benjamin Grosvenor - Chopin Liszt Ravel (Recital) Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Jan/2012 ] "evidence of an awesome talent, a pianist with fantastic natural reflexes in the Cziffra class and, more excitingly, a musician with purpose and imagination, whose playing transcends the sterile confines of the studio" Gramophone Award WINNER 2012:... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas a Cappella II Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Nov/2007 ] This is the second programme of unaccompanied Christmas choral music performed by one of New Zealand's most successful choirs and includes a wide variety of pieces: the well known and the unfamiliar. |
Fat Freddy's Drop
Dr Boondigga & The Big BW [ The Drop / Rhythmethod New Zealand / CD - released 26/May/2009 ] The follow-up to Freddy's hugely popular debut album is another amazing, hi-tek dub-soul boil up! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
England My England Alastair Hussain (treble) Thomas Bullard (baritone) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, etc [ EMI / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] There is surely no more quintessentially English sound than that of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, its unaccompanied voices - evocative of immemorial sandstone, of cool cloisters, of evensong in church, chapel and cathedral. |
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago [ Jagjaguwar Music / CD - released 17/Mar/2008 ] "Hearing his muted strums and granular falsetto's like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time".-Village Voice. "His stunning breakthrough."-Paste. "One of the year's strongest indie folk records."-Now. |
Pixie Williams
For the Record - The Pixie Williams Collection [ Blue Smoke Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] A stunning new digitally re-mastered collection of Pixie Williams' songs. Recorded 60+ years ago, these songs have never sounded so good. In 1949, Pixie Williams gave voice to one of the most enduring popular melodies of the 20th century: Blue... |
Diana Krall
Glad Rag Doll [ Island UK / CD - released 4/Oct/2012 ] Diana Krall's extraordinary album, 'Glad Rag Doll', is an exhilarating and adventurous exploration of new sounds, new instrumentation and new musicians. |
Ray LaMontagne
God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise [ Red Ink Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] Acclaimed recording artist Ray LaMontagne presents his fourth studio record, and the follow-up to his heralded 'Gossip in the Grain'. |
Various Artists
The Great New Zealand Songbook (Premium Edition - 2CDs + 100-Page Book) [ Thom Marketing Limited NZ / 2 CD/Book - released 30/Apr/2009 ] This deluxe set includes a 100-page journal of handwritten lyrics, photos and memorabilia, contributed by the artists themselves - the coolest Kiwi music coffee table book ever, and the music that goes with it! |
Gillian Welch
The Harrow & The Harvest [ Acony Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] Uncut Magazine's 'Album of the Month' review calls 'The Harrow & The Harvest' a "timeless country classic, this is Welch's most ruggedly traditional work yet." |
The Eastern
Hope and Wire [ Rough Peel Records / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] A string band that roars like a punk band, swings like a gospel band, drinks like a country band, works like a bar band, opes like folk singers, sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs... |
Leonard Cohen
I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen (DVD) (Region 2 Only) [ Reel / DVD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] **PLEASE NOTE: This is a UK import so you will need a multi-zone DVD player capable of playing import DVDs** Legendary poet, singer / songwriter and alleged ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his L.A. home about his extraordinary life and... |