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Aldous Harding
Aldous Harding [ Flying Nun / CD - released 11/Apr/2014 ] Aldous Harding has been wowing and amazing audiences around New Zealand for the last few years. This self titled album is her debut album release through Lyttelton Records and is very special album that will no doubt become a true classic... |
Andrea Bocelli
Believe [ Sugar / Decca / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Believe follows Andrea Bocelli's record-breaking 'Music for Hope' performance at Easter from the historic Duomo cathedral in Milan which was watched live by millions around the globe. The new album also features two duets with leading opera singer... |
BACH / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN
Fire On All Sides James Rhodes (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Jan/2018 ] Released in conjunction with the his new book Fire On All Sides (published by Quercus), this is the soundtrack to James Rhodes' intimate exploration of what it's like to be a celebrated pianist embarking on a world tour, when you have multiple voices... |
PUCCINI / VERDI / DONIZETTI / LEONCAVALLO / BIZET / MASSENET / FRANCK / etc
Pavarotti - The Greatest Hits Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) with Mirella Freni, Dame Joan Sutherland & others [ Decca Music Group / 3 CD - released 27/Jun/2019 ] Over 4 hours of the legendary tenor's golden voice including the immortal hits such as Nessun Dorma, O sole mio, Caruso, Volare and La Donna è mobile. This package includes a 20 page photo booklet. |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Marlon Williams
Marlon Williams [ Marlon Williams / CD - released 24/Apr/2015 ] Marlon Williams was set on a musical path early by his parents. "My dad's definitely taught me a lot about music in all it's various forms; so has Mum. I sang a lot as a kid on the... |
Nadia Reid
Preservation [ Slowtime / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] An ode to self-reflection and self-betterment, Nadia Reid's 'Preservation' is the sound of Nadia showing her true colours, taking back a bit of power, and learning more about herself. Deeply intellectual but felt by all, it punches harder than... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies (plus Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2018 ] A newly compiled, generous 4CD collection of high-octane Russian orchestral masterpieces, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the firebrand musicianship of Dutch maestro Edo de Waart. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 5 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it's just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony." RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2017 BBC Music Magazine |
Sol3 Mio
Coming Home [ Universal / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] When Sol3 Mio's world turned to chaos and theatres and opera houses around the world shut their doors, there was only one place for them to retreat - home. For the trio, home is the simple comfort of being back together and making music with the pure... |
Van Morrison
Roll With The Punches [ Caroline / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Roll With The Punches - Van Morrison's 37th studio album - sees him simultaneously hand-picking a selection of rhythm and blues classics (by the likes of Bo Diddley, Mose Allison, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Lightnin' Hopkins among others) and... |
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 |
Adele
30 [ Columbia / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] 30 is the first new music from Adele since the release of her third studio album 25 in November 2015. The album is produced with former collaborators Greg Kurstin, Max Martin and Shellback and Tobias Jesso Jr., as well as new collaborators Inflo and... |
Aldous Harding
Party [ Flying Nun / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] Igniting interest with her eponymous debut album released just two years ago, Aldous Harding quickly became a name murmured on many lips. She's known for her sinister torch songs, gentle laments and eerie odes delivered with a charismatic combination... |
Andrea Bocelli, with Matteo Bocelli, Ed Sheeran, Josh Groban, Dua Lipa, Aida Carifullina & Ensemble
Sì [ Decca / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Presenting Sì: Andrea Bocelli's first album of new material in 14 years. It's a set of powerful, emotional songs, some featuring interpolations of classical themes (from, for example, Bach and Massenet), and an all encompassing positive message of... |
TRADITIONAL
A Family Christmas Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli [ Classics & Jazz UK / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] This holiday season, internationally renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli is teaming up with his 24-year-old son Matteo Bocelli and 10-year-old daughter Virginia Bocelli for their first ever album together, A Family Christmas. A Family Christmas... |
The Beatles
1 (2015) [ EMI / CD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] The Beatles "1" was originally released in 2000 and quickly became the fastest selling album of all time. Featuring 27 of the band's most significant singles, all of which reached #1 in the US or UK charts, this updated CD edition now features brand... |
Diana Krall
Turn Up The Quiet [ Verve Records / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Diana Krall's new album celebrates a return to jazz and the Great American Songbook and reunites her with Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma. |
JACK BODY / JOHN PSATHAS / ANTHONY RITCHIE / TRADITIONAL
Music from New Zealand for Two Guitars Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (guitars) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Guitar works by new Zealand composers continue to display a richness of imagination and sense of colour that makes them intensely attractive to listeners. In 1990 Jack Body wrote African Strings, which transcribed music of the Madagascan valiha tube... |
Leonard Cohen
Thanks For The Dance [ Columbia / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] In a posthumous new album, Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word. 'Thanks for the Dance' is not a commemorative collection of B sides and outtakes, but an unexpected harvest of new songs, exciting and vital, a continuation of the... |