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Title:Rhymes with Silver
Composer:Lou Harrison (b1917)


SKU: 2073927

Title:Cavalleria rusticana
Composer:Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Conductor:Renato Cellini
Ensemble:RCA Victor Orchestra


SKU: 2088779

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 6 in E minor, D566
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Impromptus
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(4) Ballades, Op. 10
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Title:(6) Pieces, Op. 118
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Title:(6) Pieces, Op. 118
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897)

Title:(8) Pieces, Op. 76
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)


SKU: 8001252

Full title: The Twelve Inch Singles Collection.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Soft Cell existed for barelythree years, from late 1981 to early '84, and they've released over twice as many compilations and remix projects in the ensuing years as they did proper albums in that brief lifespan. This set collects new and old remixes of Soft Cell tunes, spread over three lengthy discs, in an unwitting history of the various fads and fancies of dance music in the '80s and '90s. The box starts with a 15-minute 1999 reworking of (naturally) "Tainted Love," a tune which makes three other appearances over the course of these 29 tracks, including the classic original extended medley of it and "Where Did Our Love Go," a worthy dub mix and a 1991 reworking. All of the band's other singles are treated similarly. Soft Cell and remix fans will love this, though more casual listeners might find the sheer length of the set somewhat off-putting.
SKU: 1067091

Includes 2 untitled hidden tracks following "And We Bid You Goodnight."
The Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, organ, congas); Phil Lesh (vocals, bass); Tom Constanten (keyboards); Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion).
Producers: Grateful Dead, Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor.
Recorded live at The Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California in 1969. Originally released on November 10, 1969.
LIVE DEAD was the first 16-track on-location recording.
Among the finest of rock's live documents, LIVE DEAD is a snapshot of the Grateful Dead circa 1969, applying the free-jazz lessons of John Coltrane to their finely-tuned, manic, and flowing boogie. It was the first released piece of evidence that the live Dead were a wholly different, multi-headed animal than the one that recorded in the studio. LIVE DEAD was also the culmination of the group's evolution into what's now considered the vintage San Francisco sound--having perfected it, the Grateful Dead would soon leave it for fresher musical pastures.
While each of LIVE DEAD's selections calls to mind a specific trick from up the band's sleeve, the opening four songs (later dubbed "the holy quartet" by Deadheads) best indicates the Dead's burning trajectory. "Dark Star" lays out a wide-open musical terrain, allowing the band to leap anywhere from its minimalist-riff launching pad and its two verses of T.S. Eliot-inspired psychedelic prose. Here,it is a dark-hued and majestic sea of ambience and intensity. "St. Stephen" explodes like a shiny metallic cloud-burst, Bob Weir's fervent vocals carrying it like a holy torch. "The Eleven," a thunderous fury of a composition based on "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" and played in 11/4 time, continues the rumbling. By the time Pigpen ends the continuous sermon with a raucous sci-fi-R&B take on Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Turn On Your Lovelight," the Dead have seemingly sailed every corner of their musical universe and crash-landed with aplomb.
SKU: 1079995

Contains an untitled hidden track which follows "Farther Along."
Personnel includes: Brad Paisley (vocals, acoustic, electric, & 12-string guitar, mandolin, Tic-Tac bass); Alison Krauss (vocals, viola); Redd Volkaert (guitar); Randel Currie (steel guitar); Ron Block (banjo); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Justin Williamson (fiddle); Gordon J. Mote (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Kevin Grantt (bass); Bernie Herms (piano); Eric Darken (percussion); Ben Sesar (drums); Dan Akroyd, Jim Belushi, Vince Gill, Maddie Sampson, Georgia Claire Varble, Manny Rogers, Charles McCallie, Wes Hightower (background vocals).
Recorded at The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee.
If Brad Paisley did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. He stands at the crossroads between the hipster realms of alt-country and the proletarian climes of mainstream Nashville. He's too close to the middle of the road to ever be drawn to the No Depression crowd's collective bosom, but he's miles ahead of the country assembly line. On his third album he continues to do things nobody else in the Nashville hierarchy does; play a number of his own instruments, write almost all his own songs, use his own band instead of the same studio vets that occupy the credits of seemingly every other contemporary country record.
Most importantly, his songs are full of humor that doesn't descend into hee-haw jokiness. He uses a gently mocking touch to highlight the simple truths about life and love, gaining a fresh, distinctive perspective in the process. The title cut is as close as he gets to commercial, and by "Hold Me In Your Arms" he's dipping into the Bakersfield sound with aplomb. "The CigarSong" is a shaggy-dog tale worthy of Loudon Wainwright. And what other pop-country star would include two Western Swing-style instrumentals on an album, one of which ("Spaghetti Western Swing") seamlessly melds Wills and Morricone. Now that's an accomplishment!
SKU: 1085939

This is an enhanced CD which contains multimedia computerfiles as well as regular audio tracks.
SKU: 1047713

2 LPs on 1 CD: THER REAL FOLK BLUES (1966)/MORE REAL FOLK BLUES (1967).
Producers: Leonard & Phil Chess, Sam Phillips, Willie Dixon.
Compilation producer: Andy McKaie.
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois. Includes liner notes by Mary Katherine Aldin, Willie Dixon and Paul Williams.
Digitally remastered Erik Labson (Universal Mastering, West, North Hollywood, California).
Howlin' Wolf is oneof the most distinctive voices in blues. Born Chester Burnett in 1910, he began his recording career at the age of 41, having moved from Mississippi to West Memphis. A subsequent move to Chicago in the '50s launched his career in earnest via the Chess label. The two albums included on this CD were released in the mid-'60s and draw from recordings dating back to a decade earlier or more. The "folk blues" moniker is not altogether accurate, as these are blistering electric performances.
These two dozen cuts define what we now think of as Chicago blues (little of which ever hits these staggering heights). An incredible array of singers owe the roots of their identity to Howlin' Wolf (for example, though he jettisoned standard blues structures for Dadaist soundscapes, Captain Beefheart could not have developed his voice without the Wolf). Bigger than blues, this is simply essential music.
SKU: 1083686

Title:(The) Queen of Spades, 'Pique Dame'
Composer:PyotrIl'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Ensemble:Maîtrise de Radio France Choir

Title:(The) Queen of Spades, 'Pique Dame'
Composer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Conductor:Mstislav Rostropovich
Ensemble:French National Orchestra


SKU: 1081079

Personnel: Stacey Earle, MarkStuart (vocals, acoustic guitar); Michael Webb (mandolin, accordion, melodica); Andrea Zonn (viola); Mark Prentice (acoustic, electric & fretless basses); John Gardner (drums, percussion); Steve Earle (background vocals).
SKU: 1085968

Personnel: William Bell (vocals); Steve Cropper (guitar); Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums); The Memphis Horns.
Producers: Booker T. Jones, Jim Stewart.
Recorded in 1966 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Rob Bowman.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This CD is a classic example of '60s Southern soul. William Bell isn't quite as gritty as his pal Otis Redding; he's primarily a gospel crooner, although he's more than convincing in Redding-style songs such as "Never Been Like This Before," "You're Such a Sweet Thing," and "I've Been Loving You Too Long."
"Everybody Loves a Winner," the album's big hit, is an all-but-perfect mix of soul and country (check out the faux Floyd Cramer piano part), and the same could be saidabout the now-classic "You Don't Miss Your Water." Meanwhile, Bell's vocals throughout are extraordinarily intense, particularly on a spine-tingling cover of Toussaint McCall's "Nothing Takes the Place of You."
SKU: 1077755

Title:Romeo and Juliet
Composer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Composer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Venue:OrchestraHall, Chicago

Title:Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Composer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:1812, Op. 49
Composer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago


SKU: 5006091

Sixth album from the original and best whiteboy rap outfit comes six years after 'Hello Nasty' and is a paean to their home city ofNew York. Allegedly more "mature" than their previous output, this is a straight-up hip hop album without the nostalgic forays into punk of yore and features a more political lyrical slant than before. Includes the single 'Ch-Check It Out'.
SKU: 6562262

Title:Violin Concerto "Cuddly Animals", Op. 13
Composer:Marijn Simons (b 1982)
Conductor:Jeroen Weierink
Ensemble:Holland Wind Players
Venue:Willibrod Studios, Veenendaal, The Netherlands

Title:String Quartet No 2, Op. 12
Composer:Marijn Simons (b 1982)
Ensemble:Mondriaan Quartet Choir
Venue:Willibrod Studios, Veenendaal, The Netherlands

Title:Cappriccio for Stan & Ollie, Op. 11a
Composer:Marijn Simons (b 1982)
Conductor:Jeroen Weierink
Ensemble:Holland Wind Players
Venue:Willibrod Studios, Veenendaal, TheNetherlands


SKU: 2070934

Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar); Alex Lifeson (guitar); Neil Peart (drums).
Liner Note Author: Neil Peart.
Recording information: Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (03/2004 - 04/2004).
For those long-time Rush fans who've always enjoyed the group's early, pre-2112 straight-ahead hard rock, FEEDBACK will come as a welcome diversion fromthe Canadian trio's later, much more complex work. An album of 1960s-era cover tunes that were inspirational to the band members early in their careers, the disc brings Rush back to basics, stripping away the synthesizers, effects-laden guitar, and percussion triggers, leaving only guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. From the opening notes of "Summertime Blues" (seemingly inspired equally by the Blue Cheer and Who LIVE AT LEEDS versions), the band's love of these songs is obvious; this is the unadulterated sound of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart having fun rocking out. Wisely, Rush never strays too far from the original arrangements, which allows the record to evoke the feeling of stumbling onto the world's greatest classic-rock bar band.
SKU: 6562675

Personnel includes: Khaled (vocals); Randy Jacobs (guitar, bass); Abdallah Terkmani, Slim Pezin, Mickey Chung, Cat Coore (guitar); Philippe Eidel (bouzouki, charango, accordion, piano, keyboards, bass); Djamel Ben Yelles, Nicolas Krassik (violin); Vincent Courtois, Frank Choukroun (cello); Mustapha Kada (accordion, keyboards); David McMurray (flute, saxophone); Dean Fraser, Pierre-Olivier Govin, Brandon Fields (saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, trombone); Jamie Muhoberac, Robbie Lynn (keyboards); Bernard Paganotti, Benji Myers, Abe Laborial (bass); Tony Williams, Hafid Saidi, Greg Bisonette (drums); Lenny Castro, Mohsiein Chentouf, Michito Sanchez (percussion); Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffith (background vocals).
Producers: Don Was, Philippe Eidel, Clive Hunt.
Engineers include: Frank Redlich, Erick Benzi, Laurent Gueneau.
Recorded in Paris, France; Los Angeles, California; and Kingston, Jamaica.
This second album from Khaled, who's considered the King of Rai in much of North Africa, blends traditional mellifluous Middle Eastern melody with trip-hop beats, ska horn blares, reggae rhythms (some of the tracks were recorded in Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studio), adult contemporary-ish piano tinkling, and symphonic string arrangements. SAHRA is a reflection of the kind of vibe that exists in the international artists enclave in contemporary Paris, where Khaled has resided since he was chased out of his native Algeria by fundamentalist groups who consider Rai music a threat.
Rai music emerged in the late 15th century as the Moors were expelled from the Andalucia region of Spain. Modern Rai music, considered the blues of North Africa, has been banned in many North African countries because of its often political content. Teaming up with French rapper IAM on "Oran Marseille," Khaled manages to effectively communicate feelings of frustration even as the duo trades verses in Arabic andFrench. The closing track "Hey Ouedi" incorporates a wide range of traditional North African percussion and string instruments into a melancholic whole.
SKU: 5047351

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:(5) Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:Prelude andFugue in G sharp minor, Op. 29
Composer:Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915)

Title:(3) Pieces, Op. 57
Composer:Anatole Konstantinovich Liadov (Lyadov) (1855 - 1914)

Title:(A) Musical snuffbox, Op. 32
Composer:Anatole Konstantinovich Liadov (Lyadov) (1855 - 1914)

Title:Au jardin in D flat
Composer:Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910)

Title:Islamey
Composer:Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910)


SKU: 2091166

Personnel includes: LeeAnn Rimes (vocals); David Campbell (arranger, conductor); Peter Amato, Gregg Pagani (arranger, keyboards, programming); Eric Jackson (acoustic & electric guitars); Corky James (guitar, bass); Gary Leach, Michael Thompson, Michael Landau (guitar); Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat, John Wittenberg, Michelle Richards, Peter Kent, Sid Page, Sara Parkins, Susan Chatman (violin); Denyse Buffman, Matt Funes (viola); Larry Corbett, Steve Richards, Rudy Stein, Dan Smith (cello); Stephanie Bennett (harp); Jon Clarke (alto flute, oboe); Joe Meyer (French horn); Abe Laboriel, LelandSklar (bass); Steve Ferrone, Abe Laboriel, Jr., Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Brad Dutz (timpani); Luis Conte (percussion); DJ Mega Man (vinyl scratches).
Producers: Desmond Child, Peter Amato, Gregg Pagani.
TWISTED ANGEL shows just how far the newly adult vocalist has come from her teenage-prodigy beginnings. For one thing, she seems determined to leave her country roots far behind. Though she started down the pop route as early as 1997's YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE, TWISTED ANGEL is completely devoid of any country inflection whatsoever, focusing instead (as have a couple of Rimes's previous efforts, to varying degrees) on modern, often even danceable, pop. Rimes may be closer to Britney Spears than to Kitty Wells these days, but she seems to be expressing more of her inner self. It's surely no coincidence that three of the four songs on which she gets co-writing credit utilize the imagery of the angel with dirty wings, the child star with tears behind the smile. Lyrically, Rimes is clearly exploring the conflicts and contradictions that her childhood fame brought her, which may or may not take her higher up the pop charts, but can only be a positive artistic step for a still-young singer.
SKU: 1076394

Solo performer: Paul Rutherford (trombone).
Recorde liveat the Unity Theatre, London, England between July 2 and December 17, 1974.
SKU: 1033254

Title:(12) Pièces nouvelles
Composer:Théodore (François Clement) Dubois (1837 - 1924)
Venue:StPaul's Cathedral, London

Title:(3) Chorales
Composer:César (-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert) Franck (1822 - 1890)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:(10) Pièces
Composer:Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:(3) Poèmes évangéliques, Op. 2
Composer:Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:(3) Paraphrases grégoriennes, Op. 5
Composer:Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:Carillon for organ
Composer:Herbert (Henry John) Murrill (1909 - 1952)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:Aria, Op. 51
Composer:Flor Peeters (1903 - 1986)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:(12) Pieces, Op. 59
Composer:(Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger (1873 - 1916)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London

Title:Pièces de fantaisie, Suite No. 3, Op. 54
Composer:Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Venue:St Paul's Cathedral, London


SKU: 5021845

Title:(3) sinfonische Choräle, Op. 87
Composer:Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)

Title:Cathedral Windows, Op. 106
Composer:Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877- 1933)

Title:Symphony in F sharp, Op 143
Composer:Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)

Title:Canzone in G flat, Op 46b
Composer:Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)


SKU: 2079160

Title:(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Conductor:Herbert von Karajan
Ensemble:Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue:Zeremoniensaal, Hofburg, Vienna


SKU: 8002161

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Conductor:Seiji Ozawa
Ensemble:Boston Symphony Orchestra
Venue:SymphonyHall, Boston

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 58
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Conductor:Seiji Ozawa
Ensemble:Boston Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Symphony Hall, Boston


SKU: 2052742

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat, Op. 18
Composer:Richard (Georg)Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Title:Suite, Op. 34
Composer:Charles-Marie(-Jean-Albert) Widor (1844 - 1937)

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano in A
Composer:César (-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert) Franck (1822 - 1890)


SKU: 2089438

Title:(6) Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV1030-35
Composer:Johann SebastianBach (1685 - 1750)

Title:(6) Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV1030-35
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:(6) Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV1030-35
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:(6) Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV1030-35
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:(6) Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV1030-35
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


SKU: 2080959

Title:Te Deum
Composer:Antonio Teixeira (1707 - c1759)
Ensemble:(The) Sixteen Choir

Title:Te Deum
Composer:Antonio Teixeira (1707 - c1759)
Conductor:Harry Christophers
Ensemble:Symphonyof Harmony and Invention Orchestra


SKU: 2079617

Title:Sancta Maria, succurre miseris
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Lauda Ierusalem
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Confitebor tibi, Domine
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Christe, adoramus te
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Selva morale e spirituale
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Nisi Dominus
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's ConsortChoir

Title:Cantate Domino
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Ecce sacrum paratum convivium
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Selva morale e spirituale
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Selva morale e spirituale
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir

Title:Selva morale e spirituale
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Conductor:Robert King
Ensemble:(The) King's Consort Choir


SKU: 2089340

Personnel: J.J. Cale (vocals, guitar); Joann Sweeney (vocals); Bill Boatman, Mac Gayden, Jimmy Capps, Jimmy Johnson (guitar); Josh Graves (dobro); Vasser Clements (fiddle); Charlie McCoy (harmonica); NormRay (baritone saxophone); Don Sheffield, Bob Phillips (trumpet); Bill Humble (trombone); Bobby Woods, David Briggs (piano); Barry Becket (electric piano); Kossie Gardner (organ); Joe Zinkan, David Hood, Gary Gilmore, Norbert Putnam, Bob Ray (bass); Farrell Morris (drums, percussion); Jimmy Karstien, Roger Hawkins, Kenneth Buttrey, George Soule (drums); Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (congas).
Engineers include: Gene Eichelberger, David Johnson, Joe Mills.
After his stunning debut, NATURALLY, in 1971, J.J. Cale returned the next year with this follow-up. REALLY is every bit as impressive as its predecessor, and occasionally swings so slowly that its grooves barely hang together. But to call J.J. Cale simply laid back is to miss the point--the breadth and variety in Cale's world is mysterious, riveting and soulful.
The first three tracks move from the radio-friendly "Lies" to the masterfully spare "Everything Will Be Alright" to the relatively rollicking "I'll Kiss the World Goodbye." The album was recorded in Nashville (primarily at Bradley's Barn) as well as in Muscle Shoals, Alabama (at the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio). A cast of stellar musicians familiar to those sites (including Roger Hawkins, Barry Becket, David Hood, Charlie McCoy, Norbert Putnam, Vasser Clements, and others) never overshadows the well-defined sound of Cale's songs and singing. This is a perfect introduction to J.J. Cale.
SKU: 4134484

Title:Kleiner Haushalt, Op.71
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:Odins Meeresritt, oder Der Schmied auf Helgoland, Op. 118
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:Tom der Reimer, Op. 135a
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:(Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Ensemble:(Anonymous) Orchestra

Title:(Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Ensemble:(Anonymous) Orchestra


SKU: 8001587

Personnel includes: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet,flute); Jimmy Mundy (arranger); Jean Aldegon, Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Armand Migiani (tenor saxophone); Benny Vasseur (trombone); William Boucaya (bassoon); Leon Cohen, Henry Freeman, Wilfred Holcombe, Selden Powell, Alan Ross (winds); Rene Urtreger, Hank Jones, Raymond Fol (piano); Kenny Barron (electric piano); Kenny Burrell, Everett Barksdale (guitar); Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Jimmy Bond, Benoit Quersin (bass); Nils-Bertil Dahlander, Tony Williams, Jean-Louis Viale, Connie Kay (drums).
Producers include: Don Sebesky, Luchi De Jesus.
Recorded between 1955 & 1977. Includes liner notes by Harold Danko.
This compilation is meant to serve as an introduction to Chet Baker's music and spans three decades with tracks from the mid '50s recorded in Paris, and tracks from the mid '60s and late '70s recorded in New York City. Baker's trumpet playing is clear, spacey, and lyrical, with long melodic lines. His later tone became breathier and more emotionally charged, yet retained subtlety.
Baker sings on five of these tracks. His vocals are simple and stick to the melody with just the subtlest variation. They are delivered in straight tones barely above a whisper. High points include a heartbreaking version of Don Sebesky's "You Can't Go Home Again" with quartet and strings, nine of Baker's classic Paris 1955 Barclay sessions, and a stark and sultry vocal and guitar arrangement of "You're Mine, You!" with Kenny Burrell.
SKU: 1011486

Contains 36 tracks.
Performers include: Texas Alexander, Lowell Fulson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Jesse James, Johnny Beck,Buddy Chiles, Rattlesnake Cooper, Lee Hunter, Leroy Ervin, Nat Terry, Willie Lane, Alex Moore, Thunder Smith, Little Son Willis.
SKU: 6545724

Title:(4) Scherzos
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Hanover and Munich

Title:(2)Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Hanover and Munich

Title:Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
Composer:Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Venue:Hanover and Munich

Title:Jeux d'eau
Composer:(Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Venue:Hanover and Munich

Title:Barcarolle in F sharp, Op. 60
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Hanover and Munich

Title:(19) Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244
Composer:Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Venue:Hanover and Munich

Title:Sonata for Piano in B minor, S178
Composer:Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Venue:Hanover and Munich


SKU: 5018156

Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, synthesizer); Alex Lifeson (acoustic & electric guitars); Neil Peart (drums, electronic percussion).
Additional personnel: Michael Kamen (conductor); John Webster (keyboards).
Principally recorded at McClear Pathe, Toronto, Canada from April to June 1993.
"Leave That Thing Alone" was nominated fora 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar); Alex Lifeson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Neil Peart (drums, cymbals, electronic percussion).
Recording information: 1993.
Reuniting with POWER WINDOWS/HOLD YOUR FIRE producer Peter Collins, Rush released their fifteenth studio album (and nineteenth overall). During its recording, guitarist Alex Lifeson wanted the album to be more hard rock-oriented, while bassist Geddy Lee was content with their recent excursions in melodic pop. Lifeson must have won the battle, because COUNTERPARTS is a harder-rocking affair than Rush's previous several albums. It's also the strongest and most consistent set of songs the band had composed in a while, with a grittier feel (an element sorely missed by fans of the band's 1970s work).
COUNTERPARTS contains at least one track that deals with a topical issue (as in 1989's anti-suicide "The Pass," etc.)--"Nobody's Hero" is Rush's analysis of the AIDS situation. But not all of the tracks were conceived as lyrical epics; the opening "Animate" and "Stick It Out" delight in the strength of the band's re-discovered hard rock chops. And while the sheer force of "Cut To the Chase" serves as the track's catalyst, the band's pop sensibilities come back into play on the album's closer, "Everyday Glory." COUNTERPARTS is Rush's greatest work of the '90s.
SKU: 6573298

Love And Rockets: Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins.
Producers include: John A. Rivers, Love And Rocket,John Fryer, Doug DeAngelis, Sylvia Massey.
SKU: 1082174

Title:String Quartet No 1 in G minor
Composer:GustavJenner (1865 - 1920)

Title:String Quartet No 2 in G
Composer:Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920)

Title:String Quartet No 3 in F
Composer:Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920)

Title:Piano Quartet in F
Composer:Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920)


SKU: 8000175

Title:(3) Pieces, Op. 2
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
Venue:St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol

Title:(2) Pieces for the left hand, Op. 9
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
Venue:St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol

Title:(24) Preludes, Op. 11
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
Venue:St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol

Title:(6) Preludes, Op. 13
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
Venue:St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol

Title:(5) Preludes, Op. 15
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
Venue:St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol

Title:(5) Preludes, Op. 16
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
Venue:St George's Church, BrandonHill, Bristol


SKU: 1032487

Title:Fedora
Composer:Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Ensemble:Milan RAI Chorus

Title:Fedora
Composer:Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Conductor:Mario Rossi
Ensemble:Milan RAIOrchestra


SKU: 1083592

Following the amazing success of The Soul Sessions, Mind, Body & Soul isthe first album of original material from 17-year-old Joss Stone. This is her first self-penned material, and the 15-track album includes the brilliant single, "You Had Me".
SKU: 6574881

Title:Grande Ouverture, Op. 61
Composer:Mauro (Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo) Giuliani (1781 - 1829)

Title:Cavatina
Composer:Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986)

Title:Valse en skaï
Composer:Roland Dyens (b 1955)

Title:(24) Preludes and Fugues
Composer:Igor Rekhin (b 1941)

Title:(24) Preludes and Fugues
Composer:Igor Rekhin (b 1941)

Title:(24) Preludes and Fugues
Composer:Igor Rekhin(b 1941)

Title:Marionette
Composer:Nikita Koshkin (b 1956)

Title:Capriccio Diabolico, 'omaggi a Paganini', Op. 85
Composer:Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)

Title:(El) Carnaval de Venezia
Composer:Francisco Tárrega (y Eixea) (1852 - 1909)


SKU: 1086710

Title:Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 140
Composer:Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841)

Title:Concerto for Guitar and Strings No. 1 in A, Op. 30
Composer:Mauro(Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo) Giuliani (1781 - 1829)

Title:Trio Sonata for Violin, Lute and Continuo in C, RV82
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:Chamber Concerto in D, RV93
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)


SKU: 5079620

Personnel includes: Flora Purim, Al Jarreau (vocals); Joe Farrell (soprano saxophone, flute); George Duke, Ronnie Foster; Bobby Lyle (keyboards); Michael Sembello (guitar);Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (drums); Airto Moreira, Sheila Escovedo (percussion).
SKU: 1076249

Title:Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 47
Composer:Jean (Julius Christian) Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Venue:Kingsway Hall, London WC2

Title:Concerto for Violin and Orchestrain D, Op. 35
Composer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Venue:Kingsway Hall, London WC2


SKU: 1045345

Personnel includes: Eliane Elias (vocals, piano); Rick Margitza (tenor saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugellhorn); Marc Johnson (bass); Paul Braga, Joey Baron (drums,percussion).
Producers include: Bossacucanova.
Recorded Bennett Studios, Englewood, New Jersey.
SKU: 1083308

Title:Symphony No. 2, 'The Journey to the South' in E flat
Composer:Wilhelm Peterson-Berger(1867 - 1942)

Title:Romance in D minor
Composer:Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942)

Title:Oriental Dance
Composer:Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942)

Title:Sveagaldrar
Composer:Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942)


SKU: 2067211

Title:Caeli enarrant
Composer:Georges Lentz (b 1965)

Title:Caelienarrant
Composer:Georges Lentz (b 1965)

Title:Birrung
Composer:Georges Lentz (b 1965)

Title:Nguurraa
Composer:Georges Lentz (b 1965)


SKU: 1077946

This version of 5 replaces the previous version and contains two bonus tracks.
Personnel: Lenny Kravitz (vocals, acoustic & ecectric guitars, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, Mellotron, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizers, Mini-Moog synthesizer, Moog bass, bass, drums, percussion, congas, hand claps, drum programming); Craig Ross (guitar, slide guitar, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Harold Todd (saxophone); Michael Hunter (trumpet); George Laks (Clavinet, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Alex Alvarez (Moog synthesizer); Terry Manning (toy piano); Jack Daley (bass); Cindy Blackman (drums); Stephen Dorff, Nehemiah Heild, Sunovia Piere, Natalie Dekoning, Angie Stone, Stefanie Bolton, Tenita Drehe, Susan Marshall, Jacquie Johnson (background vocals).
"Fly Away" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
On 5, Lenny Kravitz continues to push the envelope of creativity. Defying the traditional genre categories of pop, rock, soul and alternative, 5 provides the listener with Kravitz's most far-reaching creation to date. Hip-Hop drum loops, Electronica textures and vintage Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ and Moog keyboard sounds interact throughout the disc, solidly backed by Kravitz's trademark guitar sound. As usual, Lenny plays most of the instruments on the album, from drums to bass. Delivering the goods as a songwriter and musician, Kravitz is trulya mega-talent.
As his influences range from Led Zeppelin to Parliament, Kravitz can combine classic songwriting with '90s sampled-based vibes. 5 is filled with standard Kravitz-type, beautifully sung, well-crafted songs such as "If You Can't Say No", "Thinking of You" and "Can We Find a Reason." Although Kravitz hasn't yet fully reached the vast commercial potential of his talent, 5 will appeal to music buyers from vastly different categories.
SKU: 1076275

Title:Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz117
Composer:Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Title:Rhapsody No.1, Sz86
Composer:Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Title:Rhapsody No. 2, Sz89
Composer:Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Title:Contrasts, Sz111
Composer:Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)


SKU: 1024029

Personnel: Erroll Garner (piano); Red Callender, John Simmons, John Levy (bass); Harold "Doc" West, George De Paul, Nick Fatool (drums).
Recorded in New York, New York and Hollywood, California between 1944 and 1949. Includes liner notes by Peter Dempsey.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1057452

'Ten More Turnips From The Tip' is the final studio album by Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Many of the recordings were culled from sessions which took place at various points throughout the 1990's. RobbieWilliams provides lead vocals on the track 'You're The Why'.
SKU: 1070483

The Mekons: Jon Langford (vocals, guitar,melodica, sound effects); Tom Greenhalgh (vocals, auto-harp, piano); Rico Bell (vocals, harmonica, accordion); Sally Timms (vocals); Mitch Marlow (guitar); Susie Honeyman (fiddle); Sarah Corrina (bass, background vocals); Steve Goulding (drums).
Additional personnel: John Rice (electric sitar); Edith Frost, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case (background vocals).
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois and London, England.
The first album of the 21st century by this band of punks-turned-honky-tonkers-turned-avant popsters gives rise to thoughts of the circus, clowns, and all things waggish. One imagines a rag-tag assortment of troupe members sitting out back behind the big top, beating on whatever instruments they might happen to come across. With JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT this band of merry pranksters has added one of its most accessible and rewarding albums to an eclectic and wide-ranging catalog that reaches back to the late '70s.
The lyrics and song structures are remarkable for the way they flout pop convention while remaining entirely engaging and accessible. The album-opening "Myth" putters along like a dilapidated sailboat, as spare electric guitar, authoritative bass, melodica, and the band's four vocalists combine for a rhythmically off-kilter balancing act that somehow shines. The exquisite "Tina" grafts accordion over a classic-sounding dub background, with bubbling synths and well-crafted vocal harmonies. Other bits of pop mastery abound: the strange and anthemic "Cast No Shadows," the bouncy rocker "Neglect," and the groove-cutting "Out in the Night," among others, all of which make for a winning grab-bag of pop gems.
SKU: 1029820

Includes liner notes by Stan Cornyn.
Digitally remasteredby Lee Herschberg.
Hot on the heels of all the easy-listening compilations that appeared in the late '90s/early '00s came a collection from Mr. Dean Martin--the laid back, easy livin' crooner at his most, erm, laid back. The image of Martin as the personification of '50s cool and Martini-sipping good living are now all mixed up with dewy-eyed nostalgia for some long lost golden era. However, what is on show here is his skill with a song and his uncanny ability to make a very difficult singing technique, crooning, sound easy.
Martin's rich, lilting voice, here featured on Capitol and Reprise recordings of works by a whole variety of talented songwriters, will soothe away your troubles or take you to some cooler than cool bar in '50s New York. Perfect for an evening's seduction. Cocktail shakers at the ready!
SKU: 1043638

Title:Concerto for Violin and Strings in A minor, BWV1041
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, BWV1042
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D minor, BWV1043
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:(12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', Op.3
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)


SKU: 5080853

Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Quincy Jones (conductor); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Wallace Roney, Benny Bailey (trumpet, flugelhorn); Carles Benavent (bass); Grady Tate (drums).
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Alex Foster (soprano & alto saxophones, flute); George Adams (tenor saxophone, flute); Lew Soloff, Miles Evans (trumpet); Tom Malone (trombone); Gil Goldstein, Delmar Brown (keyboards); Kennwood Dennard (drums, percussion).
The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band includes: George Gruntz (piano); Sal Giorgianni (alto saxophone); Larry Schneider (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe); Bob Malach (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet); Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone); Howard Johnson (baritone saxophone, tuba); Marvin Stamm, John D'earth, Jack Walrath (trumpet, fluegelhorn); Dave Bargeron, Earl McIntyre (trombone, euphonium); Dave Taylor (bass trombone); John Clark, Tom Varner (French horn); Mike Richmond (bass); John Riley (drums, percussion).
Engineers: Dave Richards, Justin Shirley-Smith.
Recorded live at the 25th anniversary of The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 8, 1991. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.
MILES AND QUINCY LIVE AT MONTREUX won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Large Jazz Ensemble."
MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES LIVE AT MONTREUX finds the legendary trumpeter come full circle, returning at the end of his career to those musical highlights which set his sound and style in stone for generations of listeners. Drawing upon his collaborations with the innovative arranger Gil Evans, LIVE AT MONTREUX reprises some of Miles greatest moments from THE BIRTH OF THE COOL, MILES AHEAD, PORGY AND BESS and SKETCHES OF SPAIN.
The fact that Miles Davis, for some 40 years, steadfastly refused to offer his fans a backwards glance in the face of new and more interesting musical challenges, only adds to the poignancy of this July 8, 1991 event. It's as if he knew that, in a spiritual sense, he had to face this music one last time.
Clearly when he hit the stage at Montreux, Miles Davis wasn't the instrumentalist he once was, but his musicianship had grown more profound with every passing year. Yet once Miles gets his sea legs under him, he imbues each passage with his classic logic, intuition and sense of romance. On the more taxing passages, his stunt doubles--alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and trumpeter Wallace Roney--play with great passion and poetic restraint. Jones and Gil Goldstein's adaptation of the Evans charts are brassier and more sprawling than the originals. Still, it's Evans originals such as "Orgone," "Blues For Pablo" and "Solea" that elicit the most powerfulperformances. And at the end, when confronted with the incantory, guitar-like grandeur of "Solea," Miles rises one last time to the challenge of these ancient themes, going out like a champion...with his boots on.
SKU: 5068665

Title:Cavalleria rusticana
Composer:Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Title:(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:Tosca
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny'
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:Otello
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:(Il) trovatore
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:(La) traviata
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:Andrea Chénier
Composer:Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)

Title:Mefistofele
Composer:Arrigo Boito(1842 - 1918)

Title:Adriana Lecouvreur
Composer:Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950)

Title:(L')Arlesiana, '(The) Girl from Arles'
Composer:Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950)

Title:(La) Sonnambula
Composer:Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Title:Colombetta
Composer:Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1854 - 1943)

Title:Se tu m'ami, C xxii, 68
Composer:Alessandro Parisotti (1835 - 1913)

Title:(Les) Filles de Cadix
Composer:(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Title:Bonjour, Suzon!
Composer:(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Title:Ombra di Nube
Composer:Licinio Refice (1885 - 1954)

Title:(60) Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76
Composer:(Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger (1873 - 1916)


SKU: 2038450

Personnel: Nils Petter Molvaer (vocals, acoustic & electric trumpets, piccolo trumpet, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, percussion, loops, samples, electronics); DJ Strangefruit (vocals, samples, programming); Sidsel Endresen (vocals); EivindAarset (guitar, electronics); Audun Erlien (bass); Rune Arnesen, Per Lindvall (drums); Reidar Skar (vocoder).
Producers: Nils Petter Molvaer, Manfred Eicher.
Engineers include: Jan Erik Kongshaug.
Recorded in Oslo, Norway in 1999.
SKU: 1034711

This is a collection of singles.
The Supremes: Diana Ross, Flo Ballard, Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong.
Additional personnel includes: The Temptations (vocals); The Four Tops(background vocals).
Producers include: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Deke Richards.
Compilation producer: Harry Weinger.
Includes liner notes by Diane Weathers.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Motown Records' Ultimate Collection series.
Be assured that the title here is not remotely hyperbolic; in fact, it's hard to imagine a better single disc Supremes greatest hits collection. Every Supremes song you could conceivably want is here in chronological order, beginning with their first Top 40 hit, 1963's "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes," to 1969's cleverly calculated farewell smash "Someday We'll Be Together."
All of them are in the original glorious mono. This compilation is also a pretty interesting time capsule look at various '60s pop styles; for example, in retrospect, it's hard to think of the Supremes as having ever been remotely psychedelic, but even they got a little trippy with songs like "The Happening" and "Reflections."
SKU: 3103666

Laika: Margaret Fiedler, Guy Fixsen (vocals, guitar, melodica, Moog, vibraphone, marimba, programming); Louise Elliott (flute, saxophone); John Frenett (bass); Lou Ciccotelli (drums, percussion).
Emerging from indie-pop band Moonshake (their name taken from a Can song), the duo of Margaret Fiedler and Guy Fixsen christened theirnew sonic venture like the first canine shot into space, and thus whipped Laika into bold new pop territory. With songs that surf upon luscious waves of Moogs, marimbas, and a motley crew of samples (mixed with a craftsman's touch), Laika carved a neat little niche for themselves in the mid-'90s, operating out of the equally inventive Too Pure label (home to fellow space critters Mouse on Mars).
Some of Moonshake's twinkly charm surfaces in the acoustic fallout of drummer Lou Ciccotelli, but Laika's attractive sheen is mostly in Fiedler's mousey vocals, which skit amongst the aural nooks and crannies. From the chugging drums of "44 Robbers" to the mechanical fizzbeats of "If You Miss" to the spiraling fourth-world Moog funk of "Red River," SILVER APPLES OF THE MOON is a big, juicy byte taken from the a silicon tree.
SKU: 1010063

Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards); Phil Manzanera, Neil Hubbard (guitar); Andy Mackay (saxophone); Paul Carrack (keyboards); Alan Spenner, Neil Jason, Gary Tibbs (bass); Allan Schwartzberg, Andy Newmark, Simon Phillips (drums).
Digitally remastered by Bob Ludwig (Gateway Studio, Portland, Maine).
What's remarkable about Roxy Music's final three albums is how each one builds on its predecessor. FLESH & BLOOD was the middle of this triptych (which ended with AVALON, the group's peak achievement). Where its predecessor, MANIFESTO, still had ties to the band's pre-hiatus first era, FLESH & BLOOD heads ever further into the lush romanticism that singer Bryan Ferry was to explore fully as a solo artist in the '80s. Where an earlier Roxy Music may have embraced an element of camp in a cover of "In The Midnight Hour, here Ferry nods to the camp factor only fleetingly.
Reduced to a trio of Ferry, guitarist Phil Manzanera, and saxophonist Andy MacKay, Roxy Music brought in a range of session players as needed. This, in effect, freedthe band to follow the songs wherever they needed to go, which was straight into gorgeously produced romantic landscapes. The song's rich melodies cast Ferry as a matinee-idol leading man, a role he adapted to so successfully that songs like "My Only Love" sound like part of his own solo career.
SKU: 1025450

Title:Coro
Composer:Luciano Berio (b1925)


SKU: 8000072

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 30 in E, Op. 109
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 31 in A flat, Op. 110
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 16 in D, K451
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756- 1791)


SKU: 2081287

Personnel include: Kenny Chesney (vocals, acoustic guitar); Amy Jo Stelzer (vocals); John Willis (acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar); B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar, nylon-string guitar); J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Pat Buchanan (electric guitar, harmonica); John Jorgenson (electric guitar); Tommy White (dobro); Jim Hoke (pennywhistle, tenor saxophone); Jim Horn (tenor saxophone); Steve Herman (trumpet); John Hobbs, Randy McCormick (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); David Briggs (piano, keyboards); Larry Paxton (bass guitar, fretless bass); Paul Leim (drums, shaker); Chad Cromwell (drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum); Tom Roady (tambourine); Eric Darken (percussion).
Recording information: Emerald Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee; Starstruck, Nashville, Tennessee; Westwood Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
Though much of Kenny Chesney's recorded output is distinctly soft-spoken and genial, BE AS YOU ARE represents a full realization of his mellow side. A conceptual song-cycle written about the country singer's experiences in the Caribbean, the tunes here are often so laid-back that they make Jimmy Buffett seem as frenetic as David Byrne.
Ripping a page from Buffet's textbook, the album employs steel drums, Latin percussion, Cuban-style nylon-string guitar leads, and even the sounds of crashing waves, to induce a breezy, relaxed feeling that lingers longafter the disc stops spinning. Chesney's exquisitely reserved vocals, however, always bear a hint of melancholy, suggesting an update of the same dark-side-of-the-island-vacation dream implied by Buffett himself in his hit "Margaritaville." Chesney has proclaimed BE AS YOU ARE as his "most personal" work, and the songs "Somewhere in the Sun" and "Boston" (which describes a woman who "wears a Red Sox cap to hide her baby dreads") both indicate an existential escapist fantasy lurking just beneath the surface of these still waters.
SKU: 6580549

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audiotracks and multimedia computer files.
SKU: 6562741

A sampler of sorts drawn from The Busy Signals two American released albums 'Baby's First Beats' and 'Pretend Hits'. The Busy Signals are infact just one person, Howard Hamilton III, and his lo-fi beats based songs have been compared to Cornershop and Stereolab's easy listening moments.
SKU: 1072138

Title:(12) Danzas espanolas, Op. 37
Composer:Enrique Granados (y Campina) (1867 - 1916)
Venue:Academyof Arts & Letters, New York

Title:(7) Valses poéticos
Composer:Enrique Granados (y Campina) (1867 - 1916)
Venue:Academy of Arts & Letters, New York


SKU: 5062183

Title:String Quintet in G, B49 (Op. 77)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Title:Intermezzo in B,B49
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Title:Drobnosti, 'Miniatures', B149 (Op. 75a)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Title:Andante appassionato in F, B40a
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)


SKU: 1075198

Personnel includes: Jelly Roll Morton (piano); Paul Barnes (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Walter "Foots" Thomas, Stump Evans (alto saxophone); Joe Thomas, Joe Garland (tenor saxophone); Edwin Swayze,
David Richards (trumpet); George Mitchell (cornet); Kid Ory, Gerald Reeves,
William G. Kato, Geechie Fields (trombone); Johnny Dodds, Omer Simeon, Russell Procope (clarinet); Barney Alexander (banjo); Clarence Black, Wright Smith (violin); Bud Scott, Lee Blair (guitar); Andrew Hilaire (drums, washboard); Baby Dodds (drums).
Recorded between September 15, 1926 & September 14, 1939. Includes liner notes by Larry Gushee.
All tracks havebeen digitally remastered.
This is part of Bluebird Records "Bluebird's Best" series.
SKU: 1082422

Personnel: Peter Gabriel (vocals, synthesizer); David Rhodes (guitar, background vocals); Robert Fripp, Dave Gregory, Paul Weller (guitar); Dick Morrissey (saxophone); Larry Fast (synthesizer); John Giblin (bass); Tony Levin (stick); Morris Pert, Jerry Marotta, Phil Collins (percussion); Kate Bush (background vocals).

Recorded at the Manor Mobile, Bath and at the Townhouse, London, England.
Peter Gabriel's third self-titled album pushed the boundaries of recording technology (it was among the first to experiment with gating acoustic drums, an effect Phil Collins used later in his song "In The Air Tonight"). Gabriel's mix of electronic sounds and alienated lyrics created a mood captured in the eerie single "Games Without Frontiers."
The song "Biko," which became a Gabriel standard, concerned the death of South African activist Steven Biko during interrogation by police. The song inspired Little Steven to start the Artists Against Apartheid project.
SKU: 1082954

This 22 track collection brings together America's most popular recordings and includes material which was produced by George Martin. Their 70's country-tinged softrock sound has often been compared to Crosby Stills Nash & Young. The no.1 single 'A Horse With No Name' is included.
SKU: 1062180