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MARTIN: Chansons

Coro

$18.99 Feb 01, 2005

Frank Martin was arguably Switzerland’s greatest composer. His shimmering Mass for Double Choir, completed in 1926 as ‘an affair between God and himself’, is one of the finest settings of the 20th century, yet it had to wait forty-one years to be shared with others in its first performance. This collection of his choral music also includes his cantata for Switzerland’s National Day and the Ode to Music, along with some charming part-songs. Eclectic and technically superb these pieces display a style that is serenely individual.

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MARTIN: Chansons
Coro Feb 2005
CD
$18.99

This One's for Charlie
Azica Records Oct 1996
CD
$18.99

I REMEMBER BIRD

GOOD TIME

$13.99 Jul 03, 2023

I Remember Bird is a must-listen for any 70s jazz and bebop fans. Originally released in 1977 on the prestigious Catalyst jazz label, this record is Sonny Stitt's tribute to the legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker, affectionately known as "Bird." Stitt himself is a highly regarded saxophonist, and delivers technical virtuosity and emotive playing throughout. The album features a mix of original compositions and arrangements by Stitt as well as covers of some of Parker's most well-known songs. Stitt is accompanied by an exceptional group of musicians, including pianist Dolo Coker, bassist Allen Jackson, and drummer Clarence Johnston.

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I REMEMBER BIRD
GOOD TIME Jul 2023
CD
$13.99

Ge Mig En Dag
Prophone May 2004
CD
$20.99

LUCKY TO BE ME
HIGHNOTE Sep 2002
CD
$16.49

The Story of My Life: Live from Manila / Salonga, Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra

BYU Records

$18.99 Mar 22, 2019

'The Story of My Life' features Lea Salonga and the BYU Chamber Orchestra performing some of Lea's favorite Broadway, Disney, and pop songs, including many arranged and orchestrated by her brother, Gerard Salonga. This album was recorded on May 30, 2017, on the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo stage in front of a live audience. This stage is incredibly special to Lea, as it is where, at age 7, she made her performance debut as a member of the company of The King and I and, at age 18, she first sang the song "I'd Give My Life for You" in public, just prior to leaving for London in 1989 to take on the role of Kim in the West End production of 'Miss Saigon'. Of this performance with the BYU Chamber Orchestra, Lea writes: "This collaboration with the BYU Chamber Orchestra was a special one. I vividly remember stepping onto the stage for our first sound check surrounded by young, eager musicians with their instruments at the ready. And then they played. The sound they produced was magnificent, but it was more than that. You could hear their enthusiasm and excitement in the notes, but, more importantly, you could feel the heart and soul they had poured into the program. Being able to perform in Manila with these talented musicians was such a treat, and I'm grateful that my hometown audience got to experience their superb musicianship. I hope this won't be the last opportunity we'll have to perform together." As you listen to this concert recording, which features songs handpicked by Lea as well as stories from her life, you will get to know this world-renowned singer and actress in an intimate and personal way. So sit back and enjoy the concert as if you were there and part of Lea's hometown crowd in Manila, and see if you don't find yourself chanting along with the audience - "Lea, Lea, Lea," and "BYU, BYU, BYU" - by the end of the album.

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The Story of My Life: Live from Manila / Salonga, Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra
BYU Records Mar 2019
CD
$18.99

Pinocchio / Original Television Cast

Sony Masterworks

$17.99 Jul 21, 2015

The night of Sunday, October 13, 1957, saw the first television production of a new musical version of the old Italian favorite, Pinocchio, starring Mickey Rooney and a host of brilliant performers. In the adaptation, told in songs, dance, and rhyming text, the old woodworker Gepetto once more fashions his own “little boy,” a long-nosed puppet whom he names Pinocchio. And once more the puppet goes through a series of amusing and fantastic adventures before he is magically transformed into a human being.

To portray Pinocchio, the talents of Mickey Rooney were engaged. Long a favorite of audiences everywhere, and most especially for his well-remembered portrait of another fictional hero, Andy Hardy, Mickey Rooney brought to the part his experience – virtually life-long – in song and dance presentations, together with his dramatic talents which were emphasized anew in recent television productions. Yasha Frank’s script presents him with manifold opportunities to demonstrate his versatility, and in his hands Pinocchio wins his humanity most engagingly and endearingly.

Decorating this production of Pinocchio throughout are the enchanting songs of Alec Wilder and William Engvick. Mr. Wilder, one of America’s foremost popular musicians, is famous for his unusually winning ballads, among them “So Peaceful in the Country,” “While We’re Young” and “Who Can I Turn To,” and for his more sophisticated compositions such as “Love Among the Very Young” and “The First Warm Day in May,” as well as his thoughtful and melodic instrumental works. He is well known, too, for the now-defunct Alec Wilder Octet, which made some memorable experiments in chamber jazz. William Engvick, the lyricist, has worked closely with Mr. Wilder before, as well as with many other major composers, has contributed lyrics for a substantial number of hit songs.

-- From the liner notes of the original LP release

Starring MICKEY ROONEY, FRAN ALLISON, JERRY COLONNA, STUBBY KAYE, MARTYN GREEN
Created and Staged by YASHA FRANK
Music by ALEC WILDER
Lyrics by WILLIAM ENGVICK

TRACKS
1 Opening / Listen to Your Heart - Fran Allison 2:56
2 Happy News - Stubby Kaye, Chorus 4:35
3 Pinocchio’s Song - Mickey Rooney, Gordon B. Clarke 3:25
4 Lullaby - Gordon B. Clarke, Chorus 8:11
5 The Fox’s Pitch - Martyn Green, Mickey Rooney 4:00
6 Listen to Your Heart - Fran Allison, Mickey Rooney, Chorus 5:10
7 The Jolly Coachman - Jerry Colonna, Mickey Rooney 2:59
8 Listen to Your Heart - Mickey Rooney, Chorus 3:34
9 Lullaby - Gordon B. Clarke 3:16
10 Listen to Your Heart - Mickey Rooney, Chorus 2:30
11 The Birthday Song - Ensemble 1:31
12 Listen to Your Heart - Fran Allison 1:38
13 Happy News - Stubby Kaye, Chorus 1:26

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Pinocchio / Original Television Cast
Sony Masterworks Jul 2015
CD
$17.99

Mozart & Strauss: Lieder / Devieilhe, Pordoy

ERATO

$18.36 Aug 09, 2024

Richard Strauss considered Mozart to be "the most sublime of all composers". Both Mozart and Strauss wrote exquisitely for the soprano voice and Sabine Devieilhe, with pianist Mathieu Pordoy, has assembled a beautifully balanced programme of their songs. Among them is Strauss's sublime 'Morgen', which brings a guest appearance by violinist Vilde Frang. When Devieilhe and Pordoy performed Mozart and Strauss at London's Wigmore Hall, The Spectator wrote of a "heart-stopping soprano" who made the songs "sound dewy-fresh. Her voice picked up and outlined each word; long lines sounded spontaneous but wholly considered. The clarity and the lightly worn self-awareness of Devieilhe's singing made for a seductive combination."

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Mozart & Strauss: Lieder / Devieilhe, Pordoy
ERATO Aug 2024
CD
$18.36

Hear the Time

DUX

$19.99 May 16, 2025

The album features songs by Polish composers created during the 20th century. The entire collection is highly diverse in terms of style. From Zarzycki's late-Romantic songs, in the musical and textual layer, through Rogowski's cycles - inspired by the Orient and Croatian folklore - and Sawa's songs (recorded for the first time on this album), using new expressive techniques, to Lukaszewski's songs, completely contemporary, whose musical language refers to the meditative Hindu music. Rogowski's cycle is exceptionally beautiful, where the soprano and the piano are accompanied by the violin in virtuoso cadenzas. Songs for an extended ensemble, with cello and saxophone, provide artists with an opportunity to show the potential of outstanding chamber musicians, and all songs are saturated with the expressive singing of Dorota Calek.

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Hear the Time
DUX May 2025
CD
$19.99

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The Musical Advent Calendar
SWR Sep 2013
CD
~~$16.99~~ $8.49

A Lovely Light

Centaur Records

$18.99 Mar 10, 2015

Deems Taylor (1885-1966) was one of America's truly original 20th Century composers, his works crossing between serious classical and a somewhat more popular vein. An ASCAP Board of Directors member for over thirty years, he also served as ASCAP President from 1942-48. Of the 24 songs featured on this Centaur release, sung by soprano Elizabeth Tryon accompanied by George Small, virtually all, if not all are receiving their first recordings. Ms. Tryon, often referred to as "two voices in one artist" sings both classical music and Top 40 pop, making her a perfect candidate for this literature.

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A Lovely Light
Centaur Records Mar 2015
CD
$18.99

Autumnsongs
Rounder Records Jan 1998
CD
$15.99

BIG BROADCAST OF 1938

UNIVERSAL

Blu-Ray

$24.68 Mar 31, 2026

Cruise line magnate T.F. Bellows (W.C. Fields) is certain his new ship will win a transatlantic race with his rival... but to be sure, he arranges for his ne'er-do-well jinx brother S.B. (Fields, again) to board the rival boat! Of course, S.B. gets on the wrong vessel, making for a comically bumpy voyage! Variety extravaganza co-stars Bob Hope (singing "Thanks for the Memories" in his feature debut), Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Ben Blue. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).

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BIG BROADCAST OF 1938
UNIVERSAL Mar 2026
Blu-Ray
$24.68

Mix & Match

Adon Olam

ARC Music

$16.99 Sep 22, 2017

Ilya Kuzinets, leader of the group Adon Olam, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He began to study the violin at the municipal music school in St. Petersburg and finished the class with honors. He continued his study at the Rimsky Korsakov College, St. {Petersburg, and then at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. There he received his diploma with honors with Professor Anatoly Reznikovsky. In 1991 he emigrated to Israel and continued his studies at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy. In the following years, he played in various orchestras and folk groups with whom he toured Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, and South America. Since 1996, parallel to all of his concert and touring activities, he has been the house composer for The Israel Stage Orchestra, writing new pieces and arrangements for the orchestra. He also wrote arrangements for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and other orchestras in the area. This group presents traditional Israeli songs arranged by Kuzinets for his group Adon Olam.

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Adon Olam
ARC Music Sep 2017
CD
$16.99

Something's Gotta Give / Simon Keenlyside

Chandos

$21.99 Nov 18, 2014

To this day, music from classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals continues to enjoy immense popularity with audiences and performers alike. Here Simon Keenlyside, one of the world’s most charismatic and sought-after operatic baritones, presents Something’s Gotta Give, an album devoted to songs from musicals – songs that require every bit as much attention to text and interpretation as Lieder, and often the same mastery of vocal technique as operatic arias. Scarlett Strallen, a regular presence of West End and Broadway stages, partners Keenlyside in duets and sings two numbers on her own. They are joined by David Charles Abell, a musician steeped in the tradition of musical theatre, who conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in wonderfully lush original orchestral arrangements, a number of which have been specially restored for this recording.

The programme includes some of the best-loved numbers in the repertoire, including Cole Porter’s ‘Night and Day’, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’’, and ‘If I Were a Rich Man’ from Fiddler on the Roof. The range represented, from the emotional tour de force of ‘Soliloquy’ to the charming character song ‘Reviewing the Situation’, showcases the many facets of Simon Keenlyside both as an extraordinary vocalist and endlessly charismatic performer.

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Something's Gotta Give / Simon Keenlyside
Chandos Nov 2014
CD
$21.99

CLOWN
ANALOGUE PROD. Jun 2024
Vinyl
$87.49

VISIONS

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

$15.99 Mar 08, 2024

2024 release. Visions is a vibrant and joyous 12-song set that finds Jones singing about feeling free, wanting to dance, making it right, and acceptance of what life brings. It's the yang to the yin that was Pick Me Up Off The Floor, Jones' last album of new original songs which was released early in the pandemic lockdown of 2020 and foreshadowed many of the dark emotions of that period. CD Softpak with 12-page booklet.

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VISIONS
BLUE NOTE RECORDS Mar 2024
CD
$15.99

Au Sainct Nau / Visse, Ensemble Clement Janequin

Alpha

$20.99 Nov 18, 2014

Humor and reverence. With all the delicacy allowing humor and talent, Dominique Visse and his Ensemble Clément Janequin do mingle several faces of Christmas, between sacred vocal pieces and parodies the crisp text, with the young trio Musica Humana.

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Au Sainct Nau / Visse, Ensemble Clement Janequin
Alpha Nov 2014
CD
$20.99

STANDARDS

SUNNYSIDE

$16.63 Jun 23, 2023

Rising star pianist/composer Noah Haidu's resplendently expressive Standards celebrates the 40th anniversary of the release that launched Keith Jarrett's great Standards Trio and arrives on the heels of Haidu's two recent acclaimed Sunnyside albums, most notably 2021's SLOWLY: Song for Keith Jarrett. Featuring Haidu with bassists Buster Williams and Peter Washington, drummer Lewis Nash and guest saxophonist Steve Wilson, Standards is, in part, the soulmate to SLOWLY, which DownBeat called "a stunning and heartfelt tribute." After Haidu, Buster Williams and Billy Hart recorded it's last two songs - "But Beautiful" and "Georgia on My Mind" - Williams said, "Those two standards were beautiful, got any more?"

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STANDARDS
SUNNYSIDE Jun 2023
CD
$16.63

GREAT UN-AMERICAN SONGBOOK I & II

CUNEIFORM

$22.94 Feb 24, 2017

Born three decades ago, this 18-piece big band made a particular name for themselves with their reverently irreverent arrangements of Frank Zappa compositions. Here, though, they offer something tasty for jazz heads and rock lovers alike: inspired big-band arrangements of "Eleanor Rigby," "21st Century Schizoid Man," "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys," the Crazy World of Arthur Brown's "Fire," the Beatles' "Don't Bother Me," Radiohead's "The Tourist," Miles Davis's "Nardis" and more, from Jethro Tull to Green Day! Cuneiform.

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GREAT UN-AMERICAN SONGBOOK I & II
CUNEIFORM Feb 2017
CD
$22.94

HEY BA-BA-RE-BOP - THE SINGLES COLLECTION 1946-54

ACROBAT

$20.04 Oct 07, 2022

Tex Beneke was a big band saxophonist and singer who joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1941, and remained with him until Miller broke up his band the following year to join the Army Air Forces, with Beneke also enlisting in the Navy. Having performed on all Miller's big hits of that era, and with Miller having died over the English Channel in 1944, Beneke got permission from Miller's estate to form a "ghost band" in 1946, initially called "Tex Beneke With The Glenn Miller Orchestra, which eventually became Tex Beneke & His Orchestra a year or two later. This great-value 48-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A and B sides of his releases leading the Glenn Miller Orchestra and his own orchestra during these years on the RCA-Victor, MGM and Coral labels through to the mid-1950s. It features all his twelve hits under his own name from these years, including the Top 10 hits "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop", "I Know", "Give Me Five Minutes More", "Passe", "A Gal In Calico", "Anniversary Song" and "St. Louis Blues March". As well as his own featured spots as vocalist, it also has performances by Garry Stevens, Artie Mann, Lillian Lane, Glenn Douglas, Gwen Bari and Ray Eberle, along with the vocal groups The Crew Chiefs and Moonlight Serenaders. It 's an entertaining set that sees Beneke recapturing the spirit of the Miller band, but also establishing a style of his own as the market changed in the post-war era.

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HEY BA-BA-RE-BOP - THE SINGLES COLLECTION 1946-54
ACROBAT Oct 2022
CD
$20.04

Sounds & Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook / Sampson, Williams, Middleton

BIS

SACD

$21.99 Aug 04, 2023

The 37 songs in this recital, written by 27 composers – male, female, English, French, Swiss, German, Romantic, modern and contemporary – bear witness to the richness of Shakespeare’s works to which this recital is dedicated. Organised in the form of a play in five acts, including prologue and epilogue, the songs, which include several duets, are in turn cheerful and sad, light and profound, classical and jazzy – thus allowing, in Carolyn Sampson’s words, ‘a breadth of responses to these great texts’. Alongside well-known melodies, such as those by Schubert, there are musical adaptations by different composers of the same texts, as well as a contemporary reflection for the two voices by Hannah Kendall exploring the question of gender fluidity and identity through the elusive character of Rosalind from As You Like It.

After many acclaimed releases on BIS, including Album für die Frau, a collection of songs by Clara and Robert Schumann, A Soprano’s Schubertiade and Elysium, two Schubert recitals, as well as a number of themed recitals, some of which were named ‘Recording of the Month’ by MusicWeb International and ‘CD-Tipp’ by BR Klassik, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton are joined here by renowned British baritone Roderick Williams.

REVIEW:

Soprano Carolyn Sampson and baritone Roderick Williams are prolific singers who can handle almost any kind of repertory but have a strong connection to the English tradition from the Baroque to the 20th century. It would be hard to imagine better singers for this collection of Shakespeare songs, for on one hand, Shakespeare settings are about as traditional as one can get, while on the other, this is an exceptionally diverse collection. Listeners unaware that Haydn set Shakespeare should make it their business to hear Sampson in She never told her love, as soon as possible. There are settings of German Shakespeare translations by Schubert, Schumann, and Hugo Wolf, a French one by Arthur Honegger, and an entrancing English-language Fancy by Poulenc. This album represents, in short, an embarrassment of riches, and it is one of the finest Shakespeare song releases to come along in quite some time.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)

CONTENTS:

Ireland: Full fathom five
Vaughan Williams: Dirge for Fidele
Moeran: The Lover and his Lass
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Arise, "Sea Murmurs"
Smith, J C: You spotted snakes
Tippett: Songs for Ariel
Arne: Under the Greenwood Tree
Gurney: Under the greenwood tree
Parry: Sonnet LXXXVII
Ireland: When daffodils begin to peer
Haydn: She Never Told Her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34
Schubert: An Silvia, D 106
Schubert: Ständchen 'Horch! Horch! die Lerch!', D889
Schubert: Trinklied D888
Schumann: Schlusslied des Narren, Op.127 No. 5
Wolf, H: Lied des transferierten Zettel
Cornelius: Komm herbei, Tod, Op.16 No. 3
Frances-Hoad: Rosalind
Poulenc: Fancy
Britten: Fancie
Honegger: Deux Chants d'Ariel
Bridge: Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Dring: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
Dankworth: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Horder: Under the greenwood tree
Coleridge-Taylor: The Willow Song
Beach, A: Fairy Lullaby
Williams, Roderick: Sigh no More, Ladies
Sullivan, A: Orpheus with his Lute

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Sounds & Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook / Sampson, Williams, Middleton
BIS Aug 2023
SACD
$21.99

SINGLES & ALBUMS COLLECTION 1959-62

ACROBAT

$20.04 Oct 07, 2022

Gene McDaniels was an African-American singer, who started out performing gospel, before turning to jazz, and came to the fore as vocalist with the Les McCann Trio in Los Angeles. Signed by Liberty, he teamed up with producer Snuff Garrett after a couple of releases and burst onto the chart scene in 1961 with the US No. 3 "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay". A series of hits followed through the early '60s, and he also became a versatile album seller, before turning to the black consciousness form later in the decade. This great-value 58-track 2-CD collection comprises all his Liberty A & B sides from these years, plus selected tracks from his albums "In Times Like These", "Sometimes I'm Happy Sometimes I'm Blue", "100 Lbs. Of Clay!", "Sings Movie Memories", "Tower Of Strength", and "Hit After Hit". It features all his chart entries from this era including the Top 10 hits "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay", "Tower Of Strength" and "Chip Chip", plus "Point Of No Return", "Spanish Lace" and others. On his albums, he explores a variety of musical territory, exploiting his jazz and gospel-trained voice as he performs Great American Songbook standards and his own interpretations of current hits of the day, plus classic movie songs along with new contemporary material. He was a fine singer, whose pop hits marked him out as a distinctive song stylist, and this collection is an enjoyable showcase for that talent.

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SINGLES & ALBUMS COLLECTION 1959-62
ACROBAT Oct 2022
CD
$20.04

Schubert: Swansong / Bliss, Bevan, Glynn, Frank-Gemmill, Tomlinson

Signum Classics

$9.99 ~~$19.99~~ Save 50% Nov 09, 2018

Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill. Titled by the works first published following Schubert’s death, ‘Swansong’ D 957 sets the words of poets Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl in songs that cover a variety of different emotional states. The lighthearted ‘Love Message’ with its rippling accompaniment, addresses a murmuring brook with the hope of true love. The bone- chilling ‘Doppelganger’ with its stark, slowly tolling chords, finds the protagonist crazed with a nocturnal vision of himself agonizing at the empty doorstep of his lost love. Renowned for his clear diction and powerful voice, Sir John Tomlinson brings his insight and nuance to these profound works. Reminiscent of the scoring for The Shepherd on the Rock and composed in the same year, ‘On the River’ combines soprano, clarinet and horn in a setting of a poem by Ludwig Rellstab. Originally given to Beethoven who did not live long enough to set it, Schubert took up the words in a work that is a subtle homage to the composer. The 1828 work The Shepherd on the Rock sets words by Wilhelm Muller and German playwright Helmina von Chezy, and was composed in gratitude to the soprano Anna Milder-Hauptmann. Here performed by Sophie Bevan and Julian Bliss, it tells the story of a shepherd lamenting the distance between him and his beloved before a reflection on loneliness and grief. The final section celebrates the arrival of spring in a hopeful conclusion.

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Schubert: Swansong / Bliss, Bevan, Glynn, Frank-Gemmill, Tomlinson
Signum Classics Nov 2018
CD
~~$19.99~~ $9.99

DREAMY
SACKVILLE RECORDS May 1994
CD
$14.62