Morgana King
Four Classic Albums (For You, For Me, For Evermore / Sings The Blues / The Greatest Songs Ever Swung / Let Me Love You) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Morgana King's professional singing career began at age sixteen as Morgana King.[12] When she sang in a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1953, a record label executive took interest after being impressed with the unique phrasing and multi-octave range.... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children Various Artists including Robert Tear, Janet Baker, Elisabeth Söderström and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. [ Emi Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2013 ] This special collection of his works showcases the way in which the composer's love of poetry formed a crucial basis for much of his choral and operatic music; inspired by poets such as Auden, Smart and Hopkins. |
Artists incls Noel Coward, Les Paul Trio, Nat King Cole Trio, Ruth Etting, Elisabeth Welch, Billy Mayerl & Jessie Matthews:
Elegance: A Musical Journey Through the 30s & 40s [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This album features polished performances from the most elegant artists of the 1930s and 40s, including Noel Coward, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire and a wonderful Cole Porter medley from Hutch. |
Al Bowly, Marlene Dietrich, Nat King Cole, Vera Lynn, Fred Astaire, George Formby, Dorothy Lamour, Flanagan and Allen, Perry Como, Noel Coward, etc
Perfect Nostalgia [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Bask in a comforting warm nostalgic glow. Some wit once quipped "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be". I think when you hear this collection you will disagree. Happy listening! |
JANET JENNINGS / WITI IHIMAERA / TOM ROA
Flowing Water Voices New Zealand, Joel Amosa, James Ioelu, Ora Kihi, Amy Thomas, Anna Simmons, Angus Simmons, Morgan-Andrew King [ Performing Arts Community Trust / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] This unique blend of kapa haka, opera, drama and music tells the histories of Aotearoa New Zealand through key events that took place from the emerging of this land from the waters, to the arrival of Māori, the arrival of British, to ensuing... |
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. |
LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
B.B. King
Four Classic Albums Plus (B.b. King Sings Spirituals / King Of The Blues / More B.B. King / Easy Listening Blues) [ Avid Roots / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second release by B.B.King complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'B.B.King Sings Spirituals'; 'King Of The Blues'; 'More B.B.King' and 'Easy Listening Blues'... |
B.B. King
Four Classic Albums (Singin' The Blues / B.B. King Wails / The Blues / My Kind Of Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] B.B King was a guy who had actually lived the classic blues story. He was born Riley B. King into poverty on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers. A broken family was followed by being raised by his maternal grandmother and he... |
B.B. King
His Definitive Greatest Hits (2CD) [ MCA Records / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/1999 ] This specially priced double disc set features B.B.'s best blues in one fine collection!! |
B.B. King
Live in Japan [ CD ] |
Ben E. King
Don't Play That Song (Limited Edition LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 24/Feb/2023 ] Although Ben E King's name is synonymous with The Drifters, he only actually sang on a dozen tracks with them, most of which were recorded concurrent with the start of his own solo career. This compilation anthologises Ben's solo recordings between... |
Ben E. King, Drifters, Solomon Burke, Crystals, Sam Cooke, The Angels, The Shirelles, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, etc
Stand by Me: 30 Soul & Chiffon HITS [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] "in mid-1950's USA the Teenager was born of the post-war boom. A new retail demographic was determined to impose their tastes away from sheet-music to newly invented 45's, LP's and Charts: a major worldwide industry was born" (MusicalMerit) |
Big Joe Turner, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Johnson, etc
Greatest Blues - Golden Greats [ Disky / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2001 ] A collection of classic Blues recordings including 'How Long Blues', 'Dust my Broom', and, 'That's all right Mama'. |
Carole King
The Essential Carole King [ Epic / Legacy / Sony / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] 33 of Carole's greatest songs, including "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "I Feel the Earth Move", "You've Got a Friend", "Nightingale", "Now and Forever", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Chains", "You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and... |
Carole King
Home Again: Live From Central Park, New York City May 26th 1973 [ Legacy / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Recorded live on The Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park on May 26, 1973. Produced by Lou Adler, Carole King Home Again is a previously unreleased concert recording and a stunning document of one of the greatest contributors to the American... |
Carole King
Home Again: Live From Central Park, New York City May 26th 1973 [ Legacy / DVD - released 26/May/2023 ] Recorded live on The Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park on May 26, 1973. Produced by Lou Adler, Carole King Home Again is a previously unreleased concert recording and a stunning document of one Directed by George Scott and produced by... |
Carole King
Pearls [ CD ] |
Carole King
Tapestry (LP) [ Legacy / LP - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Tapestry is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971 on Ode Records and produced by Lou Adler. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide. In the United States, it... |