classical music: Russell Cook

classical music: Russell Cook

classical music:

Russell Cook

A Total Embrace: The Composer
Leonard Bernstein, "On The Town" Orchestra, ...

Sony, 2003

Wonderful Town (Original 1953 Broadway Cast)

Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, ...

Decca U.S., 2001

a must-have recording for REAL Broadway fans
This marvellous new re-issue of WONDERFUL TOWN is a must-have for Broadway buffs. In fact, this is really two albums in one, as it also contains the rare 1945 studio recording of ON THE TOWN as a bonus! The story is based on the play "My Sister Eileen", written by ...

Michael Schade & Russell Braun - Soirée française / Richard Bradshaw

Jules Massenet, Ambroise Thomas, ...

Cbc, 1997

What sweet music!
This compilation of french classics is artistically priceless. Michael Schade and Russell Braun deliver charm and beauty mixed with subtle sadness on certain pieces, that only true musical genius can convey effectively. Michael Schade's crystal clear voice is pure, ...

The Opera Rara Collection Volume 1
Alastair Miles, Gaetano Donizetti, ...

Opera Rara UK, 1998

Warren M. Swenson: Battle Pieces

James A. Bland, William Brady, ...

Albany Records, 2003

A Creative Programming Idea Gone Awry
The notion behind the program on this CD was a wonderful one. As a pendant to a new song cycle by Warren M. Swenson set to Civil War poems by Walt Whitmen, George Shirley, tenor, and William Bolcom, pianist, record eleven popular songs from the period surrounding the ...

Sogno talor...

Gaetano Donizetti, Simon Mayr, ...

Opera Rara UK, 2003

A treasure-trove of operatic mysteries
Do not let the rather silly title, Sogno talor (Sometimes I dream) put you off. This 2-CD set for the price of 1-CD is a real find for lovers of bel canto, with selections from composers like Donizetti and Rossini, but also from many other noted nineteenth century ...

The Bernstein Songbook

Mark Brown, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Sony, 1990

A great "first step" to the magic of "The Great White Way"
With the Thanksgiving passing of songwriter Betty Comden, I recalled that I had, in my album collection, this album, not just featuring her songs but Comden singing on "Carried Away" and "Some Other Time" from the Tony-award-winning "New York." Two other songs from ...