Lionel Richie's talent for crafting picture-perfect pop songs cannot be understated. In fact, his remarkable success during the 1970s and '80s, as both the leader of the Commodores and a solo artist, often overshadows his reputation as a remarkably deft ...

What better way to celebrate Christmas than with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? This disc, a 2000 Telarc release, presents that glorious ensemble with the Orchestra at Temple Square conducted by Craig Jessop in a real holiday treat. This is truly ...

RITE TIME finds Can's original lineup--including first vocalist Malcolm Mooney-- reconvening nearly 20 years after its stunning 1968 debut, MONSTER MOVIE. With the decade-long legacy of Can's unparalleled accomplishments (and another decade of oft-worthy solo activities) under their collective belts, ...

(SACD-HYBRID) Imagine yourself listening to a piano trio, alone in the middle of the night as you sip your favorite drink -- Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio offers just such a mood. Yamamoto is highly musical and his expressions natural, neither overly ...

This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. This ultracool saxman has some of the sexiest moves in smooth jazz and a dreadlock-based look that drives female genre fans wild. He's always focused on passionate, soprano-based ...

The second half of the album, taped at a March 1972 performance at Carnegie Hall, is a fine reminder of a time when the live Kinks really seemed to be enjoying themselves on stage. Ray Davies in particular seems to ...

Leonard Slatkin,BBC Sym.Orch.

(SACD-HYBRID) The Contents of this SACD now include six completely new tracks and a few replacements. In this, the fourth Audiophile Test SACD, the three basic concepts of Depth of Image, Timbre and Dynamics have been linked together as a basis for evalu

(SACD-HYBRID) Jacintha recorded her first album for Groove Note (GRV1001 Here's To Ben) in 1998. Her latest and sixth release, Jacintha - Jacintha Goes To Hollywood was released in mid-2007 and marks ten years with the Groove Note label, which we figured

Smith was so far outside the domestic blues loop that this Chicago-cut set only found release on a British logo, JSP. It was our loss -- Smith is typically brusque and ominous, threatening to "Play the Blues on the Moon" ...

With a second guitarist in the lineup and three albums of psychedelic garage madness under their belts, White Denim are taking a stab at classic rock with their fourth album, the simply titled D. Based on the spacy single "Drug," ...

Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (02/2009); Skywalker Sound (02/2009); Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (11/2009); Skywalker Sound (11/2009).

Track Listing: Too Much in Love to Care; Embraceable You; Weaver of Dreams; Crazy He Calls Me; You Turned the Tables on Me; How Long has This Been Going On?; Lazy Afternoon; Time After Time; A Time for Love, A; ...

Recording information: DZZ Studio 5, Moscow (06/2010).

Mythos' first LP starts with a rock-meets-classic interpretation of Georg-Friedrich Händel's "Feuerwerksmusik" with Stephan Kaske playing the melody on the flute. "Oriental Journey-Hero's Death" presents Middle Eastern percussion, acoustic guitar, and flute. Sitar and Mellotron sounds add a psychedelic mood ...

bass); Ry Cooder (guitar); Ken Scandlyn (guitar, harmonica); George Bohanon (trombone); Hence Powell (piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, Wurlitzer piano); Jeff Alviani (Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Jim Keltner, Phil Bloch (drums); Joachim Cooder (percussion, dumbek). This is a Super Audio CD ...

This CD is a compilation of early Miles Davis tracks and is NOT the Columbia album called MILESTONES released in 1958. The title does not refer to the trumpeter's composition from his first recording date but is an acknowledgement of this ...

Recording information: Concert Hall of the Music and Mass Communications Build.

Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/15/2010-10/16/2010).

Recording information: Salle des Remparts, La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland (09/1973).

Recording information: Onder de Linden, Valthermond, The Netherlands (03/2011).

"...Opera,Operetta & Dance"

Track Listing: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H. 7e/1: 1. Allegro; Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H. 7e/1: 2. Andante; Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H. 7e/1: 3. Finale. Allegro; Concerto à cinque, for oboe, 2 violins, ...