Al Atkins

On October 6, 1953, RCA held experimental stereophonic sessions in New York's Manhattan Center with Leopold Stokowski conducting a group of New York musicians in performances of Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and the waltz from Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. There were additional stereo tests in December, again in the Manhattan Center, this time with Pierre Monteux conducting members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In February 1954, RCA made its first commercial stereophonic recordings, taping the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Münch, in a performance of The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz.

Ex-Wings guitarist Laurence Juber (or 'LJ' as he is better known) steps out into the spotlight with this solo recital, digitally enhanced for the DVD-Audio format. LJ is one of those "guitar wizard" types, one of those with whom you think you hear two or three guitarists playing, then you find out it's just one. If Mark Knopfler, Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, Stanley Jordan, et al set your heart aflutter, you must hear GUITAR NOIR.

The most controversial videos from one of industrial music's most legendary and notorious acts arrive on DVD uncut and uncensored in Ministry: Tapes of Wrath from Warner Reprise Video.
Until Nine Inch Nails crossed over to the mainstream, Ministry did more than any other band to popularize industrial dance music, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial's cult fan base.

Set in 16th-century India, Il Paria is a powerful and moving story of impossible love, social barriers and religious intolerance. Donizetti was particularly proud of his work, reusing many of its melodies in future compositions. Returning to Opera Rara following our multi-award-winning recording of Rossini’s Semiramide, Albina Shagimuratova leads a stellar cast including René Barbera, singing one of the most demanding roles ever written for tenor, and the talented Georgian baritone Misha Kiria in the title character.