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Helen Charlston, Emma Walshe, Amy Lyddon, Lucy Cox - An Elizabethan Christmas: Byrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes (2021)

Helen Charlston, Emma Walshe, Amy Lyddon, Lucy Cox - An Elizabethan Christmas: Byrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 334 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:11:27
Classical, Vocal | Label: Signum Classics

Viol consort Fretwork and mezzo soprano Helen Charlston explore the more reflective and sombre Christmas celebrations of Elizabethan England, in a collection of works by William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons and Martin Peerson.

Helen Merrill & Gil Evans - Collaboration (1988)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 20, 2023
Helen Merrill & Gil Evans - Collaboration (1988)

Helen Merrill & Gil Evans - Collaboration (1988)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 232 MB | Covers - 52 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nippon Phonogram/EmArcy (834 205-2)

In 1956, a year before Miles Ahead, singer Helen Merrill hired the nearly forgotten arranger Gil Evans to write charts for a dozen songs on one of her record dates. In 1987, they had a reunion, and 11 of the 12 numbers (with "Summertime" taking the place of "You're Lucky to Me") were recorded again. Rather than just a re-creation album, this project found Evans writing fresh arrangements, utilizing three very different ten-pieces: one with a woodwind quintet, another with six horns, and a third that included five strings. This inspired outing, one of the most rewarding sets of Helen Merrill's later years, was also one of Evans' last great dates and one of his few post-1972 classics. 57 at the time, Merrill is in superb form on such numbers as "Where Flamingos Fly," "A New Town Is a Blue Town," "By Myself" and "Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home."
Helen Charlston, Toby Carr - Battle Cry: She Speaks: Purcell, Strozzi, Eccles, Park, Kapsberger, Monteverdi, de Visée (2022)

Helen Charlston, Toby Carr - Battle Cry: She Speaks: Purcell, Strozzi, Eccles, Park, Kapsberger, Monteverdi, de Visée (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 214 Mb | Total time: 57:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Delphian Records | # DCD34283 | Recorded: 2021

This powerful yet understated recital of modern and seventeenth-century works aims to revisit but also to re-balance the obsession of earlier music with female abandonment and lament. The stories of women such as Dido and Ariadne have been told and retold throughout history. Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston reconsiders the assumed helplessness of those often seen as being left behind by male adventure and success. A recent work commissioned for Charlston from the composer Owain Park further takes up the challenge of giving ‘abandoned women’ their own platform, as well as exploring new possibilities for an instrumental pairing – that of voice and theorbo – that remains little explored in contemporary music.

Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' With Me/Helen Hits Out! (1962/1964) {2000 BGO}  Music

Posted by TestTickles at Aug. 17, 2021
Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' With Me/Helen Hits Out! (1962/1964) {2000 BGO}

Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' With Me/Helen Hits Out! (1962/1964) {2000 BGO}
WEB Rip | FLAC with Audiochecker and auCDtect | scans | 451 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 172 mb
Genre: pop rock

'Tops' With Me/Helen Hits Out! is a 2-on-1 compact disc by Helen Shapiro uniting two of her albums, 1962's 'Tops' With Me and 1964's Helen Hits Out!. This was gathered in 2000 by BGO Records.

Helen Shapiro - The Ultimate Helen Shapiro (2011)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 9, 2024
Helen Shapiro - The Ultimate Helen Shapiro (2011)

Helen Shapiro - The Ultimate Helen Shapiro (2011)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.06 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 528 MB
3:51:02 | Pop, Jazz | Label: EMI Gold

February 2011 marks the 50th anniversary since Helen Shapiro burst onto the 60s pop scene as a 14 year old pop princess. This new 90 track set contains all of her hits, some great album tracks as well as some very rare material including outtakes plus some foreign language songs. This is a must for all of Helen's fans, the booklet features many previously unseen photographs including some of Helen as.
Chelys Consort of Viols & Helen Charlston - The Honour of William Byrd (2023)

Chelys Consort of Viols & Helen Charlston - The Honour of William Byrd (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 383 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 184 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:14:31
Classical, Vocal | Label: BIS

This disc provides an opportunity to explore the music of the proud Englishman, the devoted friend, the loyal subject, and the faithful servant that was William Byrd, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death. Through a collection of songs and instrumental works performed by the Chelys Consorts of Viols joined by tenor violist Harry Buckoke and mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, this recording introduces this key figure of the English Renaissance music: both devoutly Catholic and a favourite of the Protestant Queen, a serious character capable of weighty contemplation but also sharp wit and humour, and the loyal friend who wrote so personally and touchingly.
Helen Sung, John Ellis, David Wong, Kendrick Scott & Harlem Quartet - Quartet+ (2021)

Helen Sung, John Ellis, David Wong, Kendrick Scott & Harlem Quartet - Quartet+ (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 368 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | 01:05:55
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Sunnyside Records

Pianist/composer and 2021 Guggenheim Fellow Helen Sung celebrates the work of influential women composers on her latest album Quartet+, crafting new arrangements of tunes by Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi while carrying the tradition forward with her own stunning new works. Co-produced by violin master Regina Carter, the album pairs Sung’s quartet with the strings of the GRAMMY® Award-winning Harlem Quartet in an inventive meld of jazz and classical influences.

Helen Humes - Songs I Like to Sing! (1961) [Reissue 1988]  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 30, 2022
Helen Humes - Songs I Like to Sing! (1961) [Reissue 1988]

Helen Humes - Songs I Like to Sing! (1961) [Reissue 1988]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 232 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 100 MB | Covers - 12 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Contemporary Records (OJCCD-171-2 (S-7582))

One of the high points of Helen Humes' career, this Contemporary set features superior songs, superb backup, and very suitable and swinging arrangements by Marty Paich. Humes' versions of "If I Could Be With You," "You're Driving Me Crazy," and "Million Dollar Secret," in particular, are definitive. On four songs, she is backed by tenor great Ben Webster, a rhythm section, and a string quartet; the other numbers find her joined by a 14-piece band that includes Webster and Teddy Edwards on tenors along with altoist Art Pepper. This classic release is essential and shows just how appealing a singer Helen Humes could be.
Laurence Davies & Helen Davies - Connections: The German Horn (2023)

Laurence Davies & Helen Davies - Connections: The German Horn (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 154 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 133 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:05
Classical | Label: Willowhayne Records

Pianist Helen Davies is the daughter of a Bohemian mother and Anglo-German father and her family has always been acutely aware of their European heritage. Connections was conceived during the COVID-19 UK lockdown in March 2020. Much of the music on this recording was created by German composers, hence the decision to focus on that link, recording music which they felt connected them back to some of their familial roots.
Helen Merrill - Anything Goes - The Complete Helen Merrill, 1952-1960 (2022)

Helen Merrill - Anything Goes - The Complete Helen Merrill, 1952-1960 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 749 MB
5:09:52 | Jazz, Vocal | Label: Fremeaux Heritage

Helen Merrill, a vocal jazz luminary. Not just a magnificent American artist, but one of the greatest ballad singers of all time. This “complete recordings” set prepared by Olivier Julien looks back over the best years in her career, when she recorded with musicians who were all jazz legends – Earl Hines, Clifford Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Hank Jones and Bill Evans – and made superb albums in the company of producers and composers equally legendary, Quincy Jones, Gil Evans, Ennio Morricone, etc.