Sentence examples for a string of recordings from inspiring English sources

Andy Johns, a record producer and engineer who was involved in several canonical albums of 1970s rock, including the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main St.," Television's "Marquee Moon" and a string of recordings by Led Zeppelin, died on April 7 in Van Nuys, Calif.

The Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-based producer released a string of recordings in the early part of this decade culminating in 2011's lithe, cavernous sample collage Wander/Wonder for the then-nascent Tri Angle Records that critics lumped in with the spectral, bass-heavy, enigmatic music that people were calling Witch House.

Over the last 10 years, Mr. Jones has quietly released a string of exceptional recordings: a solo record of Fats Waller's music; an album of spirituals with the bassist Charlie Haden; intimate duets with the singer Abbey Lincoln; a record with West African musicians; and a program of Thad Jones's music, with Elvin Jones on drums.

Not because it hasn't issued a string of excellent recordings.

In 2002, it eliminated 1,800 jobs, released a string of failed recordings and paid Mariah Carey $28 million to sever her contract with its Virgin Records label, music analysts say.

The decline came as EMI cut 1,800 jobs, released a string of failed recordings and paid Mariah Carey nearly $30 million to sever her contract with its Virgin Records label, music analysts say.

He was so articulate in challenging musical settings that some of the best young players of his generation – including the saxophonists Joe Henderson and Sam Rivers, pianist/composer Andrew Hill and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard – were ready recruits to a string of terrific recordings led by Hutcherson for the Blue Note label in the 1960s.

"I don't think there's any other label — major, indie, mainstream or otherwise — that has had such a consistent string of recordings widely considered, at least among critics, to be among the most important releases of the year," said Steve Lehman, a saxophonist whose 2009 octet album, "Travail, Transformation, and Flow," was one example.

More than half of the 66 recordings he would make under his own name (he also released a string of religious-themed recordings under the name Luke the Drifter) were Top Ten country and western hits, many of them reaching number one, including "Cold, Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'," "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)," and "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive".

Yet, all the while, Reed flirted with self-parody and self-destruction through drug and alcohol abuse and a string of wildly erratic recordings and concerts.

The work's title comes from the opening music, Mozart's Cassation in G (K. 63), Andante, which leads to a string of deliriously beautiful recordings: Maria Callas, traditional Bulgarian music, Debussy and Terremoto de Jerez, to name a few.