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ROSSI / FROBERGER / JOHN BULL / BOHM / BACH
Fantastic Musick for the Italian Harpsichord Anthony Jennings (harpsichord) [ Trust / Atoll / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings... |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
Ritchie: A Bugle Will Do New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tecwyn Evans [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] "A hugely enjoyable and rewarding disc of a composer well worth exploring further." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2012) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets Anthony Rolf Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] 'Wonderful performances of two of Britten's finest song cycles, consistently beautiful in vocal quality, and almost miraculous in their integration of clear expressive diction. Deserves a place in every collection' (BBC) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera with libretto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sylvia McNair, Julia Varady, Anne Sofie von Otter / The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2011 ] With starring roles from Ann Sophie Von Otter, Sylvia McNair, the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir all under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. |
VAUGHAN WILLAIMS
The Best of (Incls The Wasps Overture & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) David Greed (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony / English Northern Philharmonia / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. |
JOHN RUTTER / DAVID FANSHAWE / TRADITIONAL / ROBERT BURNS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: The Choirboy Anthony Way (treble) [ Total Records / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. His mother was a housewife. His father worked as an officer at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. |
HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Messa Di Gloria / Preludio Sinfonico / Crisantomi Roberto Alagna (tenor) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2001 ] "Maestro Pappano's obvious belief in lesser-known Puccini seems to have inspired the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra to the peak of their abilities." MusicWeb |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Sonata in F Minor / 16 Waltzes Antti Siirala (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Aug/2004 ] "... naturally pianistic and elegant... real imagination and eloquence... a dream of wonderfully sustained intensity and dynamic murmur... sonorous and boldly alive." - International Piano Quarterly |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Stabat Mater (LP) Antwerp Symphony Orchestra & Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 LP - released 9/Mar/2018 ] For its second vinyl release, PHI has chosen to reissue one of Philippe Herreweghe's most masterly interpretations: Antonín Dvořák's ineffable Stabat Mater, for which the conductor and his ensembles, the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Royal Flemish... |
Anu Komsi (soprano), Marzi Nyman (organ)
Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert (LP) [ Alba / LP - released 14/May/2020 ] Duke Ellington wrote the Sacred Concert in the mid-1960's and performed the work with his orchestra and various soloists between 1966 and 1974 at Churches around the USA and Europe. Ellington never wrote a score of Sacred Concerts, and it wasn't... |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Volodos plays Mompou Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Instrumental Finalist / GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Instrumental |
BIZET / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Transcriptions Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] 'Sony's sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, "never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect".' Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Volodos plays Brahms Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2017 ] "Comparisons become irrelevant in interpretations of such mesmerising honesty. An award-winner if ever I heard one." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Instrumental |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Arena di Verona / Ekaterina Semenchuk, Irina Lungu, Carlo Ventre, Carlos Álvarez, Francesca Micarelli / Henrik Nánási (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "This is picture-postcard opera … It's traditional, it's colourful." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 (complete) Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic / Vienna Philharmonic / Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "There's no doubt that Rattle has inspired all concerned to an achievement which joins his groundbreaking readings of the Third, Seventh and Tenth Symphonies in the Mahlerian heaven." ***** BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, on Mahler 8 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Operas Ann Murray, Andreas Schmidt, Werner Hollweg, Arleen Auger, Edita Gruberova, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Thomas Moser, Kiri te Kanawa, Ingvar Wixell [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 44 CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] A unique collection of the complete operatic works of Mozart, from the fascinating teenage works to the profound late masterpieces. Operas known and loved the world over such as "Le nozze di figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Così fan tutte" and "Die Zauberflöte" |
FELIX ARNDT / MIKE BERNARD / ROY BARGY / FRANK BANTA / RUBE BLOOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era - Volume V Felix Arndt / Mike Bernard / Roy Bargy / Frank Banta / Rube Bloom [ Pearl / CD - released 15/Aug/1998 ] The iconography of jazz usually features smoky images of coolly wasted-looking individuals in natty hats blowing saxophones. But if saxes and trumpets have seemed like the quintessential jazz instruments, it's the piano that has been absolutely... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arthur Grumiaux - Favourite Violin Encores Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Istvan Hajdu (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete String Trios Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Georges Janzer (viola) Eva Czuko (cello) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Recorded in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in Dec. 1967 (Op. 9/1 and 9/3) and Jan.1968 (Op. 3 & 8), and inLa Chaux-de-Fonde, Switzerland in Sep. 1968 (Op. 9/2). |
