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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah (highlights) Emma Kirkby (sop) Margaret Cable (alto) James Bowman (countertenor) Joseph Cornwell (ten) David Thomas (bass) / Taverner Choir and Players / Parrott [ Virgin Virgo / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] Highlights from the classic recording including 'Behold the Lamb of God', 'He was despised' and 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' |
LAWES / BLOW / WILSON / CAMPION / ECCLES / etc
Classical Kirkby - Orpheus and Corinna Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2002 ] "These are delightful songs, superbly sung with delicate, tactful accompaniments played on the theorbo-lute by Anthony Rooley" Rod Bliss (Sunday Times) |
J. S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI / GEORG HANDEL / WILLIAM HAYES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Emma Kirkby - Magnificat Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Cantillation and the Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker. [ ABC Classics / CD - released 6/Jan/2006 ] Widely considered as one of the leading exponents in early music, Emma Kirkby is renowned for her purity of production, clarity of diction and extraordinary degree of vocal control. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music Suites 1-3, HWV348-350 [LP] English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Classics LP / LP - released 7/Apr/2023 ] John Eliot Gardiner will celebrate his 80th birthday on April 20th 2023. Erato Recordings are celebrating this wonderful conductor with two of his most emblematic albums to be released on vinyl: Handel's Water Music and Purcell's King Arthur. When... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Music for the Fireworks Music / Orchestral Works English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 21/May/2001 ] "With first-class recording, this is an obvious first choice in its field" - Penguin Guide to CDs |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Beethoven English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, with Éva Marton (soprano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "Ormandy's reading generates excitement through exact accentuation as well as vibrant instrumental color and striking ensemble balances. You'd expect to hear the piano clearly at the start of the first-movement development section, but it makes a... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Symphonies English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "Tate performs with style and excellence, and always gives the music a sense of life and elegant freshness." (MusicWeb) |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Popular Orchestral Suites [Incls Peer Gynt & Holberg] English Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ Philips Duo / CD - released 20/Mar/1998 ] Among Grieg's most popular works are his incidental music to Peer Gynt, commissioned from the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and his arrangements of Norwegian dances and songs. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/1984 ] Recorded London, 1982 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: 8 Concerti The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 3D Baroque / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Ever lively and spontaneous in their performance, exemplary in the clarity of the recordings, here is a selection from the complete collection of The English Concert's Vivaldi concertos on the Archiv label. |
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C.P.E. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (C.P.E.): Sinfonias for Strings [Hamburg Symphonies for Strings, Wq. 182 (H567-662)] The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / CD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] "Seldom has a musical composition of a more exalted, saucy, and humorous character poured forth from such an ingenious soul." This is what the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung reported following a private performance of the works of C.P.E. Bach. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY English National Opera / Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "The main cast delivers a superlative response from start to finish, headed by baritone Christopher Maltman's bull-like Tarquinius and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's harrowingly intense Lucretia." BBC Music |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN / HERRAD van LANDBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: von Bingen / von Landberg: Hortus Deliciarum Ensemble Discantus, Brigitte Lesne (female voices) [ Naive / CD - released 9/Sep/2004 ] "The performance of this music by Discantus is as good as one could wish for. All voices are ideally suited for this kind of music. Both in regard to repertoire and performance this disc can be wholeheartedly recommended." MusicWeb |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Trio in C minor, Op. 5 / 8 Pieces, Op. 83 Ensemble Instrumental "Contrasts", with Freddy Arteel (clarinet) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1996 ] Recorded in Belgium |
STEVE REICH
Reich: Reich / Richter (LP) Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Nonesuch / Warner / LP - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Nonesuch Records releases the first recording of Steve Reich's 'Reich/Richter', performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. The composition was originally written to be performed with German visual artist Gerhard... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Pierre Boulez conducts Arnold Schoenberg Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 13 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Released via the 'Sony Classical' label - The collection "Pierre Boulez Conducts Arnold Schoenberg: The Complete Columbia and Sony Recordings" is a comprehensive box set featuring the renowned conductor Pierre Boulez interpreting the works of Arnold... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Salieri: Music for Wind Ensemble Ensemble Italiano Di Fiati [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2008 ] Recorded in Montevarchi, Florence, Italy, 1996 |
ANONYMOUS
Ecole de Notre Dame: Mass for Christmas Day Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Marcel Peres and Ensemble Organum, relive Mass for Christmas Day as it was sung in the prestigious setting of the School of Notre Dame in paris, the cradle of western polyphony. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Kegelstatt-Trio Ensemble Wien-Berlin, with James Levine (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Recorded in Vienna 1990 & 1991 |
WALTER BRAUNFELS
Braunfels: Ulenspiegel (complete opera recorded in 2014) EntArteOpera / Marc Horus, Christa Ratzenböck, Joachim Goltz, Hans Peter Scheidegger / Martin Sieghart (cond) [ Capriccio DVD / DVD - released 12/Jul/2017 ] Charles de Coster's novel Thyl Ulenspiegel provided the source for Braunfels' opera of the same name. It narrates one of the darkest chapters in human history - the Spanish Inquisition in 16th-century Flanders. |
