DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Ballet Suites 1, 2 & 3 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Original recording: City Hall, Glasgow & The Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow. April 1988 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Harpsichord Works (Vol 3) Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) ""These are the most appealing versions of Handel's suites: fresh, alive, with a real command of style and technique but also just a hint of risk about the playing." Gramophone |
JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Pieces de clavecin Volume 2 (Includes Suites in A & G) Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Aug/2004 ] 'Yates's strengths are clearly suited to those of Rameau: depth of characterisation, polarised moods and a delight in the instrument's sonorities.' - BBC Music Magazine |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets D.87, D.112, D173 Sorrel Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] Originally recorded in 1997 at the Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Song of the Soul, Four Mediaeval Latin Lyrics, Op. 32, Inscape, Op. 122 Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
JOHAN SVENDSEN / CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Svendsen/Nielsen: Chamber Music Kenneth Sillito (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall April 1993 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Symphony No 4 / Tintagel Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] Winner - Engineering Gramophone Awards 1984 |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony in G Minor & Overture for a Masque Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Recorded in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on 7-9 September 1987. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D / Variations on a theme by Haydn Ulster Orchestra. Vernon Handley, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] Recorded at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, January/March, 1988 |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Symphony No. 4 / Irish Rhapsody No 6 / etc Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD ] Originally released in 1980 |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands / O salutaris Hostia 1 - 3 / Light of the World Worcester Cathedral Choir, Christopher Robinson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 28/Jul/1993 ] World premiere recording of "From The Bavarian Highlands" Op. 27 |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS COLLECTION: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 'Antar' / Capriccio Espagnol Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] …in Kitajenko's warmly expressive reading, its [Symphony No. 2] structure is clarified, with well-sprung playing from the Bergen Orchestra, richly recorded in opulent digital sound.' The Guardian |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies No. 1 & 4 Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love (Complete Opera) Stephen Varcoe (bass) Susan Gritton (soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Not a weaklink in the largely British cast. Donald Maxwell is a sympathetic Falstaff. And the Northern Sinfonia and Sinfonia chorus perform with exquisitely articulated verve. An absolute delight." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) - BBC Music... |