ARENSKY / BUSONI / MOZART / POULENC / RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Lyubov Bruk & Mark Taimanov Lyubov Bruk, Mark Taimanov (pianos) / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Katz / Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Lazar Gozman [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 15 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Taimanov was a top concert pianist in the Soviet Union. With his first wife, Lyubov Bruk, he formed a piano duo, some of whose recordings were included in the Phillips and Steinway series Great Pianists of the 20th Century. |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Ann Murray, Rachal Yakar, Anton Scharinger / Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] Originally recorded by Teldec in 1983 |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / SCHUBERT
Seiji Ozawa: The Complete RCA Recordings Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] He is "one of those rarities, a natural conductor", exclaimed one reviewer after Seiji Ozawa's Chicago Symphony debut on July 16, 1963 at the orchestra's Ravinia Festival. "His technical facility is phenomenal, his sense of rhythm both solid and... |
Calvin Arnold
Funky Way: Venture Recordings 1967-1969 (LP) [ Kent Soul LP / LP - released 9/Feb/2024 ] This is the first album of Mickey Stevenson's Venture material. 'Funky Way' was the label's first release and a hit in 1967, despite limited airplay due to having the word "funky" in the title. It went on to become an early funk classic, covered by... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
Deep Purple with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold
Concerto for Group and Orchestra: Special Edition [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2002 ] Original performance plus bonus tracks, in stunning re-mastered digital sound . |
Eddy Arnold
Let's Make Memories One More Time [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] One of the most successful recording artists of all time, Eddy Arnold brought country music from the 'hillbilly' image of the 1940s to a presentation suitable for Las Vegas and New York night clubs. Along the way he made hundreds of recordings... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (Complete opera) Hakan Hagegard, Gilles Cachemaille, Arleen Auger, Della Jones / Drottningholm Court Theatre, Arnold Ostman [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Even those who have never been to Drottningholm and experienced Arnold Ostman's Mozart in the flesh will know exactly what it is that makes his recorded performances live." (Gramophone) |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Alceste (complete opera) Jonas Degerfeldt (tenor) / Justin Lavender (tenor) / Teresa Ringholz (soprano) / Drottningholm Theatre Chorus and Orchestra / Arnold Ostman [ Naxos Opera / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "The recording, which is post-theatre rather than live, is keenly balanced between voices and instruments. At super-budget price this is an invaluable addition to the still-slim Gluck... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, Vocalise / Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes Nelly Lee (soprano) / Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Kaz [ Sony St. Petersburg Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded in 1984 & 1985. |
ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SOUSA / ELGAR / PARRY / HOLST / VAUGHNA WILLIAMS
Last Night of the Proms Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Goldsmiths Choral Union, Philip Ellis, Robin Stapleton, Owain Arwel Hughes & David Arnold [ Orchid Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the ultimate British spectacular! This two-disc classical extravaganza is full of Pomp and Circumstance celebrating the best of British music plus other well-loved light classics. Featuring powerful Proms... |
ALEXANDER MOSOLOV
Mosolov: Symphony No. 5 / Harp Concerto Taylor Ann Fleshman, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Arnold [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Alexander Mosolov was one of the foremost composers of the Russian avant-garde during the 1920s. His music was considered 'a testament to the revolutionary spirit of his time', but the legacy of his fame from that period now rests solely on The Iron... |
SERGEI TANEYEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taneyev: Symphony No. 2 & 4 USSR Radio And Television Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev • Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Katz [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1993 ] Taneyev graduated in 1875, the first student in the history of the Conservatory to win the gold medal both for composition and for performing (piano). He was also the first person ever to be awarded the Conservatory's Great Gold Medal. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
100 Best Choruses [Six CD set] Incls Academy Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Choir of King's College, Royal Opera Chorus, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] Compilation of 100 of the best choral works by Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Mascagni, and many more. |
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
Fux: La Corona d'Arianna Monica Piccinini, Carlotta Colombo, RafaĆ Tomkiewicz, Meili Li / Zefiro, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Alfredo Bernardini [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "Bernardini gives players space to relish Fux's superb scoring. Treat yourself to this immersive Baroque experience." Five Stars BBC Music - Opera Choice Nov 23 |
Eddy Arnold
Ultimate [ CD ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Harmoniemesse / Cantata / Te Deum Oliver Widmer, Eva Mei, Elisabeth von Magnus & Herbert Lippert / Concentus musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Das Alte Werk / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A gripping version of the composer's last Mass." BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 |
Kokomo Arnold
Volume 1; 1930-1935 [ CD ] |
SHAKESPEARE
Great Shakespeare Speeches Lawrence Olivier / John Gielgud / Marlon Brando / Alec Guinness / Arnold Moss [ Regis / CD - released 28/Nov/2007 ] He could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles C. Bennett, who met Laurence Olivier in 1927. One of Olivier's earliest successes as a Shakespearean actor on the London... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas Hampson / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnonc [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] "This live recording from Graz Cathedral is gloriously bombastic but mushy at times, despite sprightly original instruments and sensitive plainsongs." (BBC Music) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera) Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Thomas Hampson, Olga Borodina / Wiener Philharmoniker & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] 'It's a fantastic cast. We know each other very well, we trust each other greatly and we like one another's work. It's a wonderful atmosphere, of course galvanised by this driving force of genius called Nikolaus Harnoncourt' Thomas Hampson |
W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 1990) Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Schreier, Dawn Upshaw, Edita Gruberova, Yvonne Kenny / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 4/May/2009 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Secular Choral Works Ruth Ziesak, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl / Wiener Concert-Verein, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner, with András Sch [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2021 ] A voyage of discovery through a lesser-known area of Schubert's rich and prolific output, this collection comprises seven themed CDs: Transience; Love; Eternity; Heroism; Nature; Celebrations, and Circle of Friends. |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) BLU-RAY Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] G : - "This is easily the greatest, most concentrated, most moving and beautifully played performance of this massive work I've yet encountered" (Keith). This DVD was a Staff Pick DVD for 2010. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] G - "One of the greatest Mahlerians alive today, Abbado conducting Mahler's Third Symphony with his own Lucerne Festival Orchestra is not to be missed...Anna Larsson is ethereal in the fourth movement's Nietzschian text, the finale a sublimely... |
Arnold, Malcolm
Nine Hours To Rama & The Lion [ Vocalion / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Bells for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra / Spring, Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 20 / Three Russian Son Arnold Voketaitis (bass-baritone), Marianna Christos (soprano), St. Louis Symphony Chorus, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2023 ] 'Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony have established a fine track record as interpreters of Rachmaninov.' - David Hall, Stereo Review |
Honegger,
Le Roi David Barbaux, Rappé, Fink, Prieur, Arnold, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Chor des BR; Mü. Rundfunkorchester, Hager [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Dec/1991 ] |
WAGNER
Der Ring des Nibelungen - Great Scenes Arnold Bezuyen, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle Breedt, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte CD / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] Christian Thielemann leads a performance of masterful pacing and burning conviction that features richly detailed interpretations from many of today's most experienced interpreters of their complex and glorious roles. |
Billy Boy Arnold
Back Where I Belong [ Alligator Records / CD ] The return of the legendary harmonica giant from the 1950s Chicago blues scene. "A triumphant comeback"--Billboard "A wonderful new disc"--Living Blues |
Billy Boy Arnold
Eldorado Cadillac [ Alligator records / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] Raw, tough blues from one of the true creators of Chicago blues; crack band featuring Bob Margolin. 1995 Indie winner. "Great harmonica, soulful vocals, crafty songwriting...a master of Chicago blues"--BLUES REVUE Click here for more information |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Sequenzas I-XIV (Complete) Darrett Adkins (Cello) / Tony Arnold (Soprano) / Boris Berman (Piano) / Steven Dann (Viola) / Guy Few (Trumpet) / Erica Goodman (Harp) [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] In 1994, Berio invited the author Edoardo Sanguineti to pen epigraphs for each of the (then twelve) Sequenzas. These verses, which can be recited by the musician or read by the listener prior to performance, are not intended either as an explanation... |
David Arnold and Michael Price
Sherlock: Music From Series Two (Original Soundtrack) [ Silva Screen Records / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
Deep Purple with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold
Concerto for Group and Orchestra [ EMI Music DVD / DVD - released 9/Feb/2004 ] Recorded on September 24th, 1969 at London's Royal Albert Hall, Jon Lord's Concerto For Group and Orchestra really was a meeting of two different worlds. Mixed in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo using the latest digital technology for DVD, the... |
MENDELSSOHN
Complete Clarinet Chamber Music Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Sandra Arnold (clarinet), Luigi Magistrelli (basset horn),Thomas Duis (piano) [ MDG / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Sandra Arnold (clarinet), Luigi Magistrelli (basset horn),Thomas Duis (piano) |
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 1989) Drottingholm Court Theatre / Stefan Dahlberg / Ann Christine Biel / Mikael Samuelson / Laszlo Polgar / Birgit Louise Frandsen / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Kultur is proud to present Mozart from the intimate setting of Sweden's Drottningholm Court Theatre, dating back to 1766, providing a perfect stage for these operas and featuring excellent casts and superb directors, accompanied by period... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera recorded in 1991) The Drottningholm Court Theatre / Stuart Kale / Anita Soldh / David Kuebler / Ann Christine Biel / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] G :- This revised revival of the acclaimed 1986 Drottningholm production by Michael Hampe conducted by Arnold Ostman, was staged during the Mozart Bicentenary year. |
Messiaen,
Saint Francois d'Assise Fischer-Dieskau, Yakar, Riegel, Tear, Cachemaille, Vittucci; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor; ORF-Chor; Radio Symphonie Orchester [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 27/May/1998 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Overtures - Prometheus, Fidelio, Leonore 2 & 3 / Grosse Fuge Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Arnold Van Mill / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "…the depth and concentration of the Ansermet shines decisively out… Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing" Gramophone |