Paul Weller
66 (Indie Exclusive Blue Vinyl LP) [ Polydor / LP - released 24/May/2024 ] 66 is the 17th solo album from Paul Weller, marking his 66th journey around the sun, it is quite a reflective and inward thinking album that pulls back the camera lens and shines a light on the way Weller's creativity interacts with his wider... |
Paul Weller
Fly On The Wall: B Sides & Rarities (Triple LP) [ Polydor / 3 LP - released 9/Aug/2024 ] Paul Weller's 2003 compilation Fly On The Wall is a triple vinyl compilation that includes B-sides, remixes, and rarities from Paul's time at Go! Discs and subsequently Island Records between 1991 and 2001. The compilation has been unavailable since... |
Paul Weller
Illumination (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Released on vinyl for the first time, Paul Weller's 2002 studio album is released on heavyweight vinyl with replication of the original packaging. Paul Weller doesn't try anything explicitly new on his sixth solo album, Illumination, or at least... |
Paul Weller
On Sunset [ Universal / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Paul Weller's 15th studio album "On Sunset" features ten classic yet modern Paul Weller songs. It's a soul album and at the same time it's also an electronic album, an orchestral album, an album packed with masterly pop songs and heart-tugging... |
Paul Weller with Jules Buckley & the BBC Symphony Orchestra
An Orchestrated Songbook (Double Gatefold LP) [ Polydor LP / 2 LP - released 17/Dec/2021 ] On May 15, 2021, Paul Weller performed a thrilling concert with the hugely talented BBC Symphony Orchestra and award-winning arranger Jules Buckley. This one-of-a-kind performance was a first for Paul, performing with a full orchestra, and saw a... |
Paul Young
The Essential [ Sonybmg / CD - released 23/Sep/2006 ] 'The Essential Paul Young' brings together songs from the multi-Brit award winning singer / songwriter's career so far. All delivered in Young's soul inspired style, the album features eight UK top ten hits including the UK number one 'Wherever I... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor) / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Israeli-born Pinchas Zukerman has kept his face and music before the public for more than four decades with his wide range of activities: he is a world-class violinist, violist, conductor, and administrator. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Romances & works by Schubert & Dvorak Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman [ Philips / CD - released 14/Jul/1986 ] Originally recorded in March 1986 |
PERCY GRAINGER / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 'At Twilight' - Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg Polyphony with David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] "Grainger's mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (July 2006) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Carol Neblett, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / National Philhrmonic / James Levine [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "Scotto sings a lovely "Si, mi chiamano Mimi", and her phrasing is always beautiful...no one newly smitten by the opera will find this performance of it disappointing." (Gramophone) |
MOZART / DONIZETTI / LEHAR / DVORAK & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Renee and Bryn - Under the Stars Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel / The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones / Paul Gemignani [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Filmed 'live' in the magical mountains of Wales at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival, this exclusive 'Under The Stars' DVD is released to co-incide with the CD of the same title. |
Robeson, Paul
The Essential Recordings (2CD) [ Primo / 2 CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded the Salzburg Festival in 2006) Salzburg Festival / Rene Pape, Genia Kuhmeier, Paul Groves, Diana Damrau / Vienna Philharmonic / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Decca Classics / Mozart 22 DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Nov/2006 ] Unsurpassed Mozartian Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and a superb cast in an outstanding performance of Pierre Audi's fantastic, colourful production of Mozart's sublime 'singspiel'. |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV427 Sandrine Piau, Anne-Lise Sollied, Paul Agnew, Frederic Caton / Accentus / La Chambre Philharmonique / Emmanuel Krivine [ Naive / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "Krivine offers a hard-edged reading, almost Bach-like in both its devotional austerity and its emphasis on the score's complex counterpoint...the choral singing and playing are admirably clear" (The... |
CECIL COLES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Coles: Music from Behind the Lines Sarah Fox (soprano) Paul Whelan (baritone) / BBC Scottish Symphony, Martyn Brabbin [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "His orchestral writing is highly accomplished; and the dramatic flair suggests a potential opera composer…excellent singing and committed playing." (BBC Music Magazine) |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Part-Songs The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] "Among Paul Spicer's many recordings with the Finzi Singers, this recording stands out as a highlight...Spicer delivers finely tuned, crisp and intense readings of all these pieces, and the Chandos sound is both vivid and warmly atmospheric." Penguin... |
SAMUEL WESLEY / JOHN STAINER / STANLEY VANN / ORLANDO GIBBONS / etc
The English Anthem (Vol 8) (Includes 'A crown of glory' & 'Praise the Lord, my soul') St Paul's Cathedral Choir / Huw Williams (organ) / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Feb/2005 ] 'The performances are excellent, as are William McVicker's booklet-notes, and the great echo's presence is felt as friend, not foe' (Gramophone) |
PRAISE TO THE LORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praise to the Lord: Favourite Hymns from St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott, conductor (with the English Brass Ensemble) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Exemplary' (Gramophone) |