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MICHAEL HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn, (M.): 5 Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert (conductor) [ Musical Heritage Society / CD - released 1/Jun/1996 ] Musicologist Karl Geiringer has claimed that Michael Haydn has not received the recognition he deserves from posterity, taking the view that his church music, his choruses for male voices, and many of his instrumental works are on a respectable level... |
GIACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: String Sonatas 1,3,4,5 London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1990 ] Original recording from 1990 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sacred Treasures of Spain The London Oratory Schola Cantorum / Charles Cole (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Music to illustrate the Golden Age: a selection of motets from sixteenth-century Spain culminating in Alonso Lobo's great funerary ode for Philip II, Versa est in luctum. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 (The First of May) / The Age of Gold Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Bernanrd Haitink [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/Nov/2000 ] "The Decca recording is outstandingly clear and brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
ELGAR / ARNOLD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SEARLE / HOLST / WALTON
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 1 - British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony, Adrian Boult / Melos Ensemble / Alfredo Campoli (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult's British music recordings for Decca. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems / Mephisto Waltz No. 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Collectors Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "The orchestral playing is first-rate throughout these four discs and the recording has never sounded better" Penguin Guide |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Vol 1 (Includes Les Preludes') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 - 1972 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Vol 2 (Includes 'Mephisto Waltz No. 1') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 - 1972 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Serenade For Strings / Serenade For Wind / American Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/1996 ] Original recordings from 1984 & 1988 |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony No.4 / Variations on a Hussar's Song London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMI Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/1996 ] Writing in The Symphony (ed. Robert Simpson, Penguin Books: 1967) the late Harold Truscott made out a strong case for Franz Schmidt. He robustly dismissed the notion that his music does not travel. "It 'travels' very well, when allowed to do so" |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Gortchakov) (with Prokofiev: 'Classical' Symphony) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 16/Aug/2001 ] "Masur conducts an often electrifying performance, while a spritely rendition of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony completes (the) disc." BBC Music |
MOERAN / ROOTHAM / BAX / ALWYN / ARNOLD / WORDSWORTH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Symphonies London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain has always been in the second division." MusicWeb |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Adrian Boult conducts Wagner Volume 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ EMI Studio / CD - released 6/Aug/1989 ] "Boult at his finest" Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op.68 / Tragic Overture / Academic Festival Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2005 ] "Newcomers to the work will do well to start here, old hands are advised to avoid any temptation to yawn and get listening - this is indeed 'top-notch'." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parry: Symphony No. 2 'The Cambridge' / Symphonic Variations London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/1992 ] "Bamert proves a masterly interpreter and takes us convincingly through the symphonic terrain of a highly influential composer....The sound is rich and full to match the outstanding playing." Penguin Guide |
TONY BANKS
Banks: Seven - A Suite for Orchestra Tony Banks / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mike Dixon (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Banks has a genuine melodic gift... The LPO under Mike Dixon play sympathetically and often ardently, and the woodwind relish Simon Hale's many piquant touches of colour." - Ivan March, Gramophone, 05/04 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suites / Three Bavarian Dances / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] Original recordings from 1968 & 1975 |
GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Essential Holst (Incls 'The Planets' & 'The Perfect Fool') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Adrian Boult, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood, The Purcell Singers [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] Holst's works were played frequently in the early years of the 20th century, but it was not until the international success of The Planets in the years immediately after the First World War that he became a well-known figure. (Wiki) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr BEECHAM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel arr. Beecham: The Gods Go A'Begging' / The Great Elopement / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Dutton / CD - released 20/Aug/1996 ] Digitally remastered from the original 78rpm shellac pressings |
JUNE ANDERSON
Fantasias / The Crazed Moon / The Discovery of Heaven London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski & Ryan Wigglesworth [ LPO Live / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
