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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) BLU-RAY Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Nicolas Cavallier, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 14/May/2021 ] On 3 June 1975, the day after the 33rd performance of Carmen - indicating limited success as the receipts were meagre - he died from a heart attack, at the age of 36, like Mozart. |
FERDINAND HEROLD / CHARLES LECOCQ
Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee / Lecocq: Mam'zelle Angot (Complete Ballets) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "Here, with sound of spectacular Decca digital fidelity, Lanchbery conducts a highly seductive account of the complete ballet with an orchestra long familiar with playing it in the theatre." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Enigma Variations / Organ Sonata Organ of The Temple Church, London / Keith John (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2006 ] 'a technically brilliant performance that employs the instrument's full range of colours and sonorities' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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Original Soundtrack, with Topol, Leonard Frey, Norma Crane, Paul Mann / score conducted by John Williams
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fiddler On The Roof (30th anniversary edition) [ EMI / CD - released 15/Oct/1986 ] Topol's London stage production of the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock musical led movie director Norman Jewison to cast him in the film version, for which he won an Academy Award®, ensuring his popularity worldwide. |
ELGAR / DELIUS / HOLST
A Tribute To Elgar, Delius & Holst John Foster Black Dykes Band, John Foster [ Chandos Brass / CD ] John Foster & Son Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best-known brass bands in the world. In 2014, the band won the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain for a record 23rd time, and the British Open Championship for another... |
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ALFRED CELLIER
Cellier: Dorothy [Operetta] Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Stephanie Maitland, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones / Victorian Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Alfred Cellier was a contemporary of Arthur Sullivan as a Chapel Royal chorister, and would later conduct several Gilbert and Sullivan productions. With its rural tale of disguise and romantic scheming, its jaunty tunes, lively characters and... |
Peter, Bjorn & John
Writer's Block (+ Bonus) (2CD [ Almost Gold / 2 CD ] |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Peter Katin, John Ogdon, Brenda Lucas (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins, Jean Martinon [ Decca Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1996 ] "I had expected Katin to be agile, nimble and clear-headed in Mendelssohn, but he is more. In the G minor he is energetic and passionate, not in a way that tries to turn it into a Rachmaninov concerto but in a way that does not let us forget... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ / La Mort de Cleopatre / etc Peter Pears, Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Joseph Rouleau, Anne Pashley / The Goldbrough Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca / 2 CD - released 25/May/1989 ] Originally recorded October 8-10 1960 (L'enfance) & 1968 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Canticles / A Birthday Hansel Peter Pears, John Hahessy, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, with Bary Tuckwell (horn), Osian Ellis (harp) & Benjamin Britten (piano) [ Decca / London / CD - released 21/Oct/1990 ] Written at intervals between 1947 and 1974 Britten's five Canticles are miniature cantatas sharing a spiritual intensity that derives from Britten's own religious belief. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town {first complete recording) Rebecca Luker & Ron Raines / Studio Cast conducted by John Owen Edwards [ Jay Digital / 2 CD Box Set - released 17/May/1996 ] Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (complete opera recorded in 1971) Robert Tear, Elizabeth Harwood, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Meredith Davies [ EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] "Elizabeth Harwood and Robert Tear are both excellent as Vreli and Sali, winningly characterful and clearly focused...[Shirley-Quirk] is firm and forthright with an apt hint of the sinister" Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** |
TRADITIONAL
Songs & Dances from Shakespeare The Broadside Band / Deborah Roberts (soprano) / John Potter (Tenor) [ Saydisc / CD ] A collection of 39 tracks featured in or referenced in the works of Shakespeare. All tracks arranged by Jeremy Barlow |
JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss (J.): Die Fledermaus (operetta in English) Rosemarie Arthars, Paul Barnhill, Lynton Black, David Fieldsend, Ade Grummet, Deborah Hawksley / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, John Owen Edwards [ Sony music / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/1995 ] "John Owen Edwards never forces the tempo but allows the melodies to unfold naturally, and eases gently into the big waltz tunes. " Gramophone |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet recorded in 1968) Royal Ballet / Lesley Collier, Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park, Leslie Edwards, Betty Kavanagh, Keith Martin, Ann Jenner, Gerd Larsen, Wayne Sleep / John L [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] "Explore the dreamlike world of Rudolf Nureyev's interpretation of The Nutcracker. In his imaginative retelling of a 19th-century classic, the young Clara is propelled by dark forces from the realm of childhood into a radiant kingdom where she takes... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Symphonies Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/May/2025 ] "In these performances, Gardiner manages to have his period-instrument cake and enjoy his modern-instrument refinement in a way that is totally convincing" The Guardian |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Bryan Hymel, Patrizia Ciofi, John Relyea, Marina Poplavskaya / Daniel Oren (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Meyerbeer's vocal writing demands virtuoso singing, and receives that here. Bryan Hymel hurls himself unstintingly at the title role, impossible high notes and all." BBC Music |
DELIUS: / GERMAN / BANTOCK / BAX / LORD BERNERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music John Cameron, Maureen Forrester, Lorely Dyer, etc / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra, Beecham [ EMI Sir Thomas Beecham Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Beecham's English Collection is unmissable...[Song of the High Hills is] one of the first recordings made by Beecham's new postwar orchestra, and they already play as though they adore him" (BBC Music) |
