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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (LP) Alice Coote, Stephen Cleobury, Academy of Ancient Music [ Warner Classics / 3 LP - released 18/Sep/2020 ] In 2009 in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge performed Handel's best known work, Messiah, on Palm Sunday,... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Solo & Double Violin Concertos Andrew Manze, Rachel Podger (violin) / The Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze (director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2005 ] "...there is no hiding the sensitivity with which Manze and his colleagues play the slow movements. The long-breathed lines, discreet embellishments and fine tonal shadings are remarkable." - Classic CD |
JOHN DOWLAND / WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN JENKINS / THOMAS CAMPION / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle Barbara Bonney (soprano) with Jacob Heringman (lute) / The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, 3-5 October 1998 |
Beautiful Music
Classical Music for the Wedding Dinner [ Telarc Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] Your wedding is the most important event of your life. That first time you break bread with your new spouse, cherished family members and beloved friends is a singular moment you'll remember forever. This CD comprises memorable classical music,... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor) / Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Choir, etc, Edward Ga [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] With this surround-sound recording of Berlioz's Requiem, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra tackle the infinite and the immeasurable.All the grandiose, striking beauty of the Requiem's large-scale ceremonial is encapsulated by... |
Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music
Street Life: 20 Great Hits [ Virgin Records / CD - released 8/Jun/1987 ] This European imported CD is a great collection of the best tracks from Mr. Ferry and Roxy Music including the hits Slave To Love, More Than This and Love Is The Drug. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Immortal Beloved: Beethoven Arias Chen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp) / Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "With stunning accompaniments under Richard Egarr this is a thrilling disc with largely unhackneyed Beethoven works - an ideal addition to many Beethoven enthusiasts' collection." MusicWeb Recommended May 2020 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St. Matthew Passion The Choir of King's college, Cambridge Academy of Ancient Music, Sir Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [ King's College / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Mar/2020 ] King's College presents a new account of one of sacred music's greatest masterpieces, the Bach St Matthew Passion, recorded before Sir Stephen Cleobury's untimely death on 22 November 2019. |
INSTRUMENTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES & RENAISSANCE
Instruments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2008 ] One of David Munrow's final and most ambitious projects was this recorded survey of the medieval and renaissance eras, originally accompanied by a lavishly illustrated book researched with all his typical thoroughness. |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow, with Norma Burrowes, James Bowman, Charles Brett & Robert Lloyd [ EMI Classics For Pleasure / CD - released 24/Sep/1990 ] Purcell's odes for Queen Mary show him at his best. A glorious succession of overtures, choruses, arias and delicious ritornelli display astonishing imagination and ingenuity: whilst overtly celebratory, never far beneath the surface lies the sense... |
SAMUEL ADLER
Adler: One Lives But Once, A 90th Birthday Celebration Eastman School of Music, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Emily Freeman Brown [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Feb/2018 ] March 4th 2018 marks the 90th birthday of one of the twenty-first century's most influential and prolific composers: Samuel Adler. This three-disc boxed set provides a cohesive overview of his output and includes many premiere recordings. |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies No. 3 / Elegy / The Lament For Beowulf Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Eastman School of Music Chorus. Howard Hanson [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1991 ] Recorded 1957 - 1963 The original Three Track original recording |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete Piano Music Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano), Norwegian State Institute of Music Chamber Choir [ Naxos / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "Steen-Nøkleberg is entirely inside this music. He manages to make the familiar pieces sound fresh, and the less familiar... are most imaginatively played" Gramophone |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Rubaiyat / Balada / Cantov / Four Songs from Rasputin Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) Mika Pohjonen (tenor) / Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Apr/2016 ] "John Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic, in fine form, record a selection of [Rautavaara's] recent, largely vocal works…well worth hearing" (BBC Music) |
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Gottschalk: A Night In The Tropics Hot Springs Music Festival / Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2007 ] "If you know Gottschalk's unorthodox two-movement symphony A Night in the Tropics...hearing Richard Rosenberg's scrupulous new restoration will be akin to hearing Mussorgsky's Boris after living with Rimsky-Korsakov. Most obviously, the new edition... |
LUDWIG DASER
Daser: Polyphonic Masses Huelgas-Ensemble (early music ensemble) Paul Van Nevel [ Deutche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] "this larger ensemble creates a rich, wellbalanced sound which at times I found attractively wistful...I'm already looking forward to the next volume." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Early Music |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Four Hymns / etc Ian Partridge (tenor) / Music Group of London [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1996 ] Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs (with Warlock: The Curlew) Ian Partridge (tenor) / Music Group of London [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Mar/1977 ] Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten. |
COUPERIN / MONTECLAIR / FORQUERAY / LECLAIR / MARAIS
Musique pour la Chambre du Roy Judith Nelson (soprano) Christophe Coin (bass viol) Monica Huggett (violin) & Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord/director) / Academy of Ancient Music [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] " Fine playing and a fine, reverberant recording which captures every detail of the instruments' character make this a notable release. There is much repertoire here which is, furthermore, new to the catalogue." (Gramophone) |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary / Funeral Anthem of Queen Mary King's College Choir, Cambridge / The Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] The Choir of King's College, Cambridge has collaborated with the Academy of Ancient Music on a richly evocative album of works composed for Queen Mary II by Henry Purcell. |
