HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Missa Sabrinensis Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra., Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
A Ceremony Of Carols / Friday Afternoons / Three Two-part songs New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Ronald Corp directs bright, refreshing performances of a delightful collection of Britten choral pieces... A splendid bargain." - The Penguin Guide |
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore New London Consort, Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Feb/1986 ] 'The recording is splendid.' *** Penguin Guide to Compact Disc |
SOUSA / ANDERSON / GERSHWIN / MacDOWELL / GILLIS / RODGERS / GOULD / etc
American Light Music Classics (Includes The March of the Toys, Holiday for Strings & The Teddy Bear's Picnic) New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] 'These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes' (Gramophone) |
TOYE / COLLINS / CURZON / WHITE / KETELBEY / BINGE / ANCLIFFE / ELLIS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Classics Vol 1 (Including Jumping Bean, Elizabethan Serenade & Coronation Scott) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] "The recorded sound throughout is exemplary. For light music specialist and general music lover alike, this collection should prove pure delight." -Critic's Choice Pick - Gramophone Magazine Best of 1996 |
WOOD / RICHARDSON / STRACHEY / MONCKTON /GODIN / FRANON / KETELBEY / TOMLINSON / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Classics Vol 3 (Includes Portrait of a Flirt, The Girl from Corsica & Montmartre) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Corp's performances are sumptuous' (Sunday Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Collection (Incls 'Knightsbridge March', 'In a Monastery Garden', 'the Westminster Waltz' & 'Puffin' Billy') New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / 4 CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] "All the works are performed with spirit and verve, and a real love and understanding of this music. A superb set." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
JESSEL / LEHAR /PIERNE / J. STRAUSS / ALFVEN / GOUNOD / PADILLA / WEINBERGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: European Light Music Classics (Includes Parade of the Tin Soldiers, The Entry of the Boyars & The Skaters Waltz) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Oct/2014 ] 'Another tasty compilation that will sell like hot cakes' (Classic CD) |
VERDI / PAER / ROSSINI / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / etc
The Peter Maag Edition New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, with Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Newly compiled for the first time, the Decca career of a pre-eminent Mozart conductor, complemented by his recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (highlights) Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes / London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 1/Jul/2000 ] Original recording from 1975 |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MUSSORGSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLINKA / BORODIN / VERDI
Nicolai Ghiaurov - Russian & Italian arias Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Edward Downes & Claudio Abbado [ Decca / CD - released 16/Oct/1996 ] Original recordings from 1963 to 1969 |
MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Nikolaj Znaider (conductor, violin), London Symphony Orchestra [ LSO Live / CD - released 6/Nov/2018 ] Taking on the roles of both conductor and soloist, Nikolaj Znaider concludes his Mozart series on LSO Live with the great composer's first three concertos for the violin. While they were penned before he was even out of his teens, the music of... |
MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Nikolaj Znaider (conductor, violin), London Symphony Orchestra [ LSO / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Nikolaj Znaider performs at the highest level as both conductor and virtuoso violin soloist, and for this album, the first of two releases exploring all five Mozart violin concertos, he directed the London Symphony Orchestra from his instrument, the... |
BOITO
Mefistofele (complete opera recorded in 1973) Norman Treigle, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Heather Begg / London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Julius Rudel [ EMI The Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Caballé sings much of her music exquisitely and her voice blends with Domingo's to make magic in the "Lontano" duet." (Gramophone) |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
The Sound of Leonard Bernstein Wayne Marshall (piano) London Sinfonietta, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony / Simon Rattle, André Previn, Paavo Järvi, Andrew Litton [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] "The recordings are good or very good throughout - all digital in provenance...I don't think many purchasers would regret buying this CD." (MusicWeb) |
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) |
Original Broadway Cast [Fair Lady] / Original London Cast [Oliver!]
Hit Musical Double: My Fair Lady / Oliver! [ Alto Take:2 / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Casts include Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Georgia Brown Ron Moody, Danny Sewell, and, Hope Jackman |
KURT WEILL
Weill: The Threepenny Opera Tom Hollander, Sharon Small, Tara Hugo / Original Cast Donmar [London] [ Jay / CD - released 24/Nov/2003 ] On December 8 1994, the new production of Weill's and Brecht's 'The Threepenny Opera' opened at the Donmar Warehouse in London to critical acclaim. Jeremy Sams' new translation sets the work in London in the near future. |
HAROLD ROME
Rome: Destry Rides Again Alfred Molina & Jill Gascoine / Original London Cast [ TER / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] Destry Rides Again is a 1959 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Harold Rome and a book by Leonard Gershe. The play is based on the 1939 film of the same name. |