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. |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Song & Dance [Incls 'Variations'] Original London Cast [ Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2018 ] Recorded Live at the Palace Theatre 7th April 1982 |
Paul McCartney / Lawrence Foster / London Symphony Orchestra
Standing Stone [ EMI Music / CD - released 15/Nov/1997 ] American imported disc. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Pacific Overtures Paul Strathearnj & Eric Roberts / English National Opera/Original London Cast, James Holmes [ TER / Thats Entertainment / 2 CD Box Set - released 3/Nov/1989 ] Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler. |
BACH / R. STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / TCHEREPNIN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul Tortelier: The Great EMI Recordings [20 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with Aldo Ciccolini, Eric Heidsieck, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic, New Philharmonia, London Symphony [ EMI Budget Boxes / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month May 2010 - "Tortelier's many admirers will find here much that has slipped through the net; merits the highest admiration" (MusicWeb May 2010) |
Peggy Lee, Four Freshman, Dinah Shore, Julie London, Nancy Wilson, Keely Smith, NAt King Cole, June Christy, etc
Gershwin: Song Book Collection [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] An outstanding anthology presenting many classic vocalists and instrumentalists doing Gershwin selections. The honor roll includes Peggy Lee, Four Freshman, Dinah Shore, Judy Garland, Louis Prima, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Mel Torme and many others |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Complete music for piano and orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony / London Philharmonic / Northern Sinfonia [ EMI Triples / 3 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] Gramophone wrote (of the First and Third Concertos): "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect". |
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... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto Nos 1 / Concert Fantasy Peter Katin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Edric Cundell [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] "the orchestra does well, and Katin gives us the fine clarity and control which always distinguish his playing" (Gramophone on Concert Fantasy) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings / Les Illuminations / Nocturne for tenor, 7 instruments and strings Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn) , London Symphony, English Chamber, Benjamin Britten [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1986 ] 'The Decca performance [of the Nocturne] is as nearly definitive as anything could be. Pears as always is the ideal interpreter, the composer a most efficient conductor, and the fiendishly difficult obbligato parts are played superbly." Penguin Guide |
ZOLTAN KODALY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kodaly: Hary Janos (complete singspiel) / Peacock Variations / Psalmus hungaricus Peter Ustinov, Erzsébet Komlóssy, László Palócz / Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Istvan Kertesz [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/1994 ] During the ten years that Hungarian conductor István Kertész made recordings for Decca he produced a body of recordings which quickly established themselves as top choices for the record buying public. |
CZESLAW MAREK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marek: The Orchestral Works Vol 1 The Philharmonia Orchestra, London, Gary Brain [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] "The music of Polish-born composer, Czeslaw Marek (1891-1986), serves up an intoxicating aural cocktail." Gramophone |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral Music Philip Langridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus Richard Hickox / The RIchard Hickox Singers / Exultate Singers [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] "The Exultate Singers are an admirable group of 16 voices, with firm tone and excellent chording. Their words, moreover, are as clear as choral words can be" Gramophone |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Mandolins / Concerto in D for lute / Concerto in C for 2 trumpets / etc New London Consort, Philip Pickett / The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / Double Decca / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] The celebrated Concerto for 2 mandolins heads this richly varied programme of fourteen Vivaldi concertos. |
PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER / MOZART / DVORAK / VERDI / GRANADOS
Portrait of Pilar Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Giuseppe Patanè [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 27 / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Stabat Mater Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Luciano Pavarotti, Hans Sotin / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, István Kertész [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] Original recording from 1971 |
VERDI / PUCCINi / LEONCAVALLERO / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bravissimo Domingo - Arias and duets with Leontyne Price & Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Nello Santi / London Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf / etc [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] A electrifying collection of arias and duets taken from the many recordings Domingo made with RCA. |
TRADITIONAL
A Christmas Present from Polyphony Polyphony Stehpen Layton (conductor) with City of London Sinfonia [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] 'Stephen Layton directs the performances and deserves major credit for the very high standards evident on this compilation' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / GRIEG / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Radu Lupu Radu Lupu (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "for piano collectors and fans of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, this (set) is a must, and I envy those who have the opportunity to discover these recordings for the first time." Musicweb |
BAX / BLISS / MOERAN / FINZI
British Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Ulster Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vernon Handley / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] This two-album set features British cello concertos from Raphael Wallfisch's best late-1980s recordings. He has always worked closely with leading British composers of our time and is now regarded as the finest performer of their works for cello.... |