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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos / Violin Concerto / Concerto for Orchestra Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/1993 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Piano Concertos Gramophone] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The 2 Piano Concertos / 4 Ballades, Op. 10 / etc Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 28/Aug/1993 ] "Kovacevich is a fiery pianist, an artist with a powerful technique and a tendency toward brisk tempos. Davis can be laid back, but he generally draws muscular and fairly straightforward performances from the orchestras he conducts." ClassicalNet |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Cello Symphony (with Frank Bridge - Oration) Steven Isserlis (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "Two masterly British cello scores, well recorded and in fine performances." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS-ESPRIT AUBER
Auber: Le domino noir / Gustave III Ballet Music Sumi Jo, Isabelle Vernet, Bruce Ford, Patrick Power / London Voices & English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] "Bonynge makes the ideal advocate, moulding melodies, springing rhythms and aerating textures to make the music sparkle from first to last. … The recording is among Decca's most vivid." Penguin Guide |
JULIAN ANDERSON
Anderson: Heaven Is Shy Of Earth Susan Bickley (mezzo) / London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Oliver Knussen [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION TOP THREE - Contemporary |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No 1 in D minor "Gothic" Susan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Hyperion's release is a perfect one, of a great event, a magisterial work and an encapsulation of the enormous difficulties of the project as a whole" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2012 |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Violin and Cello Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] This recording presents a comprehensive programme of some of Finzis finest works. Featuring probably his greatest work, the Cello Concerto played here by Raphael Wallfisch, a regular on Chandos, receives a passionate and keenly felt performance... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies 6 & 14 [recorded live in 2006 & 2013] Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "This is by far the most stunning Shostakovich disc I have heard this year...Here, the Sixth's opening is no introverted lament: rather, the LPO's string trills seem to express a rage a still young Shostakovich had much reason to feel" BBC Music |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo / Scottish Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "One of the great classic opera recordings of a work that balances farce with touching romance." (BBC Music) |
JEROME KERN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kern: Show Boat (Highlights from the musical) Teresa Stratas, Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley / Ambrosian Chorus / London Sinfonietta / John McGlinn [ EMI / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] This lavish studio reconstruction of the original score was lovingly and thoroughly put together by John McGlinn, who brought in such opera singers as Frederica von Stade and Jerry Hadley, backed by The London Sinfonietta. |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiss Me Kate Josephine Barslow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, Karla Burns / Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] This set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn - Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera with full libretto) Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming, Ann Murray, Michele Pertusi / London Philhmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "It is as finely disciplined as any other Solti performance, the orchestral playing is excellent, and the rhythms are crisp, strong and tautly held. There is a sense of spaciousness to the direction that is unusual these days...But there is certainly... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Thomas Allen (baritone) Ann Murray (soprano) / The London Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Ultraviolet / CD - released 5/Nov/1995 ] Recorded At - No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 1991 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenades [Incls 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'] Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2020 ] A first international CD issue for two contrasting albums of light-orchestral Mozart from Joseph Keilberth and Thurston Dart. |
MOZART
Mozart: Wind Concertos Timothy Jones (horn), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra display their virtuosic talents on this album of concertos for wind instruments by Mozart, recorded in concert with conductor Jaime Martín in the excellent acoustic of the Jerwood Hall at LSO St... |
Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra
Kôrôlén (LP) [ World Circuit/Warner / LP - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3 (with Bartok - Piano Concerto No 2) Tzimon Barto (piano) / London Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach [ EMI Redline / CD - released 29/Jun/2002 ] "...an exceptionally well-filled CD with an attractively unusual coupling." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Generation Harmonia Mundi 1: The Age Of Revolutions 1958-1988 Various Artists including Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Deller Consort, London Baroque, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 16 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2018 ] Harmonia Mundi was born in 1958: sixty years and several thousand recordings later, the company continues to affirm its identity and its singularity with insolent vitality! |
