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CHARLES IVES
Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition Helen Boatwright (soprano), Charles Ives (piano), Gregg Smith Singers, Thomas Stewart (baritone), American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, etc [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Oct/2024 ] On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the "first great American composer", who, "all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution". |
MAX BRUCH / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Brahms: Violin Concertos Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, May, 1989 |
International Cast, includes Joanna Ampil, Charles Azulay, Hinton Battle, Peter Cousens, Kevin Gray, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Miss Saigon (complete recording) [ First Night / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/May/1988 ] The only official complete recording produced under the personal supervision of the original creators of the show. It includes the entire score played by a 73 piece orchestra and performed by a stella international cast |
BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Crusell: The 3 Clarinet Concertos Emma Johnson (clarinet) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Günther Herbig, Charles Groves, Gerard Schwarz [ ASV / CD ] Recorded: 1986 Now only available elsewhere as download |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) / Chants pour choeur / Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale Kenneth Riegel (tenor) / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Lorin Maazel / Choeur et l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1996 ] With comprehensive booklet and translation |
EDOUARD LALO / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Cello Concerto / Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 1 Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal,Charles Dutoit / Lynn Harrell (cello) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 12/Oct/1993 ] Original recordings from 1981 and 1986 (Lalo Cello) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sacred Treasures of Spain The London Oratory Schola Cantorum / Charles Cole (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Music to illustrate the Golden Age: a selection of motets from sixteenth-century Spain culminating in Alonso Lobo's great funerary ode for Philip II, Versa est in luctum. |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: The Sacred Veil Los Angeles Master Chorale, Charles Anthony Silvestri [ Signum / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] The Sacred Veil - a project led by Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri - was created following the passing of Charles' wife, Julia in 2005. It represents a journey towards the answer for many questions, including whether departed loved ones... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: "Haffner" Serenade / "Serenata Notturna" Prague Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Recorded in The Hall of Artists, Prague. July, 1987 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ EMI Recommends / Warner Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] "Rarely in their entire history have the Chopin concertos received performances of a more teasing allure, brilliance and idiosyncrasy." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet - Carmen & L'Arlesienne suites Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] This is a re-issue of an outstanding "demonstration" disc featuring colourful French orchestral music....playing that is both elegant and vivid in superb, demonstration-worthy sound. |
JOHN BLOW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blow: Venus & Adonis Nancy Argenta (sop), Lynne Dawson (sop), Stephen Varcoe (bass) / London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 29/Sep/1992 ] First performed before the court at Oxford in 1681, Venus and Adonis was presented as a "masque for the entertainment of the King" (Charles II). Like Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, it is in fact a true opera. |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV / FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Clein - Romantic Cello: sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Recorded 17-20 April 2006 at Wathen Hall, St Paul's School, Barnes, London |
HERRMANN / NEWMAN / KORNGOLD / TIOMKIN / ROZSA / WAXMAN
Charles Gerhardt conducts Classic Film Scores National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, with Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony music Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] In the 1970s, the Classic Film Scores series introduced a new generation to the sumptuous sound of music in Hollywood's "Golden Age." |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos 5, 8 (Completed by Brian Newbould) / Rosamunde: Incidental Music Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Classics Veritas / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "Recommended listening - you do not need to be a period performance devotee to enjoy it." (MusicWeb Sept 2000) |
BERLIOZ / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / ROUSSEL / BIZET / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Legacy of Charles Munch Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic, Charles Munch [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2020 ] The inspirational French maestro Charles Munch on disc: an unrivalled retrospective, covering three decades of incandescent music-making, including recordings new to CD and long unavailable, newly remastered and comprehensively documented. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mireille (complete opera recorded in 2010) Paris National Opera / Inva Mula / Charles Castronovo / Franck Ferrari / Marc Minkowski (conductor) [ FRA Musica DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine DVD of the Month - March 2011 |
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Henry VII / Victoria and Merrie England Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "its glowing ambience casts a pleasing bloom over the spirited and elegantly polished playing of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Mackerras conducts with great warmth" Penguin Guide (Pineapple Poll) |
Ray Charles
Four Classic Albums (Yes Indeed / What'd I Say / Ray Charles / The Great) [ Avid / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] For those of us in music retail, Ray Charles has always presented a problem as we love to place artists into handy categories in order to file their albums in the racks in our stores or on our websites! Well, what's the answer? It could be gospel,... |
