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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 / Schubert Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "This DVD taken from two live concerts that took place in 1978 are marvelous. Both the sound and sight are excellent even though made thirty years ago" Review |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] Recording location: Krannert Center, University of Illinois, May 1972 (Symphonie) and 1974 |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (with Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] Original recording made in Chicago 1980 & 1981 |
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. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor, Motets Choir of King's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Bruckner's E Minor Mass and a selection of his profoundly beautiful motets were selected by Sir Stephen Cleobury as his last album at King's, recorded only a few months before his death. Perhaps the deepest and most spiritual of Bruckner's masses,... |
ALLEGRI / PALESTRINA
Allegri: Miserere / Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Magnificat primi toni; etc The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "The famous 1963 King's performance of Allegri's Miserere, with its equally arresting treble solo so beautifully and securely sung by Roy Goodman, is now reissued, impressively remastered in Decca's Legends series." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum The Choir Of King's College, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 27/Apr/1988 ] Penguin Guide 3 star |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rarities (incls 'Voices for Today' & 'Bottom's Dream') Choir of King's College / John Hahessy (boy alto) / Peter Pears (tenor) / Pamela Bowden (contralto) / Sir Geraint Evans (baritone) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "Britten's underrated United Nations anthem Voices for Today makes it onto disc at last, together with vintage recordings of artists the composer chose to work with." (BBC Music) |
CONSTANT LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lambert: The Rio Grande; Concerto for piano & nine players (with Walton-Symphony No.2) Cristina Ortiz (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn / Sir Richard Rodney Bennett / Neville Dilkes [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "An effective display with the effervescence of Lambert's The Rio Grande and Piano Concerto leading to the high spirits of Walton's Second, and some captivating shorties too." (BBC Music Feb 2006) |
WILLIAM CONGREVE / GEORGE FARQUHAR / RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An 18th Century Comedy Album: The Way of the World; The Beaux' Stratagem; The School for Scandal Dame Edith Evans / Sir John Gielgud / Pauline Jameson / Ralph Truman / Miles Malleson / Anthony Quayle and others [ EMI Classic English Drama / CD - released 17/Sep/2006 ] A demonstartion of Edith Evan's matchless prowess in Restoration comedy. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: A Mass for Life / Songs of Sunset / Songs of Sunset / An Arabesque Dame Janet Baker, John Shirley Quirk, Heather Harper, Helen Watts / Royal Liverpool Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] "Groves is very good indeed and richly enjoyable" MusicWeb |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Piano Quartet No 1 [orch Schoenberg] (recorded in 2004) Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - July 2005. |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / LISZT / MOZART / WAGNER/LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Daniel Barenboim ( 1942 ) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Barenboim's output includes all of Beethoven and Mozart's Piano Sonatas and Piano Concertos. As a chamber musician he recorded frequently with Jacqueline du Pré and Itzhak Perlman. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album Danielle de Niese (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 13/Aug/2009 ] "a voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals... there is nothing restrained about Ms. de Niese's warmly voluptuous and passionate singing" New York Times |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Gilbert & Sullivan D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/1990 ] "If you are looking for a CD to cheer you up on a dull day this Decca (recording) will serve admirably." Rosette Recording. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan Favourites (from The Gondoliers, Iolanthe, Ruddigore, The Mikado & The Yeomen of the Guard) The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / James Walker / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 7/Jul/1995 ] 'all the performances are as good as they get' ClassicsToday.com |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert/Sullivan: Princess Ida (Complete) with the Pineapple Poll Ballet D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Elizabeth Harwood; John Reed; Kenneth Sandford / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / ALBAN BERG / MAURICE RAVEL / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Easter Festival Baden-Baden (recorded in 2018) Elina Garanca (mezzo), Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] At this concert performance from the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle and the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča performed music from the early 20th century. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits / Benedicite / Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Carol Case, Heather harper / Bach Choir, New Philhamonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks [ EMI / CD - released 30/Sep/1987 ] Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Robert Gambill, Mikhail Petrenko, Eva Johansson / Sir Simon Rattle (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2009 ] In a career spanning more than 30 years, Sir Simon Rattle has distinguished himself through his long-term relationships with a number of orchestras, wide-ranging repertoire and innovative educational and audiencebuilding activities. |
