GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony In C / L'Arlesienne - Suites Nos.1 & 2 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, with John Stenhouse (saxophone) and Christine Messiter (flute) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] "Vivacity and elegance are present in full measure, and one can only admire a violin section that can play the finale up to speed without hazard or apparent strain. Indeed, tempos are finely judged throughout." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, op.3 / 4 Concertos for Wind Instruments Alan Loveday (violin) William Bennett (flute) Martin Gatt (bassoon) Neil Black (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/1994 ] The many recordings Neville Marriner made with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and originally released on the ARGO label include several albums of Vivaldi. |
COLE PORTER
Porter: Out Of This World Andrea Martin & Marin Mazzie / Original 1995 New York Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 9/Apr/1995 ] Out of This World is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence. The show, an adaptation of Plautus' comedy Amphitryon, first opened on Broadway in 1950. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 2 & 4 / Adagio in E Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Recorded 1991 & 1992 |
TELEMANN / CHERUBINI / FORSTER / WEBER / LEOPOLD MOZART / JOHANN STICH / FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / MICHAEL HAYDN /
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Horn Concertos Barry Tuckwell (horn) / English Chamber Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin / Neville Marriner [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2001 ] "The recording throughout is of EMI's finest analogue quality, and the remastering retains the warmth and beauty of the originals." (Penguin Guide) |
KNECHTL / REINHARDT / QUANTZ / GRAUN / ROLLIG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Horn Concertos Barry Tuckwell (horn) with Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown [ Decca / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] Tuckwell was born in Melbourne and studied in Sydney. His first appointments were when he was just fifteen and he played with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. Leaving Australia for England in 1950 he held various posts and in 1955 was... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) BLU-RAY Bayreuth Festival / Michael Volle, Klaus Florian Vogt, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Anne Schwanewilms / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Deutsche Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 5/Dec/2019 ] "The performances of the cast are of a high standard dramatically and mostly musically. Volle now paces himself well and Lehmkuhl is a magical and unclichéd Magdalene." Gramophone |
RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Ballet Music: The Great Detective & The Angels BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "... there's no lack of energy and swagger here ... Yates and his musicians have the full measure of both works and Dutton provides a fine, spacious, and colorful audio environment for the record, too. Highly recommended." Fanfare |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Mered [ Lyrita Mono / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "I urge anyone interested in postwar British opera to give Lyrita's handsome issues a hearing." Opera |
MARVIN HAMLISCH
Hamlisch: The Goodbye Girl - The Musical Bernadette Peters & Martin Short / Original Broadway Cast recording [ Columbia / CD - released 9/Apr/1993 ] Do Re Mi is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and a book by Garson Kanin, who also directed the original 1960 Broadway production. The plot centers on a minor-league con man who decides to go (somewhat)... |
GREG MORRISON
Morrison: The Drowsy Chaperone Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Georgia Engel / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Ghostlight Records / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] The Drowsy Chaperone is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. |
PERCY GRAINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: Famous Folk Settings [Incls 'Country Gardens' & 'Shepherd's Hey'] Bournemouth Sinfonia, Kenneth Montgomery, with Philip Martin (piano) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 21/Jul/2003 ] Originally recorded March 1978 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La Cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 / Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535 / etc Iona Brown, Neil Black, Celia Nicklin / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony / Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor Celia Nicklin (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner / Philharmonia Orchestra, Owain Arwet Hughes [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] "I enjoyed Marriner's fresh, sympathetic approach to the Vaughan Williams" (Gramophone on the Oboe concerto) The London Symphony was originally released on the ASV label. |
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,... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenade No.9 in D major "Posthorn" / Notturno for 4 Orchestras in D major Hans Gansch (posthorn) / Capella Istropolitana, Martin Turnovsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Recorded in Bratislava from 8th to 19th March, 1989 |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / LOUISE FARRENC / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
French Cello Sonatas David Berlin (cello) Benjamin Martin (piano) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] In the masterful hands of David Berlin, Principal Cellist of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, partnered by internationally acclaimed pianist Benjamin Martin, the cello reveals its sublime range of colours and timbres. |
Dean Martin
Dean Martin: Four Classic Albums Plus...Seven Bonus Tracks [ Avid Easy / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] AVID Easy presents the latest release in our Four Classic Albums Plus series with a 2CD set from Dean Martin, complete with original artwork, liner notes, personnel details. |
Dean Martin
The Essential Dean Martin [ Sony / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] Two CD collection of some of the biggest hits from Dean Martin, this is The Essential Dean Martin! |