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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 |
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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)... |
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Dean Martin
Dean Martin - Best Ever Collection [ Alto Take: 2 / CD - released 17/Feb/2023 ] That luxurious voice, personal warmth, and humour (with Italian flourish…) come through so well in these 30 hit tracks. |
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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. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos Nos 19 20 21, 23 24, etc Alfred Brendel (piano) / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2008 ] Rosette Recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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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 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Queen of the Night: Cheryl Studer sings Mozart Cheryl Studer (soprano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Philips Solo / CD - released 20/Jun/1994 ] In 1981, Studer was hired as a permanent member of the Bavarian State Opera with conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch. She remained with the company for two consecutive seasons, singing mostly minor roles in their productions. |
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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,... |
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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 |
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Dean Martin
Cool Then, Cool Now (2CD + Book) [ Ims / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2011 ] |
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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. |
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Dean Martin
Greatest Hits (King of Cool) [ Capitol / CD - released 12/Jul/1995 ] |
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Dean Martin
Original Album Classics [ Sony / 5 CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] DREAM WITH DEAN (1964) EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY (1964) THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART (1964) HOUSTON (1965) THE DEAN MARTIN TV SHOW (1966) |
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Deanna Durbin, Andrew Sisters, Carmen Miranda, Ella Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich, Frances Lanfford, Mary Martin, Judy Garland, etc
Hollywood Sings - The Girls [ Charly Records / CD - released 4/Sep/1994 ] Original recordings from the 30s and 40s |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn - Die Jahreszeiten [The Seasons] Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegfried Jerusalem / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 29/Jul/1981 ] "Neville Marriner's Philips recording of Haydn's The Seasons is generally well-regarded, particularly for its refined orchestral playing and the youthful, precise singing of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chorus." |
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WALTER BRAUNFELS
Braunfels: Ulenspiegel (complete opera recorded in 2014) EntArteOpera / Marc Horus, Christa Ratzenböck, Joachim Goltz, Hans Peter Scheidegger / Martin Sieghart (cond) [ Capriccio DVD / DVD - released 12/Jul/2017 ] Charles de Coster's novel Thyl Ulenspiegel provided the source for Braunfels' opera of the same name. It narrates one of the darkest chapters in human history - the Spanish Inquisition in 16th-century Flanders. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Song of Destiny - Works for Choir and Orchestra Eric Ericson Chamber Choir & Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] "A clean and deft approach to Brahms. Darkly-hued choral pieces concerning fate and destiny are balanced by the delicious Liebeslieder Waltzes." BBC Music |
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J. C. BACH / COUPERIN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RAMEAU / etc
The World of George Malcolm George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] "[Malcolm's] obvious musicality, fluent and clean technique, rhythmic control and polished phrasing place him firmly among the world's leading harpsichordists" Gramophone [on the Bach] |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Violin Concertos Gidon Kremer (violin) / The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Heinz Holliger (oboe d'amore) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "This is among the most vigorous of Bach playing, of superlative quality within its chosen style. The quality extends both to the soloist and the strings of the orchestra." (Gramophone) |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Comedy, Romance, Tragedy (As You Like It / Love's Labour's Lost / Romeo & Juliet) BLU-RAY Globe Theatre / Brendon Hughes, Jack Laskey, Trevor Martin, Philip Cumbus, Trystan Gravelle, William Mannering, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Shakespeare's Globe productions of As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost and Romeo & Juliet are offered in this exclusive limited edition Blu-ray box set. |