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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / etc
Discovering Mendelssohn Christian Li (violin) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, with James Baillieu (piano), Xuefei Yang (guitar) [ Decca / CD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] A new album from Australian-Chinese violinist Christian Li. Having topped the Australian Classical Charts with his debut album in 2021 (with which he became the youngest artist ever to record Vivaldi's Four Seasons) the award-winning musician... |
VERDI
Requiem (complete recorded in 2009) Christine Brewer / Karen Cargill / Stuart Neill / John Relyea / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "…Sir Colin conducts the Requiem with a judicious mix of fire and meditative calm; tempi never drag nor are they, in the reflective passages, metronome-quick. The work of the LSO Chorus is first-rate, as is that of the LSO itself." Gramophone... |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL / MAHLER / SIBELIUS / BEETHOVEN / BRITTEN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simon Rattle - The CBSO Years City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, with Peter Donohoe (piano), Arleen Augér (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), etc [ Warner Classics Simon Rattle Edition / 52 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2015 ] The transformation that Rattle wrought in Birmingham over an unprecedented eighteen-year tenure went beyond the artistic fortunes of one particular orchestra. Indeed, the CBSO's prestige had transformed the economic prospects of the UK's second city... |
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. |
WILLIAM WALTON
Facade / Siesta / Scapino Overture / Portsmouth Point Overture (with music by Bax & Bliss) Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Peter Pears (narrators), English Opera Group Ensemble, Anthony Collins / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "As for the performance, it stands above all others since … must remain a classic to the end of time" Gramophone Magazine |
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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. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Symphonies & Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The music of Brahms held an important place in Sir John Barbirolli's repertoire, and these recordings of the symphonies, made with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1966 and 1967, stand as one of the peaks of his discography. |
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 and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Yeomen of the Guard (complete operetta recorded in 1958) Denis Dowling, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Alexander Young, Marjorie Thomas / Glyndebourne Festival, Sir MalcolmSargent [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/1987 ] "This is a very operatic Yeomen which certainly suits the work and gives the soloists an opportunity to shine. Sir Geraint Evans makes a better Jack Point than a Ko-Ko and 'When a wooer goes a-wooing' is very moving." Mel (Marbecks) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem [Ein Deutsches Requiem] Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) / Berlin Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'This strikes me as probably the best new version of the Requiem I've heard in quite some years' Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine (April 2007) |
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 |
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (complete opera filmed in 1981) Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Prey, Helga Dernesch, Sena Jurinac, Norma Burrowes / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Nov/2005 ] This production, filmed in 1981, is released on DVD for the first time. |
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. |
CRUSELL / WEBER / BAERMANN / ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Crusell/Weber/Baermann/Rossini: Clarinet Works Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber orchestra, Sir Charles Groves [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] Recorded: 1986 Now only available elsewhere as download |
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. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 Francesa Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] "These performances capture the very essence of Mozart's Salzburg style best, setting up, meticulously matching and weaving in and out of the solo line with captivating suppleness and alertness." Five Stars BBC Music Recording of the Month Nov 21 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 Francesca Dego (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Following their critically acclaimed first volume of Mozart's violin concertos (CHAN 20234), Francesca Dego and Sir Roger Norrington complete the set, once again with outstanding support from a reduced Royal Scottish National Orchestra. |
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DUKAS / OFFENBACH / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY
Solti at the Ballet [Incls 'La Boutique fantasque' & 'Gaîté Parisienne'] Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "an absolutely splendid recording …This Solti performance [of La Boutique fantasque] is sheer delight, played as it is with a combination of style and gusto it needs; a most exhilarating performance …this is an excellent debut on Decca" Gramophone |
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] |
