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EDVARD GREIG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16 (with Schumann: Piano Concerto Op. 54) Cecile Ousset (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Neville Marriner [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 30/Sep/1997 ] "Cecile Ousset is an arrestingly ebullient artist...who leaves her own distinctive stamp on everything she plays" Gramophone |
CECILIA & BRYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne - Arias & Duets Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Myung-Whun Chung [ BBC / Chandos DVD / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] "Two well-loved singers captured for prosterity." - GRAMOPHONE |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / etc
Children's Classics [incls 'Peter & the Wolf' & 'Carnival of the Animals'] Beatrice Lillie (narrator), Kenneth McKellar, Julius Katchen (piano). Gary Graffman (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Skitch Henderson [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Feb/2000 ] "it will appeal to children of all ages... a collector's item" (Penguin Guide) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A Boy was Born Choir of King's College, Cambridge. London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury. [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] 'For multitudes of listeners… these performances… have become the representative interpretations… reproduced here in vibrant if occasionally saturated sonics.' Classics Today (Britten) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Vespers - All-Night Vigil The Choir of King's College, London, Joseph Fort, Caitlin Goreing, Chris O'Leary [ Delphian / CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] Could the definitive recording of the best-loved Orthodox choral music of all come from an Anglican chapel choir? Delphian's Paul Baxter thinks so. The young King's College London voices are bright, responsive and clear, and the recording is... |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: World of Gregorian Chant Choir of the Carmelite Priory, London, John McCarthy [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded at the Brompton Little Oratory, January 1961 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gregorian Chant: World-Famous Recordings Choir of the Carmelite Priory, London, John McCarthy / Abbey of St.Maurice & St. Maur, Clervaux [ Alto / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] [Carmelite Priory] "(with notes providing the music's spiritual and ecclesiastical background) there is one collection that stands out from all others ... this beautifully sung and excellently recorded anthology is the finest introduction to... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Saint Nicolas The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Holst Singers / City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Choral |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Complete Opera) Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry / London Symphony Orchestra, Istavan Kertesz [ Decca The Classic Sound / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "In 1965 Kertesz set new standards in his version of Bluebeard's Castle with Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry, not only in the playing of the LSO at its peak, in the firm... |
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... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Concertos for Two & Three Pianos Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, Helmut Schmidt (pianos) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/1982 ] |
GEORGES BIZET / GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony in C / Faure: Pavane (with works by Ibert & Ravel) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1989 ] Original recording from the Henry Wood Hall, February 1988 |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Stabat Mater / Gloria / Litanies à la Vierge noire Catherine Dubosc (soprano), Westminster Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] "French soprano Catherine Dubosc sings with Gallic nobility and passion, but the affecting sincerity of her interpretation raises her above ethnicity to sublimity." AllMusic.com |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Contrabandista & The Foresters (Complete operettas) Claire Rutter, Frances McCafferty, Richard Suart, Ashley Catling, The London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "These are première professional recordings of two little known works by Sullivan. The singers on this disc are well known to those who follow this genre of music and they do not disappoint." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
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 |
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) |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of Our Time (Oratorio) Cynthia Haymon soprano, Cynthia Clarey alto, Damon Evans tenor, Willard White bass, London Symphony Chorus. London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Hickox's version establishes its place against severe competition largely through the exceptionally rich recording and its distinctive choice of soloists, a quartet of black singers." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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 |
REINHOLD GLIERE / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glière / Glazunov: Concertos Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Osian Ellis (harp), Josef Sivo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 13/Aug/1990 ] Original recordings made in 1968 and 1971 |
DVORAK / WALTON / SHOR / BARTOK
Motherland David Aaron Carpenter (viola) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2018 ] For his second Warner Classics album, David Aaron Carpenter - "a star violist" in the words of the Los Angeles Times - brings together concertos by Dvořák, Bartók, Walton and a dance cycle by contemporary composer Alexey Shor. |
