More By Artist: B. J. Thomas
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ALFRED CELLIER
Cellier: The Mountebanks (operetta) / Suite Symphonique Soraya Mafi, Thomas Elwin, James Cleverton, John Savournin, Sharon Carty / BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "The Mountebanks is as much a Savoy operetta as any of Sullivan's…Nevertheless [Cellier] has his own distinctive voice, flowingly melodic, orchestral writing more elegant and modern-sounding , looking forward to Edwardian operetta." BBC |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust, Op.34 Stuart Burrows (tenor) Edith Mathis (soprano) Donald McIntyre (bass) Thomas Paul (bass) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/1988 ] "This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade." MusicWeb |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Damnation De Faust, Le (Complete) Susan Graham, Thomas Moser, Josa van Dam, Choeurs de l Opara de Lyon / Lyon Opera / Kent Nagano [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Magical performance of this major Berlioz work! |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 Susan Gritton (sop) Thomas Hobbs (ten) Iestyn Davies (cntten) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layon [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm that there's no hint of stodginess" (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 4 / Hungarian Dances / Tragic Overture Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Begun in 2012 with the release of Symphony No. 1, Thomas Dausgaard's four-disc traversal of the symphonies of Johannes Brahms is here brought to a close with the composer's final work in the genre. |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiss Me Kate Josephine Barslow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, Karla Burns / Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] This set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn - Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera with libretto) Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Daniil Shtoda, Enrico Facini, Dorothea Roschmann / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] Recording: Berlin, Philarmonie, Grosser Saal, 4/2001. The booklet includes the libretto and texts by Andrew Porter and Claudio Abbado |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / GERALD BARRY
Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 (plus Barry: Beethoven and Piano Concerto Thomas Adès, Britten Sinfonia, with Nicolas Hodges (piano) & Mark Stone (baritone) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/May/2020 ] "Adès and the Britten Sinfonia present tightly knit performances [of the Beethoven Symphonies], and dynamic subtleties are largely preserved in the concert recordings." BBC Music 5 Stars |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Thomas Allen (baritone) Ann Murray (soprano) / The London Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Ultraviolet / CD - released 5/Nov/1995 ] Recorded At - No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 1991 |
HUGO WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf: Lieder Thomas Allen (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Virgin Records / CD - released 21/Mar/1992 ] Recording: Studio N°. 1 Abbey Road, London |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / HUGO WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Wolf: Lieder Thomas Allen (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Virgin Records / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/1992 ] Classic recordings now reissued at a special price |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ANOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich/Schoenberg: Chamber Music Thomas Allen (reciter) / Nash Ensemble with Philippa Davies (flute) Michael Collins (clarinet) Ian Brown (piano) Marcia Crayford (violin) [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "The reading is intense and powerful and technically impressively played with a brightly lit recording typical of the entire disc. Another recommendation." (MusicWeb May 2000) |
POULENC
The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 5 Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray, Sarah Fox, Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray and Sarah Fox are all secure and idiomatic Poulenc connoisseurs." The Observer, 28th June 2015 |
MOZART / DONIZETTI / SCHULZ / etc
Music for Glass Harmonica Thomas Bloch (Glass Harmonica) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "If you have a keen interest in the glass harmonica you may wish to investigate a Naxos issue of performances by Thomas Bloch. Playing time is generous (70:56) and price is budget...a fascinating listening experience." - R.E.B. Classical CD Review... |
SAMUEL BARBER / WILLIAM WALTON
Barber/Walton: Violin Concertos Thomas Bowes (violin) / Malmo Opera Orchestra, Joseph Swensen [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Bowes is hardly a household name, but these exceptional accounts of Walton's and Barber's near-contemporaneous Violin Concertos...should increase his stock value...Bowes yields to none of the Walton's great interpreters...in his dazzling passage... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah [Highlights] Thomas Drew (treble) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Margaret Cable (alto) William Kendall (tenor) / Winchester Cathedral Choir, Martin Neary [ ASV Quicksilver / CD - released 1/Jul/1987 ] Before the first performance Handel made numerous revisions to his manuscript score, in part to match the forces available for the 1742 Dublin premiere; it is probable that his work was not performed as originally conceived in his lifetime. Between... |
BRIDGE / STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] TO THE SOUL is a collection centered on a poet rather than a composer. Walt Whitman's words have inspired over a thousand song settings, whose range is suggested here. |
BRIDGE . STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "The performances throughout are exceptionally fine, intimately and subtly expressive but opening out nobly to expressions of passionate idealism." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Fruhe Lieder (with Mahler/Berio Lieder) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / David Lutz (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Berio [ Teldec / CD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] "With a nicely produced booklet, including full texts and translations, this reissued CD can be enthusiastically recommended." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Kerner Lieder, Andersen Lieder & Early Songs Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Teldec / CD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] "I liked this recital very much and I have no qualms about recommending it with enthusiasm." (MusicWeb April 2006 Bargain of the Month) |
