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SAINT-SAENS / CHAUSSON / GOUNOD / FAURE / MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Au jardin des aveux - Franch Songs & Duets Philip Langridge (tenor) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Vigin Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] Recorded at St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire, February 1990 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: The Complete Etudes Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Lively and sensitive performances make this a fine addition to the Saint-Saëns discography, aided by the pianist's own excellent annotations and Hyperion's usual peerless sound' - Fanfare, USA |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / SAINT-SAENS / BRUCH
Tchaikovsky / Saint-Saens / Bruch: Cello works Pieter Wispelwey (cello) with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Feb/2004 ] Three classic works from this cello master - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Saint Cecilia Mass / Petite Symphonie Pilar Lorengar, Heinz Hoppe, Franz Crass / Choeurs RenAC Duclos / Orchestre de la SociACtAC des Concerts du Conservatoire / Jean-Claude Hartemann / Jo [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] Reissued at a special price |
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JIA DAQUN / MARTIN LODGE / MICHAEL DAUGHERTY / MICHAEL F. WILLIAMS / PARAM VIR
Flow - new music for string quartet Polaris String Quartet [ Atoll / CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] A project to link composers from four continents in a joint musical statement on the Taoist / Buddhist theme of 'flow'. |
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DEBUSSY / SAINT-SAENS / RAVEL
String Quartets Quatuor Modigliani [ Mirare / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Radiantly engineered and tonally beguiling, these are performances that generate pleasure simply because of the sound they make … a considerable achievement" (Internaional Record Review) |
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CECILE CHAMINADE / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel/Chaminade/Saint-Saens: Piano Trios Rembrandt Piano Trio [ Dorian / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] The Rembrandt Trio share a deep-rooted, abiding love of chamber music while fulfilling their various careers as soloist, university professor, and orchestral musician. |
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Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin [ Columbia / 2 CD - released 9/Jul/2001 ] |
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Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin - Vuelve [ Sony & BMG Entertainment / CD - released 21/Jan/2008 ] Original 1998 Spanish recording. Booklet is in Spanish |
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JACK BODY
Poems of Love and War Robert Easting (narrator) David Greco (bar) Somara Ouk, Budi Putra (vocals) Martin Riseley (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] "works of immense skill and real communication that in these fabulous performances will give him a worldwide audience. Even the splendid Meditations on Michelangelo for violin and strings really catches the ear. Don't pass on thjis." (John Button) |
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WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Violin Concerto (with Bernstein - Serenade) Robert McDuffie (violin) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ EMI American Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2008 ] Among Schuman's works are no fewer than ten symphonies, several ballet scores, two operas, a piano concerto and this very exciting violin concerto. |
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GORECKI / PART / MARTIN / BARBER / SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Evocation of the Spirit Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw director [ Telarc Records / CD - released 22/Sep/1995 ] "No one has done more than Shaw to raise the standards of choral singing" ClassicalNet |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs and other British Choral Anthems Roderick Williams (baritone) with Julia Smith, Elizabeth Limb, Rachel Limb & Kate Jurka (soprano) / Martin Ford (organ) / Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backh [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Featuring Vaughan Williams' masterly and intensely personal Five Mystical Songs, this album reflects on the sources of inspiration of some of his sacred choral works, alongside gems of 19th- and early-20th-century English church music. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Allegro appassionato for piano & orchestra Op. 70 Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Descharmes has a special way with this music that's really quite liberating" MusicWeb |
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LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: Don Quixote (Complete ballet recorded in 2023) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Gary Avis, Liam Boswell, Thomas Whitehead, Mayara Magri, Matthew Ball / Martin Yates (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Feb/2025 ] Teeming with comedy, wit and an abundance of bravura choreography, Carlos Acosta's production brings the Spanish heat and romance of Cervantes' classic novel to life. |
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WILLIAM SCHUMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schuman: Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] William Schuman was born on 4 August 1910, in New York City. His first musical studies centered on the violin, though a passion for jazz and popular music led him to teach himself a variety of instruments. |
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Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York (choir); Sara Cutler (harp); John Scott (conductor)
Dancing Day: Music for Christmas [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Sent to press just days before his untimely death in August 2015, John Scott's last recording is Dancing Day, a programme of works for Christmas, made with his beloved Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys of Fifth Avenue, New York. Recorded in the... |
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DVORAK / SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS / GRANADOS / MOZART / etc
La Symphonie des Oiseaux: Symphony of the Birds Shani Diluka (piano) & Genevieve Laurenceau (violin) / Les Chanteurs d'Oiseaux [ Mirare / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] This unique quartet came into being through an encounter the Chanteurs d'Oiseaux, Jean Boucault and Johnny Rasse, had with pianist Shani Diluka and violinist Genèvieve Laurenceau. Their album illustrates the extraordinarily deep and long-lasting tie... |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shura Cherkassky plays Liszt (with works by Liadov & Saint-Saens) Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Testament / CD ] Shura Cherkassky (7 October 1909 - 27 December 1995) was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (tenor), Gerhard Siegel, Iain Paterson, Martin Winkler, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder [ Hallé / 4 CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "The outstanding performances here come from the Hallé and their music director. With quality playing from all departments, Wagner's complex orchestral timbres are carefully presented." BBC Music |