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MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Symphonies 3 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Intriguing, stimulating, disturbing - this music is all these. Arnold's orchestral palette is all jewelled colours but his treatment is diamond hard. Hickox and the LSO are splendid." Classical-Music.com |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 / Sursum corda, Op. 11 / etc Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Arthur Davies & David Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Following the success of The Dream of Gerontius in 1900 and The Apostles in 1903, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to produce another large oratorio for the 1906 festival. The Kingdom continues the narrative of the lives of... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Violin Concerto And Other Works Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Klein [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, October, 1989 |
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MAX BRUCH / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Brahms: Violin Concertos Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, May, 1989 |
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KORNGOLD / ARLEN / RODGERS / STEINER / NEWMAN / WAXMAN / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hollywood Dreams Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri [ Philips / CD - released 20/Jul/1991 ] The great yearning melodies and the seductiveness of Korngold's orchestration are hard to resist. Featured here is the famous score to 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' along with many famous scores by various composers. |
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GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: The Evening Watch The Holst Singers and Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] 'The performances here are wonderfully responsive. The individual voices seem perfectly attuned to the special colouring of Holst's music' - Gramophone |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Athalia Dominique Horwitz, Ruth Ziesak, Jana Buchner / MDR Symphony Orchestra & Choir. Jun Markl [ Mdr Klassik / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Incidental music for the French play Athalie by Jean Racine. The original score included an overture, a famous "War March of the Priests," and vocal pieces, originally for female voices and piano, later scored for full orchestra. |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leighton: Orchestral works Vol 3 (Incls 'Symphony No 1') Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Shelley proves a marvellously stylish, involving exponent and is backed to the hilt by Brabbins and the BBC NOW. Chandos's sound and balance, too, are beyond reproach." (Gramophone) |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Symphony No.1 / Piano Concerto No 1 Howard Shelley (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Its unashamed flamboyance and energy, helped by Chandos's spectacular recording, brings great vitality to the music, while the opulent textures make the very most of the composer's spacious tapestries -of sound" Penguin Guide |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto [with John Foulds-Dynamic Triptych] Howard Shelley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "In sum, a work that definitely deserves more frequent hearings. As in the concerto Shelly plays like a demon and an angel with Vernon Handley and the RPO providing superb support. Excelletn CD transfers. An altogether outstanding reissue" Gramophone |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / NECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" / Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain - Overture Ian Tracey (organ) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 12/Nov/1987 ] Original sound recording made at Liverpool Cathedral, July 1986. |
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MOZART / HAYDN / FALLA / ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A concert for harpsichord and orchestra Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) / London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner, with Janet Craxton (oboe) [ CBS Masterworks Fineline / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Original recordings from 1967, 1968 and 1976 |
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EVGENI SVETLANOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Svetlanov: Symphony No 1 in B minor Op. 13 / Poem for Violin & Orchestra Igor Oistrakh (violin) / State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1975 & 1978 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand' / Symphony No. 10 'Adagio' Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2006 ] Recorded: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 9/1971 |
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GOUNOD / VERDI / PUCCINI / MASSENET / CILEA / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Inessa Galante - Heroines Inessa Galante (soprano) / Latvian Opera Orchestra, Alexander Vilumanis [ Campion / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded at Riga Studios, Latvia, September / November 1995. |
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BELLINI / VERDI / PUCCINI / MASSENET / MOZART / GOUNOD / CACCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Inessa Galante - Debut Inessa Galante (soprano) / Latvian Opera Orchestra, Alexander Vilumanis [ Campion / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Galante's album "Debut" was awarded Gold (1999) and Platinum (2001) disc in the Netherlands after its sales exceeded 200,000; the disc (Wiki) |
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W. A. MOZART J. S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Isaac Stern 60th anniversary celebration Isaac Stern & Itzhak Perlman (violin) and Pinchas Zukerman (viola) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony CBS Masterworks / CD - released 5/Mar/1983 ] Digitally recorded at Avery Fischer Hall NYC, 1981 |
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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Adagio for Strings Isaac Stern (violin) John Browning (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell (conds) [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Isaac Stern's Barber Concerto with Bernstein was the recording which belatedly gave this warmly expressive masterpiece the international currency it plainly deserved. The superb performance can stand comparison with any version since" (Gramophone) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major / Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 Isaac Stern (violin) Leonard Rose (cello) / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/Oct/1990 ] "Rose is one of the finest cellists in America you cannot doubt his fiery application, his lyric 'stickiness' and smoky passion....In the Violin Concerto Stern draws on powerful tone, a vibrant warmth and a fully developed life-vision." (MusicWeb) |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SATIE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Isaac Stern - "Humoresque" - Favourite Violin Encores Isaac Stern (violin) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Frank Brieff, Milton Katims [ Sony Music / CD - released 3/Dec/1996 ] Classic recordings of Isaac Stern with the New York Philharmonic |