HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles (Vol 3) The Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] Recorded 16-17 February 2002. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles of Herbert Howells (Vol 1) Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2021 ] Recorded in Marlborough College Chapel 19th and 20th February 2000 |
J. S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI / FRANCESCO BONPORTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Violin Concertos Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (violin/director) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recording Date - April 22, 1992 - April 24, 1992 Recording Location - Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London NW3 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Leipziger Weihnachtskantaten [Christmas Cantatas from Leipzig] / Magnificat in E flat Carolyn Sampson, Mark Padmore, Ingeborg Danz, Peter Kooy, etc / Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jan/2008 ] The Christmas cantatas have in common the use of a church chorale as their conceptual starting point, and their intimate performing forces. In Bach's output they constitute a kind of meditation on the meaning of the feast of Christmas. |
JOAN TOWER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1999 ] The title of this extraordinary collection of orchestral gems suggests both parody of and homage to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. |
MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No.4 & Symphony No.6 'Pastorale' Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Sony Bruno Walter The Edition / CD - released 19/May/1995 ] "The Sixth is a lovely, expansive, relaxed affair..with Walter's unerring command of rhythm coming to the fore." MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Agrippina (complete opera recorded in 2004) Combattimento Consort Amsterdam / Renate Arends / Annemarie Kremer / Jan Willem de Vriend (cond) [ Challenge Records DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "A viable work of art, as witnessed by those who experienced this almost perfect production" Ivo Sindelár (The Czech Handel Society) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1, 3 & 4 Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 26/Oct/1987 ] Original recording from 1964 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach; Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 / Orchestral Suite Nos 2 & 3 Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 2 CD ] Original recordings from 1981 - 1985 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] "Haitink is never less than musical, and he's at or close to the top of his game a remarkable amount of the time" ClassicsToday |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905' Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] Originally recorded May 1983 |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Darmstadter Ouverturn & Tafelmusik (Overtures & Concertos) [3 CD set] Concerto Amsterdam, Frans Bruggen / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/1989 ] "Telemann's Table Music is a wonderful, compendious work in three "productions", each of which consists of an overture, a quartet, a concerto, a trio, a sonata, and an orchestral conclusion. The music is amazingly varied and consistently delightful"... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini [ Naive Opus 111 / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Even if you've vowed never to listen to these works ever again, do give this one a try!" (Recording of the Month - Gramophone August 2003) |
ORAZIO VECCHI & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vecchi: Selva Di Varia Ricreazione / etc Consort of Musicke with Emma Kirkby., Evelyn Tubb, Andrew King, etc / Anthony Rooley (Director & lute) [ Ermitage / CD - released 10/Mar/1996 ] Rare works performed by the Consort of Musicke with soloists including Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb & Andrew King. |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Six Quartets for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon Consortium Classicum [ MDG / CD - released 15/Feb/1986 ] Recording: September 1985 |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphony No 1 / Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "Okko Kamu leads a refreshingly vibrant account of Nielsen's Symphony No. 1. The first movement surges with youthful vigor, aided by Kamu's light touch-crisp orchestral articulation and clear ensemble textures...a winner." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
J.B. SINGELEE / PIERRE DUBOIS / CLAUDE PASCAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pascal/Singelee/Dubois: Saxophone Quartets Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] International Release Date: 2002 |
WILLIAM RUSSO / GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Russo: Street Music, 3 Pieces for Blues Band / Gershwin: An American in Paris Corky Siegel, Siegel-Schwall Band / San Francisco Symphony, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] The 1973 album that included Russo's Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra became a big seller for Deutsche Grammophon, with its cross-genre performance by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, with Seiji Ozawa conducting. |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canto Noel - Polyphonic Christmas hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] This album brings together a remarkable collection of Christmas chants which were recorded by the choir of monks from the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery. All of these chants belong to the sacred repertoire. Pilgrims to Santiago would hear and sing... |