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WOOD / PARRY / BAINTON / STANFORD / NAYLOR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Anthems From King's - English Choral Favourites Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Stephen Cleobury conducts the choir of King's College, Cambridge in this memorable recital of English Romantic choral music, exquisitely sung and superbly recorded in stereo and 5.1 surround sound in the college's famous chapel. |
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TRADITIONAL / RUTTER / ADES / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols [1999 recording] Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Celebration of Herbert Howells Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ Argo / CD - released 21/Jun/1992 ] Recorded March, 1989 in the chapel of King's College, Cambridge. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / A Boy was Born / Songs from 'Friday Afternoons', Psalm 150 Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Stephen Cleobury. [ Decca / London / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] An ethereal collection of three of Benjamin Britten's most celebrated choral works. The recordings capture the full flavour of various Choristers and Choirs. |
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HOWELLS / RADCLIFFE / PARRY / ELGAR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Choral Evensong Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 21/Jun/2008 ] "It goes without saying that the singing is superb: Stephen Cleobury and the choir could probably sing Evensong in their sleep, but they are certainly wide awake here." MusicWeb |
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WILLIAM BYRD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Byrd: The Great Service The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, with Richard Farnes (organ) [ EMI / CD - released 20/Dec/1987 ] Recorded: 13.-14 XII. 1985, King's College Chapel, Cambridge. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum The Choir Of King's College, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 27/Apr/1988 ] Penguin Guide 3 star |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GERALD FINZI / ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor / Finzi & Bax: Scacred Music Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Classics / CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/1996 ] A compelling illustration of the rich flowering of British composers in the first half of the 20th Century. |
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GRAINGER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Early One Morning - Music from past times, for our time Choir Of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (direction) [ Erato / CD - released 21/Mar/1998 ] Edward Higginbottom is a music scholar, organist, choirmaster and conductor. Most of his career has been as organist at New College, Oxford, where he led their choir for more than 35 years and produced a large number of choral recordings. |
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BACH / MOZART / PALESTRINA / MENDELSSOHN / LOTTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of St John's Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, with Alastair Roberts (treble), April Cantelo (soprano), Stephen Cleobury (organ) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] A great introduction to a world of beautiful choral music. |
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PARRY / DAVIES / ALLEGRI / BRUCKNER / DURUFLE / POULENC / BARBER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Voices of Silence - The beauty, Peace & Mystery of Voices Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow / Choir of St. Hedwigs-Cathedral, Berlin / Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg [ RCA classics / CD - released 2/Dec/1994 ] Recorded 1987 to 1989 |
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ZOLTAN KODALY / LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kodaly/Janacek: Masses Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE -- GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - RADIO 3 DISC OF THE WEEK -- CRITICS' CHOICE INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW |
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PARRY / BAIRSTOW / ELGAR / STANFORD / HADLEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jerusalem - British Choral Classics Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca / CD - released 12/May/1991 ] "This is a sumptuous programme. David Hill's by no means meagre forces present it with a fine sense of style and occasion, vividly recorded too. There is not only the splendour of sheer amplitude but also a spring in the rhythm and beauty of tone" |
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DUPRE / WESLEY / DYSON / MOORE / ELGAR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Evensong for St Swithun's Day The Choirs of Winchester Cathedra, Andrew Lumsden & Sarah Baldock [ Herald / CD - released 10/Nov/1997 ] Recorded March 2004 in Winchester Cathedral. |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Missa Solemnis / Psalms Christiane Oelze (sop) Jörg Dürmüller (ten) / Chor Der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl Anton Rickenbacher [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 18/Dec/1991 ] Born in Basel, Rickenbacher studied at the Berlin Conservatory with Herbert von Karajan. He took part in master classes with Pierre Boulez. He was an assistant conductor at the Zürich Opera from 1966 to 1969. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 22/Aug/1998 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "....not likely to be outshone for a long time" (Gramophone) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/1967 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "....not likely to be outshone for a long time" (Gramophone) |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein conducts Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1. & 2 Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Lukas Foss (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Feb/1982 ] Recorded in Tel Aviv. October 1978 |
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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... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Chamber Music [Musique de chambre] Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano) Gerard Jarry (violin) Georges Pludermacher (piano) Michel Toumus (cello) Jean-Christophe Benoit (bar [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/1991 ] "... the performances are supple, soulful, and sensitive but ever so slightly ironic....one could not wish for performances that believe more deeply in the worth of the music. And, for that, listeners must all be grateful." James Leonard |