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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) (recorded in 1988) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts Medici Arts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto." (BBC Music) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet) Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'their playing is richly eloquent [in the Beethoven String Quintet] … [the Beethoven Sextet] is impeccably played, unfailingly pleasing … the recordings which are firm and detailed, well-focused and lifelike' Gramophone |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Suites & Concertos Osian Ellis (harp), Desmond Dupre (lute), Carl Pini, Neville Marriner (violins) / Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis, Granville Jones [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] The works on this collection are drawn from two of the very first stereo LPs released by the L'Oiseau-Lyre sub-label of Decca. 'Music of Handel' was a 1958 album containing arias (recently reissued by Eloquence 482 4759) and this instrumental suite... |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / etc Pepe Romero (guitar) Augustin Leon Ara (violin) Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] A classic Rodrigo recording, featuring his two most popular concertante works - at mid-price for the first time. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos & Sinfonia Concertante Rachel Barton Pine (violin) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, with Matthew Lipman (viola) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2015 ] "there is much to enjoy in Barton Pine's sensitive, finely honed performances, especially of Nos. 4 & 5 (plenty of temperament in the latter's 'Turkish' eruption). With a nod to period performance, she articulates crisply and uses vibrato modestly." |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos / Concerto grossi / Concerto a due cori / Orchestral music (Rec 1965-1981) Roger Lord (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] "Stylish performances of attractive music at a giveaway price." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
101 Vivaldi Salvatore Accardo, Eduardo Fernandez, Severino Gazzelloni, Emma Kirkby, Neville Marriner, Simon Preston, etc [ Decca / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2014 ] This six-CD collection of 101 favourite tracks is the perfect introduction to the wonderful music of Vivaldi. |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence / etc Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] Among the sumptuous and deeply romantic music on this disc is the substantial selection from Walton's score for Richard III; colourful and richly detailed music, the suite is conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and makes a fitting tribute to William... |
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WALTON
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'The Chandos series of William Walton Film Music is simply and obviously certain to be a great classic of recording art. It serves all the higher purposes of truly distinguished record-making: not only are all aspects of performance and recording... |
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WALTON
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario / As you Like it: A Poem for Orchestra Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Catherine Bott (soprano) / Academy St Martins / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marriner and the Academy draw out all the romantic warmth of both scores, and the sound is richly atmospheric to match, with a sharper focus and a keener sense of presence than on some recordings from this source. The Hamlet music may not match... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Chill Out: (Incls, Clair de lune, Moonlight Sonata, The Blue Danube & Faure's Pavane) Vladimir Ashkenazy, Radu Lupu, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Neville Marriner, Jorge Bolet & Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Relax - A programme to listen to over a glass of wine. Over 5 hours of the world's most relaxing classical melodies. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
101 Tchaikovsky Vladimir Ashkenazy, Herbert von Karajan, Valery Gergiev, Arthur Grumiaux, Richard Bonynge, Neville Marriner, etc [ Decca / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] From the famous Piano Concerto No.1 to the final waltz and Apotheosis from the Nutcracker this is the ultimate collection of popular Tchaikovsky beautifully recorded featuring soloists like Vladimir Ashkenazy and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and orchestras l |
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BEETHOVEN
101 Beethoven Vladimir Ashkenazy, Wilhelm Backhaus, Arthur Grumiaux, Bernard Haitink, Radu Lupu, Neville Marriner, etc [ Decca / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2014 ] This six-CD collection of 101 favourite tracks is the perfect introduction to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, considered by many to be the greatest of all classical composers. |
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STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |
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BARTOK
Piano Concertos: No. 1 & No 2; The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Zoltan Kocsis (piano) / Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Gyargy Lehel / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sir Neville Marriner [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A generally enjoyable disc" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |