WAGNER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / STAINER / CLARKE / etc
World Of Wedding Music Kiri te Kanawa, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland / Choir of King's College, Choir of St Johns [ Decca / CD ] Everything you need for a perfect wedding |
GRIEG / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY
Holberg Suite / Serenades Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Decca Legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] the incomparable musicianship of the Academy of St Martin in-the-Fields |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphony No. 40 and 41 Academy St Martins in the Fields (soloists), Neville Marriner (conductor) [ Philips / CD - released 1/Jul/1999 ] Recorded: 1979 NOTE: Cover may differ from that shown |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles / Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] *** 'The Concerto for Double String Orchestra receives a performance more sumptuous and warm-hearted than any before on record ... the recording is outstanding' Penguin Guide |
CHRISTMAS
Carols from St Chad's Cathedral Birmingham St Chad's Cathedral Choir Birmingham [ Herald / CD - released 10/Nov/2019 ] St Chad's cathedral has had a properly constituted, surpliced choir since 1854, when it was first endowed with £1,000 by John Hardman. Hardman was for many years cantor of the choir, and is commemorated by a small white figure of him in the lower... |
St Germain
St Germain [ Parlophone / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] He's back. And he's still the same, only more unpredictable than before. Twenty years after BOULEVARD, 15 years after the multi-platinum album TOURIST (over 3 million copies sold worldwide) and a world tour spanning several continents, Ludovic... |
St Joseph's Maori Girls College / Maisey Rika
E Hine: An Anthology of Maori Love Songs [ South Pacific / CD - released 4/Nov/2003 ] Winner RIANZ Music Awards. A popular Maori selection featuring "Whaakaria Mai" (How Great Thou Art) Pokarekare Ana and many more. |
St Joseph's Maori Girls' College & Te Aute College
Haere Mai (Welcome) [ South Pacific Recordings / CD - released 9/Aug/2010 ] This re-issued CD represents a cross section of traditional and contemporary music of the Maori people of New Zealand. From the masculine harmonies and vigorous Haka to the distinctive singing... |
BUXTEHUDE / BULL / BACH / GADE / etc
The St. Paul's Gem Timothy Wakerell (Drake Organ in the OBE Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, London) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] St.Paul's Cathedral, unlike most Cathedrals, does not just possess one instrument to lead the services but several housed within different parts of this vast building! This CD is the first recording of the new William Drake organ in the OBE Chapel... |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony In C / L'Arlesienne - Suites Nos.1 & 2 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, with John Stenhouse (saxophone) and Christine Messiter (flute) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] "Vivacity and elegance are present in full measure, and one can only admire a violin section that can play the finale up to speed without hazard or apparent strain. Indeed, tempos are finely judged throughout." (Gramophone) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony / Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor Celia Nicklin (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner / Philharmonia Orchestra, Owain Arwet Hughes [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] "I enjoyed Marriner's fresh, sympathetic approach to the Vaughan Williams" (Gramophone on the Oboe concerto) The London Symphony was originally released on the ASV label. |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
A FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS
A Festival of Christmas (Incls 'Ding Dong, Merrily on High', 'Dance Little Goatling' & 'Silent Night') St Ambrose R.C. Junior School Choir / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir / Edmund Walters [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Recorded in: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 19-20 July 1981 |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas with the Academy Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The story of the birth of Jesus more than two thousand years ago has been the source of inspiration for countless poets and musicians, as well as practitioners of other forms of art. The infant, born of a virgin in a lowly cattle shed, because there... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Best of Britten (Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Peter Grimes Interludes, Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / English Chamber Orchestra / Royal Concertgebouw [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "The bargain-price gems from Eloquence continue with this marvellous selection... first-rate performances and quality sound. Highly recommended." - The Age |
MICHAEL HAYDN
Horn Concerto / 6 Minuets / Duo Concertante / netc Barry Tuckwell (horn) Simon Preston (organ) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "The neatest of orchestral playing informs these performances: alert strings, restrained wind, and enterprising harpsichord" (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Verum: Sacred Choral Favourites Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] A collection of everyone's favourite sacred choral music, including Mozart's Ave verum corpus, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and Franck's Panis angelicus. |
CARISSIMI / VIVALDI / GLUCK / CALDARA / HANDEL / etc
Arie Antiche: songs and arias Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner [ SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] The sequence of Italian operas on this recording take us from the birth of opera at the end of the sixteenth century to the first flowerings of the Classical period nearly 200 years later. The extraordinary power and agility of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's... |
C. P. E. BACH / J. C. BACH / THOMAS ARNE
Arne, CPE Bach & JC Bach: Harpsichord Concertos George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] There were many worlds in George Malcolm's (1917-1997) universe - organist, harpsichordist, pianist, composer, choral director and conductor - and this one demonstrates his unique skill as a solo performer who, throughout his career, more than any... |
J. C. BACH / COUPERIN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RAMEAU / etc
The World of George Malcolm George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] "[Malcolm's] obvious musicality, fluent and clean technique, rhythmic control and polished phrasing place him firmly among the world's leading harpsichordists" Gramophone [on the Bach] |