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Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler
Neck & Neck [ Columbia / CD ] Originally released in 1990, two generations of leading and groundbreaking guitarists combined their efforts to create this legendary album. American Country music legend Chet Atkins and British singer-songwriter, guitarist and Dire Straits front man... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Bedbug / Love and Hate Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Shostakovich was still a young composer when he was hired to provide incidental music for The Bedbug, a surreal and farcical satire on Communist utopian dreams and bourgeois corruption and vulgarity. He produced a terrifically knockabout score that... |
BIZET / FALLA / BERNSTEIN / RAVEL / LEHAR / etc
Elina Garanca: Habanera Elina Garanca (mezzo) with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] "Garanča's voice has been described as "creamy", "silken" and "lustrous" but it also has a surprisingly rounded maturity. What sets her apart, however, is the unteachable ability to send shivers down the spine." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine,... |
BAX / BRIDGE / DELIUS
English Spring Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder [ ASV Halle / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "...a truly cherishable account of a great work to crown a collection that bids fair to be one of my records of the year." (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Orchestral) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] Both of these cantatas may have been written for an outstandingly gifted boy alto in Bach's Leipzig, but-listening to these peerless accounts-it's impossible to believe he could have approached Iestyn Davies's flawless technique. |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
G & S: The Pirates of Penzance (complete operetta) John Mark Ainsley, Rebecca Evans, Donald Adams, Richard Suart / Richard Suart / Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Sir Charles Mackerras directs a riveting performance with an exceptional cast. The numbers race along without any dragging tempos - witness the Pirate Kings song and 'How beautifully blue the sky'." Mel@Marbecks |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: In Years Defaced / Prelude Op 25 / Romance Op 11 / Concerto for Small Orchestra John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Tasmin Little (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE: Editor's Choice (May 2001) |
PONCHIELLI / GIORDANO / VERDI / FLOTOW / BIZET / PUCCINI / etc
Johathan Tetelman - Arias Jonathan Tetelman (tenor), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] Chilean-American tenor Jonathan Tetelman has already earned a reputation in the opera world as a dedicated, distinctive and versatile artist. Having signed an exclusive agreement with DG, he has now recorded his debut DG album, Arias. |
STEPHAN PROCK
Sojourn Lisa Harper-Brown, Mark Dorrell, Roberto Fabbriciani, Margaret Medlyn, Jian Liu, Martin Riseley, Diedre Irons [ Rattle / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Boston-based composer Stephan Prock offers a rich musical reflection of his time in Aotearoa with SOJOURN. Stephan is a film music scholar and freelance composer of contemporary music for soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and film. Based in... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / RICHARD WAGNER / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi Lise Davidsen (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder [ Decca / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Bolshoi Opera Night (recorded live at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, 6 September 1989) Lucia Aliberti / Alfredo Kraus / Hermann Prey / Carlo Bergonzi / Alan Titus / Irina Archipowa / Luisa Bosabalian / Mark Ermler (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] Exclusive and for the first time, the complete gala concert, including two rare and extraordinary interpretations of Russian arias from Mussorgsky and Borodin, is now released on DVD by Arthaus Musik. |
ARENSKY / BUSONI / MOZART / POULENC / RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Lyubov Bruk & Mark Taimanov Lyubov Bruk, Mark Taimanov (pianos) / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Katz / Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Lazar Gozman [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 15 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Taimanov was a top concert pianist in the Soviet Union. With his first wife, Lyubov Bruk, he formed a piano duo, some of whose recordings were included in the Phillips and Steinway series Great Pianists of the 20th Century. |
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Freedom [ Soul Bank / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Electronic jazz pioneer, pianist, producer, re-mixer Mark de Clive-Lowe has an envious reputation as a cross genre creative artist who blends acoustic, electronic and world music exploring themes of belonging and identity. Equal parts jazz, house... |
Mark Knopfler
One Deep River (Double LP) [ EMI UK / 2 LP - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Mark Knopfler releases his tenth solo studio album on his own British Grove label via EMI. One Deep River features 12 unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs, and his warm Geordie vocal tone, his poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic... |
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
All the Roadrunning [ Universal Music / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Primarily written by Knopfler, this recording features a dozen songs beautifully demonstrating the pair's contrasting vocal styles - a treasure trove of duets with the lovely Emmylou. |
Mark Lockett / Joel Frahm / Orlando Le Fleming
Sneaking Out After Midnight [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 11/May/2012 ] A fresh, joyful, and thoroughly modern sound, a successful merging of the unique character of jazz from 'down-under' with the esteemed rigour and pedigree of New York edge. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion BLU-RAY Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Maria Espada (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo) / Royal Concertgebouw & Netherlands Radio Choir, Iva [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2012 ] This 2012 recording of the most influential and wide spread oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach features the Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer, a visionary in his field, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. The double choir is the... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Schubert: Schwanengesang / Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Mark Padmore (tenor), Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] With a lifetime of experience with this music, Uchida and Padmore are the perfect duo to interpret this magnificent repertoire. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Mark Padmore (tenor) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Composed in 1827 and first performed privately for members of Schubert's circle, Winterreise initially received a mixed reception. Now acknowledged as the greatest song-cycle ever penned, the work (here played in the original keys) receives a... |
Mark Turner
Return From The Stars [ ECM Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Mark Turner's writing for his quartet on Return from the Stars (titled after Stanislav Lem's science fiction novel) gives the players plenty of space in which to move, on an album both exhilarating and thoughtful in its arc of expression. Solos flow... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (complete oratorio) Paul Groves, Bryn Terfel, Alice Coote / Halle Choir & Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - Choral - "It has been well worth the wait for this recording...they have done Elgar proud with this distinguished recording which I have found to be a very moving experience." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2008) |
Richard Nunns / Mark Lockett
Redaction [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Jun/2015 ] Redaction, featuring renowned taonga pūoro exponent Richard Nunns, one of our longest serving and most consistently adventurous artists, was conceived first and foremost as an art-project. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb) |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Simon Russell Beale, Joe Dixon, Mark Quartley, Jenny Rainsford, Simon Trinder [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Aug/2017 ] In a unique partnership with Intel, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production uses today's most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare's magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience. Simon Russell Beale returns to... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (tenor), Gerhard Siegel, Iain Paterson, Martin Winkler, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder [ Hallé / 4 CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The Hallé completes its highly regarded Ring cycle, with the live recording of its acclaimed Bridgewater Hall performance under Sir Mark Elder. "Roaring jubilation and radiant beauty from Elder and the Halle….Elder is a superb Wagnerian, acutely... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano) / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Mark Wigglesworth [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] "[Hough's] performances here show his usual thoughtfulness, elegance and brilliance...The reverberations of the entire orchestra are equally slow to die. The conductor Mark Wigglesworth scrupulously prepared his musicians and their medium-weight soun |
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EDGAR MEYER / TRADITIONAL
Appalachia Waltz Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Edgar Meyer (bass) Mark O'Connor (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Yo-Yo Ma joins double-bassist Edgar Meyer and fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor |
PIAZZOLLA / JOBIM / BOLLING / PORTER / TRADITIONAL / etc
Yo-Yo Ma - Crossing Borders Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Stephane Grappelli (violin) Sergio & Odair Assad (guitars) Claude Bolling (piano) Bobby McFerrin (vocals) Mark O'Connor (violin) [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] Yo-Yo Ma's multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. This CD box set features nine of Yo-Yo's classic cross-over albums. |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Opera |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Il Paria (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, René Barbera, Misha Kiria, Marko Mimica / Britten Sinfonia, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Jan/2021 ] "The music is splendid, well worth discovering...Shagimuratova is superb...Barbera is breathtakingly wonderful...Elder conducts with his customary zeal. Subtlety, too." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Works for Trumpet Alison Balsom (trumpet) with Colm Carey (organ), Alina Ibragimova (violin), Alistair Ross (harpsichord & chamber organ) & Mark Caudle (viola de gamba) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] Gramophone described her Bach album as "splendid stuff" and the pieces "showcase Balsom's phenomenal technique and gleaming expressiveness" |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Gadfly (complete score of the 1955 film) Bachchor Mainz, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2018 ] Set in mid-nineteenth-century Italy during a turbulent period of pre-Unification political unrest, The Gadfly drew from Shostakovich one of his most dazzling and popular film scores, heard hitherto on record only in a suite arranged and... |
GEORGE BENJAMIN
A Mind of Winter / Antara BBC Symphony, Mark Elder / London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin [ Nimbus Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "I love Mars Bars, I hate Wagner and I want to record your music!" With this memorable introductory gambit delivered to George Benjamin on New Year's Eve 1979, the founder of Nimbus, Count Alexander Numa Labinsky, began a twenty year exclusive... |
BELLINI / GLINKA / LOEWE / MENDELSSOHN / NIEDERMEYER / etc
Decades: A Century of Song - Volume 2, 1820-1830 John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Luis Gomes (tenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor) Anush Hovhanissyan (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo) Christopher Maltman (bass) [ Vivat / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] "The second instalment in a perceptively assembled and uncommonly interesting survey of art songs" MusicWeb International, May 2017 |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell - Miscellany Catherine Bott (soprano), Mark Bennett (trumpet) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 19/Sep/1996 ] Pièces vocales et instrumentales : Fairy Queen (extraits), Sonate pour trompette, Ouvertures, Suites... |
Chet Atkins / Mark Knopfler
Neck And Neck (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 3/Jul/2014 ] Originally released in 1990, two generations of leading and groundbreaking guitarists combined their efforts to create this legendary album. American Country music legend Chet Atkins and British singer-songwriter, guitarist and Dire Straits front man... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRAHMS / McIVOR / MOZART / BRITTEN / LALLOUTTE / etc
How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings The Choir of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, Mark Shepherd [ Guild / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] A choir founded in 1123 at the England parish church St. Mary in the town of Warwick. |
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chabrier: Briseis, ou Les Amantes de Corinthe Joan Rodgers, Mark Padmore, Simon Keenlyside, Michael George / Chorus Of Scottish Opera / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'For those who heard Chabrier's incomplete magnum opus at last year's Festival this recording will need no recommendation... Fabulously rewarding' (The Scotsman) |
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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. |
