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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... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Overtures (Incl. Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Il Signor Bruschino; La scala di seta) Academy of St Martin in the Fields. conducted by :Sir Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Penatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Academy of St Martin in the Fields - 60th Anniversary Edition Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner, Iona Brown & Joshua Bell, with Alan Loveday (violin) [ Decca Collectors Edition / 60 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2019 ] This new Edition, an exciting new collaboration between Decca and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, celebrates the Academy's international reputation for its distinctive, polished and refined sound through a selection of 60 recordings from... |
GORDON GETTY
Getty: Orchestral Works Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "...the Ancestor and Homework Suites offer a winning series of orchestral miniatures, beautifully, sometimes robustly scored...Marriner and the Academy play all this music with great character and finesse, and the pianissimo strings are often... |
ROSSINI
Complete Overtures (Includes Bianca e Faliero; La Scala di Seta; Il Turco in Italia; L'Italiana in Algeri; William Tell & Il Barbire di Sivi Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner with the Ambrosian singers [ Philips Trio / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "Twenty-four overtures plus two sinfonias make a delightful package in such sparkling performances, which eruditely use original orchestrations. Full bright atmospheric recording, spacious reverberant, admirably transferred to CD, with no artificial... |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies 25-27, 29 & 32 Academy of St Martins in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca / London Serenata / CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] "these are deeply satisfying performances and will provide an admirable introduction for those who have yet to discover these wonderful works." The Gramophone |
WALTON
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / A Wartime Sketchbook / 'Escape Me Never' Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -War time music of William Walton |
Admiral Sir Cloudseley Shovell
Don't Hear it Fear it! (Limited, Heavyweight Vinyl Edition) [ Rise Above / LP - released 13/Jul/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
Admiral Sir Cloudseley Shovell
Don't Heart it Fear it! [ Rise Above / CD - released 13/Jul/2012 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos Alan Civil (horn) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields. conducted by :Sir Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "As played by Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin's with Alan Civil as the soloist, with optimal spatial quality and resolution in the sonic soundstage, these lovely, gracious performances are all that one could possibly wish" - Classik... |
W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Complete opera Alastair Miles, Nuccia Focile, Carol Vaness / Scottish Chamber Chorus / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die - "There is something about Mackerras's rhythms, his placing of accents, his vitality and his allusiveness that makes this very much a performance of the theatre." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos, K482 & K595 (22 & 27) Alfred Brendel (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Philips / CD - released 26/May/2001 ] This release celebrated Alfred Brendel's 70th birthday. |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos No 12 K414 & No 17 K453 Alfred Brendel (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Decca / CD - released 15/Nov/2005 ] This is the latest release in the highly acclaimed Philips series of Mozart Piano Concerti from two of the World's most distinguished Mozartians - pianist Alfred Brendel and conductor Sir Charles Mackerras (who celebrates his 80th birthday in 2005). |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 24-27 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "it would be a strange person indeed who did not submit to such warm-hearted, unmannered Mozart....Larrocha's pearly toned, lightly pedalled touch and the way she can taper a phrase ending to resemble musical speech (try the opening of K491) make... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Enigma Variations / Froissart / Starlight Express / etc Alison Hagley (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Robert Cohen (cello) / Royal Philharmonic / Welsh National Opera Orch. / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "Mackerras captures the wistful charm of the quieter pieces (on CD2) very effectively, and spirits are high in the more robust items" Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Concertos / Symphonies Nos 25, 29, 32, 39 & 40 Hubert Barwahser (flute) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] 'The performances are consistently polished and elegant Barwahsers phrasing is unfailingly beautiful' Penguin Guide, 1982 (Flute Concertos) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concert in A, K.622 / Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581 Andrew Marriner (clarinet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields (conducted by Sir Neville Marriner) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] |
ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius (complete) Ann Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) / David Rendall (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony chorus & orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] 'this new recording from the LSO and Sir Colin Davis is so detailed in its emotional responses - so magical is Davis's phrasing that there are times that one dare not breathe for fear of breaking the spell' International Record Review |
ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius (complete) Ann Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) / David Rendall (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony chorus & orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 SACD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] Hybrid SACD Compatible with all CD players. Includes high density stereo and surround tracks that can be read by SACD players. Elgar's Dream of Gerontius was thought by many to be outlandishly modern at the time of its completion in 1900. Telling... |
