More By Artist: London O'Connor
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JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
Herschel: Symphonies (Nos 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17) London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] 'Matthias Bamert's lively direction and the higly professional playing of the London Mozart Players provide Herschel with the best imaginable advocacy...' Gramophone |
VOGLER
Symphonies, Overtures and Ballets London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The celebrated Contemporaries of Mozart series continues apace with the compositions of German composer George Joseph Vogler. The London Mozart Players which celebrates their 60th anniversary in 2009 perform under the direction of Matthias Bamert. |
GIACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: String Sonatas 1,3,4,5 London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1990 ] Original recording from 1990 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sacred Treasures of Spain The London Oratory Schola Cantorum / Charles Cole (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Music to illustrate the Golden Age: a selection of motets from sixteenth-century Spain culminating in Alonso Lobo's great funerary ode for Philip II, Versa est in luctum. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 (The First of May) / The Age of Gold Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Bernanrd Haitink [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/Nov/2000 ] "The Decca recording is outstandingly clear and brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Vol 2 (Includes 'Mephisto Waltz No. 1') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 - 1972 |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony No.4 / Variations on a Hussar's Song London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMI Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/1996 ] Writing in The Symphony (ed. Robert Simpson, Penguin Books: 1967) the late Harold Truscott made out a strong case for Franz Schmidt. He robustly dismissed the notion that his music does not travel. "It 'travels' very well, when allowed to do so" |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Gortchakov) (with Prokofiev: 'Classical' Symphony) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 16/Aug/2001 ] "Masur conducts an often electrifying performance, while a spritely rendition of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony completes (the) disc." BBC Music |
MOERAN / ROOTHAM / BAX / ALWYN / ARNOLD / WORDSWORTH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Symphonies London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain has always been in the second division." MusicWeb |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No.3 / Haydn Variations London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "For a modern recording in state-of-the-art sound, you will not hear better playing than this from an orchestra or a more satisfying performance of these two works. ery highly recommended." (Fanfare Magazine July 2007) |
SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parry: Symphony No. 2 'The Cambridge' / Symphonic Variations London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/1992 ] "Bamert proves a masterly interpreter and takes us convincingly through the symphonic terrain of a highly influential composer....The sound is rich and full to match the outstanding playing." Penguin Guide |
TONY BANKS
Banks: Seven - A Suite for Orchestra Tony Banks / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mike Dixon (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Banks has a genuine melodic gift... The LPO under Mike Dixon play sympathetically and often ardently, and the woodwind relish Simon Hale's many piquant touches of colour." - Ivan March, Gramophone, 05/04 |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suites / Three Bavarian Dances / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] Original recordings from 1968 & 1975 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr BEECHAM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel arr. Beecham: The Gods Go A'Begging' / The Great Elopement / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Dutton / CD - released 20/Aug/1996 ] Digitally remastered from the original 78rpm shellac pressings |
JUNE ANDERSON
Fantasias / The Crazed Moon / The Discovery of Heaven London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski & Ryan Wigglesworth [ LPO Live / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moeran: Sinfonietta / Symphony in G minor / Overture for a Masque London Philharmonic Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Classic versions still unmatched and now stealing with nonchalant confidence the poll place in the Moeran discography" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2007) |
JOHN FOULDS
Foulds: Le Cabaret / Pasquinade Symphoniques No. 2 / Hellas, A Suite of Ancient Greece / etc London Philharmonic Orchetsra, Barry Wordsworth [ Lyrita / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "A remarkable disc, and an essential introduction to a composer whose music cries out for greater recognition." (MusicWeb Feb 2004) |
ROBERT SAXTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saxton: Concerto for Orchestra / The Circles of Light / etc London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] Robert Saxton was born in London in 1953 and started composing at the age of six. Guidance in early years from Benjamin Britten and Elisabeth Lutyens was followed by periods of study at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: A Boy was Born / Hymn to St Cecilia / A.M.D.G. London Sinfonietta Chorus, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/1988 ] Recording: St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, October 1987 & April 1988 |
