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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 |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fee [Divertimento] / Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Octet cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10588/10588091.jpg)
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fee [Divertimento] / Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Octet London Sinfonietta, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / CD - released 12/Sep/1986 ] Featuring Anthony Pay on the clarinet |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete Ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/1987 ] "Now reissued at bargain price this must be now be one of the best bargains in town, although it must be emphasized that this remains a very strong contender even if it remained at full price." (Prokofiev official website) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballets) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Sleeping Beauty) - "André Previn's new version is much the best there has ever been-the best played and the best recorded." (Gramophone on Sleeping Beauty) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "this performance from last year with the London Symphony Orchestra on stupendous form seems to mark a pitch of understanding and communication which it wouldn't be possible to surpass. There are several performances of this work that I take as doi |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams:Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / 6 Hybrid SACD - released 27/May/2022 ] 'Impeccable playing' The Times |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor 'Scottish' / Symphony No.4 in A major 'Italian' London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Originals / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'Abbado's outstanding Scottish Symphony is beautifully played and the LSO responds to his direction with the greatest delicacy of feeling, while the Italian Symphony has a comparable lightness of touch, matched with lyrical warmth' Penguin Guide |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 / Marche Slave London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ IMP Classics / CD - released 13/Dec/2005 ] "A first-class ...recording of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony...a very striking performance, Russian in feeling yet ..never going over the top." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "Noseda's broad, intense unfolding of the opening adagio builds up to a shattering climax, while the lighter succeeding moments drip with the composer's anti-militaristic parody and bitter sarcasm.." Sunday Times |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / WEBER
Mozart / Schubert: Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Walter Susskind, Antal Dorati [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] 'Like most of the great European conductors,' wrote the critic Harold C. Schonberg, '[Schmidt-Isserstedt] has been brought up in a tradition that insists on selflessness before great music.' |
