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JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concerto No 6 in C major; Piano Concerto No.4 in E flat major Michael O'Rourke (piano) / London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2005 ] "The soloist is very persuasive, and he receives admirable support from Bamert and the London Mozart Players. First-class, natural balanced recording." (Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major, `L`incendie par l`orage`/ Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major Michael O'Rourke (piano) / London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2005 ] "Excellent support throughout from Bamert, and first-class recording." (Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet Suites & The Love for Three Oranges Suite Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Alto / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] "The playing of the Minneapolis Orchestra is on a virtuoso level. The crystal-clear acoustic and the ambience seem ideally suited to the melodic lines and pungent lyricism of this powerful score, to underline the sense of tragedy without losing the... |
JOHN BLOW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blow: Venus & Adonis Nancy Argenta (sop), Lynne Dawson (sop), Stephen Varcoe (bass) / London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 29/Sep/1992 ] First performed before the court at Oxford in 1681, Venus and Adonis was presented as a "masque for the entertainment of the King" (Charles II). Like Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, it is in fact a true opera. |
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel Nathaniel Hackmann, Mikaela Bennett, Sierra Boggess, Julian Ovenden / Sinfonia of London, 'Carousel' Ensemble, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Following the success of last year's release of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London turn their attention to Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel. |
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BERNARD HERRMANN
Film Classics [incls 'The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad', 'Citizen Cane' & 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro'] National Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] "Do not miss this rich sampling of Herrmann's extraordinarily imaginative and enjoyable film music." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month March 2011) |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon (Complete Ballets) National Philharmonic Orchestra / London SymphonyOrchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Richard Bonynge has the feel of this music (Nutcracker) in his bones, and gives a warmly expressive performance...he plays the 'Divertissement' with splendid panache, and he is very good indeed in the Valse des Fleurs" Gramophone |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
A Ceremony Of Carols / Friday Afternoons / Three Two-part songs New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Ronald Corp directs bright, refreshing performances of a delightful collection of Britten choral pieces... A splendid bargain." - The Penguin Guide |
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MATEO FLECHA the elder
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flecha: Las Ensaladas New London Consort, Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] Mateo Flecha (Catalan: Mateu Fletxa; 1481-1553) was a Catalan composer born in Kingdom of Aragon, in the region of Prades. He is sometimes known as "El Viejo" (the elder) to distinguish him from his nephew, Mateo Flecha "El Joven" (the younger). |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pilgrim songs & dances New London Consort / Philip Pickett [ L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 1/Oct/1992 ] Pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat. |
SOUSA / ANDERSON / GERSHWIN / MacDOWELL / GILLIS / RODGERS / GOULD / etc
American Light Music Classics (Includes The March of the Toys, Holiday for Strings & The Teddy Bear's Picnic) New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] 'These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes' (Gramophone) |
VERDI / PAER / ROSSINI / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / etc
The Peter Maag Edition New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, with Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Newly compiled for the first time, the Decca career of a pre-eminent Mozart conductor, complemented by his recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (highlights) Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes / London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 1/Jul/2000 ] Original recording from 1975 |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] Rosette (Highest Award) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Nikolaj Znaider (conductor, violin), London Symphony Orchestra [ LSO Live / CD - released 6/Nov/2018 ] Taking on the roles of both conductor and soloist, Nikolaj Znaider concludes his Mozart series on LSO Live with the great composer's first three concertos for the violin. While they were penned before he was even out of his teens, the music of... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Great Orchestral Works (Incls Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 & Harold en Italie, Op. 16) Nobuko Imai (viola) / John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "(Harold is) a fine performance, as is that of the Symphonie funebre et triomphale. The two overtures make up a full pair of discs in a highly recommendable package." (Gramophone) |
BOITO
Mefistofele (complete opera recorded in 1973) Norman Treigle, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Heather Begg / London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Julius Rudel [ EMI The Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Caballé sings much of her music exquisitely and her voice blends with Domingo's to make magic in the "Lontano" duet." (Gramophone) |
ERNEST BLOCH / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Schelomo / Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47, Canzone, Op. 55, Ave Maria, Op. 61 Ofra Harnoy (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Jul/1991 ] "Ofra Harnoy (recorded 1990) is placed well out in front, yet Charles Mackerras's sympathetic accompaniment with a resplendent." The Strad |
BERLIOZ / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / ROUSSEL / BIZET / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Legacy of Charles Munch Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic, Charles Munch [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2020 ] The inspirational French maestro Charles Munch on disc: an unrivalled retrospective, covering three decades of incandescent music-making, including recordings new to CD and long unavailable, newly remastered and comprehensively documented. |
