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JOHN WILLIAMS
Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) John Williams [ Walt Disney Records / 2 LP - released 28/Jun/2024 ] John Williams -"Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" Walt Disney Records presents the highly adored soundtrack to Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull featuring an epic orchestral... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Lute Suites John Williams (guitar) [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/May/1986 ] The Australian guitarist John Williams has long been universally recognized as a true master of the instrument. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Seville Concert John Williams (guitar) [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] One of the world's most accomplished classical guitarists, John Williams, plays a variety of his favorite classical and flamenco pieces in this concert, recorded during a recital with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla. |
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PTER SCULTHORPE / NIGEL WESTGATE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - John Williams - From Australia John Williams (guitar) / London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded Feb/March 1994 & December 1990 |
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JOHN WILLIAMS / JOHN ETHERIDGE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Places Between - Live in Dublin John Williams (guitar), with John Etheridge (guitar) [ Sony Music / CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2016 ] John Williams, classical guitar virtuoso, is known for his wide-ranging approach to repertory, which includes appearances playing electric rock guitar and international music. |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / COLE PORTER / ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN / etc
The Best Of The John Wilson Orchestra The John Wilson Orchestra, with Kim Criswell, Louise Dearman, Joyce DiDonato, Anne-Jane Casey & others [ Warner classics / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2018 ] The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra - a double-album celebrating a decade of BBC Proms performances with a selection of hit songs and music from Hollywood's greatest movie musicals. Featuring Seth MacFarlane, Curtis Stigers, Joyce DiDonato plus a... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin in Hollywood - Live at the Royal Albert Hall The John Wilson Orchestra, with Louise Dearman & Matthew Ford [ Warner classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2016 ] The John Wilson Orchestra follow up their acclaimed Cole Porter in Hollywood album with this tribute to America's iconic songsmith team - the Brothers Gershwin - and their successes for the silver screen. |
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Jonathan Pryce, Maria Friedman, Gregg Edelman, John Mark Ainsley / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cabaret - selected highlights [cast recording] [ Showtime! / CD - released 29/Jun/1995 ] A Studio Cast recording from 1995 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early Cantatas Judith Howarth, Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Jose Van Dam (bass) / Corydon Singers & Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/1997 ] 'Arguably Beethoven's first major masterpiece … superb performance, at once fresh and incisive and deeply moving' - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63: Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'This is a beautifully paced, exhilaratingly executed performance' (Choral & Song Choice BBC Music Christmas 2015) |
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DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] A classic recording - Limited availability |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi, An English Mass Julie Kennard, soprano / John Mark Ainsley, tenor / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Vernon Handley, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] (with works by Schutz) Katharine Fuge (soprano), Matthew Brook (bass) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "You know you're in safe hands with the Monteverdis and the pitch-perfect top A at 2'04''...absolutely confirms it...a minutely considered, dramatic and, in places, aptly disturbing performance." (Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2012) |
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BRAHMS / CHAUSSON / RUBBRA / FERGUSON / WORDSWORTH
Kathleen Ferrier Edition Volume 5 Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent / Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli / Ernest Lush (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 9/Aug/1992 ] Kathleen Ferrier was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A true contralto, whose repertory encompassed English song as well as German Lieder. |
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SCHUMANN / MAHLER / BRAHMS
Kathleen Ferrier sings Schumann, Mahler & Brahms Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmartk (piano) & Phylis Spurr (piano) [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Anything Goes Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Jack Gilford / Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Of all the great American song-writers of the time Cole Porter was, perhaps, the most sophisticated and 'European'. In 1917 Porter moved to Paris where he kept a luxury apartment and where he gave parties for his large group of friends of varying... |
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PUCCINI / GERSHWIN / VERDI / CILEA / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri's Homecoming - recorded live in New Zealand Kiri te Kanawa (coprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins [ Kiwi Pacific / CD - released 17/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at "Kiri's Homecoming" concert at Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt, 28 January 1990 |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas Nos BWV179, BWV199 & BWV113 Magdalena Kozena, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephen Loges / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] A live performance of Bach's Cantatas for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. Features Magdalena Kozena's stunning performance of BWV199 "Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut" |
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HANS ABRAHAMSEN
Abrahamsen: Schnee Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds [ DaCapo / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "The sounds Abrahamsen craves, white and translucent across a large range of actual expression, hugely complex on the page but delectably simple to the ear, are exceptionally realised and recorded here." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Contemporary |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 Lapland Chamber Orchestra,John Storgårds (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Left unfinished at the death of the composer, Gustav Mahler's Tenth Symphony has exerted an enormous fascination on musicologists as well as musicians. Whether fully orchestrated in specific passages, or a sole melody in others, there is one... |