More By Artist: John O'Callaghan
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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 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation' / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Ruy Blas London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "Like all of Gardiner's live cycles of the Mendelssohn symphonies at the Barbican, this one comes across with pace, clarity and flaming-eyed conviction" (Financial Times) |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Complete opera) Lora Haywood, John Dobson, Donald Maxwell, with James Rainbird as Amahl. Royal Opera House Covent Garden. David Syrus [ That's Entertainment / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "Recorded under the supervision of the composer himself, this is a fresh and highly dramatic performance, very well sung and marked by atmospheric digital sound of striking realism." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
GABRIEL FAURE
The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol.3 Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, John Chest, Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, William Dazeley, Janis Kelly, Louise Kemény, Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau [ Signum / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Pianist Malcolm Martineau brings together some of the UK's finest singers for the third release in his series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré. This series follows Martineau's well-received 5-CD series of The Complete... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The complete songs of Faure Vol. 2 Lorna Anderson, Nigel Cliffe, Ann Murray, John Chest, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson, Janis Kelly, Ann Murray [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "The pleasure in this series is the rich variety of singers... which creates the atmosphere of a recital among friends...with Malcolm Martineau ever an authoritative, agile and responsive pianist." The Observer |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The complete songs of Faure Vol. 1 Lorna Anderson, Nigel Cliffe, Ann Murray, John Chest, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson, Janis Kelly, Joan Rodgers [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Martineau's playing, beautiful and fastidiously detailed, is, of course, the unifying factor: few have quite such an innate understanding of the way in which the smallest gestures of colour and nuance expose the depths of emotion in Fauré's work." |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (complete opera recorded in 2019) Louise Alder, Hugo Hymas, Lucile Richardot / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] In Spring 2019, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, led by John Eliot Gardiner, presented a critically-acclaimed European tour of Handel's opera 'Semele', including Alexandra Palace Theatre in London, where this live recording took... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: War Requiem (complete with libretto) Luba Orgonasova, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Boje Skovhus / The Monteverdi Choir, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/1993 ] "Gardiner seems intent above all to lay before us the work's musical attributes, so we marvel anew at its taut construction...It is a unique achievement here made manifest by one of the most perceptive interpreters of the day." Gramophone |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Lynne Dawson, John Daniecki, Kevin McMillan / San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 2/Jan/1991 ] Grammy Award WINNER 34th Awards (1991) Best Choral Performance |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1994)) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2000 ] "John Mark Ainsley makes an admirable tenor soloist, with a combination of a lovely sense of line and certain muscularity. Hilary Summers is quite a cool alto soloist, her wonderfully straight tone suits Handel's music well." MusicWeb |
MANOS ACHALINOTOPOULOS
Flight on Light Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarinet) / John Psathas (sequencing) / Tim Prebble (synth) / etc. [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Flight On Light is an extraordinarily passionate and moving album. Clarinetist Manos Achalinotopoulos is one of Greece's most emotive musicians. His music is grounded in folk traditions, but his performances transport the listener into profound and... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: German Requiem [Ein deutsches Requiem] Charlotte Margiono (soprano) / Rodney Gilfrey (baritone) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Gardiner's 'revolutionary' account of the German Requiem brings a range of choral sound even more thrilling than in the concert hall." Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Horn Concertos Martin Owen (horn) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Regarded as one of Europe's leading horn players, Martin Owen appears as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. Currently principal horn at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, he has previously served as principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: If I Loved You - Love Duets from the Musicals Valerie Masterson, Thomas Allen / Philharmonia Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ TER VIP Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] To have Valerie Masterson and Thomas Allen perform this recital of musical theater songs in the original stage orchestrations is indicative of a trend which is long overdue for the dissolution of the barriers between opera and musical theater. |
John Mayall
The Sun Is Shining Down [ Forty Below / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] On his latest album, The Sun is Shining Down, Blues legend John Mayall teams up with a stellar cast to deliver a funky soulful affair punctuated by brass, violins, harmonica and electric ukulele. |
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Mclaughlin John
Mediterranean Concerto [ CD ] |
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RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol.4 [Includes Concerto for Piano and Orchestra] Michael McHale (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2020 ] In this fourth volume in their Richard Rodney Bennett series, John Wilson and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra turn to his Piano Concerto, commissioned by the John Feeney Trust for the CBSO and written in 1968. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Harold en Italie Michael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson [ Erato Classics / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Continuing Warner Classics' multiple-award-winning Berlioz cycle (Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust) with conductor John Nelson and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato, Nicolas Courjal, Alexandre Duhamel / Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The most dramatic piece that Berlioz ever wrote," is how conductor John Nelson describes La Damnation de Faust. The composer designated this thrilling hybrid of oratorio and opera a 'légende dramatique'. Following in the triumphant footsteps of Les... |
PRECY GRAINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: The Music of Percy Grainger Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Mar/1996 ] One of the great advocates of period-instrument performance Gardiner has received more Gramophone awards than any other living artist. |
