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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang' Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonyté (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "The 44-strong Monteverdi Choir launch into 'Die Nacht ist vergangen' with real joy as day arrives...The final choral fugue is genuinely uplifting, a splendid way to conclude Gardiner's splendid cycle" Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2017 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (with Bizet's Jeux d'enfants) Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Vivian Troon, Roderick Elms (pianos) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrea Licata (cond) [ Royal Philharmonic / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] In line with the tradition begun by Sir Thomas Beecham, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continues to be closely associated with some of the world's outstanding conductors and soloists. |
Sonny Clark (piano), with Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, John Coltrane & others
Sonny's Crib [ Blue Note / CD - released 19/Sep/1987 ] "Sonny's Crib is a phenomenal recording, one that opened the door to hard bop becoming the norm in the late '50s, and one that drew deft, imaginative performances from all its players" AllMusic |
JOHN TAVERNER / THOMAS TALLIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taverner: Western Wynde / Tallis: Missa Salve Intemerata Virgo St. John's College Choir Cambridge, George Guest [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 5/Nov/1989 ] "Listening in, the individual vocal strength of various singers, particularly in the back rows, came as no surprise - John's have long been a powerful crew... What did take me aback, though is just how much everyone seemed to be enjoying things ...... |
WILL TODD
Todd: Passion Music, Jazz Missa Brevis St Martin's Voices, Will Todd Ensemble, Shaneeka Simon( vocals), John Turville (piano), Will Todd (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Will Todd has established himself as one of the UK's most popular choral composers. His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in... |
PRAISE TO THE LORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praise to the Lord: Favourite Hymns from St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott, conductor (with the English Brass Ensemble) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Exemplary' (Gramophone) |
ANONYMOUS / TALLIS / STANFORD / PURCELL / FAURE / BURGON / etc
Remembrance St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott Master of Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2003 ] 'A lasting souvenir of a moving occasion, a fitting tribute to a great man, but above all, fine listening' (Gramophone) |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Kenneth Leighton: Complete Organ Works Stephen Farr (organ & harpsichord), with John Butt (organ), Chloë Hanslip (violin) & Nicky Spence (tenor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Resonus Classics is proud to present a major new recording of the complete organ works of the British twentieth-century composer Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988). With vivid interpretations, acclaimed organ virtuoso Stephen Farr breathes new life into... |
JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Dead Man Walking (Complete Opera) Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, John Packard / San Francisco Opera [ Elektra / Asylum Records / 2 CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] A live recording of this critically acclaimed opera |
GLUCK / STRAVINSKY / PURCELL / PUCCINI / MOZART / ARLEN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sylvia McNair - A Portrait Sylvia McNair (soprano) with conductors, Claudio Abbado, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Neville Marriner, etc [ Philips / CD - released 20/Sep/1996 ] Recordings from 1991 to 1995 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatre alla Scala / John Graham-Hall, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Felicity Palmer / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / DVD - released 31/Jul/2013 ] "Gritton's Ellen is remarkable...[Graham-Hall ] lives his role - earnest, lonely, impulsive, with a desperate desire for acceptance...Ticciati is in full control from the start" Gramophone DVD of the month July 2013 |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Anything Goes Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Jack Gilford / Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Anything Goes, from 1934, was one of Porter's few notable Broadway successes and was the first of his musicals to star Ethel Merman, who went on to star in several other Porter shows. |
EDWIN CARR / LARRY PRUDEN / ANTHONY RITCHIE / JOHN ELMSLY / etc
La Belle Alliance Tessa Petersen (violin) John van Buskirk (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] La Belle Alliance is an instrumental duo featuring New Zealand violinist Tessa Petersen and American pianist John Van Buskirk. |
MENDELSSOHN / LACHNER / MEYERBEER / LOEWE / etc
Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 3 1830 - 1840 John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Alexey Gusev (bass-baritone), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Soraya Mafi (sop), Malcolm Martinea [ Vivat / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] "Kirchschlager, a singer incapable of being boring, has the lion's share of the German Lieder here…With accompaniments that are often discreetly supportive, it's too easy to take for granted Martineau's contribution." Gramophone |
BRUCE ADOLPHE
Adolphe: Ladino Songs Of Love and Suffering / Mikhoels the Wise / etc Lucy Shelton (soprano) Eliot Fisk (guitar) David Jolley (french horn) Erie Mills (soprano) Nathaniel Watson (baritone), John Aler (tenor) / Seattle Sy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] Jewish poetry dating back to the time of the Spanish expulsion (1492) is transformed by composer Bruce Adolphe into a captivating song cycle for soprano, guitar, and French horn. |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bolcom: Complete Rags John Murphy (piano) [ Albany / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2009 ] William Bolcom was born in Seattle, Washington. At age 11, he entered the University of Washington to study composition privately with George Frederick McKay and John Verrall and piano with Madame Berthe Poncy Jacobson. "He later studied with Darius... |
Music by John Lunn
Downton Abbey - The OST [ Decca / CD - released 25/Nov/2019 ] This high profile movie, continuing the story of Lord Grantham and the Crawley family is in cinemas around the world from September. The film picks up where the last TV series ended |
Various Artists, incls, Katy Perry, The Fray, Ellie Goulding, Ronan Keating, Elton John, Christine Aguilera, Heart, Spice Girls, etc
I Love Mum [ Universal Music New Zealand / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2014 ] This compilation brings together 36 popular tracks, ranging from classics by Elton John, Jackson 5 & The Commodores to recent tracks by Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding, John Newman & Jamie McDell and everything in between. |
Various Artists / Sidney Bechet, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, etc
Icon - The Best of Blue Note (2CD) [ Blue Note Records / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/2014 ] As part of the celebrations to mark the 75th Anniversary of the iconic jazz label, The Best Of Blue Note brings together 22 outstanding tracks from the vaults of Blue Note to represent 75 years of jazz history. Featuring tracks from jazz legends... |
Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, Steve Gouveia, John Lloyd Young / Original Broadway Cast (US pressing)
Jersey Boys [ Rhino Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is... |
