SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies Nos 9 & 12 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "The latest instalment in Mark Wigglesworth's ongoing survey of Shostakovich's symphonies offers many of teh virtues that were apparent in some of his earlier releases. Apart from outstanding demonstration sound...there is the impressive orchestral... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Wigglesworth goes deeper than his rivals in Shostakovich Four' Orchestral Recording of the Month BBC Music Oct 2009 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.8 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "an interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies no. 1 - 3 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "This splendid Dutch band and chorus are persuasive advocates for the "socialist" Second and Third, but they shine in a by turns dazzling and soulful account of the ever-astonishing First." Sunday Times, 10th June 2012 |
The Newbeats/Dean And Mark/Larry Henley
Groovin' Out On Life: Later Hickory Singles And Solo Rarities [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY / KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / ADAM / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES
The Most Beautiful Ballets [incls 'Swan Lake' & 'Romeo & Juliet'] The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler & Barry Wordsworth [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "..the players have responded with both refinement and red-blooded commitment not just to the conductor but to the free, warm acoustic of All Saints' Church, Tooting." (Gramophone on Swan Lake) |
Music Composed by Mark Isham
Crash (Original Score) [ Superb Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2005 ] American import CD soundtrack. |
ALEC ROTH
Songs In Time Of War Mark Padmore (tenor) Philippe Honore (violin) Alison Nicholls (harp) Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] |
ALEC ROTH
Sometime I Sing: Music For Voice & Guitar Mark Padmore (tenor) & Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Padmore's clean tenor finds an ideal vehicle ... there's a transparent, haunting beauty about it, and the accompaniments for violin, harp and guitar are a joy" The Times, 8th June 2013 **** |
Paquito d'Rivera, Diego Urcola, Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, Mark Walker, Arturo Stable
Jazz Meets the Classics [ Paquito Records / CD - released 5/Aug/2014 ] The mixture of jazz, classical and Afro-Latin traditions into a cohesive whole is wonderfully executed by the leader and his phenomenal sextet. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Concertos Paul Goodwin (oboe) Mark Bennett (trumpet) Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) / English Consort / Trevor Pinnock [ DG Archiv / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1761-1800) - "With exuberance and elwgance Bennett shows the keyed trumpet in its best." (1001 Classical) |
SATIE
Satie for Two Peter Kraus & Mark Bird (guitars) [ Marquis Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] This is one of the fine recordings made in the 1970s by the pioneering Canadian classical label, Orion Master Recordings. |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2002) Aix-en-Provence / Peter Mattei / Gilles Cachemaille / Nathan Berg / Mark Padmore / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 19/Apr/2008 ] G - "With its engrossing extra interview with Peter Brook, it's without doubt the best in DVD to date." BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - July 2006 |
MOZART / BRITTEN / ROSSINI / PROKOFIEV
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - Don Giovanni / The Turn of th Screw / L'Italiana in Algeri / The Love for Three Oranges (complete operas) Peter Mattei / Mireille Delunsch / Mark Padmore / Christiane Stotijn / Marie McLaughlin / Alexandra Deshorties / Daniel Harding / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] The greatest operas from the Aix-en-Provence Festival in a 4 DVD mid-price limited edition Box Sets. |
PHILIP GLASS
Orion Philip Glass Ensemble with Mark Atkins (didgeridoo), Wu Man (pipa), Foday Musa Suso (kora), UAKTI (multi-instrumentalists) etc [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Orion, a new concert work for the Philip Glass Ensemble and world musicians, was commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004 and premiered in Athens in June 2004, preceding the Olympic Games. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Girlfriends (complete) / Rule Britannia / Salute to Spain Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 --"..conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald has done his job excellently, and he leads a sensitive and cogent performance of the 23 brief movements that comprise the complete score." (10 / 10 ClassicsToday) |
TRADITIONAL
Gregorian Feast: Chants for Festive Days Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "Mellifluous singing of the plainsong confirms PCAs fluent versatility.. impeccable ensemble, manly tone and value for money" - BBC Music |
LASSUS
Lassus - Music For Holy Week Pro Cantione Antiqua / Bruno Turner / Mark Brown [ Regis Records / CD - released 3/Feb/2003 ] "..glorious Aurora Lucis Rutilat.. Mark Brown's fine performance in the Requiem.." (Penguin Guide 3 stars) |
ORLANDO LASSUS
Requiem & Music for Easter Sunday Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner & Mark Brown [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner & Mark Brown |
PALESTRINA
Choral Works (Incls Missa Papae Marcelli & Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet) Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown & Bruno Turner (directors) [ Brilliant Classics Choral Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "eloquence & power..whatever versions you have, this has special claims" (Penguin Guide 3*) |