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GERSHWIN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Andre Watts Andre Watts (piano) / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 96 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] A compilation of works performed by Andre Watts. There is some dazzling yet thoughtful Liszt, including Totentanz, and a spirited performance of the First Piano Concerto. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 / Violin Concerto Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Augustin Dumay (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy / London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 21/Oct/1997 ] Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gavrilov (May 30, 1923 - December 4, 1970), one of the eminent Russian painters during the middle of the 20th century, through whom Gavrilov also has German... |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: The Soul's Ransom / The Lotos-Eaters / Blest pair of Sirens / Invocation to Music Anne Dawson / Della Jones / Arthur Davies / Brian Rayner Cook / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert & Richard Hickox (conductors) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "The choral singing and the playing of the LPO under Matthias Bamert is magnificent, ably championing these deserved revivals." Classic CD |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Hommage a Penderecki Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Lambert Orkis (piano) Roman Patkolo (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] In these intensely emotional performances, Mutter and Orkis respond to rapt audiences with playing of exceptional intimacy |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Britten/Khachaturian: Piano Concertos Annette Servadei (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Giunta [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "Servadei and Giunta with the LPO are more spacious in the Piano Concerto (taking three minutes longer overall) and often winningly sensitive, as in the quiet final statement of the first movement's main theme and the ''Waltz'' and ''Impromptu'' that... |
MONTY NORMAN
Norman: Songbook Anton Rodgers & Gemma Craven / Original 1979 London Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] Songbook (New York title The Moony Shapiro Songbook) is a musical with music by Monty Norman and book and lyrics by Monty Norman and Julian More. The musical tells the improbable life story of a fictional songwriter, born in Liverpool in 1908, who... |
EDVARD GRIEG / FREDERIC CHOPIN / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Grieg/Chopin/Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "There are new discoveries in the performances… …and the visual aspect is managed with sensitivity and intelligence." - Washington Post |
LUDWIG van BEEtHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Schnabel Artur Schnabel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "All true Schnabelians will want to snap up this set, if only for the alternative recordings of the late sonatas" Gramophone |
FRANZ KROMMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krommer: Symphonies Op 40 & Op 102 London Mozart Players, Matthais Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/1994 ] Franz Krommer (27 November 1759 - 8 January 1831) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. He was one of the most popular composers in 19th-century Vienna alongside Beethoven whom he knew. |
GEORGE BENJAMIN
A Mind of Winter / Antara BBC Symphony, Mark Elder / London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin [ Nimbus Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "I love Mars Bars, I hate Wagner and I want to record your music!" With this memorable introductory gambit delivered to George Benjamin on New Year's Eve 1979, the founder of Nimbus, Count Alexander Numa Labinsky, began a twenty year exclusive... |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 1977) [CDs plus Blu-ray audio / Dolby Atmos] Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Sherril Milnes, Ilena Cotrubas / Ambrosian Singers / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Jun/2020 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - Still a benchmark recording of the most famous opera of all, with an idiomatic assumption of the title role by Teresa Berganza and the young Plácido Domingo. |
COLE PORTER / RICHARD RODGERS
Porter: Aladdin / Rodgers: Cinderella Bob Monkhouse, Doretta Morrow, Elizabeth Larner / Original 1959 London Casts [ Sepia / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] First time on CD and in stereo for this 1960 original London cast recording of Cole Porter's Aladdin. Starring Britain's much loved performer Bob Monkhouse in the title role supported by Broadway's Doretta Morrow as the Princess. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / RICHARD STRAYSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms / R. Strauss: Violin Concertos Boris Belkin (violin) / London Symphony Orxchestra, Ivan Fischer / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 24/Mar/1996 ] Boris Belkin was hailed as a wonderful violinist after he won the 1976 Tchaikovsky Competition. He was quickly snapped up under contract to Decca. He then recorded a few discs, notable among these being the Brahms Concerto with Fischer and the LSO. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music / etc (with Mozart: Epistle Sonatas) Boyd Neal Orchestra, Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart (organ & conductor) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Handel orchestral favourites from the 1950s in a winning combination of old-school polish and unaffected stylistic refinement. With this and several other albums, Eloquence celebrates the art of Thurston Dart, the harpsichordist, conductor and... |
GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLACTABLE: Gerald Finzi Bryn Terfel, Philip Langridge, Donald Sweeney, Benjamin Luxon Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony, London Symphony, Richard Hickox, et [ Decca British Music Collection / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "Philip Langridge … very good in Dies Natalis … is a most intelligent singer… Langridge and Richard Hickox have an excellent rapport that carries the music along most convincingly" Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O Praise the Lord of Heaven: Music of rejoicing and reflection The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] |
JOHN RUTTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rutter: Requiem / I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes The Cambridge Singers, The City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos.1-3 / Air & Rondo / etc Anthony Camden (oboe) / City of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Oct/1996 ] "First-rate sound from All Saints, East Finchley." Penguin Guide |
HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR & OTHERS
TÁR Cate Blanchett (piano), Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello, vocals), Sophie Kauer (cello) / Dresdner Philharmonia, London Contemporary Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Dec/2022 ] "More a concept album than a traditional musical facsimile of the film, the result is both creative and curious. Hildur Guðnadóttir's music lives within and without the film, and it rubs shoulders with snippets of Elgar and Mahler." BBC Music |
HARRY MORTIMER
Man O'Brass Cathedral Brass, London Brass Players, Men O' Brass [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Feb/2012 ] Harry Mortimer's name is synonymous with the brass band movement and he was hugely responsible for bringing its music to a larger audience. He achieved this, in particular, through the many concerts and tours he made with his massed bands.... |
