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Billy Paul
Only The Strong Survive... [ Music Club / CD - released 25/Oct/2004 ] |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Flos Campi Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and chorus / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "Vivid performances in a fine series face strong budget competition" - Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month (Dec 2004) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15 / Variations & Fugue on the Theme by Handel, Op.24 Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano) / Manchen Philharmoniker, Franz-Paul Decker [ EMI Encore / CD - released 30/Sep/2005 ] Brahms' first piano concerto is the crowning accomplishment of his early years. Its only close rivals are the Serenade in D, Op. 11 and the B major trio, Op. 8. |
RODGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Something Wonderful Bryn Terfel (baritone) / English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniels [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "His interpretations of the old standards--"If I Loved You," "Soliloquy," "This Nearly Was Mine," "Some Enchanted Evening"--are stellar." Barbara Eisner Bayer |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Johannes-Passion John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Richardson, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew, Stephen Varcoe / Choir Of King's College, Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD/DVD Box Set - released 27/Feb/2012 ] Bach produced his St John Passion in 1724, and it was his first setting of the Passion story. The premiere of the first version took place on Good Friday in Leipzig at the Nicolaikirche. Johann Kuhnau had introduced the tradition of Passion oratorios... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Kramerspiegel / Das Schloss am Meere / Enoch Arden Christian Ivaldi (piano) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Rene Schirrer (speaker) [ Ades / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Christian Ivaldi was born in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Février and took a Premier Prix in piano performance, as well as in chamber music, counterpoint, and accompaniment. |
MIKLOS ROZSA
The Essential Miklos Rozsa (suites from Ben-Hur, El Cid, The Thief of Bagdad, Quo Vadis, etc) City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Crouch End Festival Chorus / Kenneth Alwyn / Paul Bateman / etc [ Silva Screen Records / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] LATEST RELEASE IN THE ESSENTIAL FILM COMPOSERS SERIES 2CD SET OVER 100 MINUTES OF MUSIC THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMOINIC CONDUCTED BY KENNETH ALWYN PAUL BATEMAN AND NIC RAINE |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloe (Suite No 2) / Alborda del gracioso / Mother Goose / etc Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Telarc Ultima / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/1997 ] Ravel's most dazzling and atmospheric works are performed with the precision, refinement and transparency that typified the performances of the Cleveland Orchestra in a golden era of its history - when Christoph von Dohnanyi was its music director. |
NINO ROTA
Rota: Chamber Music Daishin Kashimoto; Emmanuel Pahud; Éric Le Sage; Aurélien Pascal; Paul Meyer; François Meyer; Various Artists [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] Nino Rota was not only the man who wrote film scores for Fellini (La strada etc), René Clément and King Vidor. He was also a twentieth-century great composer. A child prodigy, he studied in America with Fritz Reiner, crossed paths with Toscanini,... |
RAMALLAH CONCERT
The Ramallah Concert / Knowledge is the Beginning Daniel Barenboim / The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Mohamed Seleh / Kinan Azmeh / Mor Biron / Sharon Polyak) / Paul Smaczny [ Warner Music Vision / EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Revised Documentary & Live Recording. This DVD documents the orchestra's August 2005 concert in the Palestinian Territory in the city of Ramallah, and includes repertoire for which Barenboim is celebrated - Beethoven, Mozart and Elgar. |
PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of Carl Maria von Weber / Mathis Der Maler David Oistrakh (violin) London Symphony Orchestra / Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
MEYERBEER / OFFENBACH / SAINT-SAENS / GOUNOD / ROSSINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marches and Overtures a la Francaise Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1993 ] The original Three Track original recording Recorded in 1959 - 1960 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Delicate Delights: Best Loved Classical Mandolin & Lute Music Dorina Frati (mandolin), Piera Dadomo (guitar), Paul O'Dette (mandolin), Elfriede Kunschak (mandolin), Maria Hinterleitner (harpsichord), Konrad Ragos [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY English National Opera / Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "The main cast delivers a superlative response from start to finish, headed by baritone Christopher Maltman's bull-like Tarquinius and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's harrowingly intense Lucretia." BBC Music |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Harmonia Sacra Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Gramophone magazine 'Editor's Choice' in July 1995. |
GABRIELI & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Gabrieli: A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Virgin Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 1990 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Robert Murray (tenor) / Gabrieli Consort and Players. Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "McCreesh provides pretty much the enormous forces Berlioz demands...But he recognises that Berlioz sought more than mere noisy grandeur, and the results are fascinating." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 Award for Technical Excellence) |
CRISTOBAL de MORALES / ALONSO LOBO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Morales: Requiem for Philip II Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Aug/1998 ] Recorded At - Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland |
BRITTEN / HOWELLS / DOVE / etc.
Incarnation Gabrieli Consort & Trebles of Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] An inspiring sequence of Christmas music ancient and modern |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Horn Concertos Hermann Baumann (horn) / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman [ Philips Laser Line Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/1990 ] "(Baumann) produces a broad stream of richly lyrical tone on his wide-bore German instrument... The new performances are warmly expressive and always musical" Gramophone |
