GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Zeljko Lucic, Maria Guleghina, John Relyea, Dimitri Pittas / James Levine (Cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "An auspicious issue in first rate sound and vision further enhanced by an excellent "behind the scenes" documentary featuring the mainstays of this memorable January 2008 night at the MET." (ClassicalNet) |
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits (Remastered LP) [ Primary Wave / 2 LP - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Greatest Hits (Remastered) features her biggest international hits from her 1971 debut through her 1976 album Come On Over. It contains all of Olivia's US Top 40 hits from that era including the #1 singles "I Honestly Love You" and "Have You Never... |
STRAUSS / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS MENDELSSOHN etc
Festmusik: A Legacy Onyx Brass, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Described as 'easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain' by BBC Music Magazine, Onyx Brass continues to be the leading light in establishing the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music, presenting it in the entertaining and... |
FERDINAND HEROLD / CHARLES LECOCQ
Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee / Lecocq: Mam'zelle Angot (Complete Ballets) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "Here, with sound of spectacular Decca digital fidelity, Lanchbery conducts a highly seductive account of the complete ballet with an orchestra long familiar with playing it in the theatre." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Madame Butterfly (arr John Lanchbery) (Complete recording of the ballet score) Orchestra Victoria. John Lanchbery [ ABC Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2004 ] The two act ballet madame Butterfly was commissioned by The Australian Ballet from its Residential Choreographer, Stanton Welch |
MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
Itzhak Perlman - Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] "...This disc contains arrangements of film scores for violin and orchestra. Perlman's playing is lovely, as always; the arrangements are pleasant and well played..." American Record Guide |
SCHUMANN / WOLF / DEBUSYY / POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Regine Crespin - In Recital Regine Crespin (soprano) John Wustman (piano) [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] The larger-than-life Régine Crespin, made only one song recital record for Decca, of music by Schumann, Wolf, Debussy and Poulenc. This is the first time the entire recital has been made available on CD. As her career progressed, Crespin became... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Symphony No. 6 / Fantasy on a Theme of John Field / etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, with John Lill (piano) [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] "As his Symphony No. 6, completed in the summer of 1967, shows, Arnold was as great a symphonist as Tippet or Walton, but he was a harder, tougher, and sharper composer than them." AllMusic.com |
J. S. BACH
Discover Bach Simon Preston (organ) Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord), Mischa Maisky (cello), John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] Bach was the greatest creative genius of the Baroque era who, with the notable exception of opera composed hallowed masterpiece in every genre. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M57 Sinfonia of London Chorus & Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] This recording uses John Wilson's new performing edition of the work, a project which Wilson took on during the pandemic lockdown in 2020. |
GEORGE ENESCU / EUGENE YSAYE / GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz/Ysaÿe/Enescu: Music For Strings Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/May/2024 ] For this their fourth album of music for string orchestra, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London present a programme of works by three composers from the Franco-Belgian school of string pedagogy, who were all themselves virtuosic string players. |
SERGE RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 / Preludes in C Sharp Minor Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] "… To experience the full magnificence of Rachmaninov's orchestration, we need Wilson's imaginative attention to details and Chandos's superior engineering" Gramophone |
MAURICE RAVEL / LENNOX BERKELEY / ADAM POUNDS
Ravel/Berkeley/Pounds: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jun/2024 ] "...perfect interpreters in Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, who luxuriate in Ravel's wondrous Le Tombeau de Couperin and make a persuasive case for Pounds's third symphony in this world premiere recording." Sunday Times |
ERICH KORNGOLD / FREDERICK LOEWE / JOHNNY MANDEL / DAVID RASKIN etc
Hollywood Soundstage Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] "..it has never sounded so good thanks to Chandos's super high quality recording. A dazzlingly rich and ravishing treat." Five Stars BBC Music - Screen Choice Dec 2022 |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] "An absolutely outstanding disc in superb sound...The presentation is up to Chandos's normal high standards, with a very detailed analysis of each work and a history of the orchestra." MusicWeb recommended June 2022 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "I have never heard Rachmaninov's imaginative scoring here [in The Isle of the Dead] brought out so vividly, allowing us to appreciate the powerful pictorial imagination of the composer." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
PAVEL CHESNOKOV
Chesnokov: Sacred Choral Music St John's Voices, Cambridge University Chamber Choir, Graham Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] "To my knowledge, this is the first recording dedicated exclusively to Chesnokov's work by British singers, and it provides an excellent showcase for his work, in chronological order." Gramophone Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2023 |
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. |
KURT WEILL / MICHAEL NYMAN / etc
All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper (music from Chicago, Threepenny Opera, Cabaret, and much more) Ute Lemper / RIAS Kammerchor / John Mauceri / The Michael Nyman Band / etc [ Universal Music / CD - released 18/Jun/1998 ] This CD contains the very best of the talented cabaret singer, Ute Lemper. |