More By Artist: London O'Connor
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MONTY NORMAN
Belle, or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen George Benson & Virginia Vernon / Original London Cast Recording [ Must Close Saturday Night Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] First, the mysterious disappearance of a mediocre music-hall artiste, Belle Elmore. Then the flight - questioned by the police, her husband, mild, charming little Doctor Crippen, sails off with his secretary (the other woman) Ethel le Neve. |
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ERIC KORNGOLD
Korngold - Symphony / Violin Concerto / Film Music [Incls 'The Sea Hawk'] Gil Shaham (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Shaham gives a performance of effortless virtuosity and strong profile. […] Shaham and Previn together consistently bring out the [Violin Concerto's] sensuous warmth without making the result soupy" (Penguin Guide) |
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Legende op. 17 (with Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen) Gil Shaham (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "He is a marvellous violinist with a beautiful tone." (TP 1001 Classical) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem (with Bach - Partita, Chorales & Chaconna) Grace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone) / Tenebrae / London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Nigel Short [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Choral |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chamber Works Vol 1 Haffner Wind Ensemble of London, with Nicholas Daniel - oboe & Kate Hill - flute [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The Haffner Wind Ensemble is very impressive indeed, both individually as personalities and as a team matching timbres expertly. Their playing is full of spontaneity and conveyed enjoyment" Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Apostles Op.49 Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, David Rendall, Bryn Terfel, Robert lloyd / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Inspiration for The Apostles came at an early age for Elgar who, as a child, was fascinated to learn about Christ's disciples, ordinary men who witness the most extraordinary events. A commission from the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival gave him... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers [recorded 1956 - 1958] Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Philomusica of London [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Three L'Oiseau-Lyre LPs celebrating the art of a much-loved contralto, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time, including material new to CD. |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Symphonies 3 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Intriguing, stimulating, disturbing - this music is all these. Arnold's orchestral palette is all jewelled colours but his treatment is diamond hard. Hickox and the LSO are splendid." Classical-Music.com |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Light Of Life, Op. 29 Judith Howarth, Linda Finnie, Arthur Davies, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Richard Hickox/ [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "In the glorious orchestral 'Meditation' Hickox's conducting demonstrates a noble flexibility, sensitivity to dynamic nuance and feeling for climax. Equally the engineering, sumptuous yet detailed, comes close to the ideal." Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 / Sursum corda, Op. 11 / etc Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Arthur Davies & David Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Following the success of The Dream of Gerontius in 1900 and The Apostles in 1903, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to produce another large oratorio for the 1906 festival. The Kingdom continues the narrative of the lives of... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rape Of Lucretia Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Catherine Pierard, Donald Maxwell / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus." BBC Music Magazine, October 2014 **** |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Violin Concerto And Other Works Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Klein [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, October, 1989 |
MAX BRUCH / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Brahms: Violin Concertos Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, May, 1989 |
Dave Holland, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project
Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) [ Edition Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] azz legends Dave Holland and Norma Winstone, together with the versatile London Vocal Project, present Vital Spark-an album featuring a collection of Kenny Wheeler's final compositions that were sent over time to Pete Churchill and brought to life... |
GEORG BENDA
Benda: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano/conductor) / London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 8 / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] 'It's almost a commonplace to remark upon Shelley's unstinting advocacy of all‑but-forgotten and sometimes rather inconsequential music. That's to do Benda a disservice, however … where these works really score … is in the slow movements' Gramophone |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Symphony No.1 / Piano Concerto No 1 Howard Shelley (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Its unashamed flamboyance and energy, helped by Chandos's spectacular recording, brings great vitality to the music, while the opulent textures make the very most of the composer's spacious tapestries -of sound" Penguin Guide |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchestral Works Vol 2 [Incls. 'Suite For Orchestra - The B's'] Yvonne kenny (soprano) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Essential listening for pursuers of the English pastoral vein: stunningly performed and recorded." MusicWeb |
PALESTRINA /GABRIELI / BANCHIERI / MONTEVERDI / etc
Caravaggio: Music Of His Time Scola Cantorium of Oxford, Choir of Radio Svizzera, Lugano, London SO Brass, The Scolars Baroque Ensemble, etc [ Naxos Arts and Music / CD - released 3/Jun/2002 ] Includes 20 page booklet with notes and chronology |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Four Hymns / etc Ian Partridge (tenor) / Music Group of London [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1996 ] Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs (with Warlock: The Curlew) Ian Partridge (tenor) / Music Group of London [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Mar/1977 ] Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten. |
