More By Artist: London O'Connor
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JOHN ADAMS
John Adams - Collected Works San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, London Sinfonietta, Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Leila Josefowicz (violin), etc [ Nonesuch Records / 40 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2024 ] Nonesuch Records releases the forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer's career with the label. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1-7 BWV1052-1058 Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) / London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner, with Janet Craxton (oboe) [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Original recordings from 1971 |
MOZART / HAYDN / FALLA / ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A concert for harpsichord and orchestra Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) / London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner, with Janet Craxton (oboe) [ CBS Masterworks Fineline / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Original recordings from 1967, 1968 and 1976 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Immortal Beloved Original Soundtrack featuring Emmanuel Ax (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film "Immortal Beloved" by Bernard Rose |
MOZART / FLIES / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with Gerald Moore, Hermann von Nordberg, Wilhelm Schmidt / London Mozart Players, Harry Blech [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Original recordings from 1946 to 1953 |
FELIX and FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) / London Mozart Players, Jonathan Bloxham [ Decca / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] "Kanneh-Mason's seemingly effortless precision of articulation, even at breakneck speed, is nothing short of awe-inspiring." Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVORAK / EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Elgar: Cello Concertos Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ EMI / CD - released 23/Oct/1989 ] Du Pré was born in Oxford, England, the second child of Iris Greep and Derek du Pré. Derek was born in Jersey, where his family had lived for generations. After working as an accountant at Lloyds Bank in St Helier and London, he became assistant... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hummel: Potpourri, Op. 94 / Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca / Variations, Op. 115 / Violin Concerto in G James Ehnes (violin & viola) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley, piano & conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Aug/2004 ] "One of the most highly regarded composers during his life (1778-1837), Hummel's reputation has suffered neglect ever since...f you like Mendelssohn's concertos, the charm of this one should captivate you." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone 2004 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms - Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 / 4 Songs Op 17 / Mendelssohn - Infelice / Psalm 42 Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Apr/1990 ] Original recording from 1990 |
MAURICE RAVEL / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MAURICE DELAGE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janet Baker - French Songs Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) with Melos Ensemble of London [ Decca / CD - released 20/May/1991 ] 'The performances of French mélodies included on this record are very beautiful indeed. With superb, atmospheric playing by the Melos Group, this ravishing collection must be placed among Dame Janet's most outstanding recordings." Penguin Guide |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Sheherazade (with lieder by Chausson, Duparc, Schumann & Brahms) [recorded in 1967] Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (ba [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1999 ] A classic recording of Ravel's Shéhérazade, evoking a wealth of moods and sensations. Janet Baker, an irresistible storyteller, is accompanied on her journey by Sir John Barbirolli, conducting the New Philharmonia with sensitivity and imagination |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Thomas Allen, Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Dame Janet Baker and Robert Tear lead an outstanding cast in this classic recording of Berlioz' operatic setting of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, under the baton of the distinguished Berlioz conductor Sir Colin Davis. |
BELA BARTOK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bartok / Brahms: Violin Concertos Janine Jansen (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Decca / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] "Jansen gives us a lyric reading [of the Brahms] of rare inwardness and beauty...it is a performance that marries meditation with motion, such is the suppleness of Jansen's and Pappano's feel for the concerto's larger symphonic movement" Gramophone |
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HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Amore per Rossini Jennifer Larmore (mezzo soprano) / London Voices / English Chamber Orchestra, Giuliano Carella [ Teldec / CD - released 14/Jul/1998 ] Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore lacks Cecilia Bartoli's expansive charm and personal magnetism, but she is more enterprising and versatile, as evidenced by this disc of little-known contralto arias. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1954) (with Bach: Magnificat) Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, George Maran, Owen Brannigan, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "Beautifully engineered sound. Balance is exceptional … excellent singing … really fine choral discipline" High Fidelity (Handel) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Spring Symphony / Cantata Academica / Hymn to St Cecilia Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, Peter Peras / Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, Benjamin Britten / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, George Malc [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/1995 ] A great introduction to the choral works of Benjamin Britten |
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Martin Guerre Jerome Pradon, Matt rawle & Juliette Caton / London Cast Recording [ Dreamworks Records / CD - released 26/Apr/1995 ] Martin Guerre is a two-act musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, lyrics by Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Written in the operatic style similar to the creative... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Gershwin / Copland / Barber Jill Gormez (soprano) Wayne Marshall (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Recording: Henry Wood Hall, London; February/ March 1988, November 1988 ( Adagio) . |
OFFENBACH / MEYERBEER / MASSENET / CHARPENTIER / GOUNOD / etc
Joan Sutherland - Romantic French Arias Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor/piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] One of Dame Joan Sutherland's own favourite recordings, long unavailable on its own, reissued with additional material recorded at the Geneva sessions, with rarely seen photographs and a new booklet introduction. |
