Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milestones: Chandos 30th anniversary Box Set, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: In memoriam, Suite from 'the Tempest', Op. 1, Symphony in E 'Irish' BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] 'Hickox directs first-rate performances, full of colour and rhythmic life, in a nicely resonant acoustic that suits the young Sullivan's astonishing skill'. (BBC Music Magazine) |
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JOHN STAINER
Stainer: The Crucifixion Martyn Hill (tenor) / Michael George (bass) / Margaret Philips (organ) / BBC Singers / Leith Hill Festival Singers / Brian Kay [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] Recorded in: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London 13,14 January 1997 |
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WAGNER
Stokowski's Wagner: music from Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde & Die Walkare BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] Recorded in: New Broadcasting House, Manchester |
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J. S. BACH
Stokowski's Symphonic Bach (Vol 2) BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "Extraordinary how Bach's influence on later composers can suddenly snap into focus in Stokowski's ingenious orchestrations - Brahms, Mendelssohn and Mahler are among the allusions. Excellent sound." (BBC Music) |
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PERCY GRAINGER
Grainger Edition, Volume 15: Orchestral Works 3 BBC Philharmonic / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] "Hickox secures a set of performances that are simply past praise in their combination of stylish swagger and heartwarming commitment to the cause. Wonderful Chandos sound, too, irrepressibly vivid. Terrific stuff!" Gramophone |
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ALAN RAWSTHORNE
The Film Music of Alan Rawsthorne (Includes 'the Captive Heart' & 'the Cruel Sea') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 4/Apr/2000 ] "The music is splendidly played and given Chandos's top-quality sound." (Penguin Stereo Guide.) |
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KORNGOLD
The Film Music of Erich Korngold, Volume 2 (The Sea Hawk) BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "By sheer coincidence I recently re-watched the wonderful 1940 Errol Flynn film for which this score was composed. I'd momentarily forgotten the composer's identity and when that incredibly arresting fanfare started up, was all but swept out to sea... |
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RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
The film music of (Incls Murder on the Orient Express & Far from the Madding Crowd) BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] "The BBC Philharmonic under Rumon Gamba rises to the occasion. Indeed it plays all the music here as if it meant it." (International Record Review Feb 2001) |
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ARTHUR BLISS
The Film Music of (Incls Things to Come & Caesar and Cleopatra) BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 23/Jul/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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RON GOODWIN
The Film Music of Ron Goodwin (Includes '633 Squadron' and 'the Battle of Britain Suite') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] Once heard, Ron Goodwin's film music themes are etched indelibly onto the memory. He is famous for the music he wrote for military films - especially those with a flying theme - such as Those Magnificent Men in the Flying Machines, Battle of Britain... |