Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Strauss Transcriptions Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times) |
HANDEL / PURCELL / BLOW / TALLIS / GIBBONS / etc
The Coronation of King George II: A reconstruction of the Coronation of the King The King's Consort, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001)- "A recreation of the 1727 Coronation which captures the atmosphere of the occasion with great skill. There is some magnificent music to be discovered." |
VIVALDI
Cello Concertos Jonathan Cohen (cello) Sarah McMahon (cello) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] "This appealing Hyperion recording is warm and clear with excellent balance. The liner notes from Michael Talbot are written to a high standard which enhances the appeal." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
HANDEL
Essential Handel The King's Consort / Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] This new budget-price compilation disc brings together twenty favourite tracks from The King's Consort's acclaimed Handel recordings. |
JOHANN SCHELLE
Sacred Music The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 'This important recording is fine proof of Schelle's imagination and invention … Robert King should be congratulated for an outstanding espousal of another of Bach's forebears' (Early Music Review) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 6 (Beatus vir, RV795; Salve Regina, RV617, etc) Susan Gritton, Alexandra Gibson, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Dec/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST |
SEBASTIAN KNUPFER
Sacred Music Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Lisa Beckley, James Bowman, Robin Blaze, etc / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 'Robert King draws fine singing and playing from his ensemble. The soloists are uniformly excellent ... Knüpfer is a real discovery - full marks to all concerned.' - International Record Review |