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Bach, Handel: Solo Cantatas & Arias

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BWV 169; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 190, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lie...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Beckett, Edward; Black, Neil; Dolmetsch, Jeanne; Dolmetsch, Marguerite; Gatt, Martin; Gray, John; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Kraemer, Nicholas; Lloyd, Peter [Fl...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville; Leppard, Raymond

"We seldom hear Bach sung like this any more. The modern fashion is to skim nimbly and objectively across the notes, but Baker will have...continue...

Ultimate Vivaldi - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-09-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, Op. 3 no 10/RV 580; Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major,...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Batjer, Margaret; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Blum, Norbert; Bowen, Kenneth; Brown, Iona; Brown, Timothy; Cuckston, Alan; Davis, Robin; Fernandez, Eduardo [C...
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Guest, George; Malcolm, George
Ensemble: ; I Solisti di Napoli Orchestra; Los Romeros

Ultimate Handel - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3; Concerto Grosso i...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Black, Neil; Brett, Charles; Brown, James; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Elwes, John; Fisher, Gillian; Gatt, Martin; Harper,...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Leppard, Raymond; Schroder, Jaap; Hill, David; Marriner, Sir Neville

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Loveday, Marriner, ASMF

1 CD / Decca / 2006-05-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 2 Oboes in D minor, RV 535; Concerto for Bassoon in A minor, RV 498; Concerto for Piccolo in C major, RV 4...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Gatt, Martin; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Hogwood, Christopher; Loveday, Alan; Nicklin, Celia; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Tilney, Colin

"Marriner's 1970 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields version with Alan Loveday is an exception and still remains near the top of the list of recommended CDs....continue...

Gemini - Mozart: Wind Concertos / Barenboim

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-02-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d); Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c); Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 3...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Debost, Michel; Gatt, Martin; Graeme, Peter; James, Ifor; King, Thea
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra members; Orchestre de Paris

"Mozart had an affinity for the varied sonorities that could be conjured from wind instruments, and no group does the sound of this serenade more...continue...

Khachaturian: Gayne; Russian Fantasy / Tjeknavorian

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Circus; Masquerade; Russian Fantasy, for orchestra
Performers: Brown, James; Fry, Tristan; Gatt, Martin; Goossens, Marie; Kelly, Thomas; Sax, Sidney; Theodore, David; Wilbraham, John
Conductors: Tjeknavorian, Loris
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Janácek: Chamber Music, Orchestral Works/Chailly, Mackerras

5 CD / Decca / 2004-10-12

Works: Leos Janácek: On the Overgrown Path (Po zarostlém chodnícku), for piano, JW 8/17; Theme and variations for piano in B flat major ("Zdenciny variace," "Zdenka Variations"), JW 8/6...
Performers: Atherton, Joan; Bell, Sebastian; Benackova, Marta; Bogachev, Vladimir; Burrowes, Brian; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Craxton, Janet; Crees, Eric; Crossley, Paul [Piano]; Eastop, Phillip; Farrell, Jul...
Conductors: Atherton, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Huybrechts, François; Marriner, Sir Neville; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Janacek's birth this Decca Collector Edition brings together most of the composer's chamber works and solo pieces plus his...continue...

Vivaldi: Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'est...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Blum, Norbert; Brown, Iona; Brown, Timothy; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Davis, Robin; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Finucane, Tom; Gatt, Martin; Hirons...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Malcolm, George; Pickett, Philip; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; New London Consort

Janacek: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba, etc / Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; Lachian (Lasské) Dances (6) for orchestra, JW 6/17; Suite for string orchestra, JW 6/2; Mládí (Youth), suite for wind sextet, JW 7/...
Performers: Bell, Sebastian; Craxton, Janet; Crossley, Paul [Piano]; Eastop, Phillip; Gatt, Martin; Harris, Michael [Clarinet]; Pay, Antony [Clarinet]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Huybrechts, François; Marriner, Sir Neville; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Bach: St John Passion / Britten, Pears, Howell, Harper et al

2 CD / Decca / 1995-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Aronowitz, Cecil; Ballardie, Quintin; Beers, Adrian; Brown, James; Burgess, Russell; Farrell, Timothy; Gatt, Martin; Graeme, Peter; Harper, Heather; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Hill, Jen...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast),...continue...

Ravel: Boléro, Daphnis et Chloé, etc / Abbado, London SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-03-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Miroirs; Boléro
Performers: Edmund-Davies, Paul; Gatt, Martin
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"The sophistication and power of these performances is something to marvel at." -Gramophone...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 1, Cockaigne Overture, etc / Barenboim

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62; Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"
Performers: Gatt, Martin
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra