Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner - Marriner & The Academy: 20th Century Classics (10CD BoxSet) (2011)

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Artist: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Title: Marriner & The Academy: 20th Century Classics
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 08:29:34
Total Size: 2.4 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD1
Pulcinella - Suite (22:30)
Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
1-1 Sinfonia (Overture)
1-2 Serenata
1-3 Scherzino
1-4 Tarantella
1-5 Toccata
1-6 Gavotta Con Variazioni
1-7 Vivo (Duetto)
1-8 Minuetto
1-9 Finale
Apollon Musagète (30:14)
Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
1-10 Prologue: Naissance D'Apollon
1-11 Variation D'Apollon: Apollon Et le Muses
1-12 Pas D'action
1-13 Variation De Calliope
1-14 Variation De Polhymnie
1-15 Variation De Terpsichore
1-16 Variation D'Apollon
1-17 Pas De Deux
1-18 Coda: Apollon Et Les Muses
1-19 Apothéose

CD2
2-1 Metamorphosen (Study For Twenty-Three Solo Strings) 26:06
Composed By – Richard Strauss
2-2 Siegfried-Idyll 17:50
Composed By – Richard Wagner
2-3 Adagio For Clarinet And Strings In D Flat Major 5:00
Clarinet – Jack Brymer
Composed By – Heinrich Baermann
Composed By [Formerly Attrib.] – Wagner
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta, BB 114

CD3
Celesta – Leslie Pearson (31:05)
Composed By – Béla Bartók
Harp – Osian Ellis
Percussion – James Holland
Piano – Roger Smalley
Timpani – Eric Pritchard (2)
3-1 I Andante Tranquillo
3-2 II Allegro
3-3 III Adagio
3-4 IV Finale: Allegro Molto
Divertimento, BB 118 (For String Orchestra)
Cello – Kenneth Heath
Composed By – Béla Bartók
Viola – Stephen Shingles
Violin – Alan Loveday, Trevor Connah
(23:55)
3-5 I Allegro Non Troppo
3-6 II Molto Adagio
3-7 III Allegro Assai

CD4
Capriccio (17:07)
Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
Piano – John Ogdon
4-1 I Presto
4-2 II Andante Rapsodico
4-3 III Allegro Capriccioso
Piano Concerto No.1 In C Minor, Op.35 (Concerto For Piano, Trumpet And Strings) (20:51)
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano – John Ogdon
Trumpet – John Wilbraham
4-4 I Allegro Moderato
4-5 II Lento -
4-6 III Moderato -
4-7 IV Allegro Con Brio

CD5
Sonata For String Orchestra (24:33)
Composed By – William Walton
5-1 I Allegro
5-2 II Presto
5-3 III Lento
5-4 IV Allegro Molto
Visions Fugitives, Op.22 (17:09)
Arranged By – Rudolf Barshai
Composed By – Sergey Prokofiev
5-5 I Lentamente
5-6 II Andante
5-7 III Allegretto
5-8 IV Animato
5-9 V Molto Giocoso
5-10 VI Con Eleganza
5-11 VIII Commodo
5-12 IX Allegretto Tranquillo
5-13 X Ridicolosamente
5-14 XI Con Vivacità
5-15 XII Assai Moderato
5-16 XIII Allegretto
5-17 XIV Feroce
5-18 XV Inquieto
5-19 XVI Dolente

CD6
Symphony In C Major (31:55)
Composed By – Georges Bizet
6-1 I Allegro Vivo
6-2 II Adagio
6-3 III Allegro Vivace
6-4 IV Allegro Vivace
Symphony No.1 In D Major, Op.25 "Classical"
Composed By – Sergey Prokofiev*
(14:03)
6-5 I Allegro
6-6 II Larghetto
6-7 III Cavotte: Non Troppo Allegro
6-8 IV Finale: Molto Vivace

CD7
7-1 Verklärte 29:18
Composed By – Arnold Schoenberg
5 Pieces For String Orchestra, Op.44 No.4 (11:27)
Composed By – Paul Hindemith
7-2 I Langsam
7-3 II Langsam - Schnell
7-4 III Lebhaft
7-5 IV Sehr Langsam
7-6 V Lebhaft
5 Movements, Op.5
Composed By – Anton Webern
(10:51)
7-7 I Heftig Bewegt - Etwas Ruhiger
7-8 II Sehr Langsam
7-9 III Sehr Lebhaft
7-10 IV Sehr Langsam
7-11 V In Zarter Bewegung

CD8
8-1 Adagio For Strings, Op.11 8:46
Composed By – Samuel Barber
Symphony No.3 "The Camp Meeting" (21:19)
Composed By – Charles Ives
8-2 I Old Folks Gatherin'
8-3 II Children's Day
8-4 III Communion
8-5 Quiet City (For Cor Anglais, Trumpet And Strings) 8:40
Composed By – Aaron Copland
English Horn – Celia Nicklin
Trumpet – Michael Laird (2)
8-6 Hymn And Fuguing Tune No.10 (For Oboe And Strings) 6:50
Composed By – Henry Cowell
Oboe – Celia Nicklin
8-7 A Rumor 5:51
Composed By – Paul Creston

CD9
9-1 A Shropshire Lad 10:19
Composed By – George Butterworth
9-2 The Banks Of Green Willow 6:03
Composed By – George Butterworth
9-3 Two English Idylls 9:43
Composed By – George Butterworth
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op.10 (25:24)
Composed By – Benjamin Britten
Composed By [Theme] – Frank Bridge
9-4 Introduction And Theme: Lento Maestoso - Allegretto Poco Lento
9-5 Adagio
9-6 March: Presto Alla Marcia
9-7 Romance: Allegretto Grazioso
9-8 Aria Italiana: Allegro Brillante
9-9 Bourée Classique: Allegro E Pesante
9-10 Wiener Walzer: Vivace
Violin [Solo] – Iona Brown
9-11 Moto Perpetuo: Allegro Molto
9-12 Funeral March: Andante Ritmico
9-13 Chant: Lento
9-14 Fugue And Finale: Allegro Molto Vivace - Lento E Solenne

CD10
Holberg Suite, Op.40 (20:17)
Composed By – Edvard Grieg
10-1 I Paeludium: Allegro Vivace
10-2 II Sarabande: Andante
10-3 III Gavotte: Allegretto - Musette: Poco Più Mosso - Gavotte
10-4 IV Air: Andante Religioso
10-5 V Rigaudon: Allegro Con Brio
Elegiac Melodies, Op.34 (8:54)
Composed By – Edvard Grieg
10-6 I Hjerterar = The Wounded Heart
10-7 II Våren = The Last Spring
10-8 Valse Triste, Op.44
Composed By – Jean Sibelius
4:38
Little Suite, Op.1 (13:51)
Composed By – Carl Nielsen
10-9 I Praeludium
10-10 II Intermezzo
10-11 III Finale
Serenade, Op.11 (14:38)
Composed By – Dag Wirén
10-12 I Praeludium
10-13 II Andante Espressivo
10-14 III Scherzo
10-15 IV Marcia
Rakastava, Op.14 (For Strings And Percussion) (10:47)
Composed By – Jean Sibelius
10-16 I The Lover
10-17 II The Path Of The Lover
10-18 III Good Night, My Beloved, Farewell

Performers:
Jack Brymer (clarinet)
John Ogdon (piano)
John Ogdon (piano)
John Wilbraham (trumpet)
Celia Nicklin (cor anglais)
Michael Laird (trumpet)
Celia Nicklin (oboe)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

For many listeners, Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields led the charge for authentic performance style (albeit, while still using modern instruments) in the late 1960s and 1970s with their polished recordings of Classical masterpieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Ludwig van Beethoven. But there is a solid representation of Romantic and modern repertoire in their catalog, which is generously offered in Marriner & The Academy: 20th Century Classics. Most of the selections are certainly works of the modern era, and composers such as Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern, among others, belong at the center of this survey. Yet the inclusion of 19th century music by Richard Wagner, Heinrich Baermann, George Bizet, and Edvard Grieg, as well as post-Romantic works by Carl Nielsen, George Butterworth, and Richard Strauss, make the theme of the ten-disc set a little confusing. Yet these discs are worthy reissues of albums first released by Argo (presented here in cardboard sleeves that feature the original cover art) and content was put over period consistency for the coherence of the program (e.g., Bizet's Symphony in C was coupled with Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony, or Wagner's Siegfried Idyll paired with Strauss' Metamorphosen). Putting that consideration aside, the works chosen are all well-suited to the chamber orchestra proportions of the Academy, and the playing is exceptional, in many cases the musicians' best. The sound quality of these recordings varies a little from disc to disc, as should be expected in a set of this broad scope, but the ADD reproduction is clean and clear in every track.

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