Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Celebrating 60 Years - Box Set 60CDs

 

Label : Decca

Format : Flac (image + cue)

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60 CDs celebrating 60 years of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. This new edition, an exciting new collaboration between Decca and the Academy, celebrates the Academy’s international reputation for its distinctive, polished and refined sound through a hand-picked selection of 60 recordings from their vast catalogue of over 500

Recordings taken from the Decca, Argo and Philips catalogues, plus Sony Classical, Pentatone and Onyx. Including the first and last recordings with Sir Neville Marriner, recordings with Iona Brown and with present Music Director Joshua Bell, this edition is a true survey of the first 60 years of the Academy.

150pp booklet includes, essays from Lady Marriner, Sir Neville Marriner’s daughter Susie Harries, Academy discographer Philip Stuart, a few words from current and former players, facsimiles from Academy archives and many photographs from Decca archive.

Tracklist :

CD 1: The First Recordings I: Corelli / Torelli / Locatelli / Albicastro / Handel et al

CD 2: The First Recordings II: Avison / Handel / Telemann / Vivaldi / Geminiani et al

CD 3: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1970 and 1980 recordings)

CD 4: Vivaldi: Concertos for Wind & Strings

CD 5: Vivaldi: Concertos

CD 6: Geminiani: 6 Concerti Grossi

CD 7: Trumpet Concertos: Telemann / Albinoni / Hertel / Fasch / Vivaldi / Albrechtsberger / L. Mozart / Hummel

CD 8: Telemann: Violin Concertos / Overture in C major “Hamburger Ebb und Flut”

CD 9: Handel: Concerti Grossi, op. 3 / Alcina, HWV 34 - incidental music

CD 10: Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Oboe Concertos / 3 Concerti a due cori (1)

CD 11: Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Oboe Concertos / 3 Concerti a due cori (2)

CD 12: Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Oboe Concertos / 3 Concerti a due cori (3)

CD 13: J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos nos 1, 2 & 4, BWV 1052, 1053, 1055

CD 14: J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos nos. 3, 5 & 6, BWV 1054, 1056-1058

CD 15: J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos

CD 16: J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (beginning), BWV 1080

CD 17: J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (conclusion) / Sonata for Flute, Violin and Continuo

CD 18: Arne / C.P.E. Bach / J.C. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

CD 19: J.C. Bach: 6 Symphonies, op. 3 / Mozart: March in D major, K408 no. 2 / Haydn: Symphony no. 52 in C minor

CD 20: Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici (formerly attrib. to Pergolesi)

CD 21: Baroque Horn Concertos: Knechtl / Reinhardt / Quantz / Graun / Röllig

CD 22: Gluck: Don Juan - ballet / Handel: Ariodante & Il pastor fido - ballet music

CD 23: Haydn: Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Trumpet & Harpsichord Concertos

CD 24: Haydn: Overture in D major / Acide e Galatea Overture / 6 Allemandes Hob. IX:9 / 6 Allemandes from Hob. IX / Organ & Horn Concertos

CD 25: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 53, 99 & 102

CD 26: M. Haydn: Horn Concerto in D major / 6 Minuets / Duo Concertante for Viola and Organ in C major

CD 27: Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti

CD 28: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K297b & K364 / Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546

CD 29: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Posthorn Serenade / Serenata notturna

CD 30: Mozart: Gran Partita / Divertimento in C major, K188

CD 31: Beethoven: 2 Minuets WoO 7 / 12 German Dances WoO 8 / 12 Contredances WoO 14 / Große Fuge in B-flat major, op. 133

CD 32: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 4 & 7

CD 33: Weber: Clarinet Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Clarinet Concertino

CD 34: Rossini: Complete Overtures I

CD 35: Rossini: Complete Overtures II

CD 36: Rossini: Complete Overtures III

CD 37: Concert à la carte: Clarke / Handel / Purcell / Rossini / Boccherini / Mozart / Haydn / Tchaikovsky / Schubert / Medelssohn / Bree / Ricciotti / Locatelli

CD 38: Mendelssohn: String Symphonies nos. 9, 10, 12 / Concerto for Piano & Strings in A major

CD 39: Mendelssohn: Symphonies nos. 3 “Scottish” & no. 4 “Italian”

CD 40: Gounod: The 2 Symphonies / Faust Ballet Music

CD 41: Dvořák: Serenades

CD 42: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite / Serenade for Strings / Violin Concerto

CD 43: Grieg: Holberg Suite / Elegiac Melodies / Sibelius: Valse triste / Rakastava / Nielsen: Little Suite / Wirén: Serenade etc.

CD 44: Bruch & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

CD 45: R. Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme suite / Couperin Suite

CD 46: Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Violin Concerto no. 1

CD 47: Popular French Orchestra Works: Berlioz / Ravel / Saint-Saëns / Debussy / Chabrier / Canteloube / Satie / Fauré

CD 48: Respighi: Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Roman Festivals / The Birds

CD 49: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Divertimento

CD 50: Stravinsky: Pulcinella - Suite / Apollon musagète / Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

CD 51: Elgar / Warlock / Butterworth: Orchestral Works

CD 52: Delius / Holst / Elgar: Orchestral Works / Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe & Strings

CD 53: Vaughan Williams: The Wasps - Overture / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Variations for Orchestra / Romance for Harmonica and Strings etc.

CD 54: Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on Greensleeves / English Folk Song Suite etc.

CD 55: English Seasons: Delius / Bridge / Foulds / Grainger / Bax

CD 56: Finzi: Clarinet Concerto / Dies Natalis / Nocturne / Romance for String Orchestra

CD 57: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / Little Music for String Orchestra / Walton: Façade (Highlights)

CD 58: Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Britten: Nocturne / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

CD 59: Williamson: The Happy Prince / Walton: Sonata for String Orchestra

CD 60: Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, K165 / Clarinet Concerto / Piano Concerto no. 21