Mark's Music Collection - Classical

The recordings of organ works by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) and his contemporaries John Blow (1649-1708) and Matthew Locke (1621-1677) were recorded for the Purcell Companion, a 6 CD box set released in 1995 by Harmonia Mundi to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death

One Of Our Deleted Albums Series - London Phase 4 Stereo The Jacques Loussier Trio was a French group which specialized in doing jazz interpretations of classical music. This album was released in 1970 on London Records' Phase 4 Stereo series. Unfortunately, the London Phase 4 Stereo series seems to have been deleted from the catalogues. The audio here is taken from a Canadian pressing of the original London Records Phase 4 Stereo LP. Track List: 1. J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, 1st movement 0:00 2. J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, 2nd movement 10:13 3. J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, 3rd movement 17:19 4. J.S. Bach - Air On The G String 25:11 5. J.S. Bach - Prelude No. 2 In C Minor 29:14 Here are some links to more information about Jacques Loussier (1934-2019) and the Jacques Loussier Trio: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/ob... https://www.theguardian.com/music/201... https://melaniespanswick.com/2020/07/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra on Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra (1949) by Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) and Concerto For Trumpet, String Orchestra and Piano (1948) by Andre Jolivet (1905-1974). Recorded for Columbia Records, catalogue number IM 42096, in 1986.

One Of Our Deleted Albums Series - London Phase 4 Stereo Series This recording of Offenbach's Gaite Parisienne by Charles Munch conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra was released in 1966 on London Records Phase 4 Stereo label, catalog number SPC-21011. The audio on this was taken from a British pressing of the original vinyl LP. Track List: 1. Ballet, Part 1 0:00 2. Ballet, Part 2 20:39 Phase 4 Stereo used 20 channel mixers at a time when 4,8 and 16 track mixers were the norm. The label released some excellent classical recordings with conductors ranging from the very well known, like Leopold Stokowski and Charles Munch, to less well known conductors like Robert Sharples, who appears on other Phase 4 recordings I have posted on this channel. Here is more information on Charles Munch and the New Philharmonia Orchestra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...) https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://www.discogs.com/artist/406273... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... http://newphil.org/ Phase 4 Stereo recordings have been deleted and, as far as I am aware, are not currently available commercially. I have never seen this recording of Offenbach's Gaite Parisienne released on CD. I will put more London Phase 4 Stereo recordings on the channel as time permits. Here is more information on London Phase 4 recordings: https://www.discogs.com/label/72310-P... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_4... https://www.bsnpubs.com/london/london... http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/label/l...

One Of Our Deleted Albums Series These recordings of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) by Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970) conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and the New Philharmonia Orchestra were released in 1966 on Angel Records, the classical music imprint of Capitol Records, catalogue number S 36403. They seem to be available on mp3 download but have been deleted from the Angel Records catalogue and are unavailable on CD or vinyl except as second hand copies of the original vinyl LPs. The audio here was taken from a late 1960's Canadian pressing of the original Angel Records vinyl LP. Track List: 1. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major 0:00 2. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 2 in A Minor 6:35 3. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 3 in C Minor 11:41 4. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major 17:44 5. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 5 in C Major 23:08 6. Elegy, Opus 58 29:10 7. Sospiri, Opus 70 33:31 8. Overture Froissart, Opus 19 38:43 Here are some links to more information on Edward Elgar and Sir John Barbirolli: http://www.elgarfoundation.org/biogra... https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... https://www.classicfm.com/composers/e... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ba... https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

Track List: Symphony No. 96 in D Major, The Miracle 1. Symphony No. 96 - Adagio, Allegro 0:00 2. Symphony No. 96 - Andante 7:07 3. Symphony No. 96 - Menuetto, Allegretto, Trio 13:24 4. Symphony No. 96 - Finale, Vivace 19:16 Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Military 5. Symphony No. 100 - Adagio, Allegro 23:17 6. Symphony No. 100 - Allegretto 32:03 7. Symphony No. 100 - Menuet Moderato, Trio, Menuet 37:26 8. Symphony No. 100 - Finale, Presto 43:17 Here are links to more information on Joseph Haydn: https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://www.biography.com/musician/fr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_... https://www.allmusic.com/artist/franz...

One Of Our Deleted Albums Series The recordings were originally made for Decca Records in 1959, 1960 and 1966. Scheherazade is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Pierre Monteux, recorded in 1966. Sadko and May Night are performed by L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Ernest Ansermet in 1959 and 1960. This CD compilation was released in 1993. Track List: 1. Scheherazade - The Sea And Sinbad's Ship 0:00 2. Scheherazade - The Story Of The Kalandar Prince 9:03 3. Scheherazade - Young Prince And The Young Princess 19:59 4. Scheherazade - Festival At Bagdad - The Sea - Shipwreck 28:26 5. Sadko - Musical Picture Opus 5 40:23 6. May Night - Overture 51:11

This recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 41 In C Major, K, 551, "Jupiter" by Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was released by Columbia Records on its Odyssey Records subsidiary. Track list: 1. Allegro Vivace 0.00 2. Andante Cantabile 8:02 3. Menuetto Allegretto 16:30 4. Finale Molto Allegro 22:25 The recording is in mono and the audio was taken from a US pressing of the Odyssey Records vinyl LP, part of a 3 record set of Mozart's last six symphonies. I have uploaded separate videos of each of the six Mozart symphonies in this Odyssey Records collection. [Note: as far as I am aware, this recording is not currently available commercially]

Volume 3 of the Purcell Companion, released on Harmonia Mundi in 1995 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death