Neville Marriner - The Argo Years

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Product Description ------------------- This 28 CD box set includes the Argo jewels from Marriner s early days with the chamber orchestra he founded in 1958, The Academy of St Martin in the Fields. The edition spans the years 1964-1981, and includes a bonus CD of the first s from 1961.The collection concentrates on the Argo years, when the pattern for the Academy s success was set. Winning performances by soloists such as Alan Loveday and Iona Brown who in 1974 became Marriner s successor in directing from the violin were a key part of the fabric of the Academy s unique sound. Highlights in this box include the legendary of Vivaldi s Four Seasons, and full performances of Handel s Messiah and Mozart s Requiem. CD1 (1964) HANDEL 6 Concerti grossi Op. 3 CD2 (1967) ROSSINI Sonatas 1-6 CD3 (1967) MENDELSSOHN Octet; BOCCHERINI Quintet CD4 (1967) STRAVINKSKY Pulcinella; Apollon musagète; Capriccio CD5 (1968) STRAUSS Metamorphosen; WAGNER Siegfried-Idyll ; BAERMANN Adagio; CD6 (1969) VIVALDI The Four Seasons + Gabrieli / Vejvanovsky CD7 (1969) MENDELSSOHN Piano Concertos; String Symphony No.12 CD8 (1970) DVORAK Serenade for Strings/GRIEG Holberg Suite; TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade CD9 (1970) Bach Suites Nos. 1-4 CD10 (1971) Mozart Symphonies 25 & 29; Mozart Symphonies 26, 27 & 32 CD11 (1973) BIZET Symphony in C / PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 CD12-13 (1973) CORELLI, 12 Concerto Grossi, Op.6 CD14-15 (1974) VIVALDI 12 Violin Concertos Op. 4 La Stravaganza, Op.4 CD16 (1975) TELEMANN Suite in G major, Viola Concerto, Overture in D major; (1977) TELEMANN Overture in C major Hamburger Ebb und Flut CD17 (1975) BARBER Adagio for Strings, IVES Symphony No. 3, COPLAND Quiet City, COWELL Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.10, CRESTON A Rumor CD18 (1976) BOYCE Symphonies Nos. 1-8 CD19-20 (1976) HANDEL Messiah CD21 (1977) GRIEG Elegiac Melodies, SIBELIUS Valse triste, op.44, NIELSEN Little Suite, op.1, WIRÉN Serenade, op.11, SIBELIUS Rakastava, op.14 CD22 (1977) MOZART Requiem CD23 (1981) MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 CD24 (1981) FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande, op.80; Pavane, op.50; Fantaisie, op.79; Masques et Bergamasques, op.112; TCHAIKOVSKY Sextet in D minor, op.70 Souvenir de Florence CD25 (1981) WEBER Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 CD26 (1983) The English Connection CD27 (1982) The French Connection CD28 Bonus The First s:1961 and 1962 - Corelli, Torelli, Locatelli, Albicastro, Handel Review ------ The range of music covered by Neville was quite astonishing, and was devoured by him with enormous energy and enthusiasm. I was privileged to be there for that magical period of history --Chris Hazell, Producer