Neville Marriner - The Argo Years [28 CD]

This 28 CD box set includes the Argo jewels from Marriner s early recording 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 recordings 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 recording 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 Recordings:1961 and 1962 - Corelli, Torelli, Locatelli, Albicastro, Handel