Sir Neville Marriner
Sir Neville Marriner, CH, CBE (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an Engli… Read Full Bio ↴Sir Neville Marriner, CH, CBE (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English conductor and violinist.
Marriner was born in Lincoln and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. He played the violin in the Philharmonia and London Symphony Orchestra and formed the Jacobean Ensemble with Thurston Dart before going to Hancock, Maine in the United States to study conducting with Pierre Monteux at his school there. In 1959 he founded the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields chamber orchestra and has made many recordings conducting them. He conducted the Minnesota Orchestra from 1979 to 1986 and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1989. He was knighted in 1985.
Marriner has conducted a range of repertoire, but is particularly noted as an interpreter of Baroque music. He selected and arranged the music used in the film Amadeus and oversaw the recording of its soundtrack at the helm of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Amongst his other recordings are two CDs of British music for Universal Classics with the British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. These include acclaimed performances of Benjamin Britten's Cello Symphony and Sir William Walton's Cello Concerto.
Marriner was born in Lincoln and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. He played the violin in the Philharmonia and London Symphony Orchestra and formed the Jacobean Ensemble with Thurston Dart before going to Hancock, Maine in the United States to study conducting with Pierre Monteux at his school there. In 1959 he founded the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields chamber orchestra and has made many recordings conducting them. He conducted the Minnesota Orchestra from 1979 to 1986 and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1989. He was knighted in 1985.
Marriner has conducted a range of repertoire, but is particularly noted as an interpreter of Baroque music. He selected and arranged the music used in the film Amadeus and oversaw the recording of its soundtrack at the helm of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Amongst his other recordings are two CDs of British music for Universal Classics with the British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. These include acclaimed performances of Benjamin Britten's Cello Symphony and Sir William Walton's Cello Concerto.
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03Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067 (flute and strings): BadinerieSir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
05Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G Major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K.525, II. Romanze: AndanteSir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
08Serenade No. 13 in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K525: I. AllegroSir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
10Handel: Solomon, HWV 67: Sinfonia - The Arrival of the Queen of ShebaSir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
11Suite No.3 in D major, BWV1068 (2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings and timpani): AirSir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
13The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Act III)Sir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
15Serenade No. 13 in G, K.525 ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'': II. Romanze (Andante)Sir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
18Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 (1997 Digital Remaster): AirSir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
19Serenade No. 13 in G, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K525 (1997 Digital Remaster): II. Romanze (Andante)Sir Neville MarrinerSir Neville Marriner
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