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Neville Marriner

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Biography

The inscription on Sir Neville Marriner's headstone simply reads "Follow the beat". It's a modest but appropriate epitaph for a man whose illustrious career includes over 600 recordings covering more than 2000 different works. A violinist by trade, Marriner is widely acknowledged as one of the world's greatest ever conductors. He founded the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields in London and during his long tenure with the academy's orchestra recorded a greater body of work than any other comparable orchestra/conductor relationship. He studied at the Royal College Of Music before signing up for military service in 1941. After the war he became a professor of the Royal College Of Music and played violin in two London orchestras, The Philharmonia and the London Symphony Orchestra. In 1969 Marriner founded the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra leaving in 1978 to become the music director of the of the Minnesota Orchestra, a post held until 1986 when he moved to Germany to become the principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. During his long career Marriner went on to conduct many famous orchestras including The New York Chamber Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2014 at the age of 90 he became the oldest ever conductor of a Proms concert. He died two years later leaving behind a musical legacy which earned him a knighthood and a CBE.
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  2.   Mozart: Concert Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D. K.382 - 3. Allegro featuring Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  3.   Mozart: Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1. Allegro featuring Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  4.   Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, suite, Op.112: 2. Menuet by Neville Marriner
  5.   Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, suite, Op.112: 4. Pastorale by Neville Marriner
  6.   Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 4. Molto Adagio by Neville Marriner
  7.   Fauré: Fantaisie, Op. 79 (Orch. Louis Aubert) featuring Neville Marriner
  8.   Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, suite, Op.112: 1. Ouverture by Neville Marriner
  9.   Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, suite, Op.112: 3. Gavotte by Neville Marriner
  10.   Respighi: Pines of Rome - The Pines of Villa Borghese (I pini di Villa Borghese) by Neville Marriner
  11.   Respighi: Pines of Rome - The Pines near a Catacomb (Pini presso una catacomba) by Neville Marriner
  12.   Respighi: Pines of Rome - The Pines of the Janiculum (I pini del Gianicolo) by Neville Marriner
  13.   Respighi: Pines of Rome - The Pines of the Appian Way (I pini della Via Appia) by Neville Marriner
  14.   Respighi: Fountains of Rome - The Fountain of Valle Giulia (La fontana di Valle Giulia all'alba) by Neville Marriner
  15.   Respighi: Fountains of Rome - The Triton Fountain (La fontana di Tritone al mattino) by Neville Marriner
  16.   Respighi: Fountains of Rome - The Fountain of Trevi (La fontana di Trevi al meriggio) by Neville Marriner
  17.   Respighi: Fountains of Rome - The Villa Medici Fountain (La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto) by Neville Marriner
  18.   Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 1. Prélude by Neville Marriner
  19.   Il segreto di Susanna: Overture
  20.   I Quattro Rusteghi: Prelude
  21.   Sullivan: Overture Patience by Neville Marriner
  22.   Sullivan: Overture Iolanthe by Neville Marriner
  23.   Sullivan: Overture di Ballo by Neville Marriner
  24.   Sullivan: Overture H.M.S. Pinafore by Neville Marriner
  25.   Sullivan: Overture The Yeomen of the Guard by Neville Marriner
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