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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Frank Gorshin, Nan Christie, Laurence Dale, Anne Collins & others [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Music by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a host of stars including Frank Gorshin, Bernard Dickerson, Anne Collins and Claire Powell. 114 minutes. For more than 100 years the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan have played to... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience & The Sorcerer [2 DVDs] Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Sandra Dugdale, Donald Adams, Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt, Clive Revill, David Kernan & Nana Christie [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] For more than 100 years the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan have played to packed audiences around the world. These two names have become synonymous with classic light opera - music that is timeless and tuneful lyrics that are witty, scathing and memorable. |
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JOSEPH LANNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol.1 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ovation: The Very Best Of Dame Malvina Major Dame Malvina Major with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Brian Law [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] A celebration of an incredible 50 year career New Zealand's internationally acclaimed soprano Dame Malvina Major releases her first ever career retrospective. 'Ovation: The Very Best Of Dame Malvina Major' features 36 recordings across 2 CDs. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "This Falstaff is immensely enjoyable and amongst the best that I have watched. I strongly recommend it whether you admire Verdi's last work or not..an amiable, pleasing production with an exceptionally fine cast" Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov... |
NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: Violin Concerto Joshua Bell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orch. / Norrington [ Sony Music / CD - released 16/May/2001 ] 2001 Grammy Award Winner - Best Instrumental soloist with orchestra |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (piano) / RCA Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Kirill Kondrashin [ Philips / BMG/RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War |
GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza / Opernhaus Zurich, Nello Santi [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini's comedic opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA is probably one of his best-known works; this 2001 live production features the virtuosic vocal talents of Vesselina Kasarova as Rosina. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera directed by Ken Russell in 1985) Vienna State Opera / Gabriela Benackova, Francisco Araiza, Ruggero Raimondi / Erich Binder (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] Gounod's crowning achievement Faust, first staged in 1859 at the Lyric Theatre in Paris, is a conflict of good and evil, love and hate. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy {with Alma Mahler Lieder) Albert Dohmen (bass) Iris vermillion (mezzo) Heinz Kruse (tenor) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records Entartete Musik / CD - released 27/Jan/1995 ] Recorded: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, April 1996 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alfred Brendel II Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Brendel frequently performed the music of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. He has played relatively few 20th century works but has performed Arnold Schoenberg's Piano Concerto. |
BRAHMS / BUSONI / CHOPIN / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alfred Brendel III Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Brendel actually revels in the gorgeous fabrics of sound from the Années de pèlerinage numbers and somehow balances the muscle-flexing virtuosity of Totentanz with a respect for its novel ideas-there's both surface and substance here." |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (a film by Robert Dornhelm) Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Rolando Villazon (tenor) / The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 5/Dec/2009 ] "The lovers' sheer intensity and Dornhelm's cinematic vision, expanded in the accompanying documentary, make this one of the finest opera films ever - unmissable." BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado (complete operetta recorded in 1987) Opera Australia / Anne-Maree McDonald, Peter Cousens, Heather Begg, Graeme Ewer, Gregory Yurisich / Andrew Green (conductor) [ ABC Universal DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Wit, ingenuity, and a veritable riot of colourful and restless spectacle continue to make The Australian Opera production of The Mikado an experience designed to seduce the eye, charm the ear and tickle the rib." -THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD |
MENDELSSOHN / IVES / SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHUMANN / CLARA SCHUMANN / SMETANA, ETC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beaux Arts Trio - Philips Recordings 1967-74 Beaux Arts Trio [ Decca Original Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2003 ] The CDs presented here from the years 1967-74 are indicative of the quality of playing and scope of repertory: from classic works by Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann through rarities such as the Trio by Clara Schumann and those by Smetana and Ives. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1992) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca provide a superb Alidoro, an alluring Clorinda, inventive and elaborate... |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: The Great Transcriptions Claudio Arrau, Mischa Dichter, Wibi Soerjadi, Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Original recordings from 1960 to 1980 |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Music for Strings and Guitar The Diaz Trio and Julioan Gray (guitar) [ Dorian / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] It is practically impossible to speak of the violin without mentioning Paganini. He represented a veritable milestone in the history of the instrument, in that what came before him is without doubt different from what came after him. Paganini was... |
ALBINONI / CIMAROSA / LOTTI / MARCELLO / SAMMARTINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Concerti per Oboe Heinz Holliger (oboe) / I Musici [ Philips / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] Recorded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 7/1986 |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Guillaume de Machaut-Masse de Notre Dame The Hilliard Ensemble / Paul Hillier, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Superbly recorded ... very impressive indeed' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
