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BIZET / FAURE / BACH & OTHER COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duetto Marcelo Alvarez, Salvatore Licitra / The Kuhn's Choir, The City of Prague Philharmonic [ Sony Classics / CD - released 4/Jul/2003 ] "If you love Opera then these cross over singers are simply wonderful. These two singers harmonise like few duets can, a collection of superb tracks." Review |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Schumann: Piano Concertos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel & Uri Segal [ Decca / CD - released 9/Apr/1986 ] "...the Tchaikovsky gets sonic and interpretive first prize. Its famous opening alone encapsulates everything that's good here: a razor-sharp orchestra...a pianist whose controlled bravura never turns the music into a stunt." ClassicsToday |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15 / Variations & Fugue on the Theme by Handel, Op.24 Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano) / Manchen Philharmoniker, Franz-Paul Decker [ EMI Encore / CD - released 30/Sep/2005 ] Brahms' first piano concerto is the crowning accomplishment of his early years. Its only close rivals are the Serenade in D, Op. 11 and the B major trio, Op. 8. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos.3 & 4 Cherubini Quartet [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] "The Cherubini Quartet consistently play with both warmth and intensity...with a light touch they bring out the mercurial charm of Mendelssohn." (*** Penguin Guide) |
GRAINGER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Early One Morning - Music from past times, for our time Choir Of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (direction) [ Erato / CD - released 21/Mar/1998 ] Edward Higginbottom is a music scholar, organist, choirmaster and conductor. Most of his career has been as organist at New College, Oxford, where he led their choir for more than 35 years and produced a large number of choral recordings. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Essential Bernstein (Incls 'Divertimento for Orchestra' & Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story') City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin etc [ EMI Classics Essential / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history. He was music director of the New York Philharmonic for many years. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: The Planets / Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] Original recordings from 1981 & 1986 (Britten) |
BACH-GOUNOD / SCHUBERT / LISZT / PALESTRINA / MOZART / ROSSINI / VERDI / FLOTOW / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Inspiration: Ave Maria Elisabeth Grummer, Monika Frimmer, Anneliese Rothenberger, Heperion XX, Kolner Kammerchor, etc [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] Music with a sacred theme beautifully performed by some of the leading artists from the Warner catalogue. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2000 ] The folk songs and poems of the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn), first published in the early 19th century, played a crucial role in Mahler's development as a composer. Encompassing the vast range of expression in these 12... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony Felicity Lott (soprano) Jonathan Summers (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Bernard Haitink [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Jan/1989 ] "Through superb recording technique by EMI, the difficult balance between choir, soloists and orchestra is achieved in a way that is virtually impossible in a live performance" Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Bloch: Schelomo) Mischa Maisky (cello) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jan/1989 ] The Dvorák Concerto is a work that has accompanied Mischa all over the world in the course of his career. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano Trio No 1 D.898 / Notturno in E flat D.897 / Allegro in B flat D.28 Mozartean Players [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "This is one of the most distinguished period-instrument recordings of Schubert's B flat Piano Trio, well worth snapping up." International Record Review April 2001 |
CESAR FRANCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franck: Symphony in D minor / Les Eolides New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 20/Apr/2001 ] "Kurt Masur's exciting live performance of Franck's D Minor Symphony with the New York Philharmonic is another impressive scoop. (A) believably balanced, pin-sharp recording." BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE January 2002 |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: La Mer / Prélude À L'après-Midi D'un Faune / Nocturnes / Printemps Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, MIchel Plasson, with Francois Laurent (flute) [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 1/May/1989 ] "Duchâble's recordings are considered a "splendid collaboration" with the conductor." Gramophone |
GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Intimations Of Imortality / Grand Fantasia & Toccata Philip Langridge (tenor) Philip Fowke (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ EMI Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/1993 ] "this new recording, sensitively conducted by Richard Hickox, can be urgently recommended. The music is interpreted and performed with conviction, and Philip Langridge, apart from a tendency to 'bleat' above the stave, is a fine soloist." Gramophone |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & other concertos Piero Toso (violin) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / CD - released 7/Mar/1973 ] "I have several other recordings that feature the ensemble I Solisti Veneti under the skilled direction of Claudio Scimone. They are consistently impressive in this late-baroque repertoire in which they specialise." MusicWeb |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande / Variatione for Orchestra / Violin & Piano Concertos Pierre Amoyal (violin) Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Warner Ultima / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/1998 ] "Boulez keeps the music moving, and brings welcome clarity to Pelleas's potentially murky orchestration. The more angular Variations and concertos aren't as comfortable, though both soloists are persuasive." (BBC Music) |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Academica [ Dynamic / CD - released 28/Nov/1993 ] "(The Academica Quartet) are/were a fine quartet and they made a good case for what remains understandably neglected music." MusicWeb |
JONI MITCHELL / STEVIE WONDER / GUSTAV MAHLER / ALBAN BERG / JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Renee Fleming - Haunted Heart Renee Fleming (soprano) with Fred Hersch (piano), Bill Frisell (guitar) [ Decca Records / CD - released 22/Jul/2005 ] Renée Fleming explores terrain that will be unfamiliar to many of her listeners, but is actually an integral part of what makes her the singer she is today. |
AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Clarinet Concerto / Bernstein: Sonata / Gershwin: Three Preludes Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Eric Stern [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 30/Sep/1993 ] "Richard Stoltzman could be claimed as the James Galway of the clarinet. He has developed the personality of the instrument in new ways, often drawing on jazz" Gramophone |
KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weill: Symphony No.2 / Seven Deadly Sins / Violin Concerto / Songs Elise Ross, Robyn Archer, Thomas Hampson, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Berliner Philharmoniker [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] In America Kurt Weill became a leading composer of Broadway Musicals and extracts from two of them are on this collection. One of his main performers was his wife, Lotte Lenya, whose characteristic voice made many of his songs standards. |
PIAZZOLLA / BEEASER / LEISNER / MACHADO / CORREA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of the Americas - Tangos, Songs and Dances for flute and guitar Virginia Taylor (flute) Timothy Kain (guitar) [ ABC Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] Virginia Taylor has given recitals in all capital cities of Australia and performed as a soloist with almost all of the Symphony Australia Orchestras, as well as having been guest Principal Flute for many of these orchestras |
NICCOLO PAGANINI / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 Zino Francescatti (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos [ Sony Masteworks / CD - released 27/Jul/1991 ] "Saint-Saëns Third Violin Concertos with Zino Francescatti captured at the height of his powers, his tone rich and vibrant, his bowing virtually as fleet as Heifetz's." MusicWeb |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) [ Aparté / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "[Rousset's] is a grounded, incontestably considered reading, exuding a quiet, unflappable authority reminiscent of Gustav Leonhardt…he untangles Bach's protean polyphony with the informed illumination of a seasoned tour guide." BBC Music |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 26/Aug/1998 ] "A fine, strong interpretation" Gramophone |
LOUIS SPOHR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Double Quartets Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/May/2012 ] Spohrs Double Quartets are of an exceptional order and deserve a secure place in the repertoire of supreme examples of Romantic chamber music. |
ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rendezvous with Korngold Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) with Bengt Forsberg (piano) & friends [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Apr/2015 ] "Von Otter brings beautiful tone, perfect diction and a rapt sense of submerging herself in the music. As an encore she sings Forsberg's arrangement of Korngold's most famous tune, 'Marietta's Lied' from Die tote Stadt." Gramophone |
AARON COPLAND / GIAN CARLIO MENOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland/Menotti: Piano Concertos Earl Wild (piano), The Symphony of the Air, Aaron Copland, Jorge Mester (conds) [ Vanguard Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/1991 ] "The Menotti fizzes and sings with a light touch, and Jorge Mester matches Wild with an accompaniment that sparkles." ClassicalNet |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR / SIR WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar/Walton: String Quartets Gabrieli String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/1986 ] "The Gabrieli performance, recorded in 1986 when Kenneth Sillito was leader (was) made in the warm, rich acoustic of The Maltings, Snape" Gramophone |
PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / DELIBES / ROSSINI / HUMPERDINCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Opera Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Lucia Popp, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1998 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
HENRI DUTILLEUX / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dutilleux/Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Orchestre de Paris, Lutoslawski Baudo, Witold Lutoslawski [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jul/1975 ] Diapason d'Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Prix de l'Académie du disque français, Victoires de la Musique classique & Edison Stichting Awards (for the Dutilleux) |
