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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 / Kindertotenlieder Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) / Wiener Sangerknaben, Wiener Staatsoper Damenchor, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/1992 ] Original recording from 1986/1987 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023) Andreas Schager, Elīna Garanča, Georg Zeppenfeld / Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2024 ] The acclaimed new production of Wagner's final opera "Parsifal" is "a musical godsend" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). The successful partnership between Deutsche Grammophon and the Bayreuth Festival continues, and what was started with the 2015... |
GEORGES BIZET
Georges Bizet Edition Barbara Hendricks, Montserrat Caballe, Maria Callas, Dietrich Discher-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Jonas Kaufmann, Magdalena Kozena, Gautier Capucon, etc [ Warner Classics / 16 CD - released 23/May/2025 ] This collection celebrates the genius of one of France's greatest composers, featuring his most beautiful works performed by world-class artists such as Maria Callas, Barbara Hendricks, June Anderson, Magdalena Kožená, Jonas Kaufmann and Simon Rattle |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4-9 (The Mature Symphonies) (6-DVD Box Set) Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Unitel Classics DVD / 6 DVD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "This unforgettable Bruckner cycle sets new standards, and guarantees the Staatskapelle Berlin and their principal conductor "a place in the Bruckner pantheon." Der Tagesspiegel |
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / ROSSINI / BERNSTEIN / VERDI / BRUCKNER / etc
Antonio Pappano: Complete Symphonic, Concertante & Sacred Music Recordings Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Beatrice Rana, Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Han-Na Chang (cello) Anna Netrebko [ Warner Classics / 27 CD Box Set - released 31/May/2024 ] The collaborative efforts, the mutual emulation and inspiration of Sir Antonio Pappano and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome have spanned 18 years, led to one of the world's greatest and most versatile virtuoso ensembles and to... |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / C.P.E. BACH / HANDEL / DVORAK / etc
Dennis Brain - Homage Dennis Brain (horn) with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Walter Gieseking, George Malcom, Gerald Moore, Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] This 11CD collection presents all of Brain's Warner recordings as concerto soloist and chamber and ensemble player - including music composed with him in mind - and his most notable contributions to symphonic, choral and operatic works. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 1959) Eberhard Waechter, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Joan Sutherland, Giuseppe Taddei / Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2011 ] Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Capuccilli (Masetto) & Gottlob Frick (Commendatore) |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / KREISLER / etc
Ida Haendel - The Decca Legacy Ida Haendel (violin) with Ivor Newton (piano) Adela Kotowska (piano) National Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca Eloquence / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2020 ] "That special, spontaneous warmth of response … places Haendel's Tchaikovsky performance for Decca among the finest recordings ever made of this wonderful concerto." Gramophone, July 1999 |
ADAM / MASSENET / BIZET / BONONCINI / GRAUN / WAGNER / LEHAR / etc
Opera Gala Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Irma Kolassi, Janine Micheau, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Richard Conrad, Lisa della Casa, Kirsten Flagstad, etc [ Decca Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2020 ] From Adam to Zandonai, from 1954 to 1996, 20 CDs made up of no less than 28 Decca opera recordings, most of them recorded as highlights albums, many long unavailable, newly remastered and all featuring the greatest singers of their age. |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Mao Fujita (piano) [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Nov/2022 ] "Despite his young years, Fujita is fully inside these works and makes an impressive job in imparting his vision. All the ingredients for outstanding Mozart performance are here." MusicWeb |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas Michael Endres (piano) [ Capriccio / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2011 ] "the Steck piano that Endres plays has a pleasing bloom, which has been recorded with satisfying natural presence, and his lyrical, lovingly shaped performances undoubtedly deserve a place among the very best alternatives." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas (14 CDs plus Book) Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle / 14 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Last Five Piano Sonatas (28-32) Includes 'Hammerklavier' Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Trust / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2001 ] The most difficult of piano sonatas played by our Michael |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] ( Alfred Muff, Ingrid haubold, Erich Knodt, Peter Seiffert / Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Pinchas Steinberg [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "The recording is both atmospheric and clear, and the set comes with libretto, translation, notes and detailed synopsis, an outstanding bargain." Penguin Guide |
GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 / Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] DG present a new recording of fascinating repertoire completely new to the Universal Music catalogue: Symphonies No. 1-3 by George Enescu, plus his most well-known works, the Romanian Rhapsodies. GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru,... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Verdi Opera Selection: "Shakespeare" Otello / Macbeth / Falstaff Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Thomas Hampson, Ruggero Raimondi, Manuel Lanza, etc [ Arthaus Opera Editrion / 3 DVD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Otello - Live from the Teatro alla Scala Milan, 2001 Macbeth - Live from the Opernhaus Zurich, 2001 Falstaff - Live from the Teatro del Maggio Muusicale Fiorentino, 2006 |
GIUSEPPE SAVERIO MERCADANTE
Mercadante: Il Proscritto (complete opera) Ramón Vargas, Irene Roberts, Elizabeth DeShong, Sally Matthews / Britten Sinfonia, Carlo Rizzi [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Apr/2023 ] "Mercadante wrote for a stellar cast, and Opera Rara field fine singers too" BBC Music Opera Choice July23 |
RICHARD STRAUSS / ANTON BRUCKNER / HUGO WOLF
Renee Fleming in Concert (recorded live in 2011 & 2012) Renee Fleming (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 5/Mar/2018 ] Two unforgettable evenings showcase the artistry of Renée Fleming alongside Christian Thielemann's mastery of the Austro-German Romantic idiom...."Beautifully filmed and recorded … worthy of special praise." (MusicWeb Nov 2013) |
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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: Das Land des Lachelns [The Land of Smiles] Siegfried Jerusalem, Helen Donath, Martin Finke / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Willi Boskovsky [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Oct/1982 ] "This set comes with obvious pedigree. Siegfried Jerusalem is a first-rate, intelligent singer with an easy tenor voice that imparts to "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" a natural passion and fluency." Gramophone |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Complete Electro-Acoustic Works [3 CDs plus DVD] Various performers [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 4 CD/DVD - released 17/Jul/2004 ] Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001) is considered 'the father of New Zealand music'. After considerable success, he rejected composing for acoustic musical instruments and turned wholly to the creation of electronic works because he felt they would more... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Pietra del paragone (complete opera) Agata Bienkowska (mezzo) / Alessandro Codeluppi (tenor) / Raffaele Constantini (bass) / Anna Rita Gemmabella (sop) / Anke Herrmann (sop) [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2004 ] "Polish mezzo Agata Bienkowska...here evinces a rich-toned flexible voice of considerable promise ..The conductor, Alessandro de Marchi, is well known in early music circles. He brings clear articulation to the ensembles." MusicWeb |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Elias (Elijah) (Complete Oratorio in German) Alastair Miles, Jard van Nes, Helen Donath / Israel Philharmonic, Kurt Masur [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1993 ] Contains comprehensive book and translations |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas for alto / Cantatas for Solo Bass / German Cantatas [before Bach] Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
BACH / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / CHOPIN / STRAVINSKY / SCHUBERT / GRIEG / BRITTEN
Andrei Gavrilov - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquencce / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Several long-deleted albums reissued in this comprehensive survey of Andrei Gavrilov's DG career: superbly engineered recordings of a pianist in the great Russian tradition. |
SCHUMANN / LEKEU / FRANCK / PROKOFIEV / D'INDY / SATIE
Catherine Collard: The Complete Erato, EMI & Virgin Classics Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Catherine Courtois (violin) & Anna Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] "No pianist understands the atmosphere of this music or can sharpen its wit more tellingly than Anne Queffelec...she is joined spiritedly by Catherine Collard in the four-handed Trois morceaux en forme de poire." (Gramophone on the Satie) |
BERLIOZ / HAYDN / MUSSORGSY-RAVEL / DVORAK / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN
Colin Davis: The Concertgebouw Legacy Arthur Grumiaux, Salvatore Accardo (violin) Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Colin Davis's complete Concertgebouworkest recordings for Philips, collected together for the first time CD premieres of Haydn's Symphonies Nos. 84, 86, 87, 88 (on Decca), and the Dvořák Romance with Accardo (first international CD release). |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: The Symphonies BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2003 ] "Handley is in total sympathy with Bax's music and his direction is authoritative as well as idiomatic. Superb sound from the Chandos and BBC engineers. We would not be without this set." Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol 1 Belcea Quartet [ Zig Zag / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Chamber |
MOZART / BRAHMS / PISTON / SCHUBERT / MILHAUD / HINDEMITH / etc
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players - The complete RCA album collection 1964-68 Boston Symphony Chamber Players [ Sony / RCA Red Seal / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2023 ] Sony Classical are pleased to present a stunning new 10 CD boxset - the complete RCA Victor Recordings of The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, presented for the first time on CD. |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / MAHLER / MUSSORGSKY / LOEWE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Brigitte Fassbaender Edition Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) with Karl Engel, Irwin Cage, Cord Garben, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Besides recording several operas Brigitte Fassbaender is also a successful lieder singer. In 1987, she won a Gramophone Award for her Deutsche Gramophon disc of songs by Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [5 CD plus Blu-ray Audio plus Book] Camilla Nylund, Gerhild Romberger, Klaus Florian Vogt, Georg Zeppenfeld / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonia], Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Nelsons Beethoven cycle is presented in a specially commissioned deluxe box featuring the nine works on five CDs and a single Blu-ray Audio disc in TrueHD sound quality. |
W. A. MOZART / ROSSINI
Best Wishes from Cecilia Bartoli: Don Giovanni / Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Il Turco in Italia (complete operas recorded in 1988 - 2002) BLU-RAY Cecilia Bartoli, with David Kuebler, Ruggerio Raimondi, Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Robert Lloyd & others [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings a wide variety of genres in many different languages all over the world. In this special Arthaus Musik Edition she can be seen in three coloratura classics of Italian opera. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Choral Works & Folksongs [6 CD set plus CD Rom] Chamber Choir of Europe. Nicol Matt. with Jargen Meier, piano, and Martina Schrott, harp / Amadeus Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Brahms's choral music ranges from the severe magnificence of the Fest- und Gedenk-sprüche to the ravishing opulence of the Op.17 Songs for female voices, horns and harp. Brahms conducted amateur choirs throughout his professional life, both as a... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, J. S.: Motets / Easter Oratorio BWV 249 Christine Brenk (soprano) Anne Greiling (alto) Frank Bossert (tenor) Thomas Pfeiffer (bass) / Kammerorchester Pforzheim / Ensemble vocal de Lausanne [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2007 ] It is uncertain how many motets Johann Sebastian Bach composed, because some have been lost, and there are some doubtful attributions among the surviving ones associated with him. There is a case for regarding the six motets catalogued BWV 225-230 as... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: 'Elias', Op. 70 / 'Paulus', Op. 36 (Rec 1994) Christine Schafer (soprano) Cornelia Kallisch (alto) / Andreas Schmidt (bass) Czech Philharmonic / Helmuth Rilling [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Is this a Bargain of the Month? That's for the Editor to decide. For my money, this is set fair to be a Bargain of the Year. Urgently recommended." (MusicWeb April 2003) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: 48 Piano Sonatas (8CD Box Set) Daniel-Ben Peinaar (piano) [ Avie / CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Autumn 2020 offered Daniel-Ben Pienaar an opportunity, not because the world was in lockdown but rather for the benefit it provided. A professor at London's Royal Academy of Music, Daniel-Ben was allowed overnight access to the RAM's Angela Burgess... |
RAVEL / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / WAGNER / FRANCK / FAURE / BEETHOVEN / etc
Paul Paray - The Mercury Masters: Volume 1 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray, with Marcel Dupré (organ) [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 23 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Covering the first five years of their partnership on Mercury, this edition celebrates the legacy of French conductor, Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Recorded from 1953 to 1957, during the golden era of the orchestra. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Grand Duke (Complete) / Henry VIII-Incidental Music / Overture di Ballo D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1993 ] "This represents, perhaps the ideal way to sample Sullivan's least known major score. The recorded performance has both polish and vigour. The recording is characteristically brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
SAMUEL ADLER
Adler: One Lives But Once, A 90th Birthday Celebration Eastman School of Music, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Emily Freeman Brown [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Feb/2018 ] March 4th 2018 marks the 90th birthday of one of the twenty-first century's most influential and prolific composers: Samuel Adler. This three-disc boxed set provides a cohesive overview of his output and includes many premiere recordings. |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / GLUCK / R. STRAUSS / WOLF / SCHUMANN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Recital Carnegie Hall 25th November, 1956 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), George Reeves (piano) [ EMI References / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/1988 ] Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York |
