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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 |
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. |
GRAUN / HANDEL / PERTI / PORPORA / ORLANDINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Agrippina Opera Arias Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "there's an equally dazzling vengeance aria by Orlandini, in which Riccardo Minasi's orchestra, Il Pomo d'Oro, really lets fly. Hallenberg is as convincing in these as she is in the more reflective numbers...very classily done" (The Guardian) |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor / Serenade In F / Ballad Janos Solyom (piano) Ingvar Wixell (baritone) / Münchner Philharmoniker, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Stig Westerberg [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/1994 ] Stenhammar the conductor and pianist was a leading figure in the musical life of Sweden and Scandinavia, but in his role as composer he struggled with self-doubt, feeling that his knowledge of musical theory was insufficient. |
CHOPIN / GRIEG / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Rubinstein II Artur Rubinstein (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Symphony of the Air [ Philips / RCA / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Few soloists have owned composers as definitively as Artur Rubinstein could claim |
GRIEG / SIBELIUS / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN / SJOBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Diamonds in the Snow Barbara Bonney (soprano) Antonio Pappano (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2000 ] Gramophone Magazine 2000 Winner - Vocal |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Complete Opera with full libretto) Barbara Frittoli, Jose Cura, Carlos Alvarez, Simon Keenlyside / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / CD - released 10/Mar/2000 ] 'The recording is rich, spacious and brilliant with glorious orchestral playing, making one marvel at the beauty and subtlety of Leoncavallo's orchestration.' A Key Recording, from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. (I Pagliacci) |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Italian Songs Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Andreas Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Haydn's dramatic scena, Arianna a Naxos, lively with Bartoli's quick response to every fleeting emotion, makes a formidable finale to this finely conceived and enthusiastically realised recital." ClassicalMusic |
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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. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8 (recorded 2001) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Recorded live at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, February 2001 |
GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
MOZART / GLUCK / BOITO / BELLINI / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boris Christoff - Italian Opera Arias Boris Christoff (bass) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI References / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Bass Boris Christoff was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 18 May 1914 of a Bulgarian father and a Russian mother. The family was very well to do and Boris received the best education available, including a period of study at the University of Sofia. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Serenade / Our Hunting Fathers Ian Bostridge (tenor) with Marie Luise Neunecker (horn) / Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Harding [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] Ian Charles Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring & other Delius favourites Bournemouth Sinfonia, Norman del Mar [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 21/Jul/1990 ] Originally recorded in 1977 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An die Musik: Favourite Schubert Lieder (Songs) Bryn Terfel (Baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Throughout, Martineau's at once vigorous and subtle playing is an apt support: his accompaniment in Erlkonig is arrestingly clear and precise...this one is pure pleasure" (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Opera and Oratorio Arias (Judas Maccabaeus, Dettingen Te Deum, Serse +) Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "The singing here incorporates a good deal of embellishment, some of it of Sir Charles Mackerras's devising. He is an excellent conductor for Terfel, sharing with him an appreciation of the zest in Handel." Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Under The Stars: Music from the shows Bryn Terfel (bass) Renee Fleming (soprano) with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Paul Gemignani [ Decca Records / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel are two of the world's most popular classical stars. Their first CD together is Under The Stars, a feast of great songs from recent musical theatre. |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Byron Janis I Byron Janis (piano) [ Philips / BMG / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "This is a fine installment of this important collection of 20th-century pianists." Arkivmusic |
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