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BACH / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg Alexis Weissenberg (piano) [ EMI / BMG / Philips / Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] In 1947, Weissenberg made his New York City debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and George Szell in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and with Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, with which Weissenberg won the Leventritt... |
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MASCAGNI / MASSENET / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duets & Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Armstrong [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/2000 ] An ideal gift - a delightful collection of opera duets |
IRVING BERLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat / 1998 New Broadway Cast [ EMI Angel Broadway / CD - released 1/Aug/1999 ] "Bernadette Peters may be thirty years too old to play Annie Oakley but you wouldn't know it on this CD. She is in peak vocal condition, making the most of every lyric." Musicals101 |
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. |
EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lyric Pieces Daniel Adni (piano) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2018 ] Nordic magic: Altogether Edvard Grieg wrote 66 Lyric Pieces, romantic miniatures for piano in the tradition of Robert Schumann. Partly virtuosic, partly playable even for amateurs, they have enjoyed an extraordinary popularity that occasionally drew... |
RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Deborah Voigt - Obsessions Deborah Voigt (soprano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong, with Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo) [ EMI classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1994 ] "this is a must for admirers of Voigt and quite something in its own right." ClassicsToday |
VARIOUS COMPOSER TRANSCRIPTIONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild Earl Wild (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Royland Earl Wild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1915. Wild was a musically precocious child and studied under Selmar Janson at the Carnegie Institute of Technology there, and later with Marguerite Long, Egon Petri, and Helene Barere (the... |
HEUBERGER / LEHAR / MILLOCKER / SIECZYNSKI / SUPPE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Operetta Arias Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Ackermann [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 24/Jun/1999 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
HEINRICH SCHUTZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schutz: Christmas Story (with Praetorius: Motets) Emma Kirkby, Nigel Rogers, David Thomas / Taverner Consort, Choir and Players / Andrew Parrott [ EMI Reflexe / CD - released 1/Nov/1987 ] "If Schutz's Christmas Story is your quarry, then this performance by the Taverner Consort, Choir and Players must be considered very carefully..it is far and away the best version available on record" Gramophone |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Eugenia Ratti, Graziella Sciutti, Ebe Stignati, Luigi Alva, Franco Calabrese / Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1997 ] Note: This is extremely rare. American websites are asking $43US. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fritz Wunderlich: A Portrait Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Inspiration / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] For many, he was the greatest lyric tenor of the 20th century: Fritz Wunderlich set high standards of interpretation with his natural-sounding, bright voice and intense singing style. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: The Creation (complete oratorio in German) Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Jose van Dam / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/1992 ] Recording Date: November 14, 1977 & November 17, 1977 Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, England |
ALBERT LORTZING
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lortzing: Der Wildschütz (complete opera recorded in 1963 with librettio) Hermann Prey, Anneliese Rothenberger, Fritz Wunderlich / Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich / Robert Heger [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/1997 ] "I would enthusiastically recommend Der Wildschütz and Fritz Wunderlich, especially, as an ideal introduction to Albert Lortzing." Fanfare |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: A German Requiem / Symphony No 4 / Schicksalslied Jessye Norman (soprano) Jorma Hynninen (mezzo) / London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/1996 ] "Generally fine, spacious recording which matches the spaciousness of the interpretation." (Penguin Guide) |
RACHMANINOV / ARENSKY / DEBUSSY / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Two Pianos John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas (pianos) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1996 ] "The music is wonderful, the performances exuberant and eye opening" James Raney |
ALKAN / BUSONI / RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - John Ogdon I John Ogdon (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniell Revenaugh [ Philips / EMI / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Recordings made between 1960 & 1971 |
MOZART / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / BOITO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonathan Lemalu: Opera Arias Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. James Judd [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Apr/2005 ] "Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note." - Gramophone editor James Jolly |
BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / FINZI / FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ EMI Debut / CD - released 21/May/2002 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (Gramophone Magazine August 2002) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Arias Kathleen Battle (soprano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "The American soprano, Kathleen Battle, has chosen a delightful anthology of arias from Handel's operas, oratorios and English odes" Gramophone |
CILEA / PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER / MASSENET / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: Diva Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Staatskapelle Dresden [ EMI Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/1996 ] The best of Kiri in one package! |
CHARPENTIER / DEBUSSY / BERLIOZ / MASSENET / OFFENBACH / GLUCK / BIZET / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa - French Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jun/1989 ] "As always, one marvels at the sheer allure of the voice" Gramophone |
EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lyric Pieces Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ EMI / Warner Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Instrumental |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F minor Margaret Price, Doris Soffel, Peter Straka, Matthias Holle / Munchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/1998 ] Live recording: 6&9 March 1990, Philharmonia am Gasteig, München. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Pletnev (piano) / The Philharmonia, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ BMG Philips EMI / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "Admirers of this pianist will count this Double an outstanding bargain." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Complete opera recorded in 1980) Mirella Freni, Josa Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Piero Cappuccilli / Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/1988 ] There are numerous opera which give the chance to the producer for spectacular scenery but some actually demand it - one of these, without doubt, is AIDA. |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Olaf Bar - Lieder Recital Olaf Bar (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1998 ] "..Bar has already won himself an altogether enviable reputation as an interpreter of Lieder.." Gramophone |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud - Le Creation du monde / etc Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein [ EMI Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/1998 ] "Simply superb recordings of Milhaud dance scores conducted by Leonard Bernstein" MusicWeb |
EDOUARD LALO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Cello Concerto / Symphonie espagnole Op 21 Paul Tortelier (cello) Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "..a first class Lalo D minor, quite equal to Navarra's, and superior conducting of Louis Frémaux and his Birmingham forces." MusicWeb Amazon are currently asking nearly $50 US for this recording |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony, Rudolf Barshai [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/1987 ] "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect".(Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI Nipper Collection / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] "The Philadelphia playing is articulate, full bodied when the music demands it" - Gramophone Magazine |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/1986 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Fennimore and Gerda (complete opera) Robert Tear (tenor) Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Hedwig Rummel (Mezzo Soprano) Elisabeth Söderström (Sop) / Danish national radio symphony, Meredith [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/May/1997 ] "Throughout his career, (Meredith Davies) championed the cause of Frederick Delius, and his most celebrated association with Benjamin Britten came in May 1962, when he directed the premiere of Britten's War Requiem" Guardian |
GOUNOD / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / RABAUD / ROSSINI / CILEA / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna (tenor) / The London Philharmonic, Richard Armstrong [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] Very rare - Now currently unavailable |
FRANZ BERWALD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Racing / etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Ulf Bjorlin [ EMI Classics Maxtrix 21 / CD - released 1/Mar/1977 ] Recorded Jan and Sep 1976 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rudolf Serkin Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Adolf Busch Chmaber Players / London Symphony Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ Deutsche Grammophon / EMI / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Rudolf Serkin (28 March 1903 - 8 May 1991) was a Bohemian-born pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Shura Cherkassy I Shura Cherkassy (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Shura Cherkassky was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterised by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life, Cherkassky resided in London. |
FRANCIS POULENC / DARIUS MILHAUD / HENRI DUTILLEUX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Poulenc: Les Biches / etc Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre [ EMI Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/1991 ] "This anthology of tongue-in-cheek cliches will not be to all tastes, but there is charm here as well as foolery, and the playing is stylish and gay." (Gramophone on Les Biches) |
PAUL McCARTNEY / CARL DAVIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Kiri Te Kanawa, Sally Burgess, Jerry Hadley, Willard White / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Carl Davis [ EMI / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio conducted by Carl Davis. |
