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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Complete Waltzes Ingrid Fliter (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 31/Jul/2020 ] "…her playing is now enriched immeasurably by a poetic depth and subtle expressive imagination." BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** |
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... |
BACH / BUSONI / BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Emil Gilels I Emil Gilels (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Philips / EMI / BMG / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/May/2018 ] "I thought I would be mourning the omission of Gilels's Liszt Sonata from this series, or indeed his Shostakovich Second Sonata, or his Grieg Lyric Pieces, his Beethoven sonatas, his Brahms ... but the sheer quality of this second instalment (see... |
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... |
BIZET / BERLIOZ / DEBUSSY / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Andre Cluytens Boris Christoff (bass) / National Opera of Sofia / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, André [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] Great Conductors of the 20th Century is a joint venture between the production and licensing expertise of IMG Artists and the international marketing and distribution clout of EMI. Sixty volumes were planned with hopes for even more. Unfortunately,... |
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 |
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EMMERICH KALMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kalman: Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy princess) [Highlights] Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda, Olivera Miljakovic, Willi Brokmeier & Wolfgang Anheisser / Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willy Mattes [ EMI / CD - released 16/Nov/2016 ] "Anyone who wants a nice set of highlights of this winning score could not expect to find it more sumptuously and thoughtfully done." Gramophone |
VERDI / SAINT-SAENS / PUCCINI / GIORDANO / OFFENBACH / DVORAK / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! Roberto Alagna, Mirella freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Mady Mesple, Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Nicolai Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2016 ] This CD set presents an extensive opera sampler of mostly arias, with some famous choruses as well, such as Va, Pensiero from Verdi's Nabucco. |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canto Noel - Polyphonic Christmas hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] This album brings together a remarkable collection of Christmas chants which were recorded by the choir of monks from the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery. All of these chants belong to the sacred repertoire. Pilgrims to Santiago would hear and sing... |
PUCCINI / BIZET / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Callas at Covent Garden: London 1962 & 1964 Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [ EMI Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] These are the only professional video recordings of Callas in performance on stage. The DVD contains footage of Callas performing arias in concert. Even without staging and costumes, she demonstrates her mesmerising stage presence. |
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. |
MAURO GIULIANI / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo/Giuliani: Guitar Concertos Angel Romero (guitar) / English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, London Symphony, Andre Previn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2013 ] The magnificent gardens of the Spanish royal palace of Aranjuez a place in music history thanks to the Rodrigo guitar concerto. This recording with Angel Romero is a highlight in the famous guitarist's large discography; here, he plays two concertos... |
MASSENET / BERLIOZ / BIZET / ADAM / ROSSINI / MOZART / J. STRAUSS II / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best Of Nicolai Gedda Nicolai Gedda (tenor) with Ernest Blanc (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), and Jan Eyron & Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2013 ] "Hands down, Nicolai Gedda was the classiest lyric tenor of the 1950s and '60s (and very early '70s). These CDs offer two hours and 35 minutes of singing-and interpreting-that never tire the ear and never bore." ClassicsToday |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Orchestral Works (Incls Sinfonia da Requiem, Simple Symphony & Prince of the Pagodas) Leif Ove Andsnes, Peter Donohoe, Simon Rattle, Paavo Berglund, Oliver Knussen, etc [ EMI Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 4/Feb/2013 ] "And there are no duds and some real winners among these performances, which bid fair to rival Britten's own survey for Decca." MusicWeb |
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GRIEG / HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Sviatoslav Richter [2 CDs] Sviatoslav Richter with varius orchestras [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Sviatoslav Richter is universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, renowned for his virtuoso technique and the depth of his interpretations. |
ELGAR / HANDEL / BYRD / PURCELL / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WALTON / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glorious Majestry - Music for English King's and Queens Felicity Lott, Alfreda Hodgson, Richard Morton, Norma Burrowes / Various orchestra & choirs / Sir Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury, King's college choi [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2012 ] "Stephen Cleobury's collection of Handel's Coronation Anthems (Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of King's College Cambridge) is one of the best currently available with great articulation and verve" MusicWeb |
PUCCINI / CILEA / STRAUSS / BERLIN / PORTER / TRADITIONAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: The Very Best Of Kiri te Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Emi Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] The glamorous soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was born in 1944 in Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. After winning a number of major vocal competitions in Australia, she came to London in 1966 to study singing at the London Opera... |
ROGERS & HART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Funny Valentine: Songs from the Shows Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] The songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was one of the most successful on Broadway from the '20s until Hart's death in 1943. They met in 1919, whilst attending Columbia University and had their first success in 1925 with the... |
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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Callas Effect Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] "memorable artistry is evident everywhere - utterly exemplary in its musical intelligence, stirring in its interpretative eloquence. The technique dazzles in marvellously expressive trills...and everywhere, of course, the uniquely penetrating... |
