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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: 16 Lieder / Quintet for piano & wind instruments K452 (recorded 1955) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Walter Gieseking (piano) / Philharmonia Wind Ensemble [ EMI Classics Historical / CD - released 20/May/2006 ] In the middle of April 1955 and with typical flair, the EMI producer Walter Legge capitalised on the presence in London of the distinguished German pianist Walter Gieseking, who was at Abbey Road Studios to record 16 of Mozart's songs with Legge's... |
WILLIAM CONGREVE / GEORGE FARQUHAR / RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An 18th Century Comedy Album: The Way of the World; The Beaux' Stratagem; The School for Scandal Dame Edith Evans / Sir John Gielgud / Pauline Jameson / Ralph Truman / Miles Malleson / Anthony Quayle and others [ EMI Classic English Drama / CD - released 17/Sep/2006 ] A demonstartion of Edith Evan's matchless prowess in Restoration comedy. |
ALBENIZS / GOSS / TARREGA / GRANADOS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Xuefei Yang - 40 Degrees North Xuefei Yang (guitar) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Aficionados of fine music, irrespective of specific disposition, will not be disappointed by this excellent recording." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
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) |
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DELIBES / RAVEL / MILHAUD / OFFENBACH / GOUNOD / SAUGUET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Dessay - Airs d'operas Francais [French Opera Arias] Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fourniller [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/1996 ] "Dessay revels in Olympia's amusing aria known as the 'Doll Song', delivered with assurance and freedom; Dessay's striking coloratura makes an impression" MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alagna Roberto - Serenades Roberto Alagna (tenor) David Alagna, Federico Alagna (guitars) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] '...sung by a voice which is excitingly within the tradition and with temperament to match. There is not a moment when you don't listen to hear what he is going to do next' Gramophone Awards Issue 1997 |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / MARK O'CONNOR / LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An American Journey Eroica Trio [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2009 ] "From the opening swoosh of the overture to 'Porgy', played with orchestral finesse and flurry by the Eroicans, this 15 minute fantasy is a wonder of superb taste and remarkably fluent arranging." AudAud.com |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gabriela Montero - Bach & Beyond: Improvisations on themes Gabriela Montero (piano) [ EMI Music / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] One of the world's most exciting new talents lends her unique improvisational skills to the work of J S Bach. |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Bidu Sayao (soprano) Oscar Ghiglia (guitar) Magda Tagliaferro (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Villa-Lobos played with many local Brazilian street-music bands; he was also influenced by the cinema and Ernesto Nazareth's improvised tangos and polkas. For a time Villa-Lobos became a cellist in a Rio opera company. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: St.Matthew Passion (recorded in 1954) Anton Dermota, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grummer, Otto Edlemann / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Wilhelm Furtwangler [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/1995 ] "Furtwangler mustered a conspicuously fine group of soloists, notable among whom in the context of this work are Anton Dermota and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Their contributions perhaps provide the strongest reasons for wanting this St Matthew" Gramop |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltán Kéléman, Helen Donath / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1995 ] "Helga Dernesch as Leonare gives a glorious, thrilling peformance. The orchestral playing is superb." (Penguin Guide) |
MUSSORGSKY / BORODIN / BOITO / GOUNOD / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / VERDI / GLUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boris Christoff - The Very Best Of Boris Christoff (bass) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Very Best of Singers / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] 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. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4 Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics / CD - released 16/Feb/1989 ] Otto Klemperer was born on 14th May 1885 in Breslau, Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland) and died on 6th July 1973 in Zurich and hence next year we mark 40 years since his passing. He had had a remarkable career as a young man but it was at the age of 70... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schubert: Cello Sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] "..a particularly sensitive and beautifully shaped account of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata. The work may not lie very easily on the cello, but Clein makes light work of its technical difficulties." Classical-music |
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 |
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. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM WALTON / MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten/Walton/Tippett: British Composers [Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber Music] Dame Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong, Ida Haendel, Michael Thompson Horn Quartet, Paavo Berglund, Neville Marriner, Andre Previn [ EMI Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] "The Britten-Walton-Tippett set is an exemplar of the excellence found in the EMI house tradition. There are whoopingly good recordings of the Spring Symphony and the Four Sea Interludes - sadly the Grimes - Passacaglia is not included. What a... |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiss Me Kate Josephine Barslow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, Karla Burns / Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] This set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn - Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's... |
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... |
