Search Results: Orchestra collectable
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Portraits: Operatic Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gyorgy Fischer [ Decca Originals / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] "... Bartoli's very Italian characteristics are immediately identifiable: brilliance of execution, vitality of words, sharpness ... Fischer accompanies his soloist with energy and tact." Gramophone |
PACINI / BELLINI / MENDELSSOHN / HUMMEL / ROSSI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Maria Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Orchestra La Scintilla / International Chamber Soloists / Adam Fischer [ Decca / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Recital - "Diva Bartoli is on brilliant form in this recording and Adam Fischer provides loving and sensitive handling of the orchestra, which plays superbly." (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe Concertos Charles Neidich (clarinet) Frank Morelli (bassoon) Randall Wolfgang (oboe) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Mozart's music expressed a spontaneity and refinement allied to a breathtaking sureness that has never been matched....all brimming with melodic charm and infectious virtuosity." Gramophone |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 / 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 / 6 kleine Klavierstücke Op. 19 / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) [ Teldec / Warner / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "...the Five Orchestral Pieces have welcome vitality and insight, Schoenberg's piquant sonorities delivered with unexpected verve. Now that's more like it, the music-making - and recording - very satisfying indeed." MusicWeb Radio 3 Building a... |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (with works by Respighi) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1985 ] Original recordings from 1955 & 1958 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Also sprach Zarathustra (with Mahler's Totenfeier) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Of a recent Zarathustra performance, the Chicago Tribune reviewer commented: "Boulez shaped everything exactly, drawing together each episode with sonorous sweep and a natural ebb and flow of tension". |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 / Schubert Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "This DVD taken from two live concerts that took place in 1978 are marvelous. Both the sound and sight are excellent even though made thirty years ago" Review |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] Recording location: Krannert Center, University of Illinois, May 1972 (Symphonie) and 1974 |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (with Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] Original recording made in Chicago 1980 & 1981 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum The Choir Of King's College, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 27/Apr/1988 ] Penguin Guide 3 star |
JOHN CAMERON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cameron: Missa Celtica The Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom / English Chamber Orchestra, John Cameron [ Erato / CD - released 27/Mar/1999 ] "The singing of soloists, and the New College Choir and the playing of the English Orchestra are practically beyond reproach. Outstanding; a work to marvel at from beginning to end." MusicWeb |
PARRY / BAIRSTOW / ELGAR / STANFORD / HADLEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jerusalem - British Choral Classics Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca / CD - released 12/May/1991 ] "This is a sumptuous programme. David Hill's by no means meagre forces present it with a fine sense of style and occasion, vividly recorded too. There is not only the splendour of sheer amplitude but also a spring in the rhythm and beauty of tone" |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein conducts Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1. & 2 Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Lukas Foss (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Feb/1982 ] Recorded in Tel Aviv. October 1978 |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein conducts Bernstein - Symphony No 1 'Jeremiah' / On the Waterfront / etc Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Leonard Bernstein Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/1982 ] Recorded in Tel Aviv. October 1978 |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Complete Opera) Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry / London Symphony Orchestra, Istavan Kertesz [ Decca The Classic Sound / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "In 1965 Kertesz set new standards in his version of Bluebeard's Castle with Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry, not only in the playing of the LSO at its peak, in the firm... |
ELGAR / MENDELSSOHN / KHACHATURIAN / OFFENBACH / GINASTERA / SUPPE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Landmarks Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei, with Martin Setchell (organ) [ Atoll / CD - released 23/Nov/2001 ] Unashamably romantic! An uptempo program of shorter orchestral favorites that shows off the fine Christchurch Symphony. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Complete Organ Concertos (Rec 2004) Christian Schmitt (organ) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Nicol Matt (conductor) with Charlotte Balzereit (harp) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2005 ] The first complete recording of the Breitkopf Urtext Edition of the organ concertos of George Frideric Handel. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat 'Symphony of a thousand' Christine Brewer, Soile Isokoski, Juliane Banse, Birgit Remmert, Jane Henschel, Jon Villars / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simo [ EMI Classics / CD - released 6/Nov/2005 ] "This is the greatest symphony ever composed and Rattle has produced its finest recording that will serve as a beacon to all for eternity." (ClassicalNet) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Death and Transfiguration / Four Last Songs (with Wagner - 'Tristan und Isode' Prelude and Liebestod) Christine Brewer (soprano) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Ms. Brewer is the most complete Isolde I have heard in many years. The sound and the reserves of power are there, but so are the musical poise, the delicacy when required and the explosive passion free of any coarseness or overstatement." New York Times |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / HAYDN / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Christoph Escenbach Christoph Eschenbach (piano) with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 24 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Christoph Eschenbach is perhaps fortunate to have secured a niche in this particular pantheon. His career as a solo pianist featured a brilliant exposition but little in the way of a development or recapitulation." Gramophone |
