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GLUCK / SACCHINI / RAMEAU / BERLIOZ / CHERUBINI / MEHUL / MEYERBEER / LECLAIR / etc
Veronique Gens - Tragediennes Vols 1 - 3 Veronique Gens (soprano) / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (director) [ Erato Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2018 ] "Wonderful surprises by little-known composers from Campra to Méhul and with Gens at the top of her game taking every point with matchless musicianship" Five Stars BBC |
HANDEL / GLUCK / MOZART / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo) / Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 6/Oct/1996 ] Kasarova won the "Female Singer of the Year" in 2003 Echo Klassik. In 2005 she won the Merkur Preis and was named Bavarian Kammersängerin. She was also named Österreichische Kammersängerin in April 2010. (Wiki) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gorgeous Guitar:Best Loved Classical Guitar Music Victor Villadangos (guitar), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Celil Refik Kaya (guitar), Ana Vidović (guitar), Andrea Bissoli (guitar), Dale Kavanagh (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni/Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 1960/62 with libretto) Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi / Opera Roma, Gabriele Santini, Teatro alla Scala, Lovro von Matacic [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1991 ] "With Met stalwart Lucine Amara a strong Nedda this is one of the most bloodcurdling recordings of this finale." Musicweb (on Pagliacci) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - On Wings Of Song Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Sinfonia of London, Spanish National Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Studio / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recordings from 1962, 1964 & 1965 mostly at the Abbey Road Studios, London |
BIZET / VILLA LOBOS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / etc
Victoria de los Angeles - The Warner Classics Edition Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Alicia de Larrocha, Gerald Moore, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 59 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2023 ] A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Sextet in A / String Quintet in C Vienna Octet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1991 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1988) Vienna Opera / Edita Gruberova, Delores Ziegler, Teresa Stratas, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Nicolaus Harnoncourt (cond) [ Deusche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 31/Jan/2006 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this filmed studio performance of Mozart's opera recorded in 1988. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in 2015) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Adrianne Pieczonka, Tomasz Konieczny, Hans-Peter König, Olga Bezsmertna / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Jonas Kaufmann's gorgeously sung Florestan"(Financial Times) and Leonora - "triumphantly sung by Adrianne Pieczonka" (The Guardian/Observer) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): An Alpine Symphony / Der Rosenkavalier (Suite) Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Apr/2001 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH-Gramophone Magazine June 2001 |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2019 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 6/Feb/2019 ] The 2019 New Year's Concert will be conducted for the first time by Christian Thielemann. A native of Berlin, Thielemann has been a regular and welcome guest of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2000, with the result that his first New Year s Concert may... |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2019 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Feb/2019 ] The 2019 New Year's Concert will be conducted for the first time by Christian Thielemann. A native of Berlin, Thielemann has been a regular and welcome guest of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2000, with the result that his first New Year s Concert may... |
ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical / 3 LP - released 28/Jan/2022 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year. |
ZIEHRER / SUPPE / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2023 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst [ Sony LP / 3 LP - released 27/Jan/2023 ] The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It will be broadcast on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 50 million viewers |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2017 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 9/Feb/2017 ] As a brand name, the Vienna New Year's Concert can trace back its origins to 31 December 1939. In other words, the concert initially took place on the last day of the year. By 1941, however, it was being held on 1 January, when the Vienna... |
BERNSTEIN / GERSHWIN / DVORAK / COPLAND / STRAUSS / etc
Schoenbrunn 2019 - Summer Night Concert BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, with Yuja Wang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Aug/2019 ] The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. After his successful debut at The Summer Night Concert in 2012,... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 4 (recorded 1973) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] "This interpretation is really breathtaking in its unhurried majesty, about as broad as can be from start to finish since Böhm has the rare gift of being able to sustain the broadest tempi convincingly and majesterially." Gramophone |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2018 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Mar/2018 ] The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It was be broadcast on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 40 million viewers. Broadcast on BBC2,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No 4 / Schubert: Symphony No 8 'Unfinished' / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3 Scene 3) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Staatskapelle Dresden / Carlos Kleiber (with Margaret Price, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Hellmich etc) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Oct/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Johann Strauss Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/1991 ] Original Recordings from 1958 to 1974 |
