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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lesley Garrett - Travelling LIght Lesley Garrett (soprano) with Bryn Terfel, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Ball & Michel Legrand [ EMI / BBC / CD - released 17/Mar/2001 ] Travelling Light is a 2001 by British soprano singer Lesley Garrett. It reached 75 on the UK general album chart. In the US it was released in February 2002. |
Liz Phair
MARBECKS RARE: Liz Phair [ EMI Music / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] A very strong self-titled 4th album from the queen of alternative |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 8 London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ EMI / CD - released 2/Aug/1987 ] Recorded At - No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, July 1986 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ EMI Music / CD - released 17/Mar/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Orchestral |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony No.4 / Variations on a Hussar's Song London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMI Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/1996 ] Writing in The Symphony (ed. Robert Simpson, Penguin Books: 1967) the late Harold Truscott made out a strong case for Franz Schmidt. He robustly dismissed the notion that his music does not travel. "It 'travels' very well, when allowed to do so" |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Adrian Boult conducts Wagner Volume 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ EMI Studio / CD - released 6/Aug/1989 ] "Boult at his finest" Penguin Guide |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B flat for 13 Wind Instruments K.361 London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 5/Feb/1985 ] Recorded in St Barnabas Church,London - August 1984 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No.1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn / Tragic Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Oct/1991 ] "Sawallisch's is taut and thrilling, lean and powerful" (Gramophone) |
ROBERT SAXTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saxton: Concerto for Orchestra / The Circles of Light / etc London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] Robert Saxton was born in London in 1953 and started composing at the age of six. Guidance in early years from Benjamin Britten and Elisabeth Lutyens was followed by periods of study at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete Ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/1987 ] "Now reissued at bargain price this must be now be one of the best bargains in town, although it must be emphasized that this remains a very strong contender even if it remained at full price." (Prokofiev official website) |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe (Suite No 2) / Pavane pour une Infante Defunte London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI / CD - released 3/Jan/1980 ] Note: CD manufactured in Japan |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1986 ] "The performance is fresh and has a lively spontaneity. It is particularly good in the famous dances of Act 2, which have the orchestra on their toes.... excellent value." (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, London Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt / Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. The "Wunderhorn" had earlier inspired Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann.... |
DVORAK / JANACEK / SMETANA / PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Slavonic Opera Arias Lucia Popp (soprano) / Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Soltesz [ EMI Redline / CD - released 18/Feb/2001 ] "...an unusual and attractive collection...Popp with her silvery tones is at her most seductive." (Gramophone) |
SMETANA / GRIEG / DVORAK / ORFF / MAHLER / MOZART / STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lucia Popp-The Very Best Of Lucia Popp (soprano) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Very Best of Singers / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] The esteemed Czech-born Austrian soprano Lucia Popp began her career by training as an actress. Only then did she begin studying music and singing at the Conservatories of Brünn and Prague. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Madrigals Magda Laszla, Richard Lewis, Frances Bible, Carlo Cava, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, etc / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic, John Pritc [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2000 ] Original recordings from 1964 & 1967 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Golden Years of the Gramophone (incl. Gendarmes' Duet, Cats' Duet & Song of the Flea) Manchester School Children's Choir / Halle Orchestra / Peter Dawson / Feodor Chaliapin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] A nostalgic issue of mostly vocal pieces. Twenty-three original recordings - classic and fondly remembered recordings from the 78 era. |
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... |
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. |
