ORFF / WAGNER / ELGAR / PROKOFIEV / HANDEL / BRITTEN / SAINT-SAENS
Simply the best Classical Anthems (2 CDs) Various Performers incls BBC Symphony, London Philharmonic, Monteverdi Choir, Toronto Symphony [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] Simply the Best Classical Anthems - a 2CD collection featuring 38 of the most powerful classics on earth. Includes O'Fortuna (X Factor), Ride of the Valkyries (Apocolypse Now), and, Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 A Space Odyssey) |
ELLIOT CARTER
Elliott Carter: 103rd Birthday Concert Various performers [ NMC DVD / DVD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] This DVD features 4 world premieres (A Sunbeam's Architecture, String Trio, Mnemosyné, Rigmarole) - two of which were specially written for this concert - and filmed tributes from leading British composers. Enclosed is a 24-page booklet featuring... |
MOZART / VIVALDI / BACH / ROSSINI / PACHELBEL / HAYDN
Listen Learn And Grow With Mozart: Music to stimulate and inspire young minds Various performers from the Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Music to stimulate and inspire the mind. |
VIVALDI / GRIEG / SAINT-SAENS / DUKAS / MOZART / etc
My First Classical Music Album [Incls 'Four Seasons' & 'Peer Gynt'] Various performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] 'Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH': listen to track 7 and see if you recognise that music! It's one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever written. There are some animals here, too - an elephant and a swan. And right at the end, guess... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD / PAUL PATTERSON / GUSTAV HOLST / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Three Shanties / Patterson: Comedy for Five Winds / Holst: Wind Quintet Vega Wind Quintet [ LDR / CD - released 1/Jul/1988 ] That Paul Patterson's music possessed a razor-sharp sense of humour...when the Comedy for five winds was written for the Vega Wind Quintet, one can hear just how much further his deployment of musical humour has developed. |
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) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 36 / Eine kleine Nachtmusik Vienna Philhamonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ EMI / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Original recordings from 1962 & 1963 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 "Prague" & 41 "Jupiter" Vienna Philhamonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ EMI / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Original recordings from 1962 & 1963 |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony No.4 'Tragic' & No.8 'Unfinished' Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Belart / CD - released 25/Aug/1995 ] Original recordings from 1963 |
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... |