JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: Innocence (Incls 'The Lamb' & 'Song for Athene') Westminster Abbey Choir, Martin Neary, with Alice Neary (cello), Graham Titus (bass), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Patricia Rozario (soprano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/1985 ] "If I had to recommend a single disc to convince anyone of the mastery of John Tavener, this would be it." Gramophone |
ALLEGRI / PALESTRINA / LOTTI / VICTORIA / MONTEVERDI / CAVALLI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Allegri: Miserere Westminster Cathedral Choir / King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 21/Aug/1996 ] Original recordings from 1983, and 1984 |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Palestrina: Music for Advent and Christmas Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] What better way to encapsulate the spirit of Christmas than with works of such devotional beauty, all sung with Westminster Cathedral Choir's customary finesse and atmospheric reverence |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven; Septet Wiener Oktett [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Features Willi Boskovsky playing the violin on the Beethoven Septet |
STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020 (Blu-ray) Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 31/Jan/2020 ] The New Year's Concert, one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events, returns for the 81st time to present to viewers a sensational programme made up of the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Maria Giulini & Wiener Philharmoniker Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] "The Bruckner recordings are uniformly excellent, and show Giulini at his absolute best. They are gloriously played throughout, with the brass of the Vienna Philharmonic sounding magnificent." ClassicalNet |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104 (Edition Haas) Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "A performance that is both of a piece with itself and at peace with one of the most glorious of all Bruckner's musical bequests." - Gramophone Magazine, November 2021 |
STRAUSS FAMILY / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER / CARL ZIEHRER
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 (Blu-ray) Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 4/Feb/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 with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall... |
STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert 2006 - The Director's Cut by Brian Large Wiener Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons / Brian Large [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Feb/2006 ] Broadcast on TV and radio to over 40 countries around the world, the annual New Year's Day Concert in Vienna has been an exalted tradition for more than six decades. |
STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2021 BLU-RAY Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 12/Feb/2021 ] "This is a concert that grows to greatness…Never has a programme built to its own private apotheosis as surely as this, with lofty yet almost unbearably moving accounts of the Emperor Waltz and the Blue Danube itself." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 (LP) Wiener Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The nine Beethoven Symphonies are considered to be one of the greatest musical testaments of all time and are a key staple in every conductor's repertoire. Simon Rattle performed the complete cycle with the Wiener Philharmoniker in live concerts,... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: The Nine Symphonies Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The Vienna Philharmonic's distinguished Bruckner tradition, documented through a series of superb Decca recordings from the 1960s and 70s on a Limited Edition 9-CD box set, with Original Jackets. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Bruckner's Eighth Symphony was premiered by the Wiener Philharmoniker under Hans Richter in 1892, and here they return to the work in Robert Haas's edition from almost fifty years later; Thielemann's previous Bruckner recordings have been described... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "For Thielemann the Ninth is, it seems, less a universal theological meditation on last things and more a highly personal quest for spiritual quietude. His interpretation has intimacies hard to find in other versions." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete incidental music to Egmont, Op. 84 Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], George Szell, with Pilar Lorengar (soprano) & Klaus-Jurgen Wussow (narrator) [ Decca The Classic Sound / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Original 1970 recording recording remastered in 1996 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete) Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra], Rafael Kubelík [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Kubelík's performance has a splendid impulse to it; and the Vienna Philharmonic is at its best … this is an exciting version." Gramophone [Sym 2] |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY / JOSEPH LANNER
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2004 [Director's Cut] Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic] Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Recorded live on January 1, 2004 at Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [special remastered edition with extra DVD, Blu-ray & Book] George London, Gottlob Frick, Brigitte Fassbaender, James King, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson / Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti [ Decca / 19 CD/DVD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "It remains as superb a performance now as it did when it was first issued, and in terms of sheer sound alone need fear no later rivals." (MusicWeb) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Wilhelm Backhaus I Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Backhaus made his first concert tour at the age of sixteen. In 1900 he went to England and in 1901 played for the first time in Manchester at the Gentleman's Concerts. In 1902 he performed at the Hallé Concerts, and thereafter in 12 concerts at the... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / FAURE / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Wilhelm Kempff III Wilhelm Kempff (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, Ferdinand Leitner [ Decca / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Few pianists on record convey quite the impression of actually composing the music while they perform it that sets Wilhelm Kempff's artistry apart. This quality may owe something to his gift as an improviser (Kempff had also received early training... |