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add to cart $60.00 In Stock RICHARD STRAUSS MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Elektra (complete opera recorded in 1981) Vienna State Opera / Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Catarina Ligendza, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Karl Bohm (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "Karl Bohm - Strauss's protégé - conducts, while Gotz Friedrich directs the stage production itself, dramatically evoking and emphasizing the expressionist set design inherent in Strauss's original conception." (Rovi)
add to cart $60.00 In Stock CHARLES GOUNOD MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera directed by Ken Russell in 1985) Vienna State Opera / Gabriela Benackova, Francisco Araiza, Ruggero Raimondi / Erich Binder (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] Gounod's crowning achievement Faust, first staged in 1859 at the Lyric Theatre in Paris, is a conflict of good and evil, love and hate.
add to cart $25.00 In Stock GEORGE GERSHWIN MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (highlights from the complete Opera) Willard White / Cynthia Haymon / Cynthia Clarey / London Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Music / CD - released 15/Jun/1997 ] "A performance that entranced audiences at Glyndebourne and which crosses over to CD virtually intact, revealing what a great dramatic world Gershwin conjured up." (Gramophone)
add to cart $40.00 Low Stock FREDERICK DELIUS MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Fennimore and Gerda (complete opera in German with comprehensive booklet) Peter Coleman-Wright, Judith Howarth, Randi Stene, Aage Haugland, Annette Simonsen, / Danish National Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Aug/1997 ] "Stene sings so beautifully and projects the allure and the predicament of Fennimore so strongly that it might be renamed 'Fennimore: a tragedy':" Gramophone
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock CLAUDE DEBUSSY MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (complete opera with libretto) Francois Le Roux, Jose van Dam, Maria Ewing, Christa Ludwig / Wiener Philharmoniker Chor et Orchestre, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "The superb Abbado which is hands-down a first choice among modern sets." MusicWeb
add to cart $30.00 Low Stock ALBERT LORTZING MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lortzing: Der Wildschutz (complete opera) Hermann Prey, Anneliese Rothenberger, Fritz Wunderlich /Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen, Robert Heger [ EMI Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2007 ] Original 1964 recording
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock RICHARD WAGNER MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera filmed in 1993) Bayreuther Festspiele / Paul Frey, Cheryl Studer, Gabriele Schnau / Peter Schneider(cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] G - "Film director Herzog (Fitzcarraldo) creates an atmospheric staging amid glaciers and stone circles. Schneider conducts effectively; Studer, Schnaut and Wlaschiha impress." BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 ****
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock JULES MASSENET MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Manon (Complete opera recorded in 1970) Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Garard Souzay, Gabriel Bacquier./ New Philharmonia Orchestra. Julius Rudel [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Jun/2004 ] "Julius Rudel leads a more-than-complete score, with an additional aria for Manon in the Cours de la Reine scene that Massenet added for another soprano, and the orchestral playing is all you'd want it to be." 10/10 ClassicsToday
add to cart $40.00 Low Stock GIACOMO PUCCINI MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (complete opera with libretto recorded in 1965) Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti / Coro e orchestra del teatro dell'opera di Roma / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/1988 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "The studio recording album that beats all others. I highly recommend it." (Amazon.com)
add to cart $30.00 Low Stock RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete opera with libretto) Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle, Giuseppe Taddei, Ugo Benelli / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "..long-breathed, expansible tempi and the minimum of exaggeration. Karajan's choice of soloists was clearly aimed to help that...rarely if ever on record has the La Scala Orchestra played with such beautiful feeling for tone-colour." - Penguin Guide
add to cart $45.00 Low Stock RICHARD STRAUSS MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (the complete opera recorded in 1994) Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll / Carlos Kleiber (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] "Lightly Handled, well-played Strauss. Strongly recommended." -Gramophone June 2001
add to cart $40.00 Low Stock GIACOMO PUCCINI MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (Complete opera with libretto) Carol Neblett, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Zubin Mehta [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Mar/2004 ] "..this DG set of La fanciulla del West remains among the most successful of Zubin Mehta's opera recordings, taking the Gramophone Record of the Year award in 1978." Gramophone
add to cart $27.00 Low Stock 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...
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock RICHARD WAGNER MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1992) Daniel Barenboim / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Harry Kupfer / Poul Elming / Nadine Secunde / Matthias Holle / etc. [ Warner Music Vision / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "In many ways this is now the best bet for anyone wanting a DVD version of Die Walkure." (International Record Review)
add to cart $55.00 Low Stock ARNOLD SCHOENBERG MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] David Pittman-Jennings, Chris Merritt / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsch Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/1996 ] Schoenberg's most comprehensive score, it represents the climax of his association with the dodecaphonic method of composition, described by Schoenberg himself as 'a method of composition with twelve notes related only to each other
add to cart $30.00 Low Stock MODEST MUSSORGSKY MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (complete opera recorded in 1978) Dimiter Petrov, Todor Kostov, Nicola Ghiuselev / Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Atanas Margaritov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] Khovanschina occupied the composer during 1872, as Boris was being 'adjusted' to suit the theatre authorities ahead of the premier.
add to cart $25.00 Low Stock GILBERT and SULLIVAN MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Grand Duke (Complete), Henry VIII-Incidental Music, Overture di Ballo D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Royston Nash [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "This represents, perhaps the ideal way to sample Sullivan's least known major score. The recorded performance has both polish and vigour. The recording is characteristically brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide.
add to cart $30.00 Low Stock GILBERT and SULLIVAN MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Grand Duke (Complete) / Henry VIII-Incidental Music / Overture di Ballo D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1993 ] "This represents, perhaps the ideal way to sample Sullivan's least known major score. The recorded performance has both polish and vigour. The recording is characteristically brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide.
add to cart $40.00 Low Stock W. A. MOZART MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (Complete Opera recorded in 1963 with libretto) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Hanny Steffek / Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl Bohm [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/1988 ] "The two sisters are gloriously sung - Schwarzkopf and Ludwig bring their immeasurable talents as Lieder singers to this sparkling score and overlay them with a rare comic touch." RECOMMENDED RECORDING (Classical Good CD Guide 2004)
add to cart $40.00 Low Stock DOMENICO CIMAROSA MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Eugenia Ratti, Graziella Sciutti, Ebe Stignati, Luigi Alva, Franco Calabrese / Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1997 ] Note: This is extremely rare. American websites are asking $43US.