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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven [9 CD set] Tokyo String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Quite frankly I don't think that you can go far wrong with this set: the playing is unfailingly alive, sensitive and poised." (Gramophone) |
TAN DUN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tan Dun - Tea, A Mirror of Soul (complete opera recorded in 2002) Tokyo Opera / Haijing Fu, Nancy Allen Lundy, Christopher Gillett, Ning Liang / Tan Dun (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] "Tea's real accomplishment, however, comes in the music...the vocal writing is in another league entirely, relying on neither Peking Opera references nor extended Western techniques but instead harking back to almost bel canto-like lyricism" Gramopho |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio Op 1, No 3 (with Brahms - Piano Trio in C) Turnovsky Trio [ Trust / CD - released 1/Aug/2000 ] The debut album by the Turnovsky Trio! |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (piano) / RCA Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Kirill Kondrashin [ Philips / BMG/RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War |
Various
Classical Music for Reading [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] An ideal special edition for book lovers. Nestle into your favourite reading spot and experience how this music speaks volumes as the perfect accompaniment to your page-turning. Bookmarking movements in sound with chapters of narrative makes for a... |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Complete Electro-Acoustic Works [3 CDs plus DVD] Various performers [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 4 CD/DVD - released 17/Jul/2004 ] Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001) is considered 'the father of New Zealand music'. After considerable success, he rejected composing for acoustic musical instruments and turned wholly to the creation of electronic works because he felt they would more... |
W.A MOZART
Chill With Mozart Kosice Teachers' Choir, Concentus Hungaricus [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] Artists Priti Coles (soprano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Jean Claude Gerard (flute), Janos Fehervari (viola), Magdalena Hajossyova (soprano), Peter Mikulas (bass), Jaroslava Horska (contralto), Jozef Kundlak (tenor), Jiri Valek (flute), Hana Mullerova... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Christmas Night Classical and Traditional Favourites (LP) Various Artists [ Harmonia Mundi / LP - released 2/Dec/2022 ] With selections ranging from Praetorius to Britten, plus all-time favourites by J.S. Bach (The Christmas Oratorio) and Handel (Messiah), this album brings together some of the most beautiful and justly famous musical settings of the Nativity story.... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Peaceful Piano Moods Various Artists including Ludovico Einaudi, Vikingur Olafsson, Ola Gjeilo, Maria João Pires, Martha Argerich, Yuja Wang, Max Richter, Lang Lang, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Immerse yourself in the most peaceful and chilled-out works written for the piano. Introducing Peaceful Piano Moods, a genre-dissolving compilation - a seamless blend of classical and contemporary piano repertoire. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS & POETS
Parihaka: The Art Of Passive Resistance Various performers [ Morrison Music Trust / CD - released 21/Dec/2000 ] Music inspired by story of Parihaka, and extracts from poems commissioned by the Gallery for the exhibition, read by the poets themselves. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Members of the Orchestre National de France, I Soloisti Veneti, Lorin Maazel (violin/director), Claudio Scimone [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] Vivaldi's most popular work is accompanied by three Flute Concertos performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten / Walton: Violin & Viola Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin & viola) / London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] ""The result is a superlative performance of a concerto that hasn't really been taken up by top-flight violinists a work of contrasts: technically, it is ruthlessly difficult." MusicWeb |
GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza / Opernhaus Zurich, Nello Santi [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini's comedic opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA is probably one of his best-known works; this 2001 live production features the virtuosic vocal talents of Vesselina Kasarova as Rosina. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando D´Arcangelo / Alfred Eschwé (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2015 ] Theatrical magic between Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko in Donizetti's delightful and ever-popular comedy L'elisir d'amore |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1983) Vienna State Opera / Edita Gruberova / Francisco Araiza / Pierre Thau / Adam Fischer (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2006 ] "[Gruberova] has spoilt her audience with her irresistible high notes and crystalline coloratura...the casualness with which she played the coquette...culminating in her ensnarement of her beau, who was on the verge of entering the priesthood." |
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. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2006) Vienna State Opera / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Dorothea Roschmann / Anna Netrebko / Christine Schafer / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 18/Jun/2007 ] "The opera has probably never sounded as magnificent... It's shattering, unforgettable music theatre." - The Gardian, London |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vittorio Grigolo - The Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) with Danila Rigosa & Maria Cioppi / Coro e Orchestre del Teatro di Parma, Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] "Now and then there are hints of another great Italian-style tenor, the stylish Alfredo Kraus. It's there in the hushed tone Grigolo adopts for the 'Favorita del re!...Spirto gentil' from La Favorita and Manrico's elegant swagger in 'Di quella pira' |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works (2LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 31/Jul/2002 ] "Ólafsson's interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden depths and drawing out its best qualities." Gramophone |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Vladimir Horowitz I Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 47 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] On December 18, 1925, Horowitz made his first appearance outside his home country, in Berlin. He later played in Paris, London, and New York City. In 1926, the Soviet Union selected Horowitz to join the delegation of pianists that were to represent... |
