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GUILLAUME DUFAY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dufay: Music for St James the Greater Gothic Voices / Christopher Page (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE GRAMOPHONE AWARDS WINNER |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 1985) Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Justino Diaz / Vienna State Opera Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deusche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] This famous film of the world's best-loved opera, directed by Herbert von karajan, features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time. - "overwhelming in its truthfulness to the tragic vision of Carmen", wrote the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Spirit Sang all Day The Graduate Choir, NZ / Terence Maskell, conductor / Claire Caldwell, piano [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Aug/2005 ] In March, 2001, a few singers met to formalise an idea which had been growing for some time - that was to establish a choir which would have as its nucleus a number of singers who had been former members of the acclaimed choirs of Aorere College,... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Organ Music of Herbert Howells Graham Barber plays the Organ of Hereford Cathedral [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Recorded in Hereford Cathedral on 10/11 January 1995 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Serenades Op. 8 & Op. 25 Grumiaux Trio, with Maxence Larrieu (flute) [ Philips Duo / CD - released 20/Mar/1990 ] Recorded: The Netherlands, 1/1968 (Op. 8); 5/1968 (Op. 25) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Viola Quintets Vol 1 Guarneri Quartet, with Ida Kavafian & Steven Tenenbom (violas) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1988 ] Recorded live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; The Hoffnung Festival of Music - Royal Festival Hall 1988 Guests include Bill Oddie, Jane Glover, Jill Gormez, Robin Ashby, Felicity Lott, Joseph Horovitz,, Richard Watkins, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] On February 12th & 13th, 1988, two reprise concerts were performed and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall and released by Decca. Many distinguished guests appeared, including Donald Swann, Annetta Hoffnung (playing the role of "orchestral maid"),... |
ROBIN MILFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milford: Fishing by Moonlight Guildhall Strings, with Julian Sperry (flute) Julian Milford (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'This is music for an English summer evening, rewarding in its unpretentious, melodious, nicely crafted way; especially when played with sympathy and elegance by Robert Salter and the excellent Guildhall Strings' Gramophone |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) - highlights Gundula Janowitz, Werner Hollweg, Walter Berry / Chor der Deutschen. Opera Berlin. Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 1/Dec/1987 ] Original recording made in 1973 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (recorded live in 2004) The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts / DVD - released 12/Jan/2005 ] Quite simply one of the best performances of this great work I've ever come across: moving, intense and with Abbado's long experience of conducting this work fully apparent despite the youth of the players. Beautifully and accurately played... |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartok Gyorgy Sandor (piano) / Vienna Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg [ Vox Legends / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Sándor remained friends with Bartók throughout his life, and was one of only ten people who attended Bartók's funeral in 1945. Sándor played the premiere of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 on 8 February 1946. |
BACH / CHOPIN / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Ingrid Haebler Ingrid Haebler (piano) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra [ Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Ingrid was always admired for the grace and shapeliness of her phrasing, her pellucid cantabile touch and her crystalline articulation, all of which can be heard in the Mozart items on these discs." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (Complete opera) Hakan Hagegard, Gilles Cachemaille, Arleen Auger, Della Jones / Drottningholm Court Theatre, Arnold Ostman [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Even those who have never been to Drottningholm and experienced Arnold Ostman's Mozart in the flesh will know exactly what it is that makes his recorded performances live." (Gramophone) |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica and transcriptions of works by Liszt and Mozart Hamish Milne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Milne, who through his studies with Guido Agosti is a 'grand-pupil' of Busoni himself, tackles this repertoire with a full appreciation of the Classicism that lies behing its Romantic surface, and is especially effective at clarifying the fugal... |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Thomas Hampson sings Cole Porter - Night & Day Thomas Hampson (baritone) with Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McClinn [ Emi Classics / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] "One suspects that Hampson dislikes being described as a "crossover" singer, as he sometimes is. To cross over something, there must first be a barrier to be crossed. Hampson's career has demonstrated that many divisions in music are false, and that,... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante / Cello Sonata Han-Na Chang (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] "The Korean, Han-Na Chang, joins Antonio Pappano for a superb recording." Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine (May 2003)- GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2003 - Concerto |
BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / LOEWE / ORFF / WAGNER / GRIEG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Icon: Hans Hotter - The Great Bass Bar (incls and much much more) Hans Hotter (baritone) with Birgit Nilsson, Gerald Moore, Michael Raucheisen, etc [ EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] "All told, then, this is an essential set for lovers of one of the most authoritative yet beautiful voices the gramophone has had the privilege to capture." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb May 2009) |
WOLF / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / R. STRAISS / LOEWE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Hans Hotter Hans Hotter (bass) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Though recorded later in his career, when this great artist was 64, he is on magnificent form, and brings a lifetime's insights to some of the greatest songs in the Lied repertoire. Indispensable." (BBC Music) |
NED ROREM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rorem: Works for Choir and Orchestra The Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, with Carson Coqman (organ) [ Black Box / CD - released 21/Jul/2006 ] Carson Cooman is Research Associate in Music and Composer in Residence at the Harvard Memorial Church. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Rene Kollo / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/1996 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "Now at last Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the... |
