Search Results: Orchestra collectable
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande / Variatione for Orchestra / Violin & Piano Concertos Pierre Amoyal (violin) Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Warner Ultima / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/1998 ] "Boulez keeps the music moving, and brings welcome clarity to Pelleas's potentially murky orchestration. The more angular Variations and concertos aren't as comfortable, though both soloists are persuasive." (BBC Music) |
FINZI / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams/Delius/Finzi: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 23/Jun/1995 ] 'top notch production values...Lane and Handley's scintillating account of the Delius is wholly compelling' Gramophone - May 2003 |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos / etc Pietro Spada (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy. |
PUCCINI / BIZET / WAGNER / DVORAK / MASSENET / WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pilar Lorengar Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Giuseppe Patanè [ Decca Grandi Voci / CD - released 14/Jul/1995 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos 2 & 4 / Serenade Melancolique / Melodie Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas / Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Records Masterworks / CD - released 23/Oct/1990 ] Original recordings from 1981 & 1985 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone on the complete recording |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Studio / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera. I have seldom heard a more tender, vulnerable Desdemona than Ricciarelli's, absolutely ideal in the many dolce, piano moments in the role, bringing tears to the eye." |
VERDI / PUCCINi / LEONCAVALLERO / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bravissimo Domingo - Arias and duets with Leontyne Price & Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Nello Santi / London Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf / etc [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] A electrifying collection of arias and duets taken from the many recordings Domingo made with RCA. |
LEHAR / ZELLER / FALL / KALMAN / O. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Vienna, City of my Dreams Placido Domingo (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Nov/1986 ] Original recording from 1985 |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BELLINI / ROSSINI / THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Opera Gala Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Eugene Kohn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 'An opera gala with a difference. Instead of cherry-picking the usual highlights, it gives us arias and duets in the context of complete scenes, which affords the added novelty of the stars taking on supporting roles they would never usually sing' |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Concert Overture / Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Wieslaw Ochman (tenor) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk & Jerzy Semkow [ EMI Classics Matrix / CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] "The Third Symphony Song of the Night...It is a passionate performance of an intense and beautiful work - the tenor, Wieslaw Ochman, is deeply convincing, and the orchestra and chorus are committed to a highly charged performance." MusicWeb |
SERGE PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokoviev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in Glasgow City Hall, September 1988 |
JENKINS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / CHOPIN / DELIBES / MOZART / RAVEL / BACH / RODRIGO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Peace - pure classical calm Anne Queffelec, Mikhal Pletnev (piano) Lesley Garret, Mady Mesple (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Nash Ensemble, et [ EMI / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Jul/2004 ] 3 CDs of the most relaxing music from Film, TV, and Opera |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano), with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy & Leopold Stokowski (Cto 2 & Rhapsody) [ RCA Victor Gold Seal / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/1994 ] "...heard here are (Rachmaninoff's) own four piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski and Ormandy, all incomparably played with firm and dry vitality." ClassicalNotes.net |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / GRIEG / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Radu Lupu Radu Lupu (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "for piano collectors and fans of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, this (set) is a must, and I envy those who have the opportunity to discover these recordings for the first time." Musicweb |
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GERALD FINZI / KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite 'Veris Gratia' Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] .'…the panache of Wallfisch's playing comes over the more forcefully, and the tenderness of the slow movement is reinforced to at a more spacious speed.' - Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Concertos for one and two Harpischords Raymond Leppard, PhjilipLedger (harpsichords) / English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ Philips / CD - released 12/Jun/1990 ] Concertos for 1 and 2 harpsichords by Bach. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg (Complete opera in English) Norman Bailey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Noel Mangin, Sadler's Wells Chorus & Orchestra, Reginald Goodall [ Chandos Opera in English / 4 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "An ensemble singing an ensemble opera: that is perhaps the performance's greatest strength, but there are many moments when it rises far above that… Whether you were around or not, do listen to this supremely humane account of a supremely humane... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER / JOHANNES BRAHMS / JOSEF HOLBROOKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber/Brahms/Holbrooke: Clarinet Works Reginald Kell (clarinet) / Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr, with Louis Kentner (piano) & Anthony Pini (cello) [ Testament / CD - released 1/Jan/1991 ] Reginald Clifford Kell was an English clarinettist. He was noted especially for his career as a soloist and chamber music player. He was the principal clarinettist in leading British orchestras, including the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia. |
