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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Requiem fur Mignon / Nachtlied / Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Boney, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] "...reinforced by exceptional vividness and clarity of recording - that makes this new release so arresting an addition to the catalogue which is already well-stocked with pleasurable versions." Gramophone |
DOWLAND / PURCELL / MOZART / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS / R. STRAUSS / LLOYD WEBBER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The radiant voice of Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Talens Lyriques, The English Concert & others [ Decca / CD - released 11/Jun/2001 ] "Barbara Bonney has a lovely voice and she knows how to use its relatively light but extremely agile qualities to fine effect. She's accurate in intonation and tasteful in expressive mannerisms...how pretty everything is-it's really a pleasant sound... |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / SCHUBERT
Seiji Ozawa: The Complete RCA Recordings Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] He is "one of those rarities, a natural conductor", exclaimed one reviewer after Seiji Ozawa's Chicago Symphony debut on July 16, 1963 at the orchestra's Ravinia Festival. "His technical facility is phenomenal, his sense of rhythm both solid and... |
JOHN DOWLAND / WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN JENKINS / THOMAS CAMPION / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle Barbara Bonney (soprano) with Jacob Heringman (lute) / The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, 3-5 October 1998 |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / WOLF / FAURE / BACH / HAYDN / J. STRAUSS
The Best Of Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (soprano), with Geoffrey Parsons (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Teldec / CD - released 10/Aug/1995 ] "Barbara Bonney (is) a charmingly provocative Susanna" (Penguin Guide on 'The Marriago of Figaro') |
BERIO / BERG / GERSHWIN
Berio / Berg / Gershwin: Crazy Girl Crazy Barbara Hannigan, Ludwig Orchestra & film directed by Mathieu Amalric [ Alpha Classics / CD/DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] 2018 Grammy Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / GYORGY LIGETI / ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabe / etc (Blu-ray/DVD) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live DVD + BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 24/Nov/2017 ] Sir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist programme that showcases the immense capabilities of the London Symphony Orchestra. |
TELEMANN / CHERUBINI / FORSTER / WEBER / LEOPOLD MOZART / JOHANN STICH / FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / MICHAEL HAYDN /
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Horn Concertos Barry Tuckwell (horn) / English Chamber Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin / Neville Marriner [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2001 ] "The recording throughout is of EMI's finest analogue quality, and the remastering retains the warmth and beauty of the originals." (Penguin Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Rudolf Barshai Vol.1 (LP) The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Melodiya / LP - released 7/Oct/2014 ] Firma Melodiya revisits the art of the Rudolf Barshai, an outstanding domestic musician and founder of the first chamber orchestra in the USSR. Once the Moscow Chamber Orchestra founded by Barshai and a few other enthusiasts in the Thaw period... |
LUDWIG AUGUST LEBRUN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lebrun: Oboe Concertos vol.1 Bart Schneemann (oboe) / Radio Chamber Orchestra / Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor [ Channel Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2001 ] 'Stylish, sparkling concertos in performances and recording to match. A delightful disc.' Editor's Choice - Gramophone |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano) [ Decca / CD ] Recorded August 1996, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Double Concerto / Young Apollo / Two Portraits / Sinfonietta Yuri Bashmet (viola) Gidon Kremer (violin) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) / Halle Orchestra, Kent Nagano [ Erato / CD - released 19/Aug/1999 ] Recording made in association with the Britten Estate Limited. Double Concerto and Two Portraits are world premiere recordings. |
GIACOMO ANTONIO PERTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Perti: Grands Motets Basler Madrigalisten, Ensemble Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci [ Pan Classics / CD - released 11/Apr/2005 ] "Dolci directs her stylish forces in excellent performances of three large-scale sacred motets written for the prince: Perti's beautifully coloured music is made meltingly lyrical." Sunday Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rafael Kubelík: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon / 66 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2019 ] "This is a "desert island" set if ever there were one. Kubelik's Slavonic Dances always have rated among the best, and still dazzle by virtue of their fleetness and almost savage intensity." (ClassicsToday) |
W. A. MOZART / ANTON BRUCKNER / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rafael Kubelik conducts Great Symphonies Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2017 ] "These are on the whole extremely satisfying performances-well organized, beautifully played, and strongly classical in style without any frills or tricks of any kind." (Gramophone on the Mozart) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Masses Nos.1, 2, 3. Maria Stader, Kim Borg, Claudia Hellmann / Chor & Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Eugen Jochum might have been the finest Bruckner conductor of his age. Devoutly Catholic and somewhat of a bumpkin himself, he was perhaps more like Bruckner than other specialists of his day" ClassicalNet |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded live in 2019) (Blu-ray) Bayreuth Festival / Stephen Gould, Lise Davidsen, Elena Zhidkova, Markus Eiche / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/May/2020 ] "In his Bayreuth debut, Valery Gergiev conducts with such verve that at multiple turns it was like hearing the score anew." Limelight. |
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 **** |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pierre Boulez conducts Bartok BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, with Tatiana Troyanos & Siegmund Nimsgern [ Sony Classical Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2010 ] "one of the finest recordings of Bluebeard's Castle, with the best Judith on disc in Troyanos" classical-music.com |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Prelude / Blackdown / Peter Pan Suite / Ad Infinitum / etc (with music by Vaughan Williams, York Bowen & Hubert Parry) BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "This is a wonderful collection of little-known, long-forgotten British music. But what approachable, melodic, evocative, dramatic works they are." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Dec 2009) |
