PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / CILEA / VERDI / CATALANI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Hammond - A celebration Dame Joan Hammond (soprano) [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "She was the first singer who, heard 'in the flesh', gave me the kind of thrill I associated with the great singers on records: and that statement, I'm sure, is one which thousands of my contemporaries could make too" Gramophone |
PUCCINI / VERDI / DELIBES / OFFENBACH / BERLIOZ / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Operatic Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Christa Ludwig, April Cantelo, Hugette Tourangeau, Jane Berbié [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1994 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Rigoletto (Highlights from the opera) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 27/Sep/1988 ] "[Pavarotti] is an intensely characterful Duke: an unmistakable rogue but a charmer, too...[Sutherland] is glowingly beautiful as well as supremely assured technically. Milnes makes a strong Rigoletto." Penguin Guide |
VERDI / BELLINI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Live From The Lincoln Centre Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti / NYC Opera Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca / London / CD - released 30/Jun/1987 ] Three of operas greatest stars came together under the baton of Richard Bonynge for this sensational concert which took place in New York's Avery Fisher Hall in March 1981 and which first appeared as a 2-LP set later that year. |
PUCCINI / VERDI / HANDEL / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Your Hundred best Opera Tunes II Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza, Franoo Corelli, Giuseppe di Stefano [ Decca / CD - released 7/Aug/1991 ] Greatest moments from Opera sung by the world's finest singers! |
DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / GOUNOD / BELLINI / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Sutherland - Live in Australia(recorded live in 1989) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) with John Alexander, Richard Cross, Elizabeth Harwood, Lucian Pavarotti & others [ Desiree Records / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2003 ] These recordings come direct from the personal library of Joan Sutherland and various sources and were released with Joan's 'blessing'. |
CHARLES IVES / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives / Barber: Piano Sonatas Joanna MacGregor (piano) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Joanna Clare MacGregor CBE (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas Joanna MacGregor (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] Joanna MacGregor is thought of as one of the world's most wide-ranging and innovative musicians and has pursued a life connecting many genres of music defying categorizations. |
JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn, (J.M.): Six String Quartets Sonare Quartett [ Claves / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] "These quartets are more akin to those of Mozart than of his brother Joseph, although they lack a little of the imagination and panache of his great contemporary. Whether spurious or not, this is a highly enjoyable disc." MusicWeb |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: John Chen - Fountains: Piano impressions John Chen (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] "Chen is a fine musician who uses his technique fully at the service of the composer...well worth having purely for the marvellous playing if nothing else!" (Music Web Nov 2008) |
MICHAEL KEMP TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] Recorded at St Jude's Church, London NW11; 7-8 March 1995 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: An 1822 Schubertiad John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 28 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'There are unknown treasures here. Anyone who hasn't invested in this vast enterprise might well begin with this volume' (Classic CD) |
RACHMANINOV / ARENSKY / DEBUSSY / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Two Pianos John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas (pianos) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1996 ] "The music is wonderful, the performances exuberant and eye opening" James Raney |
ALKAN / BUSONI / RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - John Ogdon I John Ogdon (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniell Revenaugh [ Philips / EMI / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Recordings made between 1960 & 1971 |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Sea Drift / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / etc John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Classic performances on one budget CD |
JOHN STAINER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stainer: The Crucifixion Peter Auty (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) Guildford Camerata, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Rose [ Lammas / CD - released 14/Apr/2003 ] "This is a very good CD which I warmly commend to all lovers of the English choral tradition." MusicWeb |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: John Williams plays Vivaldi Concertos John Williams (guitar) / Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla, with Benjamin Verdery (guitar) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Nov/1991 ] Original recordings from May 1990 |
PTER SCULTHORPE / NIGEL WESTGATE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - John Williams - From Australia John Williams (guitar) / London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded Feb/March 1994 & December 1990 |
BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Crusell: The 3 Clarinet Concertos Emma Johnson (clarinet) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Günther Herbig, Charles Groves, Gerard Schwarz [ ASV / CD ] Recorded: 1986 Now only available elsewhere as download |