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BORODIN / VERDI / MUSSORGSKY / GLUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boris Christoff: Opera Arias Boris Christoff (bass) with Ana Alexieva (mezzo) / Various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Studio / CD - released 14/Oct/1988 ] "...should on no account be missed by lovers of great singing." (MusicWeb Nov 2007) |
MUSSORGSKY / BORODIN / BOITO / GOUNOD / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / VERDI / GLUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boris Christoff - The Very Best Of Boris Christoff (bass) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Very Best of Singers / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] Bass Boris Christoff was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 18 May 1914 of a Bulgarian father and a Russian mother. The family was very well to do and Boris received the best education available, including a period of study at the University of Sofia. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / 9 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Boris Giltburg is lauded worldwide as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter, with critics praising his impassioned approach to performance. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE
Russian Chamber Music Borodin Quartet [ Warner Classics / 8 CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] Established in Moscow in 1945, and still performing today, the Borodin Quartet sustains a distinctive tradition in the interpretation of Russian chamber music. |
MOZART / BRAHMS / PISTON / SCHUBERT / MILHAUD / HINDEMITH / etc
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players - The complete RCA album collection 1964-68 Boston Symphony Chamber Players [ Sony / RCA Red Seal / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2023 ] Sony Classical are pleased to present a stunning new 10 CD boxset - the complete RCA Victor Recordings of The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, presented for the first time on CD. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky Boston Symphony, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Bernstein was an incomparably great Stravinsky interpreter, certainly a better conductor than the composer himself, and this set of his complete recordings for Sony has more than it's share of reference versions." ClassicsToday |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello & Orchestra 'Triple Concerto', etc. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra [ CHANDOS / CD ] Originally recorded in 1994 |
W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Strauss: Oboe Concertos Douglas Boyd (oboe) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Paavo Berglund [ ASV / CD - released 30/Apr/1986 ] "..this 1986 recording of Mozart and Strauss' oboe concertos with them proves, he was one heck of an oboe player. He had an absolutely first-rate technique -- listen to him negotiate Mozart's lean lines -- an absolutely beautiful tone" AllMusic |
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Christoph Pohl, Gal James, Dshamilja Kaiser, Christina Bock / Johannes Debus (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Jul/2019 ] "There is never a dull moment…Pohl takes the brave route with Cenci…With his baritone in lustrous form, this is a performance to savour" Opera - October 2019 - Disc of the Month |
![Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10552/10552603.jpg)
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Daniel Johansson, Kerstin Avemo, Mandy Fredrich, Rachel Frenkel, Michael Volle / Johannes Debus (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "Johansson's big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent" (Gramophone) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / MOUSSORGSKY / LIADOV / GLINKA / ALABIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / RACHMANINOV / RUBINSTEIN / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Souvenirs d'enfance - Memories Of Childhood - Russian music Brigitte Engerer (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 2/Apr/2007 ] Between 1969 and 1979 Brigitte Engerer won first prizes in perhaps the world's three most important competitions: the Marguerite Long Competition in Paris, the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels. A turning point in... |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / MAHLER / MUSSORGSKY / LOEWE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Brigitte Fassbaender Edition Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) with Karl Engel, Irwin Cage, Cord Garben, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Besides recording several operas Brigitte Fassbaender is also a successful lieder singer. In 1987, she won a Gramophone Award for her Deutsche Gramophon disc of songs by Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Schwanengesang / 5 Lieder Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) Aribert Reimann (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] " Fassbaender's daring, all-in style precisely matched, indeed encouraged by Reimann's challenging, bold piano find their ideal vehicle in the searing, searching, innovative world of Schwanengesang." Gramophone |
GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stölzel - Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas 6 - 10) Britta Schwarz (Mezzo Soprano), Henning Voss (Alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) Klaus Mertens (bass) / Weimarer Barockensemble, Ludger Rémy [ CPO / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] Recorded Weimar, Redoute, January, 2000 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Folk Song Arrangements : 51 songs from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France Lorna Anderson (soprano), Regina Nathan (soprano), Jamie MacDougall (tenor) [ Hyperion Dyard / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'This is a superb collection... This will be one of my favorite sets of 1995' (Fanfare, USA) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La Cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 / Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535 / etc Iona Brown, Neil Black, Celia Nicklin / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
BRYCE DESSNER
Bryce Dessner - Solos Bryce Dessner (guitar), Katia Labèque (piano), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Colin Currie (percussion), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Lavinia Meijer (harp) + [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Versatile composer, sought-after musical collaborator and guitarist Bryce Dessner makes his Sony Classical début with Solos, a collection featuring a series of unaccompanied instrumental works written by the composer over the past few years. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An die Musik: Favourite Schubert Lieder (Songs) Bryn Terfel (Baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Throughout, Martineau's at once vigorous and subtle playing is an apt support: his accompaniment in Erlkonig is arrestingly clear and precise...this one is pure pleasure" (Gramophone) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / FINZI / IRELAND / BUTTERWORTH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Vagabond and other English Songs Bryn Terfel (Baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts (Incl 'I'll walk beside you' & 'How great thou art') Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) with Aled Jones (tenor) and John Williams (guitar) / London Voices / London Symphony Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] As one of the most acclaimed opera singers of our time, Bryn Terfel dedicates his golden voice to a program that celebrates the simple beauty of melody and song, making the album a must-have for every Terfel fan and a serene and inspiring gift for... |
