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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Liederkreis Op 39: Romances & Ballads Bryn Terfel / Malcolm Martineau (Piano) with Lorna Anderson and Timothy Robinson [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "With Martineau's deeply musical accompaniment and a spacious, pristine DG recording, this impressive recital demands to be heard by all lovers of Schumann's songs." - International Record Review May 2000 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge) Budapest String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Founded 100 years ago in 1917, the Budapest Quartet was at the height of its success in the early 1950s, under the leadership of first violinist Joseph Roisman....Recorded in Stereo 1958-61. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Music From The Films 'Zoya' and 'The Young Guard' Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Walter Mnatsakanov [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Rare recordings of these Shostakovich Russian film scores. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O Praise the Lord of Heaven: Music of rejoicing and reflection The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] |
JOHN RUTTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rutter: Requiem / I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes The Cambridge Singers, The City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories / Missa Brevis / Strathclyde Motets Cappella Nova [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Effortlessly high-floating sopranos, honeyed altos, trumpet-like tenor singing and basses entering so as to give the impression of organ-stops being drawn out" - The Daily Telegraph |
ROBERT FAYRFAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fayrfax: Missa O Quam Glorifica The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ ASV Gaudeamus / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] 1995 Gramophone Award Winner |
RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete opera with libretto) Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle, Giuseppe Taddei, Ugo Benelli / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "..long-breathed, expansible tempi and the minimum of exaggeration. Karajan's choice of soloists was clearly aimed to help that...rarely if ever on record has the La Scala Orchestra played with such beautiful feeling for tone-colour." - Penguin Guide |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera with libretto recorded in 1966) Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Nicolai Ghiaurav, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/1988 ] "A five-Act version of Verdi's opera, in the standard Italian translation, conducted with energy and boasting superior soloists. Carlo Bergonzi is especially fine in the title role." BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 **** |
PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / VERDI / CILEA / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Bergonzi Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) with Fernando Corena, Libero Arbace & Sylvia Stahlman [ Decca Grandi Voci / CD - released 14/Aug/1994 ] One of the century's defining operatic tenors, Carlo Bergonzi, died after a short illness on 26th July at the age of 90. Celebrated for his interpretations of the great Verdi roles in particular. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Il Trovatore (Complete Opera with libretto) Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Placido Domingo (tenor), Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) etc... [ Deusche Grammophon / 3 CD - released 20/Sep/1984 ] Il trovatore ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It was García Gutiérrez's most successful... |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: La Bayadère (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Natalia Osipova / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "A very enjoyable release with a great deal to offer even if you already own another version." MusicWeb April 2020 |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO / MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / de Falla: El amor vrujo & Noches en los jardines de Espana Carlos Bonell (guitar), Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, London Philharmonic, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Carlos Bonell plays the cadenza of the Adagio of the Concierto de Aranjuez most sensitively, and the weight of the orchestral contribution is judged to a nicety throughout." (Gramophone) |
SCOTT JOPLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joplin: Treemonisha (Complete opera) Carmen Baltrop, Betty Allen, Curtis Rayam, Willard White / Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus / Gunther Schuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1976 ] 'Performance and recording are first class' - Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies Carole Farley (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Stuart Burrows (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Deusche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 7/Apr/2023 ] For Antal Doráti, one of the mid-twentieth century's most gifted conductors, Beethoven was a central repertoire choice. This symphony cycle was recorded in 1975-76 at the beginning of his tenure as principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Carolyn Sampson: A Soprano's Schubertiade Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] "In this recital of Schubert lieder we hear Carolyn Sampson's voice radiating with a sumptuous full tone. There is such a clarity and body, emphasised on the recording with Joseph Middleton's fine accompaniment on piano." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
de BORNELH / deMEAUX / RUDEL / BRULE / Le BARTARD / de VENTADORN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sweet is the song - Music of the Troubadours & Trouveres Catherine Bott (soprano) [ L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 1/Oct/1996 ] Catherine Bott is a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Her footballing skills, however, are negligible. (Wiki) |
LIONEL MONCKTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs from the shows (Incls 'The Arcadians', 'The Toreador' & 'The Quaker Girl') Catherine Bott (soprano) Richard Suart (baritone) / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'Both Bott and Suart demonstrate a natural aptitude for the material. Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra and Light Opera Chorus with obvious affection. Listening to this CD made me feel ridiculously happy' (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV HOLST / RICHARD STRAUSS
Holst: The Planets / Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (LP) CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner [ Chandos LP / LP - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Edward Gardner's driven, finely balanced conducting ensures this is one for collectors as well as supporters." The Guardian, 10th February 2017 **** |
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MAURICE RAVEL / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Ravel [Includes Piano Concertos & La Valse] Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (bartone) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2024 ] Les Siècles present two of their successful series of Ravel recordings on period instruments under François-Xavier Roth, with Cédric Tiberghien at the piano and baritone Stéphane Degout. |
