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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Piano Quartet No 1 [orch Schoenberg] (recorded in 2004) Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - July 2005. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 1 - 3 & 6 'Archduke' / 14 Variations in E flat / etc Daniel Barenboim (piano) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "There is some ravishing playing from Jacqueline du Pre, and Zukerman contributes in large measure. If you want to hear Beethoven's music sing, and you like Barenboim's highly spontaneous and cultivated personality then this is well worth buying." |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens with Jörg Widman's Con brio and are then joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The Proms don't come more stellar than this! Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra would have comfortably filled the hall on their own, while Martha Argerich could have filled it three times over" - The Independent |
W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / etc
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos & Concerti (from the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] G. For the first time the two musicians performed together in the city of their birth. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra enthralled their audience at the Teatro Colón. With works by Beethoven, Bizet, Mores, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert,... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Works for Piano (4 Hands) Daniel Barenboim / Radu Lupu (pianos) [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "Excellently recorded, this disc can be warmly recommended." Gramophone |
GUILLAUME LEKEU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lekeu: Unfinished Quartet / Sonata in F for cello and piano Daniel Blumenthal (piano) Thanos Adamopoulos (violin) Christophe Desjardins (viola) Gilbert Zanlonghi (cello) [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 16/May/1991 ] The Cello Sonata - that's where they shine. That second movement, the Largo, Zanlonghi just bleeds into the strings. Blumenthal's chords underneath are perfect - supportive but never smothering. (Bandcamp) |
BELLINI
I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2009) Netherlands Opera / Daniel Borowski, Mariola Cantarero, Riccardo Zanellato / Giuliano Carella (conductor), Francisco Negrin (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Osborn manages a stupendous top F, non-falsetto, and his singing in the trio, lyrical but desperate, is even more wonderful...Go on, give it a whirl." (Gramophone) |
BELLINI
I Puritani (Recorded live at the Netherlands Opera, October 2009) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Daniel Borowski, Mariola Cantarero, Riccardo Zanellato / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuliano Carella (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Negrin gets some excellent performances from his cast, who are able to express emotion without being either hammy or cheesy. Scott Hendricks as the rejected lover sings nobly after a gusty start...Osborn manages a stupendous top F, non-falsetto, and |
SHANKAR / RAVEL / de FALLA / BARTOK / SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Daniel Hope - East Meets West Daniel Hope (violin) with Sebastian Knauer (piano), Asok Chakraborty (tabla), Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar), Gilda Sebastian (tanbur) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2004 ] British violinist Daniel Hope has enjoyed a thriving international solo career for more than 35 years. Celebrated for his musical versatility and dedication to humanitarian causes, he has been recognized with a string of honors including the Order of... |
GLUCK / HAYDN / MYSLIVECEK / SALOMON / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Journey To Mozart Daniel Hope (violin) / Zurich Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] "It's both a highly personal selection and a rather puzzling one…Hope's brilliance as a soloist does come across assertively throughout this 'Journey', which for his many admirers will surely prove sufficient to sustain interest." (BBC Music) |
LISZT / MENDELSSOHN / HANDEL / SAINT-SAENS / BOURGEOIS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arundel Restored Daniel Moult (the Hill organ of Arundel Cathedral) [ Regent / CD - released 4/May/2013 ] Acclaimed organist Daniel Moult performs the first solo recording on the 1867/1873 William Hill organ since its restoration. Inspired by eclectic Victorian-era concert programming, Moult presents a cleverly designed program featuring works by... |
CARL NIELSEN / EDVARD GRIEG
Nielsen: Concerto for Clarinet / Grieg: Lyric Pieces Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet), Christoph Traxler (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fische [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The Clarinet Concerto by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen is one of the absolute pillars of the repertoire for clarinet and orchestra. Austrian clarinettist Daniel Ottensamer associates very special memories with this work as 2009 winner of The Carl... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Daniela Barcellona / Lance Ryan / Elisabete Matos / Gabriele Viviani / Eric Cutler / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Valery Gergiev [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "The cast in Valencia has its strengths, prime among them the proud, brassy mezzo of Daniela Barcellona as Dido...Elisabete Matos is a properly intense Cassandra." (Gramophone) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2010) Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Mario Cavaradossi) & Claudio Sgura (Scarpia), Teatro Carlo Felice, Marco Boemi (conductor) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Sgura possesses a timbre rather warmer than usual for Scarpia - it's nice to hear 'Va, Tosca' sung rather than roared...The conductor, Marco Boemi, has the idiom solidly in hand and extracts full-blooded, sumptuous sound from the Genoa players" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida / La Traviata / Rigoletto (complete operas recorded 2002 - 2006) Royal Opera, Teatro Real, Liceu Opera / Daniela Dessi, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Norah Amsellem, Renata Bruson, Christine Shafer, Marcelo Alvarez, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "José Antonio Gutiérrez's production is, by definition, ultra-traditional, but everything looks beautiful thanks to Cabanes's feeling for colour - ochres and blues dominate - and perspective." (BBC Music on Aida) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album Danielle de Niese (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 13/Aug/2009 ] "a voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals... there is nothing restrained about Ms. de Niese's warmly voluptuous and passionate singing" New York Times |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel Arias Danielle de Niese (soprano) / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Decca / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] 'Not just a superb performer, but a phenomenal one' Opera News. |
FRIEDRICH KUHLAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kuhlau: Overtures Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] Kuhlau was born on 11 September 1786 just south of Lüneburg in the Uelzen district of Lower Saxony (Germany). At the age of seven, he lost his right eye when he slipped on ice and fell. His father, grandfather, and uncle were military oboists. Even... |
Danish String Quartet
Keel Road (LP) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 30/Aug/2024 ] The Danish String Quartet's new album is a "retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and... |
