FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1816 Lucia Popp (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 17 / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Piano-playing, notes and recording all enhance the virtues of this rewarding disc, which will surely be a thing of joy for many years to come' - Gramophone |
SMETANA / GRIEG / DVORAK / ORFF / MAHLER / MOZART / STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lucia Popp-The Very Best Of Lucia Popp (soprano) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Very Best of Singers / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] The esteemed Czech-born Austrian soprano Lucia Popp began her career by training as an actress. Only then did she begin studying music and singing at the Conservatories of Brünn and Prague. |
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pavarotti - Ti Adoro [ Decca Records / CD - released 15/Oct/2003 ] A shining star in Pavarotti's esteemed career, "Ti Adoro" showcases his total range, and also features guitar legend, Jeff Beck! |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (Complete opera recorded in 1978) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Verrett, Cornell Macneil / James Conlon (cond) [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 7/Oct/2010 ] Luciano Pavarotti will always be associated with the role of the painter Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca. His interpretations of the arias 'Recondita armonia' and 'E lucevan le stelle' became two of his greatest hits, which he sang at all his concerts. |
VERDI / BELLINI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pavarotti in Concert Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / London / CD - released 30/Jun/1986 ] Record at the Bologna Opera House, July 5th-9th 1973 |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Symphony No. 8, Op. 83; Commemorative Cantata, Op. 65; Poeme lyrique, Op. 12 Ludmila Kuznetsova. mezzo-soprano; Vsevolod Grivnov. tenor / Russian State Symphonic Cappella; Russian State Symphony Orchestra; Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] "The chorus sing as 'a teeming multitude' gathered to commemorate Pushkin's centenary" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone September 2003) |
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chabrier: Complete Melodies Ludovic de San (baritone), Diane Andersen (piano), with Luc Loubry (bassoon1) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Recorded in 1993 - EMS Studios Brussels |
MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / REGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joseph Keilberth: The Postwar Telefunken Recordings - 1953-1963 Ludwig Hoelscher (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth [ Warner Classics Icon / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] 20 July 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the German conductor Joseph Keilberth. His name is perhaps not so widely remembered as some of his contemporaries, but he was an important figure in the musical life of Germany in the mid-20th |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Songs 1 Victoria Evtodieva (soprano), Natalia Biryukova (mezzo-soprano), Fyodor Kuznetsov (bass), Mikhail Lukonin (baritone), Yuri Serov (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Here are two CDs dedicated to some of the finest and most under-recorded song repertoire of the 20th century. Yury Serov is the presiding spirit; his sharply characterised piano playing radiating musical and cultural understanding, and his singers... |
GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Violin Concerto / Children's Suite Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] ..a 'rarity to treasure' (The Penguin Guide) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. Lydia Mordkovitch was one of the founding artists of Chandos and over the years made... |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moeran: Violin Concerto & 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
XAVIER SCHARWENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scharwenka: The Complete Chamber Music Lydia Morkovitch (violin) Levon Chilingirian (violin) Seta Tanyel (piano) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "I have seldom heard a pianist on such good terms with her instrument" (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Cello Concerto & Violin Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Two classic performances on one budget CD |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Lynne Dawson, John Daniecki, Kevin McMillan / San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 2/Jan/1991 ] Grammy Award WINNER 34th Awards (1991) Best Choral Performance |
GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: Choral Symphony / Choral Fantasia Lynne Dawson (soprano) / Guildford Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic, Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (June 2002 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Zaide K344 (Complete opera) Lynne Dawson, Hans Peter Blochwitz,Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert / The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin-director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jun/2004 ] Mozart began this masterpiece in 1780 for the new Viennese Singspiel company, but at their insistence on a comedy he switched to writing Idomeneo, and Zaide remained unfinished. |
THE BACH FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lamento: rarely-heard music by the Bach family Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Musica Antiqua Koln / Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] "A marvellous, thought-provoking recital by a singer in her glorious first bloom." (BBC Music) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Opera and Oratorio arias Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Jun/2009 ] "Magdalena Kozená has almost become the Barack Obama of mezzo-sopranos. With that mesmerising voice, that magnetic personality, everybody wants a piece of her." The Times, 5th June 2009 *** |
HANDEL / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MARCELLO / BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Oboe Concertos Malcolm Messiter (oboe) / Guildhall String Ensemble [ RCA Victor Read Seal / CD - released 5/Mar/1990 ] Recorded at the Forde Abbey, Dorset, November 1988, and in Rosslyn Hall Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, May 1989 |