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W. A. MOZART
Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne - Mozart Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Audrey Mildmay, Heddle Nash, John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Sena Jurinac, Alexander Young, Richard Lewis / Fritz Busch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 8/Jul/2017 ] Fritz Busch (1890-1951) was one the greatest German conductors of the first half of the twentieth century, noted for his illuminating performances and his ethical principles. |
DUPRÉ / FRANCK / COUPERIN / BRUHNS / BACH / MESSIAEN
Gillian Weir: A Celebration Gillian Weir (organ) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 12/Feb/2021 ] 'Dame Gillian is one of the greatest of living artists; her playing shows a perfect mixture of hand and heart, a true musician with the technique to tackle anything.' - JOHN AMIS, WRITER AND CRITIC |
CLERAMBAULT / BRUHNS / WIDOR / VIERNE / DUPRE / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir Gillian Weir (organ) [ Argo / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2005 ] 'There is an aristocratic poise and restraint which illuminate Weir's readings of Clerambault's two Suites' BBC Music Magazine |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera with libretto recorded in 1957) Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese / La Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Tullio Serafin [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/1985 ] "In general this is Callas at her most girlish: light-voiced, lyrical and with the power to make the dramatic climaxes thrilling." MusicWeb |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Complete Opera recorded at the New Zealand Festival 2000) Gordon Hawkins, Vladimir Vaneev, Yaron Windmuller, Nuccia Focile / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, Marco Guidarini [ Trust / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2006 ] Verdi's sombre and powerful operatic masterpiece, with its themes of love, hate, treachery and reconciliation, is brought to life in this production from the 2000 New Zealand Festival, featuring the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Chapman... |
BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / LOEWE / ORFF / WAGNER / GRIEG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Icon: Hans Hotter - The Great Bass Bar (incls and much much more) Hans Hotter (baritone) with Birgit Nilsson, Gerald Moore, Michael Raucheisen, etc [ EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] "All told, then, this is an essential set for lovers of one of the most authoritative yet beautiful voices the gramophone has had the privilege to capture." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb May 2009) |
TOMASO ALBINONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Albinoni: 12 Concertos Op. 7 / Sonatas, Op.2 Nos.6 & 5 Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (oboes) / I Musici [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/1992 ] "This recording by Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourgue and I Musici is comparatively robust in using modern instruments, but it is eminently stylish, the effect sunny and lively by turns. The digital recording is fresh and naturally balanced (Penguin) |
CHARLES IVES
Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition Helen Boatwright (soprano), Charles Ives (piano), Gregg Smith Singers, Thomas Stewart (baritone), American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, etc [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Oct/2024 ] On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the "first great American composer", who, "all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution". |
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WALTER BRAUNFELS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Braunfels: Die Vogel [The Birds] (complete opera ) Hellen Kwon, Endrik Wottrich, Michael Kraus, Marita Posselt, Wolfgang Holzmair, Matthias Görne / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Zagrosek's reading and the performances by his cast and orchestra are gripping and more than do justice to this wonderful score. Wottrich and Kraus are impressive in the male leads." ClassicalNet |
VIEUXTEMPS / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / PAGANINI / BADINGS / VIOTTI / etc
Herman Krebbers Edition Herman Krebbers (violin) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of the Dutch violinist Herman Krebbers. This is the first CD edition dedicated to the breadth and range of his artistry - concerto soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster. |
PIERO LOCATELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Locatelli: L'Arte del Violino, Op. 3 I Musici, Mariana Sirhu (solo violin) [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Jun/1997 ] |
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams - Collected Works San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, London Sinfonietta, Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Leila Josefowicz (violin), etc [ Nonesuch Records / 40 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2024 ] Nonesuch Records releases the forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer's career with the label. |
PIETRO ANTONIO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Complete Edition Igor Ruhadze (violin), Jed Wentz (flute) / Ensemble Violini Capricciosi, Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Pietro Antonio Locatelli was one of the most important composers of the Baroque period, being a particularly celebrated composer of violin repertoire. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano Duet / Piano Duets Ingrid Haebler, Ludwig Hoffmann, Jorg Demus, Paul Badura-Skoda (pianos) [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 16 / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1991 ] The famous original, and long out of print, Philips Mozart Edition. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas [complete] Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophoen Classical Music guide) |
BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Impressions of Jacqueline du Pre Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ EMI Music / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2003 ] One of the very best Jacaqueline du Pre collections...ever! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS / IRISH TRADIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Golden Flute Of James Galway James Galway,(flute) with guests, including The Chieftans, and various orchestras & performers [ Readers Digest licensed from Rca / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Nov/2002 ] In addition to his performances of the standard classical repertoire, he features contemporary music in his programmes...The album James Galway and The Chieftains in Ireland reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart in 1987 (Wiki) |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fauré: Barcarolles / Impromptus / Dolly Suite / etc Jean‐Philippe Collard (piano) [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Gabriel Fauré, whose long and influential life spanned the eras of romanticism and early modernism, enriched a diversity of genres with music of proverbial subtlety. It tantalises and captivates the listener with its discreet beauty. |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fauré: Nocturnes / Preludes / etc Jean‐Philippe Collard (piano) [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Gabriel Fauré, whose long and influential life spanned the eras of romanticism and early modernism, enriched a diversity of genres with music of proverbial subtlety. It tantalises and captivates the listener with its discreet beauty. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré Edition - Piano Works, Chamber Music, Orchestral Works & Requiem Jean‐Philippe Collard (piano) Augustin Dumay (violin) Frédéric Lodéon (cello) Michel Debost (flute) Nicolai Gedda (tenor) / Michael Plasson (cond) [ Erato / 12 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Gabriel Fauré, whose long and influential life spanned the eras of romanticism and early modernism, enriched a diversity of genres with music of proverbial subtlety. |
