MORTON GOULD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gould: Fall River Legend / Interplay / etc Morton Gould and his Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Gould's Fall River Legend is a warmly melodic ballet on the Lizzie Borden story. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364 / Concertone K190 Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov (violin/conductor), with Shlomo Mintz (viola) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Recorded in Munich April 1990 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mass in C K.317 "Coronation" / Mass in C K.167 / Nocturnes Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Gerhard Eder (bass) / The Vienna Boys Choir, Hans Gillesberger [ RCA Victor Papillon Collection / CD - released 18/Apr/1988 ] The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries. |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (contralto) / The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1993 ] " Nathalie Stutzmann, soloist with Goodman, gives the more dramatic account, with an effective scurrying urgency in the orchestral playing." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rare Mozart Arias Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1999 ] Recorded July 1994 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Germany |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / WOLFGANG FORTNER / ANTON WEBERN / FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Pictures NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] Live recording 1984 & 1985 |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anything Goes New Broadway Cast Recording, with Patti LuPone & Howard McGlinn [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] One of the leaders in the trend of big splashy revivals in the late 1980s and early '90s, Lincoln Center's 1987 production of Anything Goes was the perfect evocation of the 1930s, from the period pit band to James McMullan's striking poster art to... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand [ RCA Gold Seal / CD - released 4/Apr/1989 ] "These are involved, committed and engaged offerings, intended to bring the greatness of the Brahms Symphony to the world's attention." Review |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert - "Arpeggione" sonata / Prokofiev - Sonata Op. 119 Ofra Harnoy (cello) Michael Dussek (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Jul/1988 ] "Harnoy gives a confident, well-prepared reading" Gramophone |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Seven Cello Concertos Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Paul Robinson [ RCA / CD - released 1/Sep/1989 ] "This set is enthusiastically recommended for what it is - a record of marvellously inventive music, beautifully played by a superb cellist. It is guaranteed to provide hours of fulfilling musical experience." (MusicWeb) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / OFFENBACH / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saens/Offenbach: Works for Cello & Orchestra Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman / Cincinatti Symphony, Erich Kunzel [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 7/May/1986 ] "Her exalted and eminently sensuous tone permeates all the music she touches, and the delicacy of her touch may well exceed that of her eminent teachers, Pierre Fournier, Jacqueline du Pre, and Vladimir Orloff. " AudAud.com |
CHARLES KOECHLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Koechlin: The Jungle Book Johan Botha (tenor) Ralf Lukas (baritone) iris Vermillion (mezzo) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra [ RCA / 2 CD - released 3/Nov/1994 ] CD released in 1994; DDD recordings from June 1993. |
JERRY ROSS / RICHARD ADLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Damn Yankees Original cast recording with Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglas, Ray Walston & Robert Shafer [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Gwen Verdon headlining the original cast of "Damn Yankees." Re-issue of original 1955 release. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 Philadelphia Orchestra, James Levine [ RCA / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "As a Mahler interpreter, his performances are exciting, fabulously played, razor-sharp rhythmically, and sensitive to the myriad details of Mahler's scoring. Perhaps the two standout performances are the Fifth and Ninth, as much for the playing of... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica / 5 Variants of Dives & Lazarus Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Vaughan Williams's Seventh Symphony began life as a film score to Scott of the Antarctic (how the symphony lost the "c" in "Antarctic" not even the composer could fully explain). The movie describes Scott's ill-fated expedition in which everyone... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Symphonies No 1 & 2 / Overture "Der Freischutz" Philharmonia Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 30/Jun/1995 ] Recorded At - Watford Town Hall Recorded in June 1991 and February 1993. |
ANTONIN DVOARK / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Walton: Cello Concertos Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Victor / CD - released 6/Dec/1993 ] Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav into a Jewish family. As a child, he was taught violin and piano by his father. After seeing and hearing the cello, he was determined to become a cellist and was given his first cello when he was seven. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Sonatas Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Marc Neikrug (piano) [ RCA / CD - released 12/Aug/1996 ] "The mellifluous, autumnal radiance of Zukerman's tone (aided by his exceptional 1670 Andrea Guarneri instrument) adds poignancy and gravitas to these readings." ClassicalMusic |
VERDI / PUCCINi / LEONCAVALLERO / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bravissimo Domingo - Arias and duets with Leontyne Price & Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Nello Santi / London Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf / etc [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] A electrifying collection of arias and duets taken from the many recordings Domingo made with RCA. |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodgers: The Sound of Music Rebecca Luker & Michael Siberry / New 1998 Broadway Cast [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "Rebecca Luker is superb as Maria...The children are excellent ("Do, Re, Mi" is fresh as ever), and the new arrangements attractive." Musical101 |