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BRITTEN / RAVEL / RESPIGHI / SCHULHOFF / SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magdalena Kozena: Recital Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henschel Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2004: Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Operatic Arias Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Simon Rattle [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Sep/2006 ] "Here is a singer with both a rich, colourful and 'alive'-sounding voice and the musical intelligence to use that gift." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (September 2006) |
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 *** |
FRANK BRIDGE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bridge: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Oct/2003 ] "The flowering of English expressionism receives deservedly superb performances." Gramophone Magazine (Editor's Choice. October 2003) |
NICOLAS MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Malcolm Binns plays Nicholas Medtner Malcolm Binns (piano) [ Pearl / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Recorded 1976 and 1991 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marcelo Alvarez - Bel Canto Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Sep/1998 ] Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active touring schedule and debuted in 34 roles. |
PUCCINI / CILEA / GIORDANO / PONCHIELLI / FLOTOW / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marcelo Álvarez - The Tenor's Passion Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Marcello Viotti [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Sep/2004 ] Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active touring schedule and debuted in 34 roles. |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1987 ] Recorded At - All Saints Church, Tooting, London |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: German Requiem [Ein deutsches Requiem] Charlotte Margiono (soprano) / Rodney Gilfrey (baritone) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Gardiner's 'revolutionary' account of the German Requiem brings a range of choral sound even more thrilling than in the concert hall." Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
MARTYNOV / RICHTER / GLASS / VASKS / ENO / JOHANNSSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mari Samuelsen Mari Samuelsen (violin) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jonathan Stockhammer [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2019 ] Mari has enjoyed a remarkable rise on the international concert stage through a characteristic mixture of artistry and enterprise. Her concerts combine breathtaking musical virtuosity and an imaginative and innovative approach to presentation. |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi Arias Maria Callas (soprano) / Phiharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno [ EMI Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/1997 ] 'Mme Callas has seldom had such a field day and her dramatic instinct is well nigh perfect in interpreting these wonderful pages, each characterised convincingly - and differently.' Gramophone |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / AMBROISE THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mad Scenes (recorded in 1958) Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno, with Monica Sinclair, Joseph Rouleau, etc [ EMI Classivs / CD - released 10/Oct/1997 ] 'This is a most remarkable record, not only for its material … but for its astonishing vividness and dramatic poetry … It has been a thing of much wonder for me.' Gramophone |
FRESCOBALDI / GRATIANI / ROSSI / BERNABEI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Cristina Kiehr - Canta La Maddalena Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Concerto Soave [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Sep/2000 ] "Kiehr has chosen works which skilfully blend dramatic scena with contemplative radiance, and with her significantly sensitive accompanists, Concerto Soave, has found a winning formula to project the best of the solo motet tradition." (Gramophone) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Nocturnes (Complete) (2CD) Maria Joao Pires (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "one has no hesitation in declaring Maria João Pires among the most eloquent master-musicians of our time." - Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano sonata D784 / 6 Moments Musicaux D780 / etc Maria Pires (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] Born in 1944 in Lisbon, Maria João Pires gave her first public performance at the age of 4 and began her studies of music and piano with Campos Coelho and Francine Benoît, continuing later in Germany, with Rosl Schmid and Karl Engel. |
BACH / HANDEL / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Stader - In Memoriam - Lieder and Arias Maria Stader (soprano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Maria Stader first achieved fame for her interpretations of Mozart and her collaborations with conductor Ferenc Fricsay on works such as Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and much more |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paisiello: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5, 7 & 8 Mariaclara Monetti (piano) / English Chamber orchestra, Stephanie Gonley [ ASV / CD - released 20/Aug/1993 ] Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was a very successful and popular opera composer in his time. Mozart had great respect for him and took Paisiello's Opera buffa as a model for his own operas (notably Le Nozze di Figaro). |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paisiello: Piano Concertos Nos 2, 3, 4, 6 Mariaclara Monetti (piano) / English Chamber orchestra, Stephanie Gonley [ ASV / CD - released 20/Aug/1993 ] Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was a very successful and popular opera composer in his time. Mozart had great respect for him and took Paisiello's Opera buffa as a model for his own operas (notably Le Nozze di Figaro). |
