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ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Symphonic Variations Natalia Gutman (cello) / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Swallisch [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Recorded At - Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, February 1991 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Edward Power Biggs plays Historic Organs of Europe E. Power Biggs (organ) [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2024 ] The legendary English organist E. Power Biggs became a household name when his Sunday morning CBS broadcasts introduced radio listeners all over North America to the sound of historic pipe organs and the classical organ repertoire from every... |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow, with Norma Burrowes, James Bowman, Charles Brett & Robert Lloyd [ EMI Classics For Pleasure / CD - released 24/Sep/1990 ] Purcell's odes for Queen Mary show him at his best. A glorious succession of overtures, choruses, arias and delicious ritornelli display astonishing imagination and ingenuity: whilst overtly celebratory, never far beneath the surface lies the sense... |
SAMUEL ADLER
Adler: One Lives But Once, A 90th Birthday Celebration Eastman School of Music, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Emily Freeman Brown [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Feb/2018 ] March 4th 2018 marks the 90th birthday of one of the twenty-first century's most influential and prolific composers: Samuel Adler. This three-disc boxed set provides a cohesive overview of his output and includes many premiere recordings. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 1959) Eberhard Waechter, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Joan Sutherland, Giuseppe Taddei / Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2011 ] Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Capuccilli (Masetto) & Gottlob Frick (Commendatore) |
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (complete opera filmed in 1981) Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Prey, Helga Dernesch, Sena Jurinac, Norma Burrowes / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Nov/2005 ] This production, filmed in 1981, is released on DVD for the first time. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (highlights from the opera recorded in 1992) Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Alexander Agache / Ambrosian Singers, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 16/Aug/2001 ] Highlights from the original 1992 release. |
BACH / HANDEL / MOZART / STRAUSS / MAHLER / BERLIOZ / etc
The Art of Edith Mathis Edith Mathis (soprano) with Otto Wiener (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano) etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 7 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2019 ] 7 CDs celebrating Edith Mathis's 80th birthday (11 February 2018), through a selection of her most treasured recordings from 1960 to 1984, of opera, oratorio and Lied. |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Interpreters on Record, Vol. 1 - Vocal & Dramatic Music Maurice D'Oisly, Clara Butt, Tudor Davies, Peter Dawson, Alice Moxon, Haydn Wood, Kathleen Ferrier, Glasgow Orpheus Choir [ Dutton The Elgar Society / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "This wonderful collection of recordings, made for the most part in Elgar's own lifetime, has not only authenticity of period; for those born into that time it is something to be played and savoured." Gramophone |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Kullervo, Op.7 Eeva-Lilsa Saarinen (mezzo-sop) Jorma Hynninen (bar) Ida Haendel (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ EMI Classics Matrix / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] "The 1971 performance is still a considerable one, and the analogue recording has plenty of atmosphere." (Gramophone) |
GRACE WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Williams: The Dancers / Two Choruses / Ave Maris Stella / Six Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Caryl Thomas (harp) / Richard Hickox Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/1999 ] "The recorded sound is excellent. .. I found this a fascinating disc. Anyone interested in fine choral writing and singing - or in exploring a new pathway in music - should seek it out. And I predict we will be hearing more of Grace Williams." A.R.G. |
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 8/Dec/2016 ] The Festspiel-Saison at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden culminated with Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Gubanova all on stage in this magnificent Opera Gala. The gala presented a diverse range of solo-arias and duets. Among the... |
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Dec/2016 ] The Festspiel-Saison at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden culminated with Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Gubanova all on stage in this magnificent Opera Gala. The gala presented a diverse range of solo-arias and duets. Among the... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
JACOB SHEA & OTHERS
Arctic Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Frode Fjellheim (vocal) / Arctic Philharmonic [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "The six movements of Jacob Shea's Arctic Suite certainly evoke the world of film music...It 's left to the oldsters Palmgren and Ole Bull to show how memorable a good melody can actually be." BBC Music Five Stars |
JACOB SHEA & OTHERS
Eldbjørg Hemsing - Arctic (LP) Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Frode Fjellheim (vocal) / Arctic Philharmonic [ Sony Classical / LP - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "The six movements of Jacob Shea's Arctic Suite certainly evoke the world of film music...It 's left to the oldsters Palmgren and Ole Bull to show how memorable a good melody can actually be" BBC Music Five Stars |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / BORODIN / MUSSORGSKY / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elena Zaremba - Portrait Elena Zaremba (mezzo-soprano) / Berliner Symphomiker, Lior Shambadal [ Arte Nova Voices / CD - released 27/May/2004 ] "She is no less impressive as Lel in The Snow Maiden and as louring Marfa. All these parts exploit to the full her innate gifts to project drama and character." Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS / ALBAN BERG / MAURICE RAVEL / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Easter Festival Baden-Baden (recorded in 2018) Elina Garanca (mezzo), Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] At this concert performance from the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle and the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča performed music from the early 20th century. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elina Garanca - Aria Cantilena Elina Garanca (mezzo) / Staatsopernchor Dresden / Staatskapelle Dresden / Fabio Luisi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Jan/2007 ] 'Debuts like this are rare...a radiantly lovely voice, elegant phrasing...sheer vocal beauty.' Die Presse |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Barbara Frittoli, Teddy Tahu Rhodes / Yannick Nezet-Seguin (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 3/Jun/2010 ] "[Tahu Rhodes] prov[es] himself to be an ideal toreador, virile of voice, and very tall. All in all, a Carmen well worth seeing and hearing." The Times, 28th August 2010 |
