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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Studio / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera. I have seldom heard a more tender, vulnerable Desdemona than Ricciarelli's, absolutely ideal in the many dolce, piano moments in the role, bringing tears to the eye." |
LEHAR / ZELLER / FALL / KALMAN / O. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Vienna, City of my Dreams Placido Domingo (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Nov/1986 ] Original recording from 1985 |
PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / MOZART / BOITO / HANDEL / GOUNOD / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Opera Classics Placido Domingo, various orchestras and conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1993 ] This CD brings together an unrivalled selection of the most popular tenor arias, performed by the popular Placido Domingo |
GEORGES BIZET / RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS /JACQUES OFFENBACH / GIACOMO MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - O Paradis Placido Domingo, with Tatiana Troyanos, Jessye Norman, Hans Sotin, Eva Randova, etc [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/May/1998 ] Originally recording from 1972, 1975, 1985, 1990, 1991 |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Concert Overture / Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Wieslaw Ochman (tenor) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk & Jerzy Semkow [ EMI Classics Matrix / CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] "The Third Symphony Song of the Night...It is a passionate performance of an intense and beautiful work - the tenor, Wieslaw Ochman, is deeply convincing, and the orchestra and chorus are committed to a highly charged performance." MusicWeb |
JAMES MACMILLAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross / Te Deum Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] MUSICWEB RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR (2005) |
PERCY GRAINGER / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 'At Twilight' - Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg Polyphony with David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] "Grainger's mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (July 2006) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Prague Piano Duo [ Praga Da Camera / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] Recorded in Prague, May 6 & 21, June 3 & 12, 2000 |
LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek: Glagolitic Mass / Taras Bulba Venceslava Hruba (sop) Rosemarie Lang (cont) John Mitchinson (tenor) Theo Adam (bass) / Prague Radio Choir, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Philips / CD - released 20/Sep/1991 ] Recorded live at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, January 1991 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Telarc / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "For me, the dominant Rachmaninoff Second of the digital era was recorded by Telarc in 1985. André Previn and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra outdid themselves on this disc; since then, no recording of this symphony has been so exciting, passionate,... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K 465 - 499 - 80 Pro Arte Quartett Salzburg [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Recorded in October 1989 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Late String Quartets Volume 2 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...these performances still strike a finely judged balance between beauty and truth, and are ultimately more satisfying and searching than most of their rivals." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op.127 / String Quartet No.16 in F, Op. 135 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...these performances still strike a finely judged balance between beauty and truth, and are ultimately more satisfying and searching than most of their rivals." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Decca Collectors Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "One is unlikely to assemble a more consistently satisfying overview of these works, or one so beautifully played. They hold a very special place in the Mozartian discography." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven For Booklovers Quartetto Italiano / Guarneri Quartet / David Oistrakh (violin) Lev Oborin (piano) [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] Beethoven in an intimate, charming, gentle mood....perfect for curling up with your favourite book. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano and violin [Volume 3] Rachel Podger (violin) / Gary Cooper (fortepiano) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "This a disc that celebrates a stimulating partnership...She and Cooper show that Mozart's piano and violin sonatas are nowhere near as well known as they should be." (Gramophone) |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Symphony No. 3 'American' / 'Tom Sawyer' Overture / etc Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Hugh Wolff [ CPO / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] "George Antheil is doing well on disc and he is lucky here to have a conductor of the calibre of Hugh Wolff taking up his cause and reviving a Frankfurt connection going back to the premiere of Transatlantic, the opera acclaimed there in 1930" Gramop |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Complete Piano Works Radislav Kvapil (piano) [ Supraphon / 4 CD Box Set - released 19/Apr/2010 ] In comparison with his symphonies and chamber works, Dvorák's piano oeuvre has been paid relatively scant attention. The composer himself was not a virtuoso and by means of the piano he frequently gauged the bearing capacity of his musical ideas,... |
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart / Beethoven: Quintets for Piano and Wind Radu Lupu (piano) with Han de Vries (oboe), George Pieterson (clarinet), Vicente Zarzo (horn), Brian Pollard (bassoon) [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/1986 ] Iconic pianist Radu Lupu first recorded for Decca in 1970 and his recorded repertory has centred round a small number of composers - chiefly Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Mozart and Schumann. |
