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LOEILLET / QUANTZ / FREDERICK THE GREAT / DEVIENNE / NAUDOT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flute Concertos (Loeillet, Sammartini, Tartini, Quantz, Vivaldi) Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Orchestre Antiqua Musica, Jacques Roussel [ Philips Silver Line Classics / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] A great deal of the material Rampal performed and recorded he also published, supervising sheet music collections in both Europe and the US..he remarked that he had felt it part of his "duty" to expand as much as possible the repertoire for flautists |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Schoenberg: Erwartung - Brettl-Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Bryn Terfel (baritone) Shinyukai Male Choir / Saito Kinen Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / James Levine [ Philips Duo Jessye Norman Collection / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2005 ] Jessye Norman heads the cast in this much-acclaimed recording of Stavinsky's opera Oedipus Rex. Her imperious and impassioned Jocasta is a wonderful interpretation. The cast also includes Peter Schreier as the eponymous hero and a young Bryn Terfel... |
LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Lakme (Complete opera recorded in 1968 with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier / Orchestra and chorus of Monte Carlo National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/May/1989 ] "(Joan's) "Bell Song" is treasurable, with an ease of execution which is almost frightening and a sinuousness which reeks of oriental mystery. Bacquier's Nilakantha is magnificent." MusicWeb |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra & male chorus, Op.39 John Ogdon (piano) / Men's Voices of the John Alldis Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniell Revenaugh [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/1989 ] Busoni's vast Piano Concerto lasts for nearly 70 minutes, and as well as the usual piano and orchestra combination requires, in the last of its five movements, a choir of men's voices. It was completed in 1904 and first performed in Berlin on 4... |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 1962) Josef Greindl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Anja Silja, Eberhard Warchter / Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/1992 ] "Windgassen gives a superb portrayal as Tannhäuser, bringing a sympathetic edge to what is otherwise an insufferable character." FlyinmgInkspot |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: The Messiah (highlights) Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas / Choir of Christ Church Cathedral / Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher H [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 19/Nov/1982 ] Christopher Hogwood has gained international recognition as a pioneer in the field of "authentic" music making - but the adjective is one of which he is wary...."Historically informed" is the description he prefers. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / DOHNANYI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: :Piano Concerto No. 1 i / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / etc Julius Katchen (piano) [ Decca The Art of Julius Katchen Vol 5 / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2000 ] "Katchen's awesome fingerwork cuts through the Rachmaninov Concerto's notey labyrinths like Drano tearing through a clogged sink. Solti's scorching, whiplash accompaniment has a galvanizing effect on the L.S.O., who play their collective tuchus off." |
MAHLER / PACHELBEL / BRAHMS / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / GRIEG / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adagio / Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Deutsche Grammophon's vaults are full of exceptional recordings of classical orchestral music, and the performances by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic are prominent in the label's catalog. |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert Kathleen Battle (soprano) Christopher Parkening (guitar) [ Sony / CD - released 10/Aug/1996 ] Soprano Kathleen Battle's luminous voice has been called "…without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world" (The Washington Post). |
GLUCK / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 13/Jul/2003 ] One of the most celebrated English singers, Kathleen Ferrier brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her tragically short life. Born in Lancashire in the north of England on 22 April 1912 she... |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Borodin: Piano Quintet / String Quintet / Cello Sonata Otto Kertesz, Jr/ (cello), Ilona Pranyi (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Recorded in the Ceremonial Hall of Municipal Council Building, Budapest on 29th October, 1988 and on 7th November, 1989 |
PUCCINI / GERSHWIN / VERDI / CILEA / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri's Homecoming - recorded live in New Zealand Kiri te Kanawa (coprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins [ Kiwi Pacific / CD - released 17/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at "Kiri's Homecoming" concert at Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt, 28 January 1990 |
IRVING BERLIN / RICHARD RODGERS / COLE PORTER / JEROME KERN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri: Blue Skies Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 22/Sep/1985 ] Kiri Te Kanawa gained legendary status almost overnight after her sensational debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1971. From then, she moved rapidly into the front rank of international opera, and... |
VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 Kodaly Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Recorded: 20 June, 3, 28 and 29 October 1989, at the Italian Institute in Budapest. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas Nos BWV179, BWV199 & BWV113 Magdalena Kozena, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephen Loges / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] A live performance of Bach's Cantatas for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. Features Magdalena Kozena's stunning performance of BWV199 "Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut" |
PHILIP GLASS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glass: String Quartets Nos 2 - 5 Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] Since its inception in 1973, the Kronos Quartet has emerged as a leading voice for new work. Combining a unique musical vision with a fearless dedication to experimentation |
MORTON FELDMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Feldman: Piano and String Quartet Kronos Quartet, with Aki Takahashi (Piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 24/Sep/1993 ] "The Feldman experience par excellence." Gramophone Feb 1994 |
TORU TAKEMITSU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Takemitsu : Solo Piano Works Kumi Ogano (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] "These are extremely measured, difficult sound sculptures in which lyrical impulses are denied and cathartic moments avoided. Ogano plays them with all the reticence the composer, present at the sessions, could possibly want." Los Angeles Times |
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KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weill: Dreigroschenoper [Threepenny Opera] with other songs by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill Kurt Gerron, Lotte Lenya, Willi Trenk-Trebitsch, Erika Helmke, Erich Ponto [ The International Music Company / CD - released 9/Nov/2000 ] Die Dreigroschenoper - or Threepenny Opera - epitomises the heady, but turbulent years of the Weimar Republic. Bertolt Brecht's biting satire and Kurt Weill's insistent, insinuating melodies remain as compelling today as they were at the premiere... |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Violin Concerto / Scottish Fantasy Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Kyung-Wha Chung has a bold attack which springs from absolute security of intonation...the sound of the lyrical passages especially is consistently bright and rich, tonally integrated from top to bottom and of a really big expressive range" Gramopho |
