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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Hans Hotter (bass-baritone) / Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI References / CD - released 21/Nov/1987 ] "a superb performance; deeply moving and supremely artistic" (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2003) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Richard Berkeley-Steele / Falk Struckmann / Linda Watson / Bertrand de Billy (cond) [ Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2003, Harry Kupfer's acclaimed production, first staged in Berlin, numbers among the greatest productions of modern times and is recorded in sumptuous surround sound. |
NED ROREM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rorem: Works for Choir and Orchestra The Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, with Carson Coqman (organ) [ Black Box / CD - released 21/Jul/2006 ] Carson Cooman is Research Associate in Music and Composer in Residence at the Harvard Memorial Church. |
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GIDEON KLEIN / VIKTOR ULLMANN
Chamber Music from Theresienstadt [1941-1945] Hawthorne String Quartet, Virginia Eskin (piano) [ Channel Classics / CD ] Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland, 17, 19, 20 January 1991. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Rene Kollo / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Legends / CD - released 10/Apr/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
TOMASO ALBINONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Albinoni: 12 Concertos Op. 7 / Sonatas, Op.2 Nos.6 & 5 Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (oboes) / I Musici [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/1992 ] "This recording by Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourgue and I Musici is comparatively robust in using modern instruments, but it is eminently stylish, the effect sunny and lively by turns. The digital recording is fresh and naturally balanced (Penguin) |
W. A. MOZART / J. C. BACH / J. M. HAYDN /
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chamber music for Oboe and Strings Heinz Holliger (oboe & English horn)) with Antonio Salvatore (violin) Massimo Paris (viola) Vito Paternoster (cello) & Lucio Buccarella (bass) [ Denon Recorded and Pressed in Japan / CD - released 12/Dec/1983 ] Recorded in november 1979, Nippon Columbia Studio 1, Tokyo (JAP). |
J. S. BACH / C. P. E. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe & oboe d'amore) / Camerata Bern [ Philips / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss virtuoso oboist, composer and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. |
CHARLES IVES
Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition Helen Boatwright (soprano), Charles Ives (piano), Gregg Smith Singers, Thomas Stewart (baritone), American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, etc [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Oct/2024 ] On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the "first great American composer", who, "all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution". |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha (complete opera with libretto) Helen Field, Arthur Davies, Bryn Terfel / Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Kenneth Alwyn [ Argo / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2007 ] "The performance is both spirited and sensitive...Bryn Terfel is splendid in his dramatic strength and sharpness of focus" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano works, Op.116-119 Helen Grimaud (piano) [ Erato Elatus / CD - released 3/Jul/2006 ] "Hélène Grimaud, the 'wolf woman', is perhaps the most fascinating artist of our time." (Le Figaro) |
JENNY McLEOD
McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale / Rock Concerto / etc Helen Medlyn (narrator) & Eugene Albulescu (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] New Zealand-born composer Jenny McLeod's wide musical background is here distilled into three works of highly enjoyable directness. The Emperor and the Nightingale is a colourful score which accompanies the narration of a Hans Christian Andersen... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Alice Helen Medlyn (mezzo-soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei [ Atoll / CD - released 24/Oct/2013 ] Alice was written for Helen Medlyn and the Auckland Philharmonia while Gillian Whitehead was composer‐in‐residence. The first performance was given by Helen Medlyn and the Auckland Philharmonia, conducted by Miguel Harth‐Bedoya, on 17 July 2003... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers [recorded 1956 - 1958] Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Philomusica of London [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Three L'Oiseau-Lyre LPs celebrating the art of a much-loved contralto, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time, including material new to CD. |
PETER MAUNDER
Under the surface Helen Webby (harp), Lisette Wesseling (soprano), Peter Maunder (trombones) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Unusually beautiful instrumental combination of trombone and harp, plus the luminescent voice of Lisette Wesseling. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos 4 "Tragic" & 8 "Unfinished" Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Avi Ostrowsky [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Recorded at the Concert Hall, Helsingborg |
CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Charles Ives - Songs Vol 2 Henry herford (baritone) Robin Bowman (piano) [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Herford and Bowman are adept with the rough-and-tumble of Ives's songs, where the piano is not mere accompanist but a contestant for the limelight." Gramophone |
PAVEL BORKOVEC / PETR EBEN / KLEMENT SLAVICKY
Borkovec/Slavicky/Eben: Piano Concertos Frantisck Rauch, Antonin Jemelik (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl [ Supraphon / CD - released 28/Apr/1999 ] Recorded at the Rudolfinum Studio, Prague in 1959, 1961, and 1963 |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter Friede auf Erden Dietrich Henschel, Jonas Kaufmann, Stephan Ragamer, Michael Volle / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Deutsches SO / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Mar/2004 ] "Kent Nagano's superb reading, full of humanity, is a clear first choice, going off into deepest space in the stunning closing passage - truly, music from another world." The Independent - |
VIEUXTEMPS / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / PAGANINI / BADINGS / VIOTTI / etc
Herman Krebbers Edition Herman Krebbers (violin) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of the Dutch violinist Herman Krebbers. This is the first CD edition dedicated to the breadth and range of his artistry - concerto soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster. |
