EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. Ilse Hollweg (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Beecham Choral Society, Sir Thomas Beecham [ EMI Classics Studio Plus / CD - released 10/Oct/1993 ] "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
DELIUS: / GERMAN / BANTOCK / BAX / LORD BERNERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music John Cameron, Maureen Forrester, Lorely Dyer, etc / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra, Beecham [ EMI Sir Thomas Beecham Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Beecham's English Collection is unmissable...[Song of the High Hills is] one of the first recordings made by Beecham's new postwar orchestra, and they already play as though they adore him" (BBC Music) |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Pagan Symphony / Fifine at the Fair / Two Heroic Ballads Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Nov/2001 ] .'The performances are stunning, the recordings most sumptuous' (Gramophone) |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: The Cyprian Goddess Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Outstanding. A sumptuous wallow for all unashamed Romantics' - BBC Music Magazine |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 (with Khachaturian - Suite from Gayaneh) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temiranov [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 7/Jul/1986 ] Classic performances at a special price |
RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: The Unnumbered Symphonies Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates, with Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Dutton / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] "The Overture 1940 is given a suitably tense outing...a rewarding programme. It helps us once again to re-set our musical and historical compasses while at the same time providing stimulating musical experiences." MusicWeb |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Peter Wright) Royal Swedish Ballet / Nathalie Nordquist, Anders Nordstrom / Michel Queval (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'outstandingly performed under Michel Queval's baton - and that's just the start. …staging, choreography and dancing (by both corps de ballet and soloists) are all excellent…yet another superb Opus Arte release.' DVD best buy Classic fM |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: St John Passion Sibylla Rubens, Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore, Sebastian Noack / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2001 ] 2003 Grammy Award Nomination: Best Choral Performance "superbly conceived and excitingly performed production of Bach's 1725 score" - Classics Today |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Klavierkonzerte Nos. 9 & 17 Rudolf Serkin (piano), Claudio Abbado (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra [ Deusche Grammophon / CD ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E♭ major, K. 271, known as the Jeunehomme or Jenamy concerto was written in Salzburg in 1777 when the composer was 21 years old. Mozart completed the concerto in January 1777, nine months after his... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Complete opera) Ruggero Raimondi, Elena Obraztsova, Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'None is better or more thoroughly and thoughtfully conducted - and in Verdi, that is of the essence.' Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart - Don Giovanni [Complete opera with libretto] Ruggero Raimondi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Edda Moser, Jose van Dam, Teresa Berganza / Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/1982 ] "Donna Anna sweeps in like a tornado: with Edda Moser all the furies, and a good many of the vowels as well, really are let loose." Gramophone |
EMIL NIKOLAUS von REZNICEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Reznicek: Ritter Blaubart [Knight Bluebeard] (complete opera recorded in 2002) David Pittman-Jennings, Arutjun Kotchinian, Robert Wörle, Celina Lindsley / Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Michail Jurowski [ CPO / 2 CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] "..the musical result is impressive, and the performance here under Michail Jurowski utterly convincing. All the soloists are more than equal to the task, some of it as demanding as anything Wagner ever made of his singers." MusicWeb |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Haydn-Variations / Nanie Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] ".Haydn Variations is more searching, more illuminating than any other modern version I know. Each variation is richly characterized-the fifth, for example, is delivered in a tough, insistent fashion, while the sixth has a graceful, wistful quality." |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2012) Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, Marina Prudenskaya, Christian Gerhaher / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] This is the 6th instalment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition. It is the first time in the recording history that a label records all major Wagner opera's with the same orchestra, choir and conductor. This makes the PentaTone Wagner Edition a... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphonic Poems (Incl Romeo & Juliet, Capriccio Italien, 1812 Overture & the Manfred Symphony Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/2004 ] "Whatever other versions you may have this issue is a must. Pletnev has quite a special feeling for Tchaikovsky's music...and essential purchase." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The Young Lady and the Hooligan Op 124c (ballet) Russian Symphony Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Shostakovich composed many ballet scores, which kept the income flowing in and also kept him in the good books of the increasingly brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin as many of these ballets were little more than Soviet propaganda exercises. The... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falstaff, or The Three Tricks (complete opera with libretto) Romano Franceschetto, Filippo Bettoschi, Lee Myeounghee, The Madrigalists of Milan, Orchestra Guido Cantelli Of Milan, Alberto Veronesi [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] "With the Guido Cantelli orchestra of Milan both mellow and scintillating, Romano Franceschetto (Flastaff) shows welcome agility as a buffo baritone, singing with relish, making even his letter-writing scene a moment to savour." Opera News |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra Salvatore Accardo (violin) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Masur [ Philips Silver Line Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jun/2004 ] "Throughout the set Accardo's playing is so persuasive in its restrained passion that even the less inspired moments bring pleasure." (*** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Alborada Del Gracioso / Tzigane / Shéhérazade Salvatore Accardo (violin) Margaret Price (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "There is much to admire in these performances under Abbado, who secures consistently polished and refined playing from the LSO." Gramophone |