Search Results: classical collectable
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets D.87, D.112, D173 Sorrel Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] Originally recorded in 1997 at the Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Part-Songs The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] "Among Paul Spicer's many recordings with the Finzi Singers, this recording stands out as a highlight...Spicer delivers finely tuned, crisp and intense readings of all these pieces, and the Chandos sound is both vivid and warmly atmospheric." Penguin... |
JOHN TAVERNER / THOMAS TALLIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taverner: Western Wynde / Tallis: Missa Salve Intemerata Virgo St. John's College Choir Cambridge, George Guest [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 5/Nov/1989 ] "Listening in, the individual vocal strength of various singers, particularly in the back rows, came as no surprise - John's have long been a powerful crew... What did take me aback, though is just how much everyone seemed to be enjoying things ...... |
PRAISE TO THE LORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praise to the Lord: Favourite Hymns from St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott, conductor (with the English Brass Ensemble) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Exemplary' (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Il Sogno di Scipione (complete opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival 2006) Stadttheaters Klagenfurt / Blagoj Nacoski, Louise Fribo, Bernarda Bobro, Anna Kovalko / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Mozart 22 / DVD - released 20/Dec/2006 ] "Mozart's music blossoms here into the most intense arioso... This unusual Mozart dream makes for wonderfully refreshing theatre." -Salzburger Nachrichten, 21 August 2006 |
Margot Fonteyn & Michael Somes
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Royal Ballet [ Via Vision / DVD - released 9/Apr/2015 ] Margot Fonteyn leads the Royal Ballet in this 1960 showcase which was filmed at the Royal Opera House. This acclaimed 1960 film is considered the best captured ballet performance on celluloid. Digitally remastered. Includes a bonus interview with... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Piano Music - Volume 1 Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'Coombs is clearly equipped to face the most prodigious demands. This is a most impressive and highly enjoyable release' - BBC Music Magazine |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Music for two pianists (Incls 'Scaramouche') Stephen Coombs (piano), Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 'A hugely entertaining new disc from Hyperion and a superb introduction to the work of a currently rather underrated composer' (BBC Record Review) |
CZERNY / LEVITZKI / LIADOV / QUILTER / GODOWSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Piano Album Vol 2 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "Beyond feats of dexterity, Stephen Hough offers a demonstration of other skills that are less obviously technical but require equal mastery, for example in tone-colour and texture." Gramophone |
MacDOWELL / CHOPIN / DOHNANYI / SAINT-SAENS / GABRILOWITSCH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Piano Album Vol 1 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording." (Amazon.com) |
BARTOK / PROKOFIEV / GERSHWIN / de FALLA / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The 20th-century Piano Concertos, Vol 1 Stephen Kovacevich, Clara Haskil, Eugene List, Byron Janis, Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips Duo Century Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/1999 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best " [Piano Concertos Gramophone] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, op.120 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) [ Philips Concert Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/1990 ] "Kovacevich's performance has a clarity, poise and vitality that has commended itself to more than one generation of collectors over the past 20 years ... you will find playing, that is sensitive and exciting, but quite unselfregarding;" Gramophone |
EDVARD GRIEG / FRANZ LISZT / ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steven Isserlis: Forgotten Romance Steven Isserlis (cello) with Stephen Hough (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 18/Oct/1995 ] The English cellist Steven Isserlis has been a leading light on the international musical scene for more than three decades. "Steven Isserlis amazes in music whose tantalising combination of exquisite poetry and scintillating bravura he was born to... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / The Rock, Op. 7 Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Feb/1988 ] Recorded June 1988 in the Philharmonic Hall, Stockholm. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No.8 Symphony of a Thousand / Adagio from Symphony No.10 Studer-Blasi-Jo-Meier-Nagai-Lewis-Allen-Sotin / The Southend Boys' Choir. Philharmonia Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra. Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Double Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Sinopoli conveys a warmth of expression that brings joyful exuberance to the great outburst of the opening. It builds into one of the most thrilling accounts ever, helped by a superb team of soloists and incandescent choral singing." Rosette Penguin |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069 Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 1/Nov/1986 ] The Four Orchestral Suites on one CD! Immaculate performances by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Karl Munchinger. |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / VERDI / RICCI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Bel Cantio Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Giuliano Carella [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] A top recital recording from the beautiful Sumi! |
OFFENBACH / DAVID / GRETRY / BALFE / MESSAGER / DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Carnival! Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 15/Sep/1994 ] Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with... |
BELLINI / ADAM / MOZART / OFFENBACH / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Live at Carnegie Hall Sumi Jo (soprano) / LOrchestra of St. Luke's, Richard Bonynge [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 14th 1996 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Sumi Jo Collection Sumi Jo (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her generations' most sought-after sopranos. |
