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GOUNOD / VERDI / SCHUMANN / MASSENET / MOZART / BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Titta Ruffo in his vocal prime [1907 - 1922] Titta Ruffo (baritone) [ Pearl / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Titta Ruffo (1877 - 1953), was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca. |
TAN DUN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tan Dun - Tea, A Mirror of Soul (complete opera recorded in 2002) Tokyo Opera / Haijing Fu, Nancy Allen Lundy, Christopher Gillett, Ning Liang / Tan Dun (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] "Tea's real accomplishment, however, comes in the music...the vocal writing is in another league entirely, relying on neither Peking Opera references nor extended Western techniques but instead harking back to almost bel canto-like lyricism" Gramopho |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Don Quichotte (complete opera recorded in 1992) Jose van Dam, Teresa berganza, Alain Fondary, Isabelle Vernet / Toulouse Capital Orchestra & Chorus, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics The Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2010 ] "Van Dam, Berganza and Fondary sing beautifully." BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6 BWV 825-830 / Italian Concerto BWV 971 / French Overture BWV 831 / Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Trevor Pinnock (harpischord) [ Archiv Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2003 ] "captures every sound (musical and otherwise) of the Ruckers instrument with the utmost fidelityis pure pleasure." Gramophone, 08/1995 reviewing the Goldberg Variations |
GABRIEL FAURE / GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure/Pierne: Piano Trios Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] ".this music remains quietly compelling, especially as played here. The Trio Wanderer beautifully sustain the understated conversational lyricism of the slow movement." BBC Music |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony in G Minor & Overture for a Masque Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Recorded in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on 7-9 September 1987. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann - Fantasie & Études Symphoniques Naum Grubert (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/2011 ] Two major piano works of Robert Schumann played by Russian pianist Naum Grubert. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The Gadfly - Music for the Film USSR Cinema Symphony Orchestra, Emin Khachaturian [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / Melodiya / CD - released 1/Feb/1988 ] Original recording by Melodiya, USSR, in 1962 Digitally remastered at Abbey Rd Studios in 1988 |
CRISTOFARO CARESANA / GAETANO VENEZIANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tenebrae: Music for Holy Week in Naples Valentina Varriale / I Turchini / Antonio Florio [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "It is a tribute to Antonio Florio's direction that one never notices his interference with the natural flow of these fine performances." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / 5 Intermezzi Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Victor Van Cliburn Collectation / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "Van Cliburn's triumph at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 and his unprecedented ticker-tape welcome home was a story that made front pages worldwide. What other pianist has inspired that kind of coverage?" Gramophone |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann/Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz reiner & Walter Hendl [ RCA Victor / CD - released 25/Sep/1992 ] In the remastering process, sophisticated digital transfer technology was employed to reveal the full bandwidth and dynamic range of the original master tapes. What you hear is the pure performance, presented in the original splendor. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An 1816 Schubertiad Lynne Dawson, Christine Schafer, Ann Murray, Daniel Norman, Toby Spence, Stephen Varcoe, etc, The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton, G. Johnson [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 32 / CD ] 'As ever, illuminating words complement revelatory music-making' (BBC Music Magazine) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: 1822-1825 Schubertiad Lynne Dawson, Geraldine McGreevy, Philip Langridge and others / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition Vol 35 / CD ] 'McGreevy's Lachen und Weinen is simply the best performance I know. No lover of Schubert's genius should miss this CD' (International Record Review) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An 1827 Schubertiad Juliane Banse, Lynne Dawson, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley, Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 36 / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] 'Superb … Wonderfully fluent, confident singing from Finley, soft-grained intimacy from Banse … a delight' (Gramophone) |
DOUGLAS / BACH / CHESNOKOV / MOZART / JOHNSON / EDWARDS / VINE / GRAINGER / CACCINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best of the Swoon Collections (Includes Inessa Galante performing Caccini's 'Ave Maria') Various Artists incls Luciano Pavarotti, Inessa Galante, Jane Edwards, Bill Douglas, St Petersburg Chmaber Choir., Alexandre Lagoya, etc [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/2002 ] This is it! THE BEST EVER tracks from the Swoon Collections I, II and III including some previously unreleased tracks |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bolcom: Complete Rags John Murphy (piano) [ Albany / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2009 ] William Bolcom was born in Seattle, Washington. At age 11, he entered the University of Washington to study composition privately with George Frederick McKay and John Verrall and piano with Madame Berthe Poncy Jacobson. "He later studied with Darius... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: The Young Schubert Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Ann Murray, Catherine Wyn-Roger (mezzo-soprano) Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Adrian Thompson (tenor) Philip Langridge (tenor) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 33 / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 'Intriguing views of a young genius' (Classic CD) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Songs 34: Schubert (1817-1821) Various artists incl Lorna Anderson, Lynne Dawson, Gerald Finley, Matthias Goerne, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, etc [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 34 / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] 'A feast of finely wrought, intelligent interpretations ... the readings make an indelible impression.' (Gramophone) |
MASSENET / VERDI / PUCCINI / WAGNER / LEONCAVALLO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Legendary Baritones Lucien Fugère, Victor Maurel, Antonio Magini-Coletti, Elsa Petri, Mattia Battistini, Mario Ancona, Maurice Renaud, Eugenio Giraldoni, Riccardo Stracci [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD ] "Prizes for all here ... a prize-giving here would have something for (almost) everybody, including those responsible for the transfers and booklet, for the choice of singers and their matching up with arias" Gramophone |
BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Smetana: Libuse (Festive Opera In 3 Acts) Eva Urbanová, Vratislav Kriz, Ludek Vele, Helena Kaupová / Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi [ Supraphon / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "The cast is splendid, reflecting that the extraordinary musical traditions of the Czech's (Europe's most musical nation?) are alive and well. The whole performance captures the sense of occasion." MusicWeb |
