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The Graduate Choir, Calico Jam, Nelson Ecumenical Congregation, Christchurch Community Choir, Musical Island Boys, Wellington Youth Choir, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praise Be [ Frequency Media Group / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] 30 tracks carefully chosen to best represent the outstanding choral standards in NZ and the broad styles of Christian music that 'Praise Be' has recorded over the years, for all seasons of the liturgical year. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Lieder On Record Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schumann, Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ian Bostridge, etc [ EMI Classics / 17 CD Box Set - released 2/Jul/2012 ] "there's an incredible sense of broadness and of historical perspective that makes this something of a museum item...There's a song here for almost any occasion, mood, scene and emotion."BBC Music |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Urecht Te Deum & Jubilate / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / etc Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, James Bowman, Paul Elliot, Martyn Hill / Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood [ Decca / 2 CD ] Recording locations: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, December 1977 (Anthem, Ode) St Jude's Church, Hampstead, London, July 1979 (Te Deum & Jubilate, Alceste) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (recorded live in 1957) Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Otakar Kraus, Wolfgang Wingassen, Peter Klein / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Rudolf Kempe [ Testament / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "The glory here is Birgit Nilsson's gleaming Brünnhilde, already 39 years old, but sounding youthful, touching and tireless. The set is a reminder of the strengths of the company at this period, with Joan Sutherland leading the Rhinemaidens." Sunday |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: The Great Operas - From the Bayreuth Festival Theo Adam, Gerd Nienstedt, James King, Leonie Rysanek, Wolfgang Windgassen, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Birgit Nilsson, Victoria de los Angeles, Christa Ludwig [ Decca / 33 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2016 ] As part of the Wagner year 2013 celebrations Decca Classics released a limited edition re-press of the successful 2008 set of Wagner Operas recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival. Stock is very limited. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GERALD FINZI / GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams/Finzi/Holst: British Composers Janet Baker, Choir of King's College, Philip Langridge, Purcell Singers, Cecil Aronowitz, etc [ EMI Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] A compelling illustration of the rich flowering of British composers in the first half of the 20th Century. |
BACH / MOZART / TARREGA / GRAINGER / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Swoon Collection Various Artists incls Sylvia McNair, Emma Kirkby, Vladimir Ashkenazy, St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Yvonne Kenny, etc [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/1995 ] Showcasing some of the most stunning music ever written, this collection is a must-have for Swoon devotees new and old. |
MUSSORGSKY / BRITTEN / PELECIS / SCHUBERT / BACH / VIVALDI / LYADOV / WESTLAKE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: From Winter's Stillness - Gentle music to awaken the soul Various Artists incls Wolfgang Holzmair, David Hobson, Choir of St. Pauls Cathedral,, George Winston, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/2001 ] Capturing the beautiful icy quality of winter, the warmth of winter sunlight and the approach of spring. |
CACCINi / KOEHNE / DVORAK / GRANADOS / BRAHMS / TRADITIONAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Swoon Gift Pack (2 CDs plus DVD) Yvonne Kenny, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sara Macliver, Diana Doherty, Roger Woodward, Jane Rutter, David Hobson, Diana Doherty, etc [ ABC Classics / 3 CD/DVD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] The best-selling Swoon Gold double CD and the award-winning Swoon DVD now come as a special pack. All your favourites from the popular Swoon program on ABC Classic FM are included for a special price. |
PERGOLESI / PICCINNI / BOCCHERINI / MERCADANTE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Italian Flute Concertos Peter-Lukas Graf (flute) / Venice and Padua Chamber Orchestra, Bruno Giuranna [ Claves / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "Graf again plays very cleanly, with a well-focused tone and all due agility. Good, tidy orchestral playing, and a clear recording." Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD / PAUL PATTERSON / GUSTAV HOLST / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Three Shanties / Patterson: Comedy for Five Winds / Holst: Wind Quintet Vega Wind Quintet [ LDR / CD - released 1/Jul/1988 ] That Paul Patterson's music possessed a razor-sharp sense of humour...when the Comedy for five winds was written for the Vega Wind Quintet, one can hear just how much further his deployment of musical humour has developed. |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Collector's Edition: The Masterpieces (30 CDs at a special price) Vernon Handley / Adrian Boult / Sir John Barbirolli / Janet Baker / Robert Tear / Charles Groves / Jacqueline du Pre / etc [ EMI Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Elgar is the quintessential English composer. He is loved as our Shakespeare of music, and we turn to him at times of solemn remembrance and national rejoicing. This edition, released to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth,... |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Cantates de Rome - Alyssa, Alcyone, Myrrha Veronique Gens, Yann Beuron, Paul Groves, Mirielle Delunsch / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] These three Prix de Rome competition cantatas, written in the summers of 1901-03, were intended to persuade the musical authorities that Ravel was the one young composer who deserved a three-year stay in the Eternal City, paid for by the government. |
HANDEL / GLUCK / MOZART / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo) / Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 6/Oct/1996 ] Kasarova won the "Female Singer of the Year" in 2003 Echo Klassik. In 2005 she won the Merkur Preis and was named Bavarian Kammersängerin. She was also named Österreichische Kammersängerin in April 2010. (Wiki) |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni/Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 1960/62 with libretto) Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi / Opera Roma, Gabriele Santini, Teatro alla Scala, Lovro von Matacic [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1991 ] "With Met stalwart Lucine Amara a strong Nedda this is one of the most bloodcurdling recordings of this finale." Musicweb (on Pagliacci) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - On Wings Of Song Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Sinfonia of London, Spanish National Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Studio / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recordings from 1962, 1964 & 1965 mostly at the Abbey Road Studios, London |
Vienna Boys' Choir
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred Songs & Folk Songs From Around the World [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] Experience the beauty of 24 of the world's youngest voices in one of our oldest musical traditions... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Sextet in A / String Quintet in C Vienna Octet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1991 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony No.4 'Tragic' & No.8 'Unfinished' Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Belart / CD - released 25/Aug/1995 ] Original recordings from 1963 |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Year's Concert 1990 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Jan/1990 ] Thanks to this illustrious succession of great conductors that the Vienna New Year's Concert remains unique, ushering in the New Year in a way that has often been imitated but never equalled. |
