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SAMUEL BARBER / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber / Walton: Violin Concertos (with Bloch's Baal Shem) Joshua Bell (violin) / Baltimore Symphony, David Zinman [ Decca / CD - released 20/Aug/1997 ] 1998 Gramophone Concerto Winner - "Bell's passionate playing in the Barber, full of tender poetry, is well matched by the excellent orchestra, ripely and brilliantly recorded." |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Radamisto (complete opera recorded in 2005) Joyce DiDonato, Patrisia Ciofi, Maitre Beaumont, Carlo Lepore / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Virgin classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2009 ] "Joyce DiDonato alluring in the title role of Handel's Radamisto" BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 |
MOZART / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne (piano) with Juilliard Orchestra, Members of the National Orchestra Assiociation [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 64 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "These discs celebrate both an incomparable partnership and two Moscow Gold Medallists who achieved a legendary status in their separate careers." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Jörg Demus - The Bach Recordings on Westminster Jörg Demus (piano), with Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Bach playing to refresh the spirits as well as satisfy the mind: the early recordings of consummate Viennese pianist, Jörg Demus, unfailingly lively as well as faithful. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Santo - Sacred Songs Juan Diego Florez (tenor) & Nicoletta Mezzini (organ & harpsichord) / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 28/Oct/2010 ] "Good for Juan Diego Florez for this release! I'm second to none in my love for the bel cantists, but it's good to hear a "pigeon-holed" tenor in repertoire that is somewhat different. The engineering is superb and the accompaniments are excellent." |
GLUCK / VERDI / ROSSINI / CIMAROSA / HALEVY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Juan Diego Florez - Great Tenor Arias Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Carlo Rizzi [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Another congenial programme for the formidably gifted Peruvian tenore di grazia. He's finely supported by secure and stylistically credible accompaniemnets, and by Decca's bright and forward sound." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early Cantatas Judith Howarth, Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Jose Van Dam (bass) / Corydon Singers & Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/1997 ] 'Arguably Beethoven's first major masterpiece … superb performance, at once fresh and incisive and deeply moving' - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Juilliard String Quartet …Plays Schoenberg Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Arnold Schoenberg, one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century, was born in Vienna in 1874. Columbia was a pioneer in documenting Schoenberg's achievements and already demonstrated that commitment during his lifetime (he died in... |
MILHAUD / MOZART / BARTOK / BERG / COPLAND / SCHOENBERG / etc
Juilliard Quartet - The Early Columbia Recordings Juilliard String Quartet, with Leontyne Price (soprano) Samuel Barber (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 16 CD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2021 ] Following up its widely acclaimed reissues of the Juilliard String Quartet's complete Epic and RCA Victor albums - originally issued between 1956 and 1960 - Sony Classical is excited to present a new 16-CD box set collecting the earliest albums of... |
OSCAR BROWN Jr / JOHN ADAMS / SAMUEL BARBER / BILLY TAYLOR / SANDY DENNY
Julia Bullock - Walking in the Dark Julia Bullock (singer) & Christian Reif (piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 9/Dec/2023 ] "The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock's performance of 'City Called Heaven', a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something." BBC Music Magazine January 2023 Choral & Song Choice |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera with full libretto) Julia Migenes Johnson, Placido Domingo, Ruggiero Raimondi, Faith Esham / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1984 ] "Carmen is sung here by Julia Migenes Johnson. Her Habanera is wonderfully shapely and sexy, in a quite light flirty manner. In Act 4 she and Placido Domingo (as Don José) give us a wonderfully dramatic climax to the opera." (MusicWeb) |
FREDERICK DELIUS / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius & Grieg: Music for Cello and Piano Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/1996 ] 'Though a very high proportion of the music here is reflective, the meditative intensity of the playing sustains it well. The booklet contains a delightful photo of Delius with Grieg and his wife as well as Halvorsen and Sinding, all playing cards.'... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pieces Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Julian Lloyd Webber made his professional debut as a cellist at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in September 1972 when he gave the first London performance of the cello concerto by Sir Arthur Bliss. |
FRANCK / ELGAR / DEBUSSY / BACH / CACCINI / BOCCHERINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Lloyd Webber: Cello Moods Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Philips / CD - released 2/May/2001 ] Bach's "Air On G String", Massenet's "Meditation", Elgar's "Salut D'Amour", etc. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Songs of Robert Schumann:Vol 3 Juliane Banse (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] "The care that has gone into the literary and musicological side of the project is perfectly matched by the musical results. Banse proves to be a wonderfully perceptive interpreter. In every respect this is a wonderful Lieder disc" The Guardian |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Mass in B minor Julianne Baird, Judith Nelson, Jeffrey Dooley, Jan Opalach / The Bach Ensemble (original instruments), Joshua Rifkin [ Nonesuch Ultima / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/1982 ] Composed in spurts of productivity over the last 20 years of Bach's life, the Mass in B Minor was not completed until just before the composer's death, making it one of his last great works. It is performed here on original period instruments by the... |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 [Incls 'Cello Concerto'] Julius Berger (cello) / North West German Philharmonic Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / CD - released 4/Dec/1991 ] "If sweet tunes and sumptuous orchestration constituted all the necessary for a great composer, Korngold would count as one of the greatest. Furthermore, a vein of genuine, individual poetry runs through just about everything he wrote." ClassicalNet |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLELCTABLE: Brahms Masterworks - Handel Variations / Paganini Variations / 6 piano pieces / etc Julius Katchen (piano) [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1997 ] Julius Katchen, that colossus that bestrode the pianistic firmament for all too short a time, recorded the Brahms Handel and Paganini Variations three times, twice in mono and once in stereo. This CD set contains the stereo recordings from 1962 and 1965. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 23 "Appassionata" & 32 / Diabelli Variations, etc / Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 & 16 Julius Katchen (piano) [ Decca The Art of Julius Katchen / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2000 ] "His Beethoven Sonatas are commanding edifices but the towering achievement here is his 46-minute Diabelli Variations." MusicWebute... |
