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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 'The Four temperaments' & 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Lucy Hall (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] 'Colin Davis establishes himself as a first-class Nielsenian on our pick of the week ... With this coupling, Davis leaves the best for last, too: Nielsen's most accessible symphony.' (The Sunday Times) |
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chabrier: Complete Melodies Ludovic de San (baritone), Diane Andersen (piano), with Luc Loubry (bassoon1) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Recorded in 1993 - EMS Studios Brussels |
MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / REGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joseph Keilberth: The Postwar Telefunken Recordings - 1953-1963 Ludwig Hoelscher (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth [ Warner Classics Icon / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] 20 July 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the German conductor Joseph Keilberth. His name is perhaps not so widely remembered as some of his contemporaries, but he was an important figure in the musical life of Germany in the mid-20th |
GEORG FRIEDRICH FUCHS
Fuchs: Clarinet Chamber Music Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet), Italian Classical Consort [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2021 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. Lydia Mordkovitch was one of the founding artists of Chandos and over the years made... |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moeran: Violin Concerto & 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
XAVIER SCHARWENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scharwenka: The Complete Chamber Music Lydia Morkovitch (violin) Levon Chilingirian (violin) Seta Tanyel (piano) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "I have seldom heard a pianist on such good terms with her instrument" (Gramophone) |
JOHN HARBISON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Harbison: String Quartets 1 & 2 / 'November 19, 1828' for piano and string trio Lydian String Quartet, with Yehudi Wyner (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jul/1992 ] Recorded At - Methuen Memorial Music Hall |
VICTOR HERBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Herbert: Cello Concertos / 5 Pieces for cello and strings Lynn Harrell (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca / CD - released 25/Mar/1988 ] "One of Lynn Harrell's finest discs (Herbert cello concertos with ASMF/Neville Marriner)" Five Stars BBC Music |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Cello Concerto & Violin Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Two classic performances on one budget CD |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Lynne Dawson, John Daniecki, Kevin McMillan / San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 2/Jan/1991 ] Grammy Award WINNER 34th Awards (1991) Best Choral Performance |
GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: Choral Symphony / Choral Fantasia Lynne Dawson (soprano) / Guildford Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic, Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] "Lynne Dawson colours her deliciously pure-toned soprano according to the text's different moods, while Wetton directs both chorus and orchestra with persuasive style and eloquence." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (June 2002) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Zaide K344 (Complete opera) Lynne Dawson, Hans Peter Blochwitz,Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert / The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin-director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jun/2004 ] Mozart began this masterpiece in 1780 for the new Viennese Singspiel company, but at their insistence on a comedy he switched to writing Idomeneo, and Zaide remained unfinished. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Egmont (complete incidental music) / Ah! perfido, / Marches Madeleine Pierard (soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "Those curious for some not too often heard music by Beethoven can safely invest in this well played disc" MusicWeb May 2010 |
BRITTEN / RAVEL / RESPIGHI / SCHULHOFF / SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magdalena Kozena: Recital Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henschel Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2004: Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Operatic Arias Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Simon Rattle [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Sep/2006 ] "Here is a singer with both a rich, colourful and 'alive'-sounding voice and the musical intelligence to use that gift." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (September 2006) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Opera and Oratorio arias Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Jun/2009 ] "Magdalena Kozená has almost become the Barack Obama of mezzo-sopranos. With that mesmerising voice, that magnetic personality, everybody wants a piece of her." The Times, 5th June 2009 *** |
ALWYN / BAX / BERKELEY / BRITTEN / MOERAN / RAWSTHORNE / etc
British String Quartets Maggini Quartet, with David Campbell (clarinet), Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Naxos / 20 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2019 ] "Another British string quartet rarity from the Maggini Quartet. Fine performances of two superbly confident chamber works." Editor's Choice - Gramophone |
FRANK BRIDGE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bridge: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Oct/2003 ] "The flowering of English expressionism receives deservedly superb performances." Gramophone Magazine (Editor's Choice. October 2003) |
NICOLAS MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Malcolm Binns plays Nicholas Medtner Malcolm Binns (piano) [ Pearl / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Recorded 1976 and 1991 |
