The Mission
MARBECKS RARE: God's Own Medicine [ Umc / CD - released 21/May/2007 ] Even though the Cult had already mastered the art of mashing goth with more traditional elements of classic rock, the Mission's debut, God's Own Medicine, was the marker for goth rock's invasion of the U.K. charts for a good chunk of the late '80s.... |
The Naked and Famous
MARBECKS RARE: This Machine [ Round Trip Mars Music New Zealand / CD - released 8/May/2008 ] Quite possibly the best Auckland band you've never heard (yet), The Naked and Famous are based around the ferociously talented pairing of composer / control freak Thom Powers and vocal siren / lyricist Alisa Xayalith, though they operate as a 4 piece... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rare Mozart Arias Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1999 ] Recorded July 1994 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Germany |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Orchestral Music NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2004 ] Schmidt-Isserstedt and the NDRSO undertook the first postwar tour of the UK by a German orchestra in politically sensitive conditions during 1951. |
MARBECKS RARE: Nightmares on Wax
In a Space Outta Sound [ Warp Records / CD - released 14/Mar/2006 ] This is a contemporary and varied album of many textures, tempos and tones, with harmonic inflections from cultures beyond these shores. A personal retrospective journey that also unwittingly reflects the urban multi-cultural landscape we live in... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Piano Sonatas, Op 11 & Op 14 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'A pair of performances which can justly be described in terms of superlatives. Outstanding readings of remarkable works' (Classic CD) |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Medtner: Piano works (Incls Sonaten-Triade, Op 11 & Theme and variations in C sharp minor, Op 55) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "I must be careful not to make this sound like an indiscriminate rave review, but what do you do when a disc of this calibre drops through your letterbox? An exceptionally fine disc indeed" Gramophone Magazine |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand [ RCA Gold Seal / CD - released 4/Apr/1989 ] "These are involved, committed and engaged offerings, intended to bring the greatness of the Brahms Symphony to the world's attention." Review |
Of Montreal
MARBECKS RARE: Skeletal Lamping [ Pop Frenzy / CD - released 8/Dec/2008 ] The ninth studio album by Athens, Georgia-based group Of Montreal may be bizarre, complicated, and dense, but it's also packed with slinky grooves that demand a physical response. |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: L'Arlesienne (complete incidental music Op 23) (Rec 1985) Orfeon Donostiarra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Encore / CD - released 9/Jun/2006 ] L'Arlésienne - the girl from Arles (in Provence) was composed as incidental music to a play by Daudet. Nowadays the play is little-known but Bizet's music has become very familiar from the two orchestral suites. |
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
MARBECKS RARE: Rumba Collection 1992-1997 [ Sony / Epic / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] The first compilation appeared in 1997, released by Epic Records. It featured two previously not released tracks: an edit of Tremulo (from the album Opium) and a "speed merengue" version of Barcelona Nights from 1997. |
Pernice Brothers
MARBECKS RARE: Overcome By Happiness [ Cortex / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
Pernice Brothers
MARBECKS RARE: Yours, Mine and Ours [ Spunk / CD - released 12/Sep/2003 ] This is the third album from the much-loved Boston act - a sunny, breezy affair, with elegant melodies that are built for harmonies, superbly sung by Joe Pernice |
EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
Primal Scream
MARBECKS RARE: Echo Dek [ Creation / CD - released 17/May/1997 ] |
Radio Citizen
Marbecks Rare: Hope & Despair [ Ubquity / CD - released 7/Feb/2011 ] |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: String Quintet No. 3 / String Sextet The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "Warmly effusive playing, captured in exquisite sound" (American Record Guide) |
SCHULHOFF / MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schulhoff / Martinu: String Sextet / Sextet & Three Madrigals The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This enjoyable disc...offers warmly aerated performances, persuasively realised" (MusicWeb Sept 2008) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Antigone, Op. 55 Rene Pape (baritone) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin), Stefan Soltesz [ Capriccio / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] Incidental Music to the Tragedy of Sophocles for speakers, solo bass, two male choruses and orchestra. |