JOHANN PACHELBEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pachelbel: Easter Cantatas La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson [ CPO / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] "Pachelbel's little-explored sacred music here provides a glorious experience" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2004 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Psaume [Psalms]s La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe, with Peter Kooy (baritone), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/1988 ] "Elegant and fluent singing" - Gramophone |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY La Fenice Opera / Simone Alaimo, Myrto Papatanasiu, Bruno De Simone / Jonathan Webb, conductor [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini's wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini's first collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini's librettist - on this opera and Romani understood... |
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tartini: Trio Sonatas / Violin Sonatas Op 2 and Op 6 La Magnifica Communita with Enrico Casazza (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Giuseppe Tartini's best-known work must be his sonata for violin 'Devil's trill'. Now meet the virtually unknown Tartini on these three CD's. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: String Quintets - Volume 2 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Luigi Boccherini wrote many string quintets for various combinations of instruments. Earlier this year we released the first set of Boccherini's string quintets by La Magnifica Comunità. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2008) La Scala Opera / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Mariella Devia / Paola Gardina / Antonino Fogliani (con) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Two queens on one island. A recipe for disaster. Especially as both have a legitimate claim to the other's throne. They are, after all, related… So the power politics are the name of the game. And, for reasons of state, one of the heads that wears a... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I vespri Siciliani (complete opera recorded in 1990) La Scala Opera / Giorgio Zancanaro, Enzo Capuano, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 25/Dec/2015 ] Verdi's 1855 Paris opera which followed Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La Traviata is treated to a performance of blazing energy and intimate refinement with a superb cast which includes Cheryl Studer and Chris Merritt. |
FALCONIERI / FRESCOBALDI / MERULA / UCCELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Amours, Zephyrs & Sirenes La Turbulente [ Naive / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] La Turbulente: Susi Möhlmeier, Frédérique Thouvenot (recorders), Claire Giardelli (cello), Mirella Giardelli (keyboard & organ), Pascal Monteilhet (theorb & lute) |
TELEMANN / BARTOK / MOZART / HINDEMITH / BRAHMS / etc
Vivid Viola: Best loved classical viola music Ladislav Kyselák, Hong-Mei Xiao, Roger Chase, Roberto Díaz, Tabea Zimmermann, Heinrich Koll (Violas) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The viola is only slightly larger than the violin but possesses a middle range that is richly expressive and full of pathos. It has been played by some of the greatest composers, including JS Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Dvorak. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Ascanio - Ballet: Andromaque / Overtures / etc Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "This disc is a mandatory acquisition for anyone who cares about either the composer or good French theater music." 9/9 ClassicsToday |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Tone Poems: En Saga, The Dryad, Pohjola's Daughter, Night Ride and Sunrise Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) This is a very appealing collection of Sibelius favourites and rarities." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Sept 2002) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Tone Poems (incls En Saga, Op. 9 & Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22) Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänska & Neeme Jarvi [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "To hear Osmo Vänskä conducting Jean Sibelius is to change one's view of the music." Financial Times |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas Nos 3 & 23 "Appassionata" Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Ahead of Beethoven's 250th anniversary in 2020, Sony Classical releases Beethoven Sonatas Nos 3 & 23 "Appasionata" by superstar pianist Lang Lang. Lang Lang is a critically acclaimed piano virtuoso who began playing the piano at the age of three.... |
LISZT / BACH / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Lang Lang: Romance Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Nov/2017 ] Sony Classical has brought together the most beautiful and romantic piano works recorded by Lang Lang to create Romance. Carefully selected from his Sony Classical discography, each work exhibits the artist's mature and nuanced lyricism. |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / TAN DUN / CHOPIN / etc
Lang Lang Live At Carnegie Hall (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York on November 7, 2003) Lang Lang (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 5/May/2008 ] Recorded live at Carnegie Hall November 7th 2003 |
LISZT / BACH / CHOPIN / MOZART / HOLST / JOPLIN
Lang Lang: Piano Magic Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] Heralded by the New York Times as "the hottest artist on the classical music planet," Lang Lang has had an almost unparalleled impact on classical music, whose notable performances include the Sydney Opera House and Beijing's 2008 Olympic Opening. |
BEETHOVEN / ALBENIZ / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lang Lang - Live in Vienna BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Jun/2016 ] "the technical command is peerless and the emotional warmth envelops us. He is surely the Horowitz of our generation" The Observer, 12th September 2010 |
SAINT-SAENS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / FAURE / BOULANGER / FARRENC / etc
LP: Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals / Piano Concerto No. 2 (with other works by French composers) Lang Lang (piano), with Gina Alice (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] This is a carnival of French works for all generations by world-renowned pianist Lang Lang who offers music lovers of all ages the pleasure of discovery. Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelson,... |
CHOPINI / ZIMMER / DUDLEY / DESPLAT / MORRICONE / etc
Lang Lang at the Movies Lang Lang (piano), with Maxim Vengerov (violin) / The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] When a pianist of Lang Lang's calibre illuminates the world of motion pictures with his artistry, it turns every piece and every movie into a special event. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 / Scriabin: Etudes (LP) Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov, & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra [ Craft / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Marking the debut orchestral recording of legendary Lang Lang's illustrious career, this album includes the pianist's performance of Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra from Proms at the Royal Albert... |