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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 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Madrigals Magda Laszla, Richard Lewis, Frances Bible, Carlo Cava, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, etc / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic, John Pritc [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2000 ] Original recordings from 1964 & 1967 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Ah! Mio Cor - Handel Arias Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Archiv / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Clear away preconceptions and be prepared for one of the most extraordinary vocal displays to have been issued in recent years" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2007) |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Handel: Italian Cantatas Magdalena Kozena (Mezzo-soprano) Les Musiciens du Louvrec / Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 15/Dec/2000 ] "Her vocal range is wide, and her ability to produce varied colour a great virtue in sustained solo dramatic pieces of this kind...the results are rewarding indeed." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
THE BACH FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lamento: rarely-heard music by the Bach family Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Musica Antiqua Koln / Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] "A marvellous, thought-provoking recital by a singer in her glorious first bloom." (BBC Music) |
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 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 Maggini String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER: Chamber - Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide |
HANDEL / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MARCELLO / BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Oboe Concertos Malcolm Messiter (oboe) / Guildhall String Ensemble [ RCA Victor Read Seal / CD - released 5/Mar/1990 ] Recorded at the Forde Abbey, Dorset, November 1988, and in Rosslyn Hall Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, May 1989 |
MANOS ACHALINOTOPOULOS
Flight on Light Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarinet) / John Psathas (sequencing) / Tim Prebble (synth) / etc. [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Flight On Light is an extraordinarily passionate and moving album. Clarinetist Manos Achalinotopoulos is one of Greece's most emotive musicians. His music is grounded in folk traditions, but his performances transport the listener into profound and... |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Harmonic Seasons Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] For this uniquely compiled new recording of Bach's organ works, the Italian organist Manuel Tomadin devised a concept of organising music by the four seasons. There are 12 pieces on the album, opening with the vaulting arpeggios of the G major... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / LOUIS SPOHR / EUGENE YSAYE / etc
María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond (LP) María Dueñas (violin) / Wiener Symphoniker, Manfred Honeck [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] "The manner in which Dueñas acquits herself is nothing short of remarkable: every technical hurdle surmounted with assurance, no lapses in tone or intonation, the interpretation confident and persuasive...What a player" Gramophone |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Discoveries María José Siri, Veronica Simeoni, Giorgio Berrugi, Simone Piazzola, Riccardo Zanellato / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro [ Decca Records / CD - released 15/Sep/2002 ] "Chailly's Scala forces give the 13 movements their all...it's a fascinating testament to a historical event that never was. Verdi's movement for soprano and chorus is the best music here, justifying his decision to write his own Requiem" Sunday Time |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein (complete operetta recorded in 2005) Les Musiciens du Louvre / Felicity Lott, Sandrine Piau, Yann Beuron, Franck Leguérinel, Eric Huchet / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 6/Dec/2005 ] Best Opera Recording went to Offenbach's 'La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein' in 2005's Diapason d'Or Awards held in Paris. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano Sonata & Impromptus Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] The heavenly lengths of Schubert's last piano sonata and second set of impromptus - Marc-André Hamelin captures the other-worldliness of these sublime, quintessentially 'late' works as do few other pianists. |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marcelo Alvarez - Bel Canto Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Sep/1998 ] Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active touring schedule and debuted in 34 roles. |
PUCCINI / CILEA / GIORDANO / PONCHIELLI / FLOTOW / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marcelo Álvarez - The Tenor's Passion Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Marcello Viotti [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Sep/2004 ] Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active touring schedule and debuted in 34 roles. |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1987 ] Recorded At - All Saints Church, Tooting, London |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Winter Legends & Saga Fragment Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1987 ] Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, on April 3 & 4, 1986 |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Concert Variations on an English Theme Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1989 ] Recorded February 19-23, 1989. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi - Vespro Della Beata Vergine (Vespers) Margaret Marshal, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Thomas Hampson / Concentus musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Ultima / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/1997 ] Live Recording. Recording location: Graz 1986 |
