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JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Symphonies Nos 84 - 95 Philharmonia Hungarica , Antal Dorati [ Decca / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/May/1991 ] The Antal Dorati cycle remains one of the greatest recording achievements of the gramophone. |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies Nos 94 "Surprise", 100 "Military", 96 "The Miracle" Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati [ Decca Mega Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/1997 ] Penguin Guide 3 star |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 (3 CD set includes extra discussion disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ben Zander, conductor [ Telarc Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 19/Feb/2004 ] "The recording, as befits the most fantastically scored of all symphonies, is wonderfully clear…." (London Sunday Times) |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Symphonies No 1 & 2 / Overture "Der Freischutz" Philharmonia Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 30/Jun/1995 ] Recorded At - Watford Town Hall Recorded in June 1991 and February 1993. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "Sinopoli has the benefit of first-rate playing from the Philharmonia and ample yet detailed sonics from DG." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/1985 ] "This is not far short of greatness" MusicWeb |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Vaughan Williams's Eight and Ninth Symphonies carry on the composer's enchantment with unusual instruments that first appeared in the Seventh Symphony, the famous Sinfonia Antartica. In the Eighth, there's a terrific "bell" finale with its three... |
CZESLAW MAREK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marek: The Orchestral Works Vol 1 The Philharmonia Orchestra, London, Gary Brain [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] "The music of Polish-born composer, Czeslaw Marek (1891-1986), serves up an intoxicating aural cocktail." Gramophone |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The Wooden Prince Suite / Hungarian Pictures Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/1991 ] "The drama of the fairy story is told in glowing colours and, unlike most rivals, Jarvi ignores the many little cuts that the composer sanctioned, reluctantly or not, over the years. The opulent playing of the Philharmonia is greatly enchanced by the... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / SERGE PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrushka, Pulcinella (suite), Divertimento (with works by Prokofiev) Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Igor Markevitch [ EMI Classics / CD - released 18/Mar/1989 ] Recorded 1954 - 1959 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Overtures Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics / CD - released 16/Feb/1989 ] Otto Klemperer was born on 14th May 1885 in Breslau, Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland) and died on 6th July 1973 in Zurich. He had had a remarkable career as a young man but it was at the age of 70 that he started a series of recordings that would not... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 / Night Ride and Sunrise Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] "..The development of the first movement has a compelling sense of mystery and the transition to the Scherzo section is beautifully judged. The Philharmonia Orchestra play spendidly and the EMI recording is very good indeed." (3 Stars Penguin Stereo |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "Pastoral" Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / CD - released 20/Mar/1983 ] "These early digital recordings are actually quite fine...sounding nicely detailed and transparent...there is a sense of pleasant nostalgia." Gramophone |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Jan/1993 ] "A rich and strong, consistently enjoyable cycle. Ashkenazy by temperament brings out the expressive warmth, colour and drama of the composer rather than his Scandinavian chill, reflecting perhaps his Slavonic background." (*** Penguin Guide) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Jan/1993 ] "A rich and strong, consistently enjoyable cycle. Ashkenazy by temperament brings out the expressive warmth, colour and drama of the composer rather than his Scandinavian chill, reflecting perhaps his Slavonic background." (*** Penguin Guide) |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Conducts Milhaud... Marguerite Long (piano), Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Orchestre National, L'Orchestre de la radiodiffusion Francaise, Darius Milhaud [ Dutton / CD - released 23/Jul/2001 ] "The Dutton label has done a wonderful service to the classical music buying public by making available historical recordings of composers conducting or performing their own work." |
SAINT-SAENS / CHAUSSON / GOUNOD / FAURE / MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Au jardin des aveux - Franch Songs & Duets Philip Langridge (tenor) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Vigin Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] Recorded at St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire, February 1990 |
GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Intimations Of Imortality / Grand Fantasia & Toccata Philip Langridge (tenor) Philip Fowke (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ EMI Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/1993 ] "this new recording, sensitively conducted by Richard Hickox, can be urgently recommended. The music is interpreted and performed with conviction, and Philip Langridge, apart from a tendency to 'bleat' above the stave, is a fine soloist." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos 1 - 4 Philippa Davies (flute) / The Nash Ensemble [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/1989 ] "The four Mozart flute quartets make up a nicely tidy CD, and the Nash Ensemble's neat and pointed playing make it an enjoyable one too. Philippa Davies is a pleasure to listen to, clean and unusually even in tone, a tone which is round and full but... |
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... |
