DELIBES / RAVEL / MILHAUD / OFFENBACH / GOUNOD / SAUGUET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Dessay - Airs d'operas Francais [French Opera Arias] Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fourniller [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/1996 ] "Dessay revels in Olympia's amusing aria known as the 'Doll Song', delivered with assurance and freedom; Dessay's striking coloratura makes an impression" MusicWeb |
BELLINI / OFFENBACH / MOZART / DELIBES / MONTEVERDI / DONIZETTI / etc
Natalie Dessay: The Opera Singer [33 CD & 19 DVDs] Natalie Dessay, with Francesco Meli, Jose Van Dam, Patricia Petibon, Sara Mingardo, Kathleen Kim, Ian Bostridge, Veronique Gens, and others [ Erato / Warner Classics / 52 CD Box Set - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "Dessay's performance is simply jaw-dropping.' BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2008: Opera [La Sonnambula] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Nathalie Stutzmann sings Schumann Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Inger Södergren (piano), Catherine Collard (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] "The French contralto Nathalie Stutzmann's voice is a magnificent instrument with a range that must stretch a good three octaves; the bass of her tessitura is profound and resonant, and her top notes are steady and impeccably modulated." Classical-music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi:La Verita in Cimento RV739 (highlights from the complete opera) Philippe Jaroussky, Nathalie Stutzmann, Gemma Bertagnoli, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Sara Mingardo / Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi [ Opus 111 Naive / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "A glorious selection of highlights, full of astonishing singing and playing, from Vivaldi's opera of 1720. The vocal cast is well-nigh ideal, and Jean-Christophe Spinosi's very theatrical reading of the score is forcefully articulated by orchestra... |
MEL BROOKS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brooks: The Producers Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] The Producers is a musical with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan. It is adapted from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: 7 Overtures National Philhamronic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Mar/1983 ] riccardo Chailly was born 20 February 1953 in Milan, Italy. He was chief conductor of the Concertgebouworkest from 1988 to 2004, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from 2005 to 2016 |
PROKOFIEV / BACH / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Works Navah Perlman (piano) [ EMI Classics Debut / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] In addition to her solo piano career, Navah frequently performs chamber music, including with violinist Philippe Quint and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio. She is the Artistic Director of LPS Pro Musica in Lake Placid, New York. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 / Suite from 'Katerina Ismailova' / etc Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Recorded in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow on 14-17 April 1987. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Missa Sabrinensis Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra., Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nelson Freire: Brahms Nelson Freire (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many" Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Edition |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Nelson Freire (piano) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jun/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) "This is great artistry caught 'on the wing'." (MusicWeb August 2006) |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (the complete opera, recorded in 2005) Netherlands Opera / Hasmik Papian / Hugh Smith / Irini Tsirakidis / Julian Reynolds (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Nov/2006 ] G :- "Conductor Julian Reynolds extensively studied Bellini's score in manuscript and introduces lots of surprising details." -De Telegraaf |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Keyes, Nadine Secunde, John Brocheler, Jeannine Altmeyer, Kurt Rydi, Reinhild Runkel / Harmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "The visual impact of this Spartan production is such that it will not be easily forgotten. It is recorded in surround sound...All in all this a quality product." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Complete opera recorded in 2011) Netherlands Opera / Olga Savova, Krassimira Stoyanova, Elena Maximova, Bo Skovhus / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] 'Jansons sets us on a simmer and gradually turns the heat to boiling. It is magisterially paced, stunningly played and, seemingly effortlessly, Jansons captures every aching nuance..Herheim's innovations are often throbbingly acute (and sometimes... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 3/Mar/2014 ] "Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / KROMMER / ANTHEIL / STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / etc
Netherlands Wind Ensemble - Complete Philips Recordings Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Edo de Waart [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 17 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2022 ] Issued complete for the first time, including several albums new to CD, is the Philips catalogue of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble - an ensemble that made a defining contribution to Dutch musical life in the 1970s. ... |
SOUSA / ANDERSON / GERSHWIN / MacDOWELL / GILLIS / RODGERS / GOULD / etc
American Light Music Classics (Includes The March of the Toys, Holiday for Strings & The Teddy Bear's Picnic) New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] 'These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes' (Gramophone) |
TOYE / COLLINS / CURZON / WHITE / KETELBEY / BINGE / ANCLIFFE / ELLIS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Classics Vol 1 (Including Jumping Bean, Elizabethan Serenade & Coronation Scott) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] "The recorded sound throughout is exemplary. For light music specialist and general music lover alike, this collection should prove pure delight." -Critic's Choice Pick - Gramophone Magazine Best of 1996 |
WOOD / RICHARDSON / STRACHEY / MONCKTON /GODIN / FRANON / KETELBEY / TOMLINSON / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Classics Vol 3 (Includes Portrait of a Flirt, The Girl from Corsica & Montmartre) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Corp's performances are sumptuous' (Sunday Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Collection (Incls 'Knightsbridge March', 'In a Monastery Garden', 'the Westminster Waltz' & 'Puffin' Billy') New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / 4 CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] "All the works are performed with spirit and verve, and a real love and understanding of this music. A superb set." (MusicWeb April 2009) |