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NANCARROW / GERSHWIN / BEACH / JOPLIN / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Four Piano Blues - American Piano Music Michel Legrand (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 24/Feb/1994 ] Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger and graduated with top honors as both a... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / etc Michel Schwalbe (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] Recorded: 1972 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2007 ] "this is an emotionally compelling rendition that holds its own with any version on the market, and it will satisfy any Mahlerian with its many passages of profound beauty, childlike playfulness, and spiritual ecstasy." ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina / Litanies a la vierge Michèle Lagrange (soprano), Choeur & Orchestre national de Lyon, Serge Baudo [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] "Baudo leads French forces in a highly idiomatic performance" ClassicalNet |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Der Tod Jesu (Passion Oratorio), TWV 5:6 Dorothee Mields (soprano), Britta Schwarz (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass) / Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein, Ludger Remy [ CPO / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "The performance does the work full justice....The recorded sound, too, is restrained and sympathetic. Yet another pleasant Telemann surprise." Gramophone. |
LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek: Piano Works Mikhail Rudy (piano) [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Mar/1990 ] "Mikhail Rudy has alway been a very impressive pianist and his disc of Janacek is a statement of singular strength, taking us on a much bigger voyage than the running time suggests." Review |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mina Foley and Michael Tarawhiti McGifford Mina Foley / Michael Tarawhiti McGifford with Val Hungerford (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 16/Aug/2007 ] This recording is available for the first time on CD and features a selection of fine songs for solo voice along with duets performed by Mina with another NZ great Michael Tarawhiti McGifford. |
W. A. MOZART / JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antal Dorati: the Mozart & Haydn Recordings on Mercury Living Presence Minneapolis Symphony, London Symphony, Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati [ Mercury Living Presense Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 21/Aug/2020 ] Antal Doráti's complete Haydn and Mozart recordings for Mercury, predating his landmark collection of the Haydn cycle for Decca. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: VERDI: Requiem (coupled with Bruckner's te Deum) Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Cossutta, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2000 ] "If you are an adherent of Karajan's Verdi, you will certainly enjoy this performance. It has all the characteristics of measured tempos and forceful attack that one expects from him...Ludwig is satisfying in every way." Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (the complete opera staged by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig / The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 19/Apr/2005 ] "Magical in its evocation of Puccini's most atmospheric score...Freni [is] as tenderly appealing to see as to hear...[Domingo sings] with similar fervour, responding to the inspired stage direction of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle to make this cad of... |
FRANZ JOSEPH CLEMENT
Clement: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Mirijam Contzen (violin), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Reinhard Goebel [ Sony Classical Beethoven's World / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "Contzen produces a ravishing sound, complemented by the suave playing of the WDR Symphony Orchestra" Observer |
BRUCH / SAINT-SAENS / GLAZUNOV / RESPIGHI / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adagio: shorter works for the cello Mischa Maisky (cello) Semyon Bychkov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "His playing combines poetry and exquisite delicacy with great temperament and brilliant technique." Mstislav Rostropovich on Mischa Maisky |
BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / STRAVINSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY
Misha Dichter - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Misha Dichter (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/Sep/2024 ] It was inevitable, perhaps, that Dichter's debut release for the label would be given over to the Tchaikovsky B-flat minor concerto, the same work that catapulted the competition's first winner Van Cliburn to international stardom. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "Musically, standards are extremely high, led by Mariss Jansons's inspired presence in the pit...Aksenova sings a steely Lisa..Diadkova is remarkable as the Countess - singing rather than growling her role." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month March 2018 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Misha Didyk / Emily Magee / Lado Ataneli / Ludovic Tézier / Elena Zaremba / Gran Teatre del Liceu / Michael Boder [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "[Didyk] cuts a fine figure on stage: tall, blond, physically agile, he sings the role of the poor lunatic gambler well. His voice is laser-like in focus and has the familiar Slavic edge" International Record Review |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: String Quartet / Piano Quintet Mistry String Quartet, with David Owen Norris (piano) [ Argo / CD - released 23/Jun/1992 ] Recorded All Saints Church, East Finchley, October 1990, and January 1991 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano Sonata D568 & Moments musicaux Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 20/Mar/2002 ] "Uchida offers one of the finest new piano recordings to have come my way for some months." (International Record Review July 2002) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: A Musical Offering BWV1079 Monica Huggett (violin/director) with Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba) / Ensemble Sonnerie [ Virgin Veritas / CD - released 6/Oct/1996 ] This must be the most purely enjoyable Musical Offering for a long time. - Gramophone magazine Critic's Choice 1996 |
VERDI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / GOUNOD / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dies Irae - The Essential Choral Collection The Monteverdi Choir. Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Münchener Bach-Chor, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Choir Of Westminster Abbey, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] 30 of the greatest classical choral works ever written. From Monteverdi to Orff, here are the choral bangers absolutely guaranteed to make your heart sing. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Voices in the Night - Choral Works Monteverdi Choir, John Elliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 14/Oct/1997 ] Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras is the registered charity of three leading international music ensembles: the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. |
