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Placido Domingo (tenor), Pablo Sainz Villegas (guitar)
Volver [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Sep/2017 ] Legendary tenor Plácido Domingo partners with the "global ambassador of Spanish guitar" (Billboard Magazine), Pablo Sáinz-Villegas. This is an authentic and intimate album: the voice of Plácido Domingo has never been captured in such an intimate... |
VERDI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / von FLOTOW / OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best of Domingo Placido Domingo (tenor) with various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Domingo made his début at the Vienna State Opera in 1967, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968, at La Scala in 1969, at Covent Garden in 1971 and at the Paris Opéra in 1973. |
PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / MOZART / BOITO / HANDEL / GOUNOD / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Opera Classics Placido Domingo, various orchestras and conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1993 ] This CD brings together an unrivalled selection of the most popular tenor arias, performed by the popular Placido Domingo |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Berlin Concert - Live from the 'Waldbuhne' (complete concert) BLU-RAY Placido Domingo / Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazon / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Marco Armiliato [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The vocalism consistently stood out as superior...Domingo at 65 remains a phenomenon...His junior colleagues never lapsed vocally below their wonted high levels" (MusicalAmerica.com) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci /Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The cylindrical uniform stage set by Ezio Frigerio emphasised the hopeless consequence of the tragedy, as did the Orchestra della Scala, which, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, never sacrificed the dark, disturbing elements of the score. |
VERDI / BIZET / MOZART / PUCCINI / HANDEL / STRAUSS / WAGNER
150 Years Of Wiener Staatsoper: Great Opera Evenings (Limited Edition) Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Carlos Álvarez, Johan Botha, Angelika Kirchschlager, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wiener Staatsopernorchester [ Arthaus DVD / 11 DVD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Limited Edition - Experience four decades of opera history from the Wiener Staatsoper on 11 DVDs. 150 Years Vienna State Opera means 150 years of impressive opera events featuring the greatest conductors of all time, and, high-class opera stars. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra La Scala Opera / Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia Grimaldi (Maria), etc / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Barenboim] delivers the kind of eloquently moulded, dramatically succinct phrases heard in his Wagner performances of late...[His] status as a Verdian outsider - and the fresh insights that come with that - is a genuine drawing card." |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen / Kronos Quartet
Uniko [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 16/Jan/2012 ] Recorded live in Helsinki, 2004. |
JIA DAQUN / MARTIN LODGE / MICHAEL DAUGHERTY / MICHAEL F. WILLIAMS / PARAM VIR
Flow - new music for string quartet Polaris String Quartet [ Atoll / CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] A project to link composers from four continents in a joint musical statement on the Taoist / Buddhist theme of 'flow'. |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Concert Overture / Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Wieslaw Ochman (tenor) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk & Jerzy Semkow [ EMI Classics Matrix / CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] "The Third Symphony Song of the Night...It is a passionate performance of an intense and beautiful work - the tenor, Wieslaw Ochman, is deeply convincing, and the orchestra and chorus are committed to a highly charged performance." MusicWeb |
PERCY GRAINGER / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 'At Twilight' - Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg Polyphony with David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] "Grainger's mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (July 2006) |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Quartets Nos. IV and V The Portland String Quartet [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 10/Dec/1991 ] "...a pioneering and authoritative survey of this intense, intellectually rigorous chamber music." A.I. |
DVORAK
Biblical Songs (10), Op. 99 / Requiem, Op. 89 / Stabat Mater, Op. 58 / Te Deum, Op.103, B.176 Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Choir / Petr Altrichter / Jirí Belohlávek / Libor Pešek [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 3 DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The works of the quintessentially Czech composer Antonín Dvořák are, above all, enjoyable and perennial favourites of the Romantic repertoire. The concerts are performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Prague Philharmonic Choir,... |
CARL LOEWE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Loewe: Lieder + Ballads Hermann Prey (baritone) Michael Endres (piano) [ Capriccio / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "In works like Erlkönig, Count Eberstein, and Odins Meeresritt, the performances highlight Loewe's dramatic, narrative style, with the piano capturing scenes like galloping horses and clinking glasses." A.I. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K 465 - 499 - 80 Pro Arte Quartett Salzburg [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Recorded in October 1989 |
JENKINS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / CHOPIN / DELIBES / MOZART / RAVEL / BACH / RODRIGO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Peace - pure classical calm Anne Queffelec, Mikhal Pletnev (piano) Lesley Garret, Mady Mesple (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Nash Ensemble, et [ EMI / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Jul/2004 ] 3 CDs of the most relaxing music from Film, TV, and Opera |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Academica [ Dynamic / CD - released 28/Nov/1993 ] "(The Academica Quartet) are/were a fine quartet and they made a good case for what remains understandably neglected music." MusicWeb |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1989 ] "Classic performances, with refined tonal sensibility and complete unanimity of phrasing. Intimate music making, especially in the slow movements, though Beethoven's outbursts are never short-changed." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op.127 / String Quartet No.16 in F, Op. 135 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...these performances still strike a finely judged balance between beauty and truth, and are ultimately more satisfying and searching than most of their rivals." Gramophone |
