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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera recorded in 2005) Paris National Opera / Susan Graham, Hannah Esther Minutillo, Catherine Naglestad, Ekaterina Siurina, Christoph Pregardien / Sylvain Cambreling (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Mortier has done everything in his power to present the opera in this long-lasting form. However, the only justification for adding this to you collection is the outstanding singing of Susan Graham" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Paris Opera / Jacquelyn Wagner, Michèle Losier, Frédéric Antoun , Philippe Sly / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 12/Dec/2017 ] "With Philippe Jordan drawing excellent orchestral playing from the pit, with witty fortepiano recitatives, this is a most unusual Così which eventually had me hooked" Gramophone DVD/Blu-ray of the Month November 2017 |
SOUND THE TRUMPET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sound the Trumpet: Music by Henry Purcell and his followers The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] 'Universally full of spirit and charm … both trumpeters are on fine form, sounding effortlessly relaxed and beautifully matched, with an enticing sweetness of tone. Recommended' (Gramophone) |
ERIK SATIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Satie: The Four-Handed Piano Pascal Rogé (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] Recorded in 2000 |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Piano Works Pascal Roge (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 26/Feb/1987 ] The name of Pascal Rogé is synonymous with French music and throughout his association with Decca which lasted some twenty-five years. This recording is a Rosette in the Penguin Guide and was a Gramophone winner for 1988. |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Orchestral Works / Piano Concertos / L'Enfant et les Sortileges / Sheherazade Pascal Roge (piano) / Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2005 ] "This is self-recommending beautifully played and beautifully recorded." (Gramophone on the Piano Concertos) |
VILLA-LOBOS / SATIE / POULENC / FAURE / MIGNONE / etc
L'amour, la mort, la mer Patricia Petibon (soprano), Philippe Marchand (percussion), Susan Manoff (piano), David Venitucci (accordion), Ronan Le Bars (bagpipe) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Soprano Patricia Petibon traverses love, death, and the mysteries of the sea in songs that carry us from John Lennon to Fauré, via Granados, Barber, Satie, and Jean Cras, whose beautiful "La rencontre" sets the meditative tone. Petibon shapes her... |
J. S. BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach/Telemann: Oboe and Oboe d'amore Concertos Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/1984 ] 'A winner all the way … exemplary from start to finish' (Hi-Fi News) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas / Piano Concertos / Diabelli variations Paul Lewis (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek [ Harmonia Mundi / 14 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "one of the most highly prized recording marathons of recent years…an unmissable benchmark." Gramophone |
Paul Robeson
Voice of Freedom; His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings [ Sony Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Sep/2024 ] This is a special edition, documenting Paul Robeson's complete major-label discography recorded 1925-1947! It contains the first release of Robeson's groundbreaking Victor recordings on CD with 16 recordings reissued for the first time. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Pacific Overtures Paul Strathearnj & Eric Roberts / English National Opera/Original London Cast, James Holmes [ TER / Thats Entertainment / 2 CD Box Set - released 3/Nov/1989 ] Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler. |
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BACH / R. STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / TCHEREPNIN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul Tortelier: The Great EMI Recordings [20 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with Aldo Ciccolini, Eric Heidsieck, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic, New Philharmonia, London Symphony [ EMI Budget Boxes / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month May 2010 - "Tortelier's many admirers will find here much that has slipped through the net; merits the highest admiration" (MusicWeb May 2010) |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano Paul Wee (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "What is almost incredible is that the soloist Paul Wee is not a professional pianist but a highly successful international commercial London lawyer." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Instrumental |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins is the most performed work by any living composer. This performance is the largest ever staged and was uniquely performed in synchronisation with a specially commissioned war-archive... |
VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pavarotti & Friends For Guatemala And Kosovo Luciano Pavarotti with Gloria Estefan, B.B. King, Boyzone, Joe Cocker, Lionel Ritchie, Ricky Martin [ Decca / CD - released 27/Sep/1999 ] Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo is a live album by Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and a variety guest artists, recorded at a benefit concert of the same name held in Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy on 1 June 1999. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 5 Pavol Breslik (tenor), Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Johanna Winkel (soprano) / Kammerakademie Potsdam, NDR Chor, Antonello Manacorda [ Sony Classical / 3 CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] "Manacorda and his spruce Potsdam band (modern instruments played with historical awareness) offer a…lithe, up-tempo performance, with vivid wind detailing and clearly etched textures" Gramophone |
JOHN PSATHAS
Ukiyo Pedro Carneiro (vibraphone, marimba) Mark Carter (trumpet) Bridget Douglas (flute) Patrick Barry (clarinet) / Stroma / Hamish McKeich [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] The beautiful and captivating Ukiyo features Portuguese percussion maestro, Pedro Carneiro. This album is percussion-based, and while it contains moments of explosive energy characteristic of John's work (particularly in the extended chamber... |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pepe Romero - Noches de Espana [Romantic Guitar Classics] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10603/10603554.jpg)
TARREGA / ROMERO / TURINA / GRANADOS / MORENO / ect
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pepe Romero - Noches de Espana [Romantic Guitar Classics] Pepe Romero (guitar) [ Philips / CD - released 6/Dec/1994 ] "Few musicians can be this flexible with the unwinding of a piece and yet never sound self-indulgent. He seems to know exactly where an emphasis lies, how long to pause, where to push, when to float poetically." |
CRUSELL / SPOHR / MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Classic Clarinet: Best Loved Classical Clarinet Music Per Billman, Peter Schmidl, Ernst Ottensamer, Boris Rener, Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinets) with Sibylla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Leading performers inspired the greatest composers of their times to write imperishable masterpieces for the new instrument, exploiting its fullest range. |
