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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87 [complete ballet] Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 19/Apr/1983 ] "Ashkenazy gets excellent results from the Cleveland orchestra. The recording's fine definition is enchanced, yet not at the expense of atmosphere, and the bright, vivid image is given striking projection." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles (Vol 3) The Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] Recorded 16-17 February 2002. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles of Herbert Howells (Vol 1) Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2021 ] Recorded in Marlborough College Chapel 19th and 20th February 2000 |
JOAN TOWER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1999 ] The title of this extraordinary collection of orchestral gems suggests both parody of and homage to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. |
MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No.4 & Symphony No.6 'Pastorale' Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Sony Bruno Walter The Edition / CD - released 19/May/1995 ] "The Sixth is a lovely, expansive, relaxed affair..with Walter's unerring command of rhythm coming to the fore." MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music Concertgebouw Kammerorchester, Simon Preston [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jul/1991 ] Recorded: Waalsekerk, Amsterdam, November 1988 |
ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL ZIPOLI / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Orchestral Music (Incls Albinoni: Adagio & Pachelbel: Canon) Consort of London, Robert Clark, with Julia Girdwood (oboe) & Joseph Frohlich (violin) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/1989 ] A generous selection of popular baroque works. |
CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: 3 Quarter-Tone Pieces / Five Take-Offs / etc Continuum [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] "All in all, this makes a fine, characteristic anthology, splendidly realized...In many of the pieces Ives's habit of including a phrase or two of deliberate banality amid the wildness adds piquancy, well caught in these performances" Penguin Guide |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphony No 1 / Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "Okko Kamu leads a refreshingly vibrant account of Nielsen's Symphony No. 1. The first movement surges with youthful vigor, aided by Kamu's light touch-crisp orchestral articulation and clear ensemble textures...a winner." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 / Rondos / Adagio David Oistrakh (violin/conductor) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 &1971 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: The Art Of Fugue Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Feb/2004 ] "The playing is often voluptuous and always polished.....The sound is quite spectacular, despite the vintage (July 1974). This is one of a series of remastered Quadraphonic recordings, originally issued on the Philips label in the 1970's."... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/1994 ] "Dawn Upshaw crowns Dohnányi's vision with beguiling lightness of touch" ClassicalMusic.com |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Yeomen of the Guard (complete operetta recorded in 1958) Denis Dowling, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Alexander Young, Marjorie Thomas / Glyndebourne Festival, Sir MalcolmSargent [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/1987 ] "This is a very operatic Yeomen which certainly suits the work and gives the soloists an opportunity to shine. Sir Geraint Evans makes a better Jack Point than a Ko-Ko and 'When a wooer goes a-wooing' is very moving." Mel (Marbecks) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies & Concertos BLU-RAY Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov (pianos) Mario Brunello, Gautier Capuçon (cellos) Alena Baeva, Vadim Repin (violin) / Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev [ Arthaus Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Most successful are young violinist Alena Baeva, who gives a sensitive and appropriately fiery performance of Violin Concertoall the symphonies are given excellent, sometimes outstanding performances, with superb soloists…in Nos 13 and 14" BBC Music |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Music for Strings and Guitar The Diaz Trio and Julioan Gray (guitar) [ Dorian / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] It is practically impossible to speak of the violin without mentioning Paganini. He represented a veritable milestone in the history of the instrument, in that what came before him is without doubt different from what came after him. Paganini was... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Harold en Italie / Overtures Donald McInnes (viola) / Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1999 ] "This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Messe solennelle Donna Brown (soprano) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor) Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elio [ Philips / CD - released 31/Dec/1994 ] Philips Classics has had the honour of presenting the first ever recording made of this adorable Berlioz mass after its rediscovery in 1991 and showing what a lot of absolutely beautiful surprises it has to offer. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (Complete Operetta) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Valerie Masterson; Owen Brannigan; John Reed / Royal Philharmonic Orch. / Isadore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "The recording is superbly spacious and clear throughout, with a fine sense of atmosphere. The CD transfer is remarkable in its added presence." (Penguin Guide) |
