Search Results: Collectable Decca
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No 13 Babi-Yar Op 113 Marius Rintzler (bass) / Concertgebouw Orchestra and Choir / Bernard Haitink [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/Nov/2000 ] "Outstandingly brilliant and full sound, remarkable even for this series." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Matthias Goerne (Baritone), Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Sara Fulgoni (Mezzo-Soprano), Gosta Winbergh, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2003 ] "Riccardo Chailly's credentials as a Mahlerian cannot be faulted...Once more, where his own admirable orchestra is concerned, he gives a performance that is finely balanced, attentive to all-important detail and convincing as a whole." Gramophone |
HANNS EISLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie Op. 50 Matthias Goerne (baritone), Hendrikje Wangemann (soprano), Annette Markert (contralto), Peter Lika (bass) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Lothar Zagros [ Decca Records Entartete Musik / CD - released 22/Oct/1995 ] "The performance is very, very good indeed. It's not a "star turn" by any means. Zagrosek and his players direct all their energies to illuminate the work. Singers' diction is crisp." ClassicalNet |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der fliegende Hollender [The Flying Dutchman] (highlights) Matti Salminen, Lisbeth Balslev, Robert Schunk, Anny Schlemm / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Woldemar Nelsson [ Decca Laser line Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] "The cast is more consistent than any, with Lisbeth Balslev as Senta firmer, sweeter and more secure than any current rival" Penguin Guide |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet - Carmen & L'Arlesienne suites Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] This is a re-issue of an outstanding "demonstration" disc featuring colourful French orchestral music....playing that is both elegant and vivid in superb, demonstration-worthy sound. |
JELLY ROLL MORTON / SCOTT JOPLIN / WILLIE 'LION' SMITH / JAMES SCOTT / EUBIE BLAKE / JOSEPH LAMB
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fingerbreaker - classics of Ragtime and Early Jazz Piano Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/1999 ] "He's a fastidious, terrifically charismatic stage performer." New York Times |
GABRIEL FAURE / EMMANUEL CHABRIER / ERIK SATIE / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Naida Cole - Faure, Chabrier, Satie, Ravel Naida Cole (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 5/Dec/1999 ] Naida Margaret Cole is a Canadian-American concert pianist who left a successful career as a recording artist and touring musician in 2007 to pursue medicine, studying at the Warren Alpert Medical School. |
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 |
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ARTHUR BLISS / WILLIAM WALTON / ARNOLD BAX / CONSTANT LAMBERT / ARTHUR BENJAMIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Great British Film Music [Incls 'Things to Come'] National Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann [ Decca Phrase 4 Stereo / CD - released 5/Oct/1996 ] Because of Herrmann's masterful conducting and Phase 4's dynamic engineering, original pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and soundtrack collectors. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon (Complete Ballets) National Philharmonic Orchestra / London SymphonyOrchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Richard Bonynge has the feel of this music (Nutcracker) in his bones, and gives a warmly expressive performance...he plays the 'Divertissement' with splendid panache, and he is very good indeed in the Valse des Fleurs" Gramophone |
CARL MARIA von WEBER / HECTOR BERLIOZ / CHARLES LECOCQ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Invitaion to the Dance / Berlioz: Les Troyens Ballet Music / Lecocq: Mam'zelle Angot (Complete Ballet) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 20/May/1985 ] A perennial best-seller in the catalogue, and much beloved of balletomanes, these vividly recorded ballet masterpieces were recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London, in 1983 |
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 |
MATEO FLECHA the elder
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flecha: Las Ensaladas New London Consort, Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] Mateo Flecha (Catalan: Mateu Fletxa; 1481-1553) was a Catalan composer born in Kingdom of Aragon, in the region of Prades. He is sometimes known as "El Viejo" (the elder) to distinguish him from his nephew, Mateo Flecha "El Joven" (the younger). |
LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Sylvia (complete ballet), with Massenet: 'Le Cid' ballet National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Apr/1989 ] Original recording: Kingsway Hall, London, June 1972 (Sylvia) & January 1975 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Benjamin Britten - The Rarities Norma Proctor, Owen Brannigan, Heinz Holliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andres Schiff, Benjamin Britten, etc [ Decca British Music Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] "The skill and imaginative power with which Britten has used these forces defy adequate description. There are inevitably rough edges in the singing and playing, but the spirit is there in abundance." (Gramophone) |
GABRIEL FAURE / ERNEST CHAUSSON / PAUL DUKAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Pelleas et Melisande / Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice / Chausson: Symphony Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2002 ] The best-loved French classics performed by the famous Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
MITCH LEIGH
Leigh: Man of La Mancha Richard Kiley & Irving Jacobson / Original 1965 Broadway Cast Recording [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Man of La Mancha is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his... |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scriabin: Complete symphonies - Prometheus - Poame de l'extase - Piano Concerto Peter Jablonski, piano - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "outstanding sound-quality" (Penguin Stereo Guide on Symphony No 1) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ / La Mort de Cleopatre / etc Peter Pears, Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Joseph Rouleau, Anne Pashley / The Goldbrough Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca / 2 CD - released 25/May/1989 ] Originally recorded October 8-10 1960 (L'enfance) & 1968 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Canticles / A Birthday Hansel Peter Pears, John Hahessy, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, with Bary Tuckwell (horn), Osian Ellis (harp) & Benjamin Britten (piano) [ Decca / London / CD - released 21/Oct/1990 ] Written at intervals between 1947 and 1974 Britten's five Canticles are miniature cantatas sharing a spiritual intensity that derives from Britten's own religious belief. |
