HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6 / Fantasy variations on a theme of Youth Carol Rosenberger (piano) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1990 ] Hanson created another reflective tribute to a previous generation in his 1951 Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. The work, written for piano and string orchestra, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the founding of Northwestern University,... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (Oratorio in two parts) Catherine Bott, Christine Batty, Gerard Lesne / Les musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1992 ] Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette Recording |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Bayerische Staatsoper, Jonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), George Petean (Carlo Gerard), Anja Harteros (Maddalena di Coigny) [ BSO Recordings / DVD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] First performed in 1896, Andrea Chénier is rightly regarded as one of the key works of verismo. With his melodrama about the historical poet André Chénier during the upheavals of the French Revolution, the composer Umberto Giordano created an... |
VIVALDI / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BACH / REINECKE / KUHLAU / etc
Flute Favourites Kazunori Seo, Petri Alanko, Béla Drahos, Patrick Gallois, Jean-Claude Gérard, Uwe Grodd, Wolfgang Schulz (flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2019 ] From its origins as one of the oldest musical instruments known to man to the sophisticated mechanics and elegant design today, the flute has been highly significant for every culture and historical period. |
MANUEL de FALLA
Manuel de Falla - The Spanish Soul Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Turibio Santos (guitar), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Jean-Claude Gérard (flute), Orquesta Nacional de España, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Manuel de Falla is regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the twentieth century. Established in Paris from 1907 to 1914, he met Debussy, Ravel and Dukas and steeped himself in their works. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schubert/Schumann: Cello Works Antonio Meneses (cello) Gerard Wyss (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 9/Mar/2007 ] "Virtuoso and sensitive players who put themselves at the music's service." Editor's Choice Recording of the Month March 2007 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Sonatas Arthur Grumiaux, Walter Klien, Gerard Poulet, Blandine Verlet, etc [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Vol 15 / 7 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/1991 ] Original Recording From 1975, 1985, 1991 |
NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Begun when he was a seventeen-year-old naval cadet, Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony No. 1 was hailed by the nationalist group 'The Five' as the first truly Russian symphony, in contrast with the German-influenced music of Anton Rubinstein. With its use of... |
COMEDY CLASSICS
The Bricklayer:- 17 Comedy Classics Various Artists incls Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, Gerard Hoffnung, Peter Sellers, Bob Newhart, Shelley Berman & others [ ALTO / CD - released 18/Nov/2011 ] Featuring Gerard Hoffnung, Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren, Tony Hancock, Flanders & Swann, Tom Lehrer, Peter Cook & Bob Newhart. |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 / Piano Concerto In G Major, Op. 36 Carol Rosenberger (piano) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1992 ] The Seattle Symphony and piano soloist Carol Rosenberger play music by Howard Hanson. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quintet, String Quartets, Piano Trios) Christian Zacharias, Mikhail Rudy, Martha Argerich, Nobuko Imai, Gerard Causse / Cherubini Quartet / Grieg Trio [ EMI Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2010 ] Celebrating Robert Schumann's 200th Anniversary, this is one of four new CD sets from EMI's catalogue performed by many of the world's leading artists, orchestras and conductors. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch, Gerard Theruel, Armand Arapian, Gabriel Bacquier / Lille National Orchestra & Nord-Pas-de-Calais Chorus, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "An outstanding bargain" Penguin Guide |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Melodies / Lieder Elly Ameling (soprano), Gerard Souzay (baritone) & Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ EMI Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Originally recorded in 1974 |
HOWARD HANSON
Hanson: Merry Mount Op 31 (complete opera) Lauren Flanigan, Walter Macneil, Wrestling Bradford / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2007 ] "Good tunes and the Devil combine in an unabashed romantic American rarity. The leading roles are splendidly characterised by Lauren Flanigan and Richard Zeller, well supported in a rehabilitation that is a credit to all involved." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: 6 suites for viola solo. Gerard Causse (bratch), Laurent Terzieff (Reader). [ Virgin / 2 CD - released 11/Feb/2013 ] "expressive (and) touching in the slower, more involved movements" MusicWeb. |
Gerard Hoffnung
The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival - Royal Festival Hall 1958 [ Hallmark / Pickwick / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] The second of Gerard Hoffnung's famed musical festivals, the Interplanetary Music Festival was held on 21 and 22 November 1958 at the Royal Festival Hall. Just like its predecessor of 1956, the festival featured an assortment of traditional classical... |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme Gerard Lesne, Philippe Jaroussky, Virginie Pochon / Il Seminario musicale [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Full praise should go first to gerard Lesne, whose presence on this recording is the critical element in its undoubted success. This isn't just a question of his stylish singing, but of a vision of the dramatic articulation of the work as a... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Gerard Poulet (violin) Dominique Merlet (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Mandala / 4 CD Box Set - released 29/Dec/2001 ] "one immediately feels confident that he's in command, both technically and musically. He chooses consistently brisk or flowing tempos, but never sounds hurried, because his playing has such rhythmic poise" Gramophone (on Gerard Poulet's Bach) |
Gerard Way
Hesitant Alien (RSD 2022 LP) [ Reprise / LP - released 18/Jun/2022 ] Debut solo album from former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way - one of the most enigmatic and creative frontmen in rock. Working with producer Doug McKean, Way knew immediately what he wanted Hesitant Alien to sound like. "I wanted to make... |
DAVID DIAMOND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Diamond: Rounds For String Orchestra / Concert Piece For Flute & Harp / etc Glorian Duo / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1996 ] Tracks 1 to 4 recorded June 4, 1995 at Seattle Opera House. Track 5 recorded June 2, 1993 at Seattle Opera House |
LUKAS FOSS
Foss: Song Of Anguish / Elegy for Anne Frank / etc (with Beaser: The Heavenly Feast) James Maddalena (baritone), Kevin McCutcheon (piano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Constance Hauman (sop) / Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "..on the list was a real discovery for me, and a stunner it is, too, from the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music: Robert Beaser's one-act opera The Heavenly Feast, coupled with a differently themed but equally powerful Song of Anguish by Lukas... |
BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Crusell: The 3 Clarinet Concertos Emma Johnson (clarinet) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Günther Herbig, Charles Groves, Gerard Schwarz [ ASV / CD ] Recorded: 1986 Now only available elsewhere as download |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 4 "Requiem" / Suite from "Merry Mount" / etc Judith Mendenhall (flute) Randall Ellis (oboe) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1991 ] Composer, teacher, and one of the most influential musical figures in the United States between the world wars, Howard Hanson studied in New York with conservative composer Percy Goetschius and at Northwestern University, outside Chicago. |
DVORAK / STRAUSS / MUSSORGSKY / SCHOECK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martina Janková - Voyage Martina Janková (soprano) & Gérard Wyss (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 16/May/2011 ] "In short, her vocal colouring is incredibly fresh and young-sounding...Those top notes are really something never to forget. A disc to treasure." (Gramophone, September 2011) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Recollection - Haydn Songs Martina Jankova (soprano), Gerard Wyss (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Martina Janková is an accomplished singer with beautiful voice, lyrical and warm in tone...Martina already has an impressive discography and I hope to hear more from her in the future." (MusicWeb) |
GLUCK / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / PURCELL / BELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor [3 CD set] Andreas Scholl, Alessandro Moreschi, Philippe Jaroussky, David Daniels, Max-Emanuel Cencic, James Bowman, Alfred Deller, Gérard Lesne, René Jacobs, et [ Virgin Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] All these artists are exponents of 'authentic' performance, but - fortunately for the gentlemen in question - true authenticity is restricted to the track performed by Alessandro Moreschi...the only known audio memento of a genuine castrato. |
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum / Original Soundtrack
The Phantom of the Opera: Highlights [ Sony Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2008 ] With a hit-laden score that includes such enduring favorites as "Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You," "Think of Me," and more, this is a wonderful collection of songs from the film produced in 2004. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 Renaud Capuçon, Christoph Koncz (violins), Gérard Caussé, Marie Chilemme (violas) & Gautier Capuçon, Clemens Hagen (cellos) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "Best of all, the musicians find a near-ideal balance of urgency and patience - the hallmark of a great Brahms interpretation." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - June 2017 |
DAVID DIAMOND
Diamond: Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No 4 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] "Schwarz conducts with keen sensitivity, while the Seattle Symphony relishes the challenge of this then-unfamiliar music." ClassicsToday |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 / Judith Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Wonderfully intense and luminous playing from the Seattle Orchestra. These are fine readings and the disc is made by the first modern recording of the Third Symphony in quite some time. Who knows, perhaps one of these days we will hear it... |
ALAN HOVHANESS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hovhaness: Symphony No 50 "Mount St. Helens" / Symphony No 22 "City Of Light" Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz & Alan Hovhaness [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer, his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism." Boston Globe |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Volume 1 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] "The brass in particular impresses…In the midst of the wonderfully glittering winds and strings in Magic Fire Music, the brass interlude sounds with satisfying richness…this is…a highly enjoyable disc" ClassicsToday |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Music of Howard Hanson (Incls Symphonies 2 "Romantic", 4 "Requiem", 6 & 7) Carol Rosenberger (piano) Judith Mendenhall (flute) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Composer, teacher, and one of the most influential musical figures in the United States between the world wars, Howard Hanson studied in New York with conservative composer Percy Goetschius and at Northwestern University, outside Chicago. Somewhat of... |
ANONYMOUS / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of Light Music: Light and Lively Various Artists incls Gerard Calvi, Percy Faith, Helmut Zacharias, David Rose, Joe Leahy, Frank Chacksfield, etc [ Guild / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] Although the title of this collection rightly suggests that there is a wealth of 'Light and Lively' music on offer, there are some more gentle - even restful - numbers to provide a welcome contrast. The opening track, Robert Farnon's famous Derby... |
HENRI DUPARC / MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Wolfgang Holzmair - Melodies francaises Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Gérard Wyss (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 11/Mar/1996 ] "This musical bouquet gives rare pleasure … There is something other-worldly about the reflective sostenuto that Holzmair preserves throughout." Fanfare, March 2019 |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / KRENEK / BRAHMS / DUPARC / RAVEL / etc
Wolfgang Holzmair - The Philips Recitals Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Imogen Cooper, Gérard Wyss, Peter Stamm (piano) / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Austrailian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] From Haydn to Eisler: the collected Philips recordings of WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR, a supreme art-song interpreter, including many long-deleted albums. |
SCHUMANN
Gerard Souzay: Schumann: Dichterliebe and other songs Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 43 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] The legendary Italian bass Cesare Siepi was one of the great Don Giovannis and at the height of his career - during the 1950s and 1960s - this particular role was very much his 'calling card'. |
SCHUMANN
Gerard Souzay: Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39 and other songs Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) & Jacqueline Bonneau (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 44 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Souzay should...rank as one of the most elegant and sensitive song interpreters on record." (Sunday Telegraph) |
DEBUSSY
Lieder Gerard Souzay (baritone) Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This is one of the great Debussy song-recitlas of the age." (Penguin Guide) |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (complete 1774 Naples version] Philippe Jaroussky, Iestyn Davies, Andreas Scholl, Gérard Lesne, James Bowman, David DQ Lee, Dominique Visse, Derek Lee Ragin [ Erato / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] "This brilliant recording of Gluck's famous opera has a vibrancy from start to finish. It flows along really nicely, a lively pace that is never hurried. All parts make a great whole with three superb soloists " Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |