VINCENT YOUMANS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Vincent Youmans Revisited - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Cab Calloway, Blosson Dearie, Gloria De Haven, Maureen Stapleton, Charles Rydell, Dorothy Loudon, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1993 ] Ben Bagley was an American musical producer and record producer. In 1971, Ben embarked on a new and impressive career. He produced 47 highly distinctive albums of show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. |
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... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen Of Spades] - highlights Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maureen Forrester, Sergei Leiferkus / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide Lewis J. Stadlen & Maureen Brennan / 1974 Chelsea Theatre Cast Recording [ Sony Masterworks Broadway / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] Candide was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel. |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Songs and Interludes / Handel: Arias from Xerxes Maureen Forrester (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Martin Isepp (harpsichord) / Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman [ MCA Millennium Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1996 ] Recording: June 1966 - Mozartsaal, Vienna |
Maureen McGovern
Naughty Baby (Maureen McGovern Sings Gershwin) [ CBS / CD - released 1/Jan/1989 ] |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Easter Oratorio / Magnificat Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / New York Philharmionic, Leonard Bernstein, with Judith Raskin, Maureen Forrester, Jennie Tourel, etc [ Sony & BMG Music / CD - released 10/Apr/1998 ] The majestic art of Johann Sebastian Bach is the foundation of almost every aspect of three centuries' worth of classical music, from his breathtaking grasp of musical form at its most technical, to the infinite beauty, grace and Baroque spendor of... |
DELIUS: / GERMAN / BANTOCK / BAX / LORD BERNERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music John Cameron, Maureen Forrester, Lorely Dyer, etc / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra, Beecham [ EMI Sir Thomas Beecham Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Beecham's English Collection is unmissable...[Song of the High Hills is] one of the first recordings made by Beecham's new postwar orchestra, and they already play as though they adore him" (BBC Music) |
Various Artists: Presented by Maureen & John Waaka
Rotorua International Maori Entertainers [ South Pacific Recordings / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral & Choral Works / A Village Romeo & Juliet / Songs Maureen Forrester, John Cameron, Dora Labbette / Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "A record to treasure. The greatest recordings made in stereo by the greatest British conductor at the peak of his career." - Gramophone |
HANDEL
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) Complete opera recorded in 1967 Norman Treigle / Beverly Sills / Maureen Forrester / New York Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Julius Rudel [ RCA Victor Opera Series / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] |
MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / etc
Bruno Walter: The Complete Columbia Album Collection Columbia Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Rudolf Serkin, Ernst Haefliger, Maureen Forrester, Lily Pons, etc [ Sony Classical / 77 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2019 ] Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived conductors who were born in the latter part of the 19th century. Indeed, few maestros of any era were so big-hearted and warmly expressive, yet without undo sentimentality. |
Maureen O'Hara
Sings Love Letters & Favourite Irish Songs [ Jasmine / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] Maureen O'Hara was perhaps best known for her acting career where she often stared in westerns and action films alongside acting greats such as John Wayne. During a two year hiatus from acting Maureen O'Hara concentrated on her singing voice and... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen of Spades] (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Vladimir Atlantov, Maureen Forrester, Mirella Freni & Sergei Leiferkus / Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "This 1991 recording was made during carefully prepared live performances in the Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall under Ozawa. The cast is interesting: the new young Russian star Hvorostovsky, established Russian singers Leiferkus and Atlantov, the... |