More By Artist: Michael O'Leary
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Dioclesian / Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 6, "Il duello amoroso" HWV 82 Nancy Argenta (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/1994 ] Recorded: January 1993, Maria Minor, Utrecht |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert:Trout Quintet / Shepherd on the Rock Nash Ensemble, Felicity Lott (soprano) with Michael Collins (clarinet) [ IMP Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/1987 ] Classic recording now reissued |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Igor Stravinsky Edition Natalie Dessay, Marie McLaughlin, Charles Dutoit, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sabine Meyer, Alban Berg Quartett, Michael Collins, Pierre Boulez, etc [ EMI The Opera Series / 23 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2021 ] The release of this edition marks 50 years since the death of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), the most influential composer of the 20th century. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Nine German Arias / Music for the Royal Fireworks Nuria Rial (soprano), Austrian Baroque Company, Michael Oman (recorder & director) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Sony / CD - released 4/Jan/2010 ] Soprano Nuria Rial performs Georg Friedrich Handel's stunningly beautiful but rarely recorded German Arias, accompanied by the Austrian Baroque Company. Handel's Deutsche Arien of 1724-7 stands relatively alone in the context of his Italian operas... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert - "Arpeggione" sonata / Prokofiev - Sonata Op. 119 Ofra Harnoy (cello) Michael Dussek (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Jul/1988 ] "Harnoy gives a confident, well-prepared reading" Gramophone |
MORTON FELDMAN
Feldman: Coptic Light; String Quartet and Orchestra ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Boder, Emilio Pomarico [ Capriccio / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Meditative sound magic from New York City: Together with colleagues and friends such as John Cage, Christian Wolff and Earle Brown, Morton Feldman formed a circle of pre-eminent individualists within the 20th-century American avant-garde movement.... |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Violin Sonatas Krysia Osotowicz (violin) Michael Dussek (piano) [ Dutton / CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] "An invaluable and enormously rewarding release, in sum, enthusiastically recommended...Osostowicz and Dussek form an outstandingly sympathetic partnership." The Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2000 |
Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong
Hello Dolly! (Soundtrack) [ Philips / CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies 34-36 Philharmonia Orchestra; Michael Collins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2024 ] As a poetic exponent of Mozart's music for clarinet, Collins, unsurprisingly, shapes all three slow movements with a natural feeling for Mozartian line. His flowing tempos sound spot on. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GERALD FINZI
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 in D / Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet and Strings Philharmonia Orchestra / Michael Collins (conductor and clarinet soloist) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jul/2020 ] The distinguished clarinettist Michael Collinshas in recent years also gained recognition as a conductor, appearing with eminent orchestras across the world. The present disc sees his recording debut as a conductor of symphonic repertoire. |
BERTHOLD DAMCKE
Damcke: Chamber Works Pianotrio, Ilona Then-Bergh (violin) Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) Michael Schafer (piano) [ CPO / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "There is great give-and-take between the players [in Piano Trio No. 2], with pianist Michael Schäfer having lion's share as the strings play with grace and energy... The minuetto has debonair opening, played with gentle and mellifluous sensitivity" |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos 2 & 4 / Serenade Melancolique / Melodie Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas / Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Records Masterworks / CD - released 23/Oct/1990 ] Original recordings from 1981 & 1985 |
FRANZ LISZT / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Liszt/Brahms: Piano Variations Michael Ponti (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/1990 ] The name of Bach was to provide a theme for a number of subsequent composers, following the example of Johann Sebastian Bach himself, who had used his own name as a fugal subject in The Art of Fugue. |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras, etc Renee Fleming (soprano) / BBC Singers, New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1996 ] Originally recorded in January 1996 |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Clarinet Music Robert Oberaigner (clarinet), Michael Schöch (piano), Dresden Chamber Soloists, Michail Jurowski [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Mieczysaw Weinberg was familiar with the clarinet from his youth, given its prominent place in klezmer bands and theatre ensembles, and he wrote three works specifically for the instrument. In the Clarinet Concerto he draws a wide range of textures... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 and 25 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "Bis has given all performers excellent surround sound that is wide, deep, and comforting to the ear. A most definite recommendation." (AudAud.com) |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto Nos. 3 & 4 Erno Rozsa (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Dittrich [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Packed with risk-taking solo playing and complemented by good, detailed sound, this release makes for an unmissable addition to anyone's basic violin library." - Classics Today |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Saul & David (complete opera recorded in 2015) The Royal Danish Opera / Johan Reuter, Ann Petersen, Morten Staugaard, Susanne Resmark / Michael Schønwandt (cond) [ Dacapo DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "a riveting performance by Johan Reuter in both voice and acted intensity...Pountney's direction and the conducting of Michael Schonwandt help make much of characters who might easily remain sinecures." (Gramophone DVD of the Month March 2016) |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Maskarade (complete opera recorded in 2006) Royal Danish Orchestra / Royal Danish Opera Chorus / Stephen Milling / Susanne Resmark / Michael Shonwandt [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 24/Feb/2008 ] Recorded at Operaen, Copenhagen on 13 and 15 November 2006 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (recorded live Covent Garden in 2018) Royal Opera / Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Nicole Car, Mariusz Kwiecien, Nadine Sierra, Florian Sempey / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] A penniless poet, a young seamstress, and a lost key: Puccini's passionate opera tells the story of a captivating romance set against the background of 19th-century Paris. The luscious score, with its soaring melodies and rich orchestration, brings... |
