GRIEG / GLUCK / RESPIGHI / VIVALDI / SIBELIUS / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adagio 2 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] Beautiful sounds of Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35, 36, 38 - 41 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/1978 ] "Here, then, are six symphonies well played and well recorded by one of the finest orchestras with a thoroughness that never detracts from vitality." Records and Recording |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable" / Sibelius: Tapiola Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Masters / CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/1995 ] By one estimate Karajan was the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, having sold an estimated 200 million records. |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / Variations for Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Classic Richard Wagner [incls 'The Ring Without Words'] Susan Dunn, Peter Meven, Klaus Konig / Berlin Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Lorin Maazel / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos [ Concord / Telarc / 3 CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] The best selling "The Ring Without Words" is a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, this recording includes all the standard Ring orchestral excerpts such as the Ride of the Valkyries |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert/Schumann: Symphony No. 4 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 12/Oct/1996 ] "Harnoncourt's interpretations are never dull, and over the last 25 years he has often been at his most provocative when he brings his ideas on performing style to traditional symphony orchestras such as the Concertgebouw and Berlin Phil." Review of... |
MAHLER / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / HOLST / BORODIN / RAVEL / BERLIOZ / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Sound of Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, with Kate Royal & Magdalena Kozena [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "Rattle takes the broad view, reviving memories of the Berlin Phil's glory days...Deeply satisfying." Gramophone Magazine on the Schubert |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMIi Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/1989 ] "If any EMI recording by Sir John deserves inclusion this is it. In my opinion it is the best Mahler recording he left us. I've always felt his view of the first movement's overall tempo and pacing to be as near definitive as you can get. There is... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / MAHLER / HAYDN / MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Karl Bohm: The Great Recordings 1953 - 1972 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon / 17 CD Box Set - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "(Bohm) creates a sense of enormity and greatness in the music" www.classicstoday.com |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Joseph Haydn: Symphonies 88, 94, 101 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Alto / CD - released 7/Nov/2021 ] "glowing performance …totally disarming, lightly sprung and vivacious" "captivating pair from Monteux… V.P.O on top form and there are no more wittily enjoyable performances of these two in the catalogue" - Penguin Guide ☆ ☆ ☆ |
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... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Berlin State Ballet / Iana Salenko, Marian Walter, Rishat Yulbarisov, Beatrice Knop / Robert Reimer (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Oct/2016 ] When she is finally released from an evil spell by the kiss of a young prince, the Sleeping Beauty awakes and is - despite of a hundred years of sleep - as beautiful as a young woman. The love of the prince is simply stronger than the curse that... |
JOHANN STRAUSS I & II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 3 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II / JOSEPH STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 8 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
JOSEPH STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 9 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Karajan Symphony Edition] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 38 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2004 ] Available only as a limited edition! The definitive 38-CD set of eight great symphonic cycles from Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. At a super-budget price, this set is a perfect gift with which to begin or complete a library. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Edition CD set plus Blu-ray audio / 10 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "It is Karajan who is best able to present a Bruckner Symphony as a single vision … some of the most consistently impressive Bruckner recordings of recent years" - Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 / Rosamunde, D797: Ballet Music Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "These splendidly recorded Karajan performances are exceptional. The Third Symphony's second subject is memorable under Karajan, with ravishing tone on the top A: pure bel canto. String playing is lithe and witty." (Gramophone) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.1 & 6 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] , Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] "This is Karajan at his finest..very strongly recommended" (*** Penguin Stereo Guide) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak - Tone Poems (Incls Golden Spinning Wheel & Noon Witch) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2005 ] "Rattle's readings of Dvorák's tone poems set a new standard" (Orchestral album of the Month BBC Music Sept 2005) |