FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch/Mozart: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, English Chamber Orchestra. Peter Maag [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This 2-CD set couples Joshua Bell's first concerto recording for Decca of two of the most popular violin concertos in the repertory |
GLUCK / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 13/Jul/2003 ] One of the most celebrated English singers, Kathleen Ferrier brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her tragically short life. Born in Lancashire in the north of England on 22 April 1912 she... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) / Chants pour choeur / Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale Kenneth Riegel (tenor) / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Lorin Maazel / Choeur et l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1996 ] With comprehensive booklet and translation |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Khachaturian: Piano & Violin Concertos / Symphony No 2 / Maskerade Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (Violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & Anatole Fistoulari [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "As befits Ricci's imperturbable individuality this is an individual reading and unusually relaxed. Maybe that quality was at least partially dictated by Fistoulari.." MusicWeb (Violin Concerto) |
CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: Symphonies 1-4 / Orchestral Sets 1 & 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] Orchestral works by this most significant and influential American composer! |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole / Ma Mere l'Oye / Daphnis et Chloe Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] "Anyone beginning a Ravel collection, or coming fresh to most of this repertoire and willing to duplicate, will find this Double Decca unbeatable value" A Rosette recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini Overtures [Incls 'L'Italiana in Algeri' & 'Semiramide'] National Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings from 1981 and 1985 |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Piano works (Inc Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et sentimentales) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] All the beautiful piano music of Ravel |
ZOLTAN KODALY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kodaly: Hary Janos (complete singspiel) / Peacock Variations / Psalmus hungaricus Peter Ustinov, Erzsébet Komlóssy, László Palócz / Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Istvan Kertesz [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/1994 ] During the ten years that Hungarian conductor István Kertész made recordings for Decca he produced a body of recordings which quickly established themselves as top choices for the record buying public. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Mandolins / Concerto in D for lute / Concerto in C for 2 trumpets / etc New London Consort, Philip Pickett / The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / Double Decca / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] The celebrated Concerto for 2 mandolins heads this richly varied programme of fourteen Vivaldi concertos. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Requiem / Mass in D Pilar Lorengar, Tom Krause, Ersebet Komlossy, Robert Ilosfalvy / London Symphony Orchestra / Istvan Kertesz [ Double Decca / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Kertesz's fine account of Dvorak's Requiem acted as a distinguished pendant to his pioneering set of the symphonies, and it has comparable freshness." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
FOLEY / PERKINSON / GERSHWIN / STILL / PRICE / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / DVORAK
Roots Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass) [ Decca / CD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "This is selfless, stylish playing which - paradoxically - ends up by projecting the personalities of both artists with even more freshness and warmth." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2021 |
PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Kammermusik [Chamber Music] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, with Konstanty Kulka (violin), Kim Kashkashian (viola) Norbert Blume (va d'amore), Lynn Harrell (cell [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] "Nearly two hours and twenty minutes of musicmaking and festively brilliant writing and playing." (MusicWeb) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto Salvatore Accardo (violin) Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "The suave tonal opulence and technical brilliance of both Accardo and Schiff are unquestionably impressive in the Brahms Double Concerto" Fanfare |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI / GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Rossini: Sonate a quattro / Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante Salvatore Accardo (violin) / I Musici [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] In the summer of 1804 while on a summer holiday in the village of Conventello near Ravenna, Rossini, then aged twelve, composed his six Sonate a quattro for two violins, cello and double-bass. Many years later, the composer wrote on the front of the... |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2 / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "Solti's way with the First Symphony is certainly exciting - some might say excitable...vivid, urgent and exciting." MusicWeb |
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
Various Artists
The Freakbeat Scene (RSD 2019 Double LP) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 13/Apr/2019 ] The Freakbeat Scene features 25 rare and influential tracks/artists that helped shaped the Freakbeat Scene. Includes early recordings from The Attack, The Birds, Marc Bolan and The Small Faces. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Serenata Notturna / Serenades Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] Recordings from 1969 to 1979 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Favourite Piano Works Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings from 1975 to 1985 |