PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete Operas) [with Opera Intermezzi] Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Includes a booklet with the synopsis and libretto of both operas in German, Italian, English and French. |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Opera with libretto) Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Mariagrazia Allegri / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Includes a booklet with the synopsis and libretto in German, Italian, English and French. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera with libretto) Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, José van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov / La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "one of the most beautiful Verdi sets ever made. The playing of the orchestra is brilliantly incisive as well as refined, so that the drama is underlined by extra sharpness of focus..with electrifying choral singing as well." (Penguin Guide) |
CRISTOBAL de MORALES / ALONSO LOBO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Morales: Requiem for Philip II Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Aug/1998 ] Recorded At - Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Orfeo (complete opera with libretto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Julianne Baird, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nancy Argenta / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gard [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1987 ] "This is an impressively musical Orfeo. With John Eliot Gardiner in charge of such a strong cast of singers and players, it could hardly have been otherwise. Most enigmatic of all is Anthony Rolfe Johnson's acting of the central role." Gramophone |
EDWARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg/Schumann: Piano Concertos in A minor Geza Anda (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 18/Oct/1985 ] "(Anda's) playing is sensitive and beautifully phrased. The BPO under Kubelik provide sympathetic support " (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 6 - 8 Gidon Kremer (violin) / Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Jan/2002 ] |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation] - Highlights Gundula Janowitz, Fritz Wunderlich, Werner Krenn, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Herbert v [ Deutsche Grammophon Classikon / CD - released 30/Aug/1994 ] Recorded Berlin - Jesus-Christus-Kirche 2/1966, 9 & 11 1968, 4/1969 |
JOHN CORIGLIANO / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ARVO PART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Corigliano / Beethoven / Part: Credo Helene Grimaud (piano) / Swedish Radio Choir Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "An auspicious DG debut that opens up the possibilities for creative listening." Gramophone (Feb 2004) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Operas (Includes 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' & 'La Cenerentola') [9 CD set] Hermann Prey, Luigi Alva, Teresa Berganza, Margherita Guglielmi, Agnes Baltsa, Frank Lopardo, Samuel Ramey, Claudio Abbado (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Here - in a single box-set for the first time - are Claudio Abbado's celebrated recordings of four great Rossini comic operas, featuring fine singers and first-rate orchestras and choruses. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (with Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals. Verses by Ogden Nash) Hermoine Gingold (narrator) / Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pianos) / Vienna Philaharmonic Orchestra, Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1982 ] KArl Bohm conducts 'Peter and the Wolf' the exciting tale of bravery for children with music by Prokofiev. Also includes the rare Odgen Nash verses for 'The Carnival of the Animals' narrated by Hermoine Gingold. |
TOMASO ALBINONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Albinoni: Oboe Concerti Heinz Holliger (oboe) / Camerata Bern, with Hans Elhorst (oboe II) [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Galleria / CD - released 2/Feb/1979 ] The perfect introduction to Albinoni's Oboe Concertos |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Humoresques Nos. 3-6 op. 89 Ilya Gringolts (violin) / Guteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/May/2004 ] "His blend of rigour and rhapsody, coupled with lively new ideas that spring directly from the music, identify a violinist of great virtuosity, and one who has the intellect and sensibility to apply it to expressive purpose." The Daily Telegraph,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Volume 7 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) Erik Werba (piano) with Raili Kostia (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Eberhard Waechter (baritone) [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "Seefried tackles the rarely heard Deutsche Volkslieder alone, and is joined by distinguished colleagues including Waldemar Kmentt for the Liebeslieder sets." Five Stars BBC Music |
SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / LALO / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits (Incls Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Oct/1993 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. (Wiki) |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (with Ravel - Valses nobles et Sentimentales) Ivo Pogorelich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Prizes - 1998: Cannes Classical Awards |
EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / Sigurd Jorsalfar Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, with Barbara Bonney & Marianne Eklof [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/2004 ] "This coverage of Grieg's 'music with orchestra', with many of the performances unsurpassed, would make an ideal basis for any Grieg collection." (Five Stars Penguin Guide) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Apr/1983 ] "Jessye Norman, full and golden of tone, consistently reveals how her art has developed, in most ways matching even the imagination of Fischer-Dieskau. Not the least important elemant is the playing of Barenboim." Penguin Guide |
ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / CORELLI / MANFREDINI / VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Albinoni: Adagio In Gm / Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue / etc Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1980 ] A nice introduction to Baroque music |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde [Song Of The Earth] Christa Ludwig, Rene Kollo / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Nov/2001 ] "perfectly drilled execution, refined instrumental balancing and superb solo work distinguish virtually every measurer." New York Times on the original release |