Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album - All-new recordings of Mozart's most popular opera arias and duets, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2006) Vienna State Opera / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Dorothea Roschmann / Anna Netrebko / Christine Schafer / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 18/Jun/2007 ] "The opera has probably never sounded as magnificent... It's shattering, unforgettable music theatre." - The Gardian, London |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 / String Sextet n°2 Op.36 Isabelle Faust (violin) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "..nothing is taken for granted, everything has been thought through yet the whole performance sounds spontaneous and natural. An instant staff favourite here at Marbecks Classical." (Keith@marbecks) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (Complete Opera) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry & Kurt Moll / Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera! / 3 CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "underrated. It has strong vocal performances...and it's gloriously played by the Vienna Philharmonic...this is a set well worth having alongside more fleet-footed versions." (International Record Review) |