ALBENIZS / GOSS / TARREGA / GRANADOS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Xuefei Yang - 40 Degrees North Xuefei Yang (guitar) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Aficionados of fine music, irrespective of specific disposition, will not be disappointed by this excellent recording." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / CHRISTOPHER HEADINGTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss/Headington: Violin Concertos Xue-Wei (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover [ ASV / CD ] The Strauss Violin Concerto was first performed publicly on 5 December 1882, in the Bösendorfersaal of the Herrengasse in Vienna. The soloist was the dedicatee Benno Walter. Strauss himself played his own piano reduction of the orchestral parts.... |
MOZART / MASCAGNI / CHOPIN / VIVALDI / OFFENBACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best-Loved Classics Volume 3 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) Dmitri Alexeev (piano) Placido Domingo (tenor) & others [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/1988 ] The perfect introduction to the world's most popular classics with recordings drawn from the vast EMI catalogue. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Concerto for viola / Trio Sonata Yuri Bashmet (viola) / Moscow Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Aug/1991 ] "works were composed specifically for these star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive" |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness (with works by Geiser & Oboussier) Zara Nelsova (cello) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Her Schelomo has a surprising payload of richness of sound and certainly Nelsova has deep reserves of passion which flows tirelessly." MusicWeb |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / Rondo (with Smetana - Bartered Bride Overture) Zara Nelsova (cello) / Saint-Louis Symphony Orchestra, walter Susskind [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Originally recorded in 1983 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2005) Zurich Opera / Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Elena Mosuc, Marcello Giordani, Cheyne Davidson / Franz Welser-Most (cond) [ EMI Classics / DVD - released 26/Mar/2007 ] The Belgian director of this production, Philippe Sireuil, was heavily inspired by Aki Kaurismäki's film version of Henri Murger's novel "Scènes de la vie de Bohème". |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Stabat Mater Op 58 Zvetkova, Donose, Botha, Scandiuzzi, Johan Botha, Roberto Scandiuzzi / Staatskapelle Dresden, Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 17/May/2001 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002 - Choral |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 6 'Pastoral' / Overtures: 'Coriolan' & 'Prometheus' / 'Egmont'-Overture & Incidental Music (recorded 1957 Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] "Klemperer's account of the Pastoral is one of the very finest of all his records." (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss (R.) : Four Last Songs & Orchestral Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, George Szell [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "...sung with poise and passion by the 50-year-old Schwarzkopf...this is for many the incomparable recording of Strauss's Four Last Songs." BBC Music 5 out of 5 stars |
EDWARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg/Schumann: Piano Concertos Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2004: CONCERTO RECORDING "Though the Schumann concerto does pop up on programmes relatively frequently, it's remarkable how rarely the Grieg appears on concert programmes that don't fall into the classical pops event.... |
NICOLO PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: 24 Caprices (recorded 1958) Michael Rabin (violin) [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'The legendary Michael Rabin, who died tragically young, was a stupendous technician. Superb dexterity is coupled with a fine control of pitch and a wonderful singing quality in the highest register.' (Gramophone) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies No. 1 & 4 Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 & 3 St Lawrence String Quartet [ EMI Music / CD - released 10/May/2001 ] "This is an excellent performance, and the recording is good too, an unqualified success after the qualified success of the First Quartet. This is altogether a splendid disc, although the recording by the Borodin Quartet is better still." MusicWeb |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love (Complete Opera) Stephen Varcoe (bass) Susan Gritton (soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Not a weaklink in the largely British cast. Donald Maxwell is a sympathetic Falstaff. And the Northern Sinfonia and Sinfonia chorus perform with exquisitely articulated verve. An absolute delight." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) - BBC Music... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, Andante Cantabile, Pezzo capriccioso / etc Steven Isserlis (cello) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, John Eliot Gardiner [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "Steven Isserlis's performance shires because he brings out the seriousness and beauty in Tchaikovsky's melodies as well as dazzling us with his throwaway virtuosity" 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (German Requiem arranged by the composer for two pianos and voices) Susan Gritton (soprano) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) / King's College Choir / Jose Gallardo and Evgenia Rubinova (pianos) / Stephen Cleobury [ EMI / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "This is, in general, a well produced performance and an excellent recording which can safely be recommended to aficionados and curious newcomers alike." (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major Op.83 / Ouverture solennelle / Wedding March Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Neeme Järvi [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Mar/1985 ] It is now time to rehabilitate Glazunov's symphonies. Whoever studies them intensively will discover some of the finest music of their time and particularly under the wonderful baton of the great Glazunov champion Neeme Järvi. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: The Symphonies / Job / Lark Ascending / etc Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/Apr/2004 ] "Outstanding generous measure" Gramophone Magazine Oct 2001 |
PACHELBEL / BEETHOVEN/ CHOPIN / BIZET / GRIEG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best-Loved Classics Volume 6 Thomas Allen (baritone) Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Maria Callas (soprano) Montserrat Caballe (soprano) & others [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/1988 ] The perfect introduction to the world's most popular classics with recordings drawn from the vast EMI catalogue. |