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BACH / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg Alexis Weissenberg (piano) [ EMI / BMG / Philips / Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] In 1947, Weissenberg made his New York City debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and George Szell in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and with Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, with which Weissenberg won the Leventritt... |
VERDI / BELLINI / MASSENET / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu - Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/1996 ] "Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing." BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Opera and Oratorio Arias (Judas Maccabaeus, Dettingen Te Deum, Serse +) Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "The singing here incorporates a good deal of embellishment, some of it of Sir Charles Mackerras's devising. He is an excellent conductor for Terfel, sharing with him an appreciation of the zest in Handel." Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (highlights from the complete opera) Inge Borkh, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Fernando Corena / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Alberto Erede [ Decca Belart / CD - released 1/Apr/1996 ] "The recording has a glitter and brilliance to match even the fabulous court of the emperor of China" (Penguin Guide) |
MOZART / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / BOITO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonathan Lemalu: Opera Arias Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. James Judd [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Apr/2005 ] "Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note." - Gramophone editor James Jolly |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Favorite Moments From Rigoletto Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Roberto Scaltriti, Leo Nucci, Huguette Tourangeau, etc [ Decca / London Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy / CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] 15 famous arias, duets, and ensembles from Verdi's famous tragic opera 'Rigoletto' |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Piano Concerto No.2 in A major / Legendes / La lugubre Gondola Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 20/Feb/1982 ] Recorded: London, 6/1981. |
BONNET / VIERNE / LANGLAIS / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fete - French Organ Music Andrew Cantrill, organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington [ Morrison Trust New Zealand / CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] A cross-section of music from a fascinating and intense period of creativity in French organ music, the programme's title work is Jean Langlais' brash and celebratory Fête. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Gardiner Operas Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Alison Hagley, Rodney Gilfrey, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley,etc / John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 9/Jun/2011 ] This superbudget box contains some of the most famous Mozart Operas all on 18 CDs. With starring roles from Ann Sophie Von Otter, Bryn Terfel, the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir all under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. |
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) |
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... |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hionegger: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century Clasics / CD - released 12/Dec/1992 ] "Karajan's performances of these Honegger symphonies enjoy legendary status - and rightly so." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts (Incl 'I'll walk beside you' & 'How great thou art') Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) with Aled Jones (tenor) and John Williams (guitar) / London Voices / London Symphony Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] As one of the most acclaimed opera singers of our time, Bryn Terfel dedicates his golden voice to a program that celebrates the simple beauty of melody and song, making the album a must-have for every Terfel fan and a serene and inspiring gift for... |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings / Percussion and Celesta / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] The great works from Béla Bartók at a special price |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Ballets (Incls 'Rite of Spring' & 'Jeu de cartes') Royal Concergebouw Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] "This is a great little set, coupling a ravishing Apollon musagète with a truly stunning Rite of Spring. The Petrushka is equally fine." Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pomp & Circumstance David Drury (at the Sydney Town Hall organ) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 5/Aug/2019 ] When the mighty Sydney Town Hall Organ, one of the wonders of the musical world, emerged from 12 solid years of repairs and refurbishment in the mid 1980s, the organist chosen to capture its magnificence on disc for the first time was the Australian... |
JOHNANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer / 3 Quartette Op. 64 Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Engel & Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Nov/1984 ] "The rare elegance and stylishness of Karl Engel's and Wolfgang Sawallisch's piano-playing, too, lifts the Op. 52 way above the party pieces these can so often become; they energize the bolder variety of the Op. 65 group." The Times |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlo [recorded July 26th, 1958] (with complete libretto) cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10610/10610857.jpg)
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlo [recorded July 26th, 1958] (with complete libretto) Eugenio Fernandi, Cesare Siepi, Ettore Bastianini, Sena Jurinac / Coro e Orchestra der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Salzbvrger Festspiele / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/1995 ] Live recording by Austrian Radio, 26th July, 1958 |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Organ Music of Herbert Howells Graham Barber plays the Organ of Hereford Cathedral [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Recorded in Hereford Cathedral on 10/11 January 1995 |
VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; The Hoffnung Festival of Music - Royal Festival Hall 1988 Guests include Bill Oddie, Jane Glover, Jill Gormez, Robin Ashby, Felicity Lott, Joseph Horovitz,, Richard Watkins, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] On February 12th & 13th, 1988, two reprise concerts were performed and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall and released by Decca. Many distinguished guests appeared, including Donald Swann, Annetta Hoffnung (playing the role of "orchestral maid"),... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Death in Venice (Complete Opera recorded in 1974) John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, James Bowman / Members of the English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2002 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
JEAN SIBELIUS / KARL GOLDMARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius/Goldmark: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classics / CD - released 17/Jan/2000 ] "the enormously talented Bell is an amazing player, confident and supple, and he infuses both works with a luminous energy. (If anything, I would have liked a bit less confidence in the first movement of the Sibelius; the work's desperate, desolate... |
MEYERBEER / VERDI / BIZET / MOZART / PUCCINI / MASCAGNO / GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jussi Bjoerling - 'O Paradiso' - Great Opera Arias Jussi Bjoerling (tenor), with Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Anna Maria Rota, Roberta Peters & Margaret Roggero [ RCA Victor Gold Seal / CD - released 27/Sep/1996 ] Original recordings 1951-58. |
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... |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / WOLF / FAURE / DUPARC / WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa: Song Recital Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Richard Amner (piano) [ Sony Masterworks / CD - released 1/Mar/1980 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59, No. 2 & "Razumovsky" & String Quartet in E flat, Op 74 "Harp" Lindsay String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] The Lindsays' acclaimed new Beethoven series offers fresh interpretations of some of the composer's finest works for string quartet |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 131 & Op. 135 The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] The Lindsays' acclaimed new Beethoven series offers fresh interpretations of some of the composer's finest works for string quartet |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 95 "Serioso" & Op.127 The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "....a shattering performance...." Five Stars The Independent |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.130 & Op.133 "Grosse Fuge" The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "....a shattering performance...." Five Stars The Independent |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 Nos.1, 2 & 3 The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "...like brushing the cobwebs from an old master...In short, the Lindsays Beethoven has come alive." The Independent |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 Nos.4 and 5 / Op. 14 (arr.of Piano Sonata in E) The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] The Lindsays' acclaimed new Beethoven series offers fresh interpretations of some of the composer's finest works for string quartet |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1986 ] "The performance is fresh and has a lively spontaneity. It is particularly good in the famous dances of Act 2, which have the orchestra on their toes.... excellent value." (Gramophone) |
PUCCINI / BIZET / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Callas at Covent Garden: London 1962 & 1964 Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [ EMI Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] These are the only professional video recordings of Callas in performance on stage. The DVD contains footage of Callas performing arias in concert. Even without staging and costumes, she demonstrates her mesmerising stage presence. |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 [1994 recordings] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10610/10610780.jpg)
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 [1994 recordings] Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "...my principal choice is Maurizio Pollini, for his unfailing musicianship and level of drama, superbly accompanied by Berliner Philharmoniker under Claudio Abbado." MusicWeb |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: The Last Quartets Melos Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Jul/1995 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: 7 Overtures National Philhamronic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Mar/1983 ] riccardo Chailly was born 20 February 1953 in Milan, Italy. He was chief conductor of the Concertgebouworkest from 1988 to 2004, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from 2005 to 2016 |
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 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rosalyn Tureck I Rosalyn Tureck (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] This collection of Rosalyn Tureck's Bach partitas was, until now, a long-sought gem. The recordings, dating from the 1950s and recorded for EMI, have won praise from all corners for their mix of erudition and comfortable, at-ease command. Tureck, one... |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Kammermusik [Chamber Music] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10217/10217227.jpg)
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) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/1993 ] Recorded in Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam, June 1991 |
