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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 / Kindertotenlieder Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) / Wiener Sangerknaben, Wiener Staatsoper Damenchor, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/1992 ] Original recording from 1986/1987 |
BARBER / MAHLER / BACH / CHOPIN / RAVEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Accentus-Transcriptions Accentus Chamber Choir / Laurence Equilbey [ Naive / CD - released 24/Apr/2004 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2003)"Stunning displays of choral technique and control make this a disc to savour." |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy {with Alma Mahler Lieder) Albert Dohmen (bass) Iris vermillion (mezzo) Heinz Kruse (tenor) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records Entartete Musik / CD - released 27/Jan/1995 ] Recorded: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, April 1996 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Angela Maria Blasi (soprano) / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1996 ] "...assured, refined, and velvety smooth interpretation, particularly in the third movement." |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko - Sempre Libera Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, conductor [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Aug/2004 ] "Few sopranos sing bel canto with the natural beauty she supplies." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/1987 ] 100 Classical Music Recordings You Must Own (ClassicFM) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 5 (with bonus disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 5/May/2001 ] "This is one of the finest recordings of Mahler's Fifth now before us. Superbly interpreted, played and recorded." - Tony Duggan |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic" (Includes bonus discussion disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2002 ] Benjamin Zander with the Philharmonia Orchestra have inspired music critics around the world to use descriptions such as "searing," "definitive," and "uniquely illuminating." |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 10 (with Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/1985 ] Simon Rattle has performed the 10th more times than any other conductor. In many ways it's become his signature work. |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / MAHLER / MUSSORGSKY / LOEWE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Brigitte Fassbaender Edition Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) with Karl Engel, Irwin Cage, Cord Garben, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Besides recording several operas Brigitte Fassbaender is also a successful lieder singer. In 1987, she won a Gramophone Award for her Deutsche Gramophon disc of songs by Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (piano version) Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Moser (tenor) / Cyprien Katsaris (piano) [ Warner Maestro / CD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] "A worthwhile recording of the song-cycle that stands as the culmination of Mahler's contributions to the genre." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Also sprach Zarathustra (with Mahler's Totenfeier) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Of a recent Zarathustra performance, the Chicago Tribune reviewer commented: "Boulez shaped everything exactly, drawing together each episode with sonorous sweep and a natural ebb and flow of tension". |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/1967 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "....not likely to be outshone for a long time" (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), James King (tenor) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra /Bernard Haitink [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "This is the only Das Lied you'll ever need, and the recorded sound is of demonstration quality" - 10/10 ClassicsToday.com |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Ruckert-Lieder Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone) / Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] "Ozawa's 1977 Boston recording of Mahler's First Symphony is alert and clear-sighted with a fine youthful sheen to it. It was also very vividly recorded." |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 8 'symphony of a Thousand' / Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Hans Sotin, etc / Tiffin School Boys' Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2001 ] 'This Symphony of a Thousand is one of the superlative Mahler performances on record. It is very moving and the choral singing and orchestral playing are magnificent. As a rounded and convincing account of this... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (recorded live in 2004) The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts / DVD - released 12/Jan/2005 ] Quite simply one of the best performances of this great work I've ever come across: moving, intense and with Abbado's long experience of conducting this work fully apparent despite the youth of the players. Beautifully and accurately played... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Rene Kollo / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Legends / CD - released 10/Apr/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das klagende Lied [The Song of Mourning] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10619/10619546.jpg)
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das klagende Lied [The Song of Mourning] Helena Dose, Alfreda Hodgson, Robert Tear, Sean Rea / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics / CD - released 6/Nov/1986 ] The EMI recording of Mahler's Das klagende Lied conducted by Simon Rattle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is praised for its vividness, spontaneity, and the excellent quality of the choral and orchestral playing, highlighting the... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand' / Symphony No. 10 'Adagio' Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2006 ] Recorded: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 9/1971 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / etc Janet Baker (mezzo) / Halle & New Philharmonia Orchestras / Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 27/Aug/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "The spontaneous feeling of soloist and conductor of this music comes over as in a live performance and brings out the tenderness to a unique degree. An indispensable CD." Penguin |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde [Song Of The Earth] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10215/10215783.jpg)
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 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, London Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt / Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. The "Wunderhorn" had earlier inspired Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann.... |
SMETANA / GRIEG / DVORAK / ORFF / MAHLER / MOZART / STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lucia Popp-The Very Best Of Lucia Popp (soprano) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Very Best of Singers / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] The esteemed Czech-born Austrian soprano Lucia Popp began her career by training as an actress. Only then did she begin studying music and singing at the Conservatories of Brünn and Prague. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No.4 Edith Mathis (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, February 1979 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Matthias Goerne (Baritone), Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Sara Fulgoni (Mezzo-Soprano), Gosta Winbergh, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2003 ] "Riccardo Chailly's credentials as a Mahlerian cannot be faulted...Once more, where his own admirable orchestra is concerned, he gives a performance that is finely balanced, attentive to all-important detail and convincing as a whole." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2007 ] "this is an emotionally compelling rendition that holds its own with any version on the market, and it will satisfy any Mahlerian with its many passages of profound beauty, childlike playfulness, and spiritual ecstasy." ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 Philadelphia Orchestra, James Levine [ RCA / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "As a Mahler interpreter, his performances are exciting, fabulously played, razor-sharp rhythmically, and sensitive to the myriad details of Mahler's scoring. Perhaps the two standout performances are the Fifth and Ninth, as much for the playing of... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "Sinopoli has the benefit of first-rate playing from the Philharmonia and ample yet detailed sonics from DG." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/1985 ] "This is not far short of greatness" MusicWeb |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Thomas Allen (baritone) Ann Murray (soprano) / The London Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Ultraviolet / CD - released 5/Nov/1995 ] Recorded At - No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 1991 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 (recorded 1938) Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 24/Sep/2004 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 49) BBC MUSIC |
MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/1994 ] "Dawn Upshaw crowns Dohnányi's vision with beguiling lightness of touch" ClassicalMusic.com |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hilde Rossl-Majdan / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Studio / CD - released 21/Aug/1989 ] 1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Gerhild Romberger (alto) / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2017 ] "...the flowers of the field and the beasts of the forest have never been more vividly characterised, while Nietzsche's midnight ode is graced by the contralto of choice, Gerhild Romberger…always alive, always interesting, vivid in sound" BBC Music |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (Blu-ray) Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly [ Accentus Music Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "The playing of Chailly's Gewandhaus Orchestra is unarguably superb and it is fair to say that not even Abbado or Boulez reveal more in the way of instrumental substrata...Mahler's rural interludes glisten in decidedly novel fashion, sounding as much... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete Opera recorded in 2002) Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2003 - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 |
BACH / BRAHMS / MAHLER / SCHUMANN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier Edition (the complete recordings) Kathleen Ferrier (alto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Decca Collector's Edition / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Jul/2004 ] This collector edition now makes available in a compact form the 10 CDs which formed the Ferrier Edition which was first released just over 10 years ago; several of these CDs have not been available for some time now. |
