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![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10619/10619268.jpg)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] Gunter Reich, Richard Cassilly, Felicity Palmer / BBC Singers, Orpheus Boys' Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Recorded: November 30 & December 3, 5 & 6, 1974, West Ham Central Mission, London (Moses Und Aron) |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder / 4 Orchestral Songs Marita Napier, Yvonne Minton, Jess Thomas / BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Recorded at West Ham Central Mission, London (26.X, 7-8.XI.1974) (Gurre-Lieder) |
GERSHWIN / RODGERS / BERLIN / HERRMANN / SCHOENBERG / WAXMAN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg in Hollywood Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] "Enormously exhilarating. Mauceri certainly has his own ideas about Schoenberg's music, and they are excellently presented by the two Berlin orchestras and by Decca's lean sound." Fanfare, November 1997 (Schoenberg in Hollywood) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 (with Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - prelude) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "These performances are persuasive and superbly executed, with sound quality second to none. Balance and dynamic range can't be faulted, and documentation is respectable." MusicWeb recommended |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Symphonic Dances Dong Hyek Lim (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2019 ] "It scores highly on physical brilliance and Lim follows Argerich's lead in the improvisatory way they set the scene out of which the first movement's dreamy melody emerges." Gramophone |
JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
MAHLER / PACHELBEL / BRAHMS / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / GRIEG / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adagio / Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Deutsche Grammophon's vaults are full of exceptional recordings of classical orchestral music, and the performances by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic are prominent in the label's catalog. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 "Pathetique" / Swan Lake - Suite Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Great romantic emotion coupled with vigorous temperament was the trademark of conducting legend Herbert von Karajan. His readings of Tchaikovsky's dramatic last symphony and the thrilling "Swan Lake" suite are perfect examples of his approach. |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jarnefelt: Song of the Scarlet Flower [Full score to the 1919 film] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10584/10584024.jpg)
ARMAS JARNEFELT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jarnefelt: Song of the Scarlet Flower [Full score to the 1919 film] Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaakko Kuusisto [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "This is lushly orchestrated music with dramatic flourishes that occasionally paint quite an emotional picture" BBC Music |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet - Carmen & L'Arlesienne suites Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] This is a re-issue of an outstanding "demonstration" disc featuring colourful French orchestral music....playing that is both elegant and vivid in superb, demonstration-worthy sound. |
MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / REGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joseph Keilberth: The Postwar Telefunken Recordings - 1953-1963 Ludwig Hoelscher (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth [ Warner Classics Icon / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] 20 July 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the German conductor Joseph Keilberth. His name is perhaps not so widely remembered as some of his contemporaries, but he was an important figure in the musical life of Germany in the mid-20th |
BEETHOVEN / DOHNANYI / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Julius Katchen II Julius Katchen (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Julius Katchen's career ended prematurely when cancer claimed him at age 42. |
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... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (piano) / RCA Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Kirill Kondrashin [ Philips / BMG/RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (with Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Sep/2017 ] "The orchestra is still on with a characteristic sound: warm strings and incisive woodwind, rounded and, when necessary, powerful brass." BBC Music Magazine, August 2017 |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor 'Wagner Symphony' Staatskapelle Dresden, Yannick Nezet-Seguin [ Hanssler Profil / CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2017 ] "[the Dresden Staatskapelle] bring a feeling for the special sound world of this version that beats all rivals" BBC Music Five Stars Orchestral Choice March 2017 |
ANTON WEBERN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Webern: Orchestral Works Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2017 ] Original recordings from 1973 and 1974 |
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Myaskovsky: Serenada in F flat / Sinfonietta in B minor / Symphony No. 19 USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, USSR Ministry of Defence Orchestra [ Melodiya / CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] Currently very few copies available, anywhere! |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Ballets e Pas D'acier Op. 41 / On The Dnieper Op. 51 USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Melodiya / CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] Currently not available in this form. Hard to find. |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Turanga (time) and lila (love) come together in this epic symphony by a modern master |
