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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Blu-ray)
[ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Sep/2008 ] Butch & Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action & skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch & Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 19 & 27 Andreas Schiff (piano) Camerata Academica des Mozarteums, Salzburg, Sandor Vagh [ Decca Records / CD - released 16/Jan/2001 ] "The Mozart were immaculate performances, played with consummate musicality, using a palette of wonderfully translucent colours." The Guardian on a live performance |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera recorded 1950) Anton Dermota, Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Wilma Lipp, Ludwig Weber / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ EMI / 2 CD - released 20/May/1988 ] In 1946, the legendary producer Walter Legge went to Vienna for what turned out to be a momentous meeting with Herbert von Karajan. It led to many treasurable recordings, among them this version of of Die Zauberflöte, made in 1950. |
HEINRICH SCHUTZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schutz: Weihnachts-Historie Martin Hummel, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Susanne Norin, Hanne Mari Orbaek, Susanne Rydén, Werner Güra / Concerto Vocale, Rene Jacobs (director) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] René Jacobs invites you to rediscover this Christmas History, probably the most popular work of Heinrich Schütz. In his twilight years, the greatest 17th-century German composer brilliantly combined Lutheran fervour with Italianate recitative. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deusche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2000 ] "Karajan's 1969 recording of the Fifth is in a class of its own....this remains among the most distinguished Fifths ever recorded." Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 25/Mar/2006 ] Orchestral 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1951-present) "Everything is marvellously shaped and proportioned, and the digital sound is altogether excellent." Penguin Guide*** |
EDWARD ELGAR / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands / Vaughan Willams: In Windsor Forest / Towards tthe Unknown Region Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Norman Del Mar [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1981 ] |
DEBUSSY / FAURE / RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / RAVEL / SATIE / MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Branford Marsalis - Romances for Saxophone Branford Marsalis (soprano saxophone) / English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Litton, with the Tallis Chamber Choir [ Sony Music / CD - released 2/Sep/1986 ] "This record is a nice collection of expressive melodies played by a master of the saxophone...Particularly nice is Villa-Lobos' 'Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5', Marsalis' confidence with this one really shows." JazzMusicArchives |
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (Complete opera) Brigette Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Norma Burrowes, Edita Gruberova / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The Compact Opera Collection / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2002 ] No longer available on CD. Copies currently selling for $50 USD |
JEAN NIELSEN / CARL SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen / Sibelius: Violin Concertos Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Cho-Liang Lin's playing is distinguished not only by flawless intonation and apparently effortless virtuosity but also by great artistry." Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem / Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle [ EMI Encore / CD - released 30/Sep/1986 ] "Rattle who demonstrates why he was such a crowd-pleaser in his Birmingham days. Without cheapening the Sinfonia, he emphasizes its pathos and drama." ClassicalNet |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Serenades Op.11 & Op.16 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Silver Line / CD - released 10/Oct/1991 ] Original Recording made in 1977 and 1981 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerti per archi I (Concerti for strings) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini [ Opus 111 Naive Vivaldi Edition Vol 20 / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] "Gloriously alert and full-bodied playing produces a disc that is just waiting to be enjoyed" Recording of the Month (Gramophone July 2004) |
SAINT-SAENS / DRURY / JACKSON / JONGEN / REGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: On a Grand Scale David Drury (organ St. Paul's Cathedral. Melbourne) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 5/Aug/1996 ] This CD takes us to Melbourne, where Drury explores the power and the subtlety of another splendid instrument: the T.C. Lewis organ in St Paul's Cathedral. Drury offers a dazzling range of repertoire, from monumental organ works to orchestral classics. |
FRANZ LISZT / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Emil Gilels - Schubert/Liszt: Sonatas Emil Gilels (piano) [ RCA Living Stereo / CD - released 20/Jan/1982 ] Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, this features his classic recordings of Schubert and Liszt from 1960. |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Barbara Hendricks (sop) Jeffrey Black (baritone) Michael Chance (countertenor) / London Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ Emi Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/1990 ] No other 20th century work delights music-lovers as much as Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The opening number, "Oh Fortuna", is a huge classical hit in its own right. The recording conducted by Austrian shooting star Franz Welser-Möst brings out the... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1959 live from Salzburg Festival) with Three-Part Inventions (recorded Moscow) Glenn Gould (piano) [ Sony Glenn Gould Edition / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] Live recording (Tracks 1 to 32): Salzburg Festival, Mozarteum, Austria, August 25, 1959; Mono (First authorized release) Live recording (Tracks 33 to 46): Moscow, May 7, 1957; Mono (First release) |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 3 / Russian Easter Festival Overture / Capriccio Espagnol Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/1988 ] ".. the clarity and the unassuming virtuosity of the orchestra under Järvi are exemplary; and the engineers have captured everything admirably. Rimsky-Korsakov's sense of lucidity and colour is fully honoured here." Gramophone |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Saint Cecilia Mass Pilar Lorengar, Heinz Hoppe, Franz Crass / Choeurs René Duclos, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean-Claude Hartemann [ EMI Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/1988 ] Original recordings from 1979 |
TOMASO ALBINONI SOLD TO KP
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Albinoni: 12 Concertos Op.9 I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/1998 ] Recorded 06/1969, Villa Simoes , Piazzola sul Brenta, Italie |
