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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 |
RODRIGO / LEONCAVALLO / LISZT / TOSTI / OFFENBACH / ROSSINI / etc
Andrea Bocelli - Sentimento Andrea Bocelli (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ Philips / CD - released 12/Nov/2002 ] Beautiful, passionate arias and songs in the classical repertory. A very romantic collection of music |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/1986 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Webber: Requiem Placido Domingo / Sarah Brightman / Winchester Cathedral Choir / Lorin Maazel [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/May/2007 ] Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a Requiem Mass that premiered in New York on 25 February 1985 at St Thomas Church. The Requiem Mass was dedicated to his father, William Lloyd Webber, who had died in 1982. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Sinfonia Domestica / Tod und Verklarung Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] Very rare and hard to find! |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 8 Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 19/Mar/1997 ] Unlike other musical radicals such as Richard Wagner and Hugo Wolf, Bruckner showed extreme humility before other musicians, Wagner in particular. |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "The sound is among the most opulent I have ever heard...'Night on Bald Mountain' is as good as they come...it is highly recommended." -Sensible Sound |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera with full libretto) Julia Migenes Johnson, Placido Domingo, Ruggiero Raimondi, Faith Esham / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1984 ] "Carmen is sung here by Julia Migenes Johnson. Her Habanera is wonderfully shapely and sexy, in a quite light flirty manner. In Act 4 she and Placido Domingo (as Don José) give us a wonderfully dramatic climax to the opera." (MusicWeb) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) / Chants pour choeur / Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale Kenneth Riegel (tenor) / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Lorin Maazel / Choeur et l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1996 ] With comprehensive booklet and translation |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY /
Lorin Maazel conducts the Cleveland Orchestra Lucia Popp (soprano) Jon Vickers (tenor) Elena Obraztsova (mezzo) Martti Talvela (bass) / The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus. Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 21/Mar/2025 ] Lorin Maazel burnished the Cleveland image and maintained the exalted standards set by Szell, who had elevated his ensemble to pre-eminence among the US "Big Five" orchestras. |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Cello Concerto & Violin Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Two classic performances on one budget CD |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Studio / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera. I have seldom heard a more tender, vulnerable Desdemona than Ricciarelli's, absolutely ideal in the many dolce, piano moments in the role, bringing tears to the eye." |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone on the complete recording |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Members of the Orchestre National de France, I Soloisti Veneti, Lorin Maazel (violin/director), Claudio Scimone [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] Vivaldi's most popular work is accompanied by three Flute Concertos performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Waltraud Meier sings Wagner Waltraud Meier (mezzo soprano) with Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Mar/1997 ] Song masterpieces performed with magnificent drama by major Wagnerians of our time |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Emil Gilels (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] "Any Gilels record is an event of the first magnitude," wrote Gramophone when these Tchaikovsky recordings originally appeared in 1973. In its words the Odessa-born pianist, "a stupendous lion of the keyboard", offered "artistry of the highest... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1984) Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Erato Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Maazel's buoyant lightness and edgy rhythmic energy are suitably Gallic, and his principals are visually and vocally compelling." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERLIOZ / etc
Lorin Maazel - The Complete deutsche Grammophon Recordings Lorin Maazel (conductor) with Jane Berbie, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier, Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gidon Kremer, Elena Obraztsova [ Deutsche Grammophon / 39 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2023 ] At the age of 9, he made his conducting debut with the LA Philharmonic, and at 11 Toscanini invited him to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra: Lorin Maazel is undoubtedly one of the greatest conductors of his century. His first album with Deutsche... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Maurice Ravel: The Complete Works Sir Simon Rattle, Martha Argerich, Bertrand Chamayou, Samson François, André Cluytens, Armin Jordan, Lorin Maazel, Charles Münch, etc [ Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/2020 ] An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. |
