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." |
PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: Requiem and other works Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Adelaide Chamber Singers / Arvo Volmer, James Judd (cond) with William Barton (didjeridu) [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "The heartfelt new Requiem is the crowning glory of this Sculthorpe set" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2007 |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Serenade / Sinfoniettas / Concerto for Two Violins San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra, with Igor & Vesna Gruppman (violins) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1992 ] "This 90s release is fine example of the late, lamented Koch International and Malcolm Arnold. For someone not familiar with Arnold's music, this long out-of-print CD is a fine introduction (especially the Serenade for Small Orchestra)" Thomas Martin |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos 17, 19, 21, 25 / Fantasia in D minor Diana Ambache (piano) / Ambache Chamber Orchestra [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Diana Ambache's Mozart performances, again as soloist and director, are equally spirited and single-minded, and even more bright-eyed and impulsive while retaining an intimate and unforced ease of address." BBC Music |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Songs (Songs orchestrated by: Berlioz-Britten-Brahms-Liszt-Offenbach-Reger-Webern ) Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Quasthoff / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Von Otter remains one of the most searching, verbally aware of Lieder interpreters. Quasthoff, with his warm noble baritone, is just as compelling. Abbado is a near-ideal accompanist, alive to any special felicities of scoring but always considerate... |
JOSEF SUK / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Suk: Serenade for Strings / Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Conifer Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/1989 ] Recorded in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, December 1988 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barbara Hendricks - Mozart Opera and Conceret Arias Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/1998 ] Recorded at Air Studios, London, March 1997 |
TELEMANN / CHERUBINI / FORSTER / WEBER / LEOPOLD MOZART / JOHANN STICH / FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / MICHAEL HAYDN /
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Horn Concertos Barry Tuckwell (horn) / English Chamber Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin / Neville Marriner [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2001 ] "The recording throughout is of EMI's finest analogue quality, and the remastering retains the warmth and beauty of the originals." (Penguin Guide) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY / ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings In C / Dvorak: Serenade for strings in E New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1984 ] Recorded in 1983-07-14/15 at the Stockholm Concert Hall |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 Op. 9 / Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene Op. 34 / Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G Min Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] In these three contrasting works, the spirits of Modernism, Romanticism and Classicism are invoked by Arnold Schoenberg - a revolutionary whose aesthetic roots lay firmly in tradition. |
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 |
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 |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6 / Fantasy variations on a theme of Youth Carol Rosenberger (piano) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1990 ] Hanson created another reflective tribute to a previous generation in his 1951 Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. The work, written for piano and string orchestra, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the founding of Northwestern University,... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Portraits: Operatic Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gyorgy Fischer [ Decca Originals / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] "... Bartoli's very Italian characteristics are immediately identifiable: brilliance of execution, vitality of words, sharpness ... Fischer accompanies his soloist with energy and tact." Gramophone |
PACINI / BELLINI / MENDELSSOHN / HUMMEL / ROSSI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Maria Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Orchestra La Scintilla / International Chamber Soloists / Adam Fischer [ Decca / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Recital - "Diva Bartoli is on brilliant form in this recording and Adam Fischer provides loving and sensitive handling of the orchestra, which plays superbly." (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Requiem / Concerto for Mixed chorus Chamber Choir Hymnia, Flemming Windekilde [ Classico / CD - released 30/Jan/2002 ] Licensed from Classico and appears identical to their 2001 release, entitled "Requiem" |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Chamber Choir "Lege Artis", Boris Abalyan [ St Petersburg Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/1993 ] Rachmaninov's most important contribution to choral music are his Vespers and The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom performed by the Chamber Choir "Lege Artis" directed by Boris Abalyan |
PETER ERASMUS LANGE-MULLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lange-Muller: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Chamber Philharmonic Of Bohemia, Douglas Bostock [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1 December 1850 - 26 February 1926) was a Danish composer and pianist. His compositional style was influenced by Danish folk music and by the work of Robert Schumann; Johannes Brahms; and his Danish countrymen, including... |