GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Highlights) Hakan Hagegard, Jennifer Larmore, Raul Gimanez, Samuel Ramey / Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jesus Lapez-Cobos [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Jul/1994 ] "Barbara Frittoli makes a good showing in her aria and Jennifer Larmore seems sublimely unfazed by the conductor's fast tempi. The voice is always full and warm, the coloratura flawless and the characterization vivid." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor) / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Israeli-born Pinchas Zukerman has kept his face and music before the public for more than four decades with his wide range of activities: he is a world-class violinist, violist, conductor, and administrator. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069 Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 1/Nov/1986 ] The Four Orchestral Suites on one CD! Immaculate performances by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Karl Munchinger. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Chamber Music: Trio Sonatas L'Ecole d'Orphee, with John Holloway (violin) & Philip Pickett (recorder) [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] John Holloway is one of the pioneers of the modern "Early Music" movement in Britain. He played his first public concert in aid of Hungarian refugees in 1956. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Dixit Dominus / Laudate Pueri Dominum / Organ Concerto Anne Mackay, Isobel Buchanan, William Kendall / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 14/Nov/1995 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1986 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos 32, 35 'Haffner', & 39 English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1985 ] ""There are absolutely no reservations about Jeffrey Tate's strongly characterised readings of (three) key late Mozart symphonies. The ECO emphasise elegance." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: John Williams plays Vivaldi Concertos John Williams (guitar) / Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla, with Benjamin Verdery (guitar) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Nov/1991 ] Original recordings from May 1990 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Op 10 Judith Hall (flute) / Divertiment of London, Paul Barritt / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Regis / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] "freshly and brightly recorded and (Judith Hall) plays with great virtuosity and fine taste. The Divertimenti of London is a modern-instrument group and players are both sensitive and alert... very competitive" (Penguin Guide 3 stars) |
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.... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: 3 Piano Concertos K.107 (with Schrother: Concerto for piano and orchestra) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masterworks / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 1 - 4 (K37, 39, 40, 41) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 5 Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/1983 ] "Murray Perahia gives intelligent, beautifully controlled, highly polished performances" Gramophone |
JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Zoroastre (highlights) Nancy Deering, Lou Ann Wyckoff, Bruce Brewer / Hamburg Chamber Orchestra, Richard Kapp [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Zoroastre, one of Rameau's major operas, never appeared in the edition of his "Complete Works" which date from early in the twentieth century, and consequently it was long in the shadows and passed over in favor of some of the published operas. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets Pepe Romero (Guitar) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Philips / CD - released 28/Jun/1990 ] Recorded: Great Britain, 12/1978 (G.453); 12/1979 (G.447) |
LEHAR / ZELLER / FALL / KALMAN / O. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Vienna, City of my Dreams Placido Domingo (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Nov/1986 ] Original recording from 1985 |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (Complete opera) Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle, Claudio Desderi / English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin [ Deusche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jun/1993 ] "What a cast there is on DG - so expert and experienced they can't fail to bring the score wonderfully to life" (Gramophone) |
BJORN J:son LINDH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lindh: Skymningsglod Chamber Music Torbjorn Carlsson, Björn J:son Lindh, Marie Nordenmalm, Malin Trast [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] CD only available in Scandinavian countries |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: "Haffner" Serenade / "Serenata Notturna" Prague Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Recorded in The Hall of Artists, Prague. July, 1987 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach at Bedtime Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Andreas Greger, Arthur Grumiaux, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Lullabies for the still of the night! |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms For Book Lovers Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Grumiaux, Beaux Arts Trio, George Pieterson, Gyorgy Sebok, Hephzibah Menuhin, etc [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] A Cozy Companion For Reading |