Search Results: Marbecks Collectable
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AARON COPLAND / GIAN CARLIO MENOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland/Menotti: Piano Concertos Earl Wild (piano), The Symphony of the Air, Aaron Copland, Jorge Mester (conds) [ Vanguard Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/1991 ] "The Menotti fizzes and sings with a light touch, and Jorge Mester matches Wild with an accompaniment that sparkles." ClassicalNet |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride (complete opera) Ekaterina Kudriavchenko, Arkady Mishenkin, Vladislav Verestnikov / Sveshnikov Russian Academic Choir & Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Andrey Chistiakov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] 100% Russian feast - An all-Russian cast in this very Russian opera of Rimsky-Korsakov, one of the finest Russian opera composers (and still neglected in this field). |
RODRIGO / TARREGA / SEGOVIA / TORROBA / PONCE / AGUIRRE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Unforgettable Classics - Relaxing Guitar Eliot Fisk, Ernesto Bitetti, Julian Byazntin, Angel Romero (guitar) [ EMI / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] The guitar weaves its subtle and irresistible magic in each of the 19 tracks on this collection of relaxing guitar classics. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Die Wanderer Fantasy in C, Op. 15 / Piano Sonata in G, Op. 78 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Teldec / CD - released 15/Oct/1989 ] In 1964, Leonskaja began studies in the Moscow Conservatory. During her conservatory years she won prizes in the Enescu, Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud and Queen Elizabeth international piano competitions in Bucharest, Paris and Brussels. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs You Love (Incls 'None but the lonely heart' & 'Danny Boy') Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "These Songs You Love are all beautiful ones which, as here in Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's lovely performances, deserve to be adorned with the finest art of the singer." Gramophone |
BACH / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Artistry of Elly Ameling Elly Ameling (soprano) with various accompaniments [ Philips / 5 CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] February 2003 marked the 70th birthday of Dutch soprano Elly Ameling, a much-loved artist on the Philips label. This collection is a 5-CD capbox with notes in English, French, German and Dutch. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Concertino for Clarinet Andrew Marriner (clarinet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner [ Philips / CD - released 26/Aug/1992 ] Carl Maria von Weber is a name that is often cited with regard to the bridge between Classicism and Romanticism, and yet how many works of his is it possible to name? |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV1066, BWV1069 / Concerto BWV1057 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Galleria / CD - released 1/Jul/1988 ] " These performances represent the peak of Pinnock's achievement as an advocate of authentic performance, with sounds that are clear and refreshing … from first to last there is no routine…Soloists are outstanding." The Penguin Guide. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV1067, BWV1068 / Triple Concerto BWV1044 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Galleria / CD - released 1/Jul/1988 ] " These performances represent the peak of Pinnock's achievement as an advocate of authentic performance, with sounds that are clear and refreshing … from first to last there is no routine…Soloists are outstanding." The Penguin Guide. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Sextet for Strings Europa Galante/Biondi [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 12/Mar/2001 ] "All four works are attractive and the playing is superb, making the disc worth investigating." Sunday Times |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Olivo e Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 1980 with complete libretto) Eva Czapò, Benedetta Pecchioli, Gastone Sarti, Gino Orlandini, Mario Chiappi / Coro Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Rigacci [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/1997 ] Recording Date: October 26, 1980 Recording Location: Lugano, Svizzera, Auditorio RSI |
MILHAUD / RODNEY BENNETT / ROSAURO / MIYOSHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Evelyn Glennie: Rebounds: Concertos for Percussion Evelyn Glennie (percussion) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Paul Daniel [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] "Percussion virtuosi are among the latest to join the ranks of concertizing soloists. Evelyn Glennie, soloist with leading orchestras in Great Britain, Australia, Japan and the United States, advances the art of percussion playing on her debut album. |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete Operas) [with Opera Intermezzi] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10596/10596362.jpg)
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete Operas) [with Opera Intermezzi] Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Includes a booklet with the synopsis and libretto of both operas in German, Italian, English and French. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classic Brass John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] A selection of popular classics arranged for Brass ensemble |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded 2000) Francesca Patane, Jose Cura, Renato Bruson / Symphony Orchestra of the Province of Bari / Pier Giorgio Morandi [ PIM DVD / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] This performance was acclaimed as an operatic event, and the superstar cast makes it a Tosca for the ages. Enrico Castiglione has directed the work with tremendous originality and dramatic power. |
ROGERS & HART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Funny Valentine: Songs from the Shows Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] The songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was one of the most successful on Broadway from the '20s until Hart's death in 1943. They met in 1919, whilst attending Columbia University and had their first success in 1925 with the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Friedrich Gulda I Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7. In 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 9 & 14 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Mark Reshetin (bass) / USSR Symphony Orchestra, David Oistrakh / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded live in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire October (No.14) & December 1969 |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution / 'The Tale of the Stone Flower' [excerpts] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10579/10579005.jpg)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution / 'The Tale of the Stone Flower' [excerpts] Gennady Rozhdestvensky (narrator) / Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] 'It is good to have so sharply original and refreshingly dramatic a piece complete on disc at last, and occasional disc that rises far above its first inspiration." 3 stars, Penguin Guide. |
ROBERTO GERHARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gerhard: Symphony No.3 'Collages' / Concerto for Piano and Strings Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "Chandos have given the work a splendid recording which does full justice to the wide ranging colours of this score and Mathias Bamert and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are as impressive in this early example of Gerhard's symphonic writing as they are... |
