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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust, Op.34 Stuart Burrows (tenor) Edith Mathis (soprano) Donald McIntyre (bass) Thomas Paul (bass) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/1988 ] "This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade." MusicWeb |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No.8 Symphony of a Thousand / Adagio from Symphony No.10 Studer-Blasi-Jo-Meier-Nagai-Lewis-Allen-Sotin / The Southend Boys' Choir. Philharmonia Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra. Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Double Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Sinopoli conveys a warmth of expression that brings joyful exuberance to the great outburst of the opening. It builds into one of the most thrilling accounts ever, helped by a superb team of soloists and incandescent choral singing." Rosette Penguin |
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. |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / VERDI / RICCI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Bel Cantio Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Giuliano Carella [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] A top recital recording from the beautiful Sumi! |
OFFENBACH / DAVID / GRETRY / BALFE / MESSAGER / DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Carnival! Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 15/Sep/1994 ] Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with... |
BELLINI / ADAM / MOZART / OFFENBACH / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Live at Carnegie Hall Sumi Jo (soprano) / LOrchestra of St. Luke's, Richard Bonynge [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 14th 1996 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Sumi Jo Collection Sumi Jo (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her generations' most sought-after sopranos. |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Sappho / Sapphic Poem Susan Bickley (mezzo) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/1999 ] "No praise can be too high for Susan Bickley … [and] Tony Faulkner's stunningly natural engineering complements what is another triumphant addition to Hyperion's ongoing Bantock series" (Gramophone) |
MILTON SCHAFER
McBroom: Heartbeats - a new musical Amanda McBroom, George Ball & Michelle Maika / Studio Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series / CD - released 25/Aug/1994 ] A mid-Western housewife is on the verge of discovering a new definition for happiness. Informed by tremendous humor and insight, this contemporary musical contemplates and illuminates the age-old conundrum known as "self discovery." |
JEFFREY STOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stock: Triumph of Love Susan Egan & F. Murray Abraham / Original Broadway Cast [ Jay / CD - released 1/Aug/1998 ] "A superb cast and a literate concept are not necessarily enough. Triumph of Love's tale of a deposed but over-educated prince regaining his kingdom and falling in love with the princess he must dethrone takes an esoteric approach that is often... |
ANDRE MESSAGER / REYNALDO HAHN / ANDRE MESSAGER / MOISES SIMONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham - French Operetta Arias (C'est Ça La Vie, C'est Ça L'amour...) Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Yves Abel [ Erato / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] Graham made her international début at Covent Garden in 1994, playing Massenet's Chérubin. She has also premièred several roles in contemporary operas, including John Harbison's The Great Gatsby and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking |
BRAHMS / DEBUSSY /BERG /POULENC / MESSAGER / HAHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 4/Jul/2005 ] Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, 14th April 2003 Susan Graham - hailed as "an artist to treasure" by the New York Times - rose to the highest echelon of international performers within just a few years of her professional debut. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Damnation De Faust, Le (Complete) Susan Graham, Thomas Moser, Josa van Dam, Choeurs de l Opara de Lyon / Lyon Opera / Kent Nagano [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Magical performance of this major Berlioz work! |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692) Susan Hemington (sop) Timothy Wilson (counter-tenor) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Archive / CD - released 20/Jul/1995 ] "the ensemble as a whole moves effortlessly from discretion and intimacy to the imposing timbral homogeneity of McCreesh's most extrovert Venetian exploits. His tempos are irrepressible and invigorating.' Gramophone 1995 |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Giacomo Aragall, Ingvar Wixell / National Philharmonic, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set ] "Sutherland is in her element here - and what a wonderful score it is too...Horne has the odd moment of unsteadiness in the early parts of the opera, but she is impressive in the brilliant Brindisi of the last Act" Penguin Guide |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Honegger: Le Roi David Suzanne Danco, Marie-Lise de Montmollin, Pauline Martin / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] The DECCA ANSERMET LEGACY has been systematically releasing the vast recorded legacy of Ernest Ansermet, a key Decca artist in the 1950s and 1960s. It has become one of the most sought-after and praised of all reissue series. |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Honegger: Symphonies / Le Roi David / Pacific 231 / etc (with Frank Martin - In terra pax) Suzanne Danco, Marie-Lise de Montmollin, Pauline Martin / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "This double CD set is almost worth its cost for the performance of Pacific 231 - one of the most vividly descriptive tone-poems of the twentieth century...Ansermet's is perhaps the finest ever committed to disc: it has a powerful, cumulative effect... |
GABRIEL FAURE / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franck/Debussy: Melodies Suzanne Danco (soprano) Guido Agosti (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 27/Jul/2006 ] A fine Mélisande, she is completely at home with Debussy's Villon and Bilitis; miraculously, she finds nine different shades of rapture for Fauré's La bonne chanson. |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande / Masques et Bergamasques Suzanne Danco (soprano), Gerald Souzay (tenor) / L'Union Chorale de la tour de Peilz / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] 'Ansermet's version [of the Requiem] is technically immaculate' … 'sympathetic and stylish performances [of the orchestral works], highly regarded in their day and still sounding well' Penguin Guide |
JOHAN SVENDSEN / CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Svendsen/Nielsen: Chamber Music Kenneth Sillito (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall April 1993 |
