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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony 9 'Choral' Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) Patrick Power (tenor) / Petteri Salomaa (bass) / London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ Virgin Virgo / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] "For the Ninth, Norrington has a larger orchestra of some 65 players, with the 50-strong Schutz Choir in the finale. But the sonic mix is very much as it was on the earlier record, with glimmering, vibrato-free strings, plaintive woodwinds,... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette (with works by Cesar Franck) Yvonne Minton, Francisco Araiza, Jules Bastin, Christa Ludwig / Christa Ludwig / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Apr/2010 ] Now a rare recording of Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet, along with works of Cesar Franck. Originally recorded in 1976 (Franck) and 1980. |
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GUSTAV: MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 / Des Knaben Wunderhorn [Four Songs] / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/2003 ] "Solti's recordings for Decca were valued in their day for their electric energy, clarity, and precision; many were widely praised as vital contributions to the slender catalog and necessary antidotes to the faulty, idiosyncratic interpretations by... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Pierre Boulez conducts Berlioz (Incls 'Symphonie fantastique & Les Nuits d'ete) Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Burrows (tenor) / New York Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Sony Classical is now making available all of their Berlioz recordings conducted by Pierre Boulez. All at a very attractive price. The recordings have all been remastered and remixed, and the box set is available at budget price. |
LOUIS GLASS
Glass, L.: String Quartets Nos 2 & 4 Zapolski Quartet [ Dacapo / CD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "These quartets are introspective and intimate - powerful as mood portraits. They are well supported by multi-lingual notes and recorded sound." MusicWeb |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: String Quartets Volume 1 [incls Little Suite for Strings] Zapolski Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "They are marvellous pieces and their neglect outside Scandinavia strikes me as quite unaccountable." Gramophone |
NICCOLO PAGANINI / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 Zino Francescatti (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos [ Sony Masteworks / CD - released 27/Jul/1991 ] "Saint-Saëns Third Violin Concertos with Zino Francescatti captured at the height of his powers, his tone rich and vibrant, his bowing virtually as fleet as Heifetz's." MusicWeb |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Complete Piano Music Zlata Chochieva, Lukas Geniušas, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Nikolai Lugansky, Alexander Ghindin, Elisa Tomellini [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2021 ] This 8-CD set contains the works for piano solo by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 20-th century romantic, one of the greatest pianists of all time himself. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Complete Waltzes Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips Insignia / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Zoltan Kocsis won the Hungarian Radio Beethoven Competition in 1970, and made his first concert tour of the United States in the following year. He received the Liszt Prize in 1973, and the Kossuth Prize in 1978 |
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer / Jens-Daniel Herzog (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever Blu-ray release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hänsel und Gretel. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Krešimir Stražanac, Lucio Gallo, Roberto Sacca, Melanie Diener, Alfred Muff / Bernard Haitink, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Translucence, transparency - warmth' are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's new production. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Malin Hartelius, Anna Bonitatibus, Martina Janková, Javier Camarena / Franz Welser-Most (conductor) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2010 ] "The singing is uniformly excellent. Malin Hartelius is a terrific Fiordiligi, her vibrato prominent but never bothersome, her inflections ideal, her sense of silliness sublime." 10/10 highest rating Classicstoday.com |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns [The Land Of Smiles] (complete operetta recorded in 2017) Zurich Opera / Piotr Beczala, Julia Kleiter, Rebeca Olvera, Spencer Lang / Fabio Luisi (conductor) [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "Fabio Luisi conducts with a subtle consciousness of the requisite style and the orchestra sounds marvellous" Opera |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Complete Series (35 Disc Set)
[ Via Vision Entertainment DVD / 35 DVD Box Set - released 12/May/2022 ] Join the legendary "Master of Suspense", Alfred Hitchcock, in every original episode from all seven seasons of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the Emmy Award-winning mystery-suspense series that, in the words of Hitchcock himself, "brought murder back... |
British Film Classics Volume 1: The Korda Collection (4 Disc Set)
[ Via Vision / 4 DVD - released 8/Aug/2024 ] Conquest of the Air (1936) This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s. Things To Come (1936) It's Christmas... |
British Film Classics Volume 2: The Korda Collection (4 Disc Set)
[ Via Vision / 4 DVD - released 3/Oct/2024 ] Forget Me Not (1936) A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared. Elephant Boy (1937) In India, Toomai, a young... |
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (2 Disc Blu-ray Set)
[ BBC Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 3/Oct/2024 ] Originally broadcast in April 1966, The Celestial Toymaker sees the Doctor and companions separated when they come up against The Toymaker. While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish but ultimately... |
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (2 Disc Set)
[ BBC Blu-ray / DVD - released 3/Oct/2024 ] Originally broadcast in April 1966, The Celestial Toymaker sees the Doctor and companions separated when they come up against The Toymaker. While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish but ultimately... |
Earth Fire Water: Food Safari Box Set
[ Madman / 6 DVD - released 11/Apr/2019 ] Cooking from the Elements is the ultimate in cooking simply and perfectly. Combining 3 acclaimed series Food Safari Earth, Fire and Water - each a game changer in showcasing the delicious and varied world of cooking across the world's cuisines,... |
Keeping Up Appearances - The Complete Collection
[ BBC / Madman DVD / 8 DVD Box Set - released 13/Apr/2002 ] Tireless social climber Hyacinth Bucket puts her best foot forward in this hilarious BBC comedy of manners. Hyacinth busies herself performing selfless acts of charity for the lower classes (including her family), doling out invaluable advice. |
