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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand [ RCA Gold Seal / CD - released 4/Apr/1989 ] "These are involved, committed and engaged offerings, intended to bring the greatness of the Brahms Symphony to the world's attention." Review |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adam: Giselle [complete ballet] Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 19/Apr/2012 ] "Richard Bonynge's performance on Decca restores Adam's original and is a bit more strongly characterised, while the Decca sound has a slightly sharper and brighter profile." (Three Stars penguin Guide) |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Honegger: Symphonies 2 for strings & 4 'Deliciae basiliensis' Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/1992 ] 'One of the best new recordings of Honegger's music to have appeared for a long time... In his lightness of touch and responsiveness to colour and atmosphere, López-Cobos scores over almost all his rivals. Strongly recommended.' Gramophone |
STRAVINSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / DEBUSSY / BARTOK / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Conductors of the 20th Century-Ernest Ansermet Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire [ EMI The Great Conductors / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2002 ] The greatest conductors the world has ever known |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: L'Arlesienne (complete incidental music Op 23) (Rec 1985) Orfeon Donostiarra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Encore / CD - released 9/Jun/2006 ] L'Arlésienne - the girl from Arles (in Provence) was composed as incidental music to a play by Daudet. Nowadays the play is little-known but Bizet's music has become very familiar from the two orchestral suites. |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane / Le Festin de l'araignee Orchestre National de France, Georges Pretre [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Albert Roussel (1869-1937) was a French composer who spent seven years in the French Navy, only turning to music at the age of 25. He became one of the most prominent French composers of the inter-war period. |
GEORGE ENESCU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Enescu: Romanian Rhapsodies / Suites 1- 3 / Symphonie concertante Franco Maggio-Ormezowski (cello) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster [ Erato Ultima / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/1991 ] For most music lovers, George Enescu still amounts to Romanian Rhapsody No.1. That exhilarating squib has been recorded scores of times, but it's only recently that the great Romanian's later output has made international inroads. - MusicWeb |
ANTONIN DVORAK / BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Smetana: Suites & Serenades Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard [ Erato Bonsai / CD - released 8/Apr/1988 ] Original recording made in 1979 |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Piano works (Inc Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs, Valses nobles et sentimentales) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] Original recordings from 1974 and 1975 |
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) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Complete music for piano and orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony / London Philharmonic / Northern Sinfonia [ EMI Triples / 3 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] Gramophone wrote (of the First and Third Concertos): "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect". |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Harold Blackburn, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jan/1989 ] "Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear, Stafford Dean / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca / London / CD - released 18/Nov/1990 ] This recording remains unique and carries that special authority only the composer himself can bring to his recordings. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic" The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Aug/1991 ] "Ormandy's approach is to let the music speak for itself and has a simplicity that is very moving." (MusicWeb) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 "Pathetique" / Swan Lake - Suite Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Great romantic emotion coupled with vigorous temperament was the trademark of conducting legend Herbert von Karajan. His readings of Tchaikovsky's dramatic last symphony and the thrilling "Swan Lake" suite are perfect examples of his approach. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: The Seasons (complete ballet) Philharmonia Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1986 ] Without doubt two of Glazunov's most popular works are the ballets, Raymonda and The Seasons. These two works amply illustrate the composers gift for melody and a well-turned musical phrase, and deserve their place in the popular ballet repertoire. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete opera recorded in 1994 with libretto) Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Pay, Eileen Hulse, Phyllis Cannan, Nadine Secunde / Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Collins Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/1994 ] "The cast could hardly be bettered, with Felicity Lott an involving Governess and Philip Langridge mesmerising as the ghostly Quint. The whole enterprise… is a worthy counterpart to the composer's own" BBC Music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Virtuoso Cantatas Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse [ Virgin Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Forty of Vivaldi's chamber cantatas survive - short, dramatic works for solo voice and continuo on the conventional theme of unhappy love, written to order for an aristocratic audience. |
ANTONIN DVOARK / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Walton: Cello Concertos Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Victor / CD - released 6/Dec/1993 ] Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav into a Jewish family. As a child, he was taught violin and piano by his father. After seeing and hearing the cello, he was determined to become a cellist and was given his first cello when he was seven. |
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. |
