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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler:: Das Lied Von Der Erde Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] "Gerhaher is well worth hearing, and with his fabulous range of colour and immaculate diction he makes a better case for a male voice, rather than the usual mezzo, in this cycle than any baritone I've heard since Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau." Guardian |
PALESTRINA / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / VICTORIA / FAURE / DURUFLE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mysteries Beyond - songs and chants in the praise of Mary Kathleen Bride (soprano), Mark Krucez (organ), Vinson Cole (tenor), Patrick Stephens (piano) / Voices Of Ascension, Dennis Keene [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra, founded and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, is one of the world's premier professional choral ensembles. |
HANS PFITZNER
Pfitzner: Concerto for piano and orchestra In Es-Dur Op. 31 Volker Banfield (piano) / Munich Philharmonic, Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] Recording: Bayerischer Rundfunk; 3. + 4. November 1982 |
ARVO PART
Pärt: And I Heard A Voice (LP) Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve (conductor) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt's music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer - a relationship that builds on the... |
HEINRICH BACH / JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH / JOHANN MICHAEL BACH / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Heinrich, Johann Christoph, Johann Michael, Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantaten Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier [ Ricercar / CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "Throughout this beguiling programme, Vox Luminis inhabit a world from which you'll need to drag yourself away" Gramophone December 2019 Critics' Choice |
GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) Netherlands Opera / Véronique Gens / Mireille Delunsch / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer & Symphonie, Op. 20 Véronique Gens; Orchestre National de Lille; Alexandre Bloch [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Ernest Chausson is a most unusual figure in French music, positioned at the crossroads where the romanticism of Berlioz and Franck meet the language of Wagner and the symbolism of the young Debussy. His Poème de l'amour et de la mer is a unique score... |
BO LINDE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Linde: Volin Sonatas / Duos Ulf Wallin (violin) Love Derwinger (piano) Johan Silvmark (xylophone) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Linde's music is often described as lyrical and expressive, characterized by richly contrasting passages and a fresh approach to traditional forms. (translated from Dutch) |
WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations Peter Donohoe (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] William Walton occupies his own position in English music of the twentieth century, chronologically between the generation of Gustav Hoist and Vaughan Williams and that of Benjamin Britten. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Rückert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder / Lieder Aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn Waltraud Meier (mezzo soprano) with Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] "The lovely Waltraud Meier's voice is appropriate for all three selections on this disc. A mezzo-soprano, she handles the low notes with confidence, and the high notes remain attractive" ClassicalNet |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 4 - 6 / Fragment Op.103 Weller Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 12/Apr/1992 ] "The Haydn quartets (are) most beautifully played... buoyant and colourful." ClassicalNet |
GEOFFREY BURGON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Burgon: Choral Music (Incls Short Mass & Nunc dimittis) Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens, with David Bednall (organ) & Alan Thomas (trumpet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] 'The national soundtrack for the past three decades...[Burgon] shows what can be done with some simple ideas and a top-flight cathedral choir' (Album of the Week - The Independent) |
JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Werner Hollweg, Edita Gruberova, Christian Boesch, Barbara Bonney / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/May/2009 ] "..the cast is strong too, with Marjana Lipovtek's Orlovsky particularly impressive...he men, including Josef Protschka as Alfred, are very good and so are the lively Netherlands Opera Chorus and the Concertgebouw Orchestra." (Gramophone) |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Ruralia Hungarica West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] Originally released in 1992 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Great is the Lord Westminster Abbey Choir / James O'Donnell (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] From the regal opulence of Great is the Lord to the quiet devotion of Ave verum and Ave Maria, this varied programme is the perfect guide through Elgar's rich choral output. James O'Donnell transports the men and boys of Westminster Abbey through the... |
STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020 Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] The New Year's Concert, one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events, returns for the 81st time to present to viewers a sensational programme made up of the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 (recorded 1938) Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 24/Sep/2004 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 49) BBC MUSIC |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104 (Edition Haas) Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "A performance that is both of a piece with itself and at peace with one of the most glorious of all Bruckner's musical bequests." - Gramophone Magazine, November 2021 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4-6 (and Documentaries about each Symphony) BLU-RAY Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philhamonic] / Christian Thielemann [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Mar/2011 ] "The performances, the Vienna Philharmonic on top form, can't help sounding wonderful...oddly, it is the discussions that are the most enjoyable elements in this ambitious set." (BBC Music Magazine) |
