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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (a film by Robert Dornhelm) Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Rolando Villazon (tenor) / The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 5/Dec/2009 ] "The lovers' sheer intensity and Dornhelm's cinematic vision, expanded in the accompanying documentary, make this one of the finest opera films ever - unmissable." BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****) |
BERLIOZ / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / DVORAK / GOUNOD / MOZART / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko - Opera Arias Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "A rising star shows off her fine voice: the personal touch is still to come." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (1977 recording) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, Jose van Dam / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1977 ] Original recording from 1977 |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / MARC-ANTONIE CHARPENTIER / MICHEL LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne Sofie von Otter - Ombre de Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) / Chœur et orchestre Les Arts florissants, William Christie [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 25/Jan/2010 ] "Von Otter sounds utterly wretched in Medea's lament for her lost love; then she intensifies her tone as she summons up demons and monsters...[she] conveys Phaedra's various emotions with consummate ease." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Recital |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Harold In Italy / Les Nuits d'ete Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Antoine Tamestit (viola) / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Naive Classique / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Minkowski gives an energetic, crisp, emphatic reading. The sinewy sound of the Louvre players' period instruments, though, lends it a rougher, almost folkier texture, against which the viola's individual voice stands out more sharply than usual."... |
W. A. MOZART / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK / JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne Sofie von Otter - Opera Arias Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) / English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / CD - released 6/Oct/1997 ] This disc, an entirely personal selection of arias from the Viennese Classical period, means all the more to her including, arias sung by dramatic and passionate women 'most of whom', she admits ''I have never performed on stage" Gramophone |
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EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lieder [Songs] Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Feb/2007 ] "A 'must' for any collection of songs…Don't miss it" - Gramophone |
OFFENBACH / STRAUSS II / MILLOCKER / ZELLER / KALMAN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Champagne-Operette / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] With her light and silvery soprano and her acting skills, Annelise Rothenberger captivated opera audiences the world over, and not only on stage: her television performances brought the world of opera and operetta into Germany's living rooms,... |
BENNY ANDERSSON / BJORN ULVAEUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: I let the music speak: A celebration of the music of ABBA Anne-Sofie von Otter (soprano) Benny Andersson (piano) / Fleshquartet and others [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] Anne Sofie von Otter's present album was born from her passion for the music of Benny Andersson - a long-standing admiration that dates back more than two decades. |
ANDRE PREVIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Previn: Violin Concerto (with Bernstein-Serenade) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Nov/2003 ] 2005 Grammy Award Winner: Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) |
EDOUARD LALO / PABLE de SARASATE / GEORGE BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Bizet: Carmen Suite & Jeux d'enfants Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] Today one of the world's top musicians - back then a child prodigy whose emotional power and technical prowess fascinated audiences and critics alike. |
BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / FRANCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - Berlin Recital Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Orkis Mutter (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/1996 ] Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, Grosser Saal, 9/1995 |
KAROL SZYMANOWSK / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE:Szymanowski: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra, Paroles tisées Antal Dorati, Chantal Juillet, Charles Dutoit, Paul Kletzki, Peter Pears, Witold Lutoslawski, Peter Jablonski, etc [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Chantal Juillet plays marvelously, and Charles Dutoit and his Montréal forces are happily on top form here. A really rewarding disc, especially if you have been waiting (like me) for these fine readings to return to circulation." ClassicalNet |
PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: The Fifth Continent / Port Arthur: In Memoriam / Djilile / Piano Concerto / Earth Cry / etc Anthony Fogg (piano) / Tasmanian & Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn / Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble / Peter Sculthorpe (speaker) [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 30/Jan/1999 ] A delightful selection of works by this renowned Australian composer. |
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.C.): Piano Concertos Op.13, Nos 4 - 6 & 14 Anthony Halstead (pianoforte) / Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / CD - released 30/Jun/2001 ] Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. |
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.C.): Piano Concertos Op.13, Nos 1 - 3 Anthony Halstead (pianoforte) / Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / CD - released 30/Jun/1999 ] "These splendid performances from Anthony Halstead directing the Hanover Band from the keyboard are appealingly fluent, full of flair and vitality...His solo playing is very persuasive and the result is delightfully intimate." Penguin Guide |
JOHN RUTTER / DAVID FANSHAWE / TRADITIONAL / ROBERT BURNS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: The Choirboy Anthony Way (treble) [ Total Records / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. His mother was a housewife. His father worked as an officer at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. |
HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op. 10: Nos. 13 - 24 Joseph Banowetz (piano) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 6/Jul/2011 ] "They are, as one would expect, salon pieces, written to amuse and doubtless gently flatter, cast in what would be idioms familiar to the court from Rubinstein's playing." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Sonata in F Minor / 16 Waltzes Antti Siirala (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Aug/2004 ] "... naturally pianistic and elegant... real imagination and eloquence... a dream of wonderfully sustained intensity and dynamic murmur... sonorous and boldly alive." - International Piano Quarterly |
