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ALBENIZS / GOSS / TARREGA / GRANADOS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Xuefei Yang - 40 Degrees North Xuefei Yang (guitar) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Aficionados of fine music, irrespective of specific disposition, will not be disappointed by this excellent recording." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / CHRISTOPHER HEADINGTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss/Headington: Violin Concertos Xue-Wei (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover [ ASV / CD ] The Strauss Violin Concerto was first performed publicly on 5 December 1882, in the Bösendorfersaal of the Herrengasse in Vienna. The soloist was the dedicatee Benno Walter. Strauss himself played his own piano reduction of the orchestral parts.... |
MOZART / MASCAGNI / CHOPIN / VIVALDI / OFFENBACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best-Loved Classics Volume 3 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) Dmitri Alexeev (piano) Placido Domingo (tenor) & others [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/1988 ] The perfect introduction to the world's most popular classics with recordings drawn from the vast EMI catalogue. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Concerto for viola / Trio Sonata Yuri Bashmet (viola) / Moscow Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Aug/1991 ] "works were composed specifically for these star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive" |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness (with works by Geiser & Oboussier) Zara Nelsova (cello) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Her Schelomo has a surprising payload of richness of sound and certainly Nelsova has deep reserves of passion which flows tirelessly." MusicWeb |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / Rondo (with Smetana - Bartered Bride Overture) Zara Nelsova (cello) / Saint-Louis Symphony Orchestra, walter Susskind [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Originally recorded in 1983 |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, John Carradine / Original Broadway Cast [ Angel / EMI Broadway Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Original Soundtrack) Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Pil Silvers, Leon Greeene [ MGM Sountracks / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Original Soundtrack recorded in 1966 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2005) Zurich Opera / Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Elena Mosuc, Marcello Giordani, Cheyne Davidson / Franz Welser-Most (cond) [ EMI Classics / DVD - released 26/Mar/2007 ] The Belgian director of this production, Philippe Sireuil, was heavily inspired by Aki Kaurismäki's film version of Henri Murger's novel "Scènes de la vie de Bohème". |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Stabat Mater Op 58 Zvetkova, Donose, Botha, Scandiuzzi, Johan Botha, Roberto Scandiuzzi / Staatskapelle Dresden, Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 17/May/2001 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002 - Choral |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Blu-ray)
[ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Sep/2008 ] Butch & Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action & skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch & Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Impromptus D899 / Moments Musicaux / etc Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Schubert's music, along with that of Bach and Mozart, is one of the cornerstones upon which Schiff built his reputation as a thoughtful and intelligent performer." AllMusic |
ZBIGNIEW PREISNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Preisner: Requiem for my Friend Elzbieta Towarnicka / Varsov Chamber Choir / Sinfonia Varsovia / Jacek Kaspszyk [ Erato / CD - released 4/Sep/1998 ] "Play it loud and feel the hairs on the back of your neck stick up! Fantastic" (review) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 4 Emil Gilels (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] Gilels stands with Sviatoslav Richter as the two greatest Russian pianists of his generation. His virtuosity always placed at the service of the music whilst the lucidity and purity of his pianism captured the very essence of what he was performing. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Le Bourgeois gentilhomme / Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 11/Jun/1987 ] Recorded at No.1 Studio,Abbey Road, 1986 & 1987 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Mass In C Minor K.427 Ileana Cotrubas, Kiri te Kanawa, Werner Krenn, Hans Sotin / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ EMI / CD - released 15/Oct/1985 ] "Leppard's is the (Mass in C minor) to enjoy propped up on deep cushions and with a glass of your favourite liqueur." Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Music from Guildford Cathedral, The Albert Hall, Nottingham, Coventry Cathedral and Kidderminster Town Hall Philip Moore, Michael Overbury, Christopher Bowers Broadbent and Andrew Millington (organists) [ Priory LP Archive Series Vol 4 / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "...Priory contines to admirable project of remastering the best of its LP recordings from the 1980s and making them available as CDs...all played brilliantly by Christopher Bowers Broadbent...all brilliantly captured by Priory's very capable... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Keyboard Concertos (complete) / Italian Concerto / etc Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Classical / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Most of the works on these discs started life in another form. Perahia is an eloquent advocate, not least in Bach's wonderful slow movements, above all in a superb account of the Italian Concerto." Sunday Times |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Simon Rattle Edition: Stravinsky Peter Donohoe (piano) / London Sinfonetta, Berlin Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Simon Rattle Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Feb/2009 ] The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of Stravinsky's musical life including six ballets, Symphonies, Suites, the Ebony Concerto, and more. |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Symphony in D minor / Le Chasseur maudit Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Original recording from 1983 |
