ERIC SATIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Les Inspirations insolites Eric Satie Aldo Ciccolini, Michel Legrand, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Mady Mesple, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, etc [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1990 ] The music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) remains as provocative, delightful - and surprising - as ever. These 2 CDs, featuring artists with impeccable credentials in French repertoire, draw together more unusual and rarely recorded repertoire. |
FREDERICK LOEWE
Loewe: My Fair Lady Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan & Bob Hoskins / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ Jay Digital / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1988 ] My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Complete Operas (Aleko; Francesca da Rimini; The Miserly Knight) Sergei Aleksashkin, Sergei Larin, Sergei Leiferkus, Ilya Levinsky, Anne Sofie von Otter / Gothenburg Opera Chorus & Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/2004 ] "Fine version" (Alexo)..."recording quality quite outstanding" (Francesca)..."A most desirable set" (Miserly Knight) (Penguin Guide) |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Serenade / Sinfoniettas / Concerto for Two Violins San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra, with Igor & Vesna Gruppman (violins) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1992 ] "This 90s release is fine example of the late, lamented Koch International and Malcolm Arnold. For someone not familiar with Arnold's music, this long out-of-print CD is a fine introduction (especially the Serenade for Small Orchestra)" Thomas Martin |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The preludes and fugues Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "Melnikov unquestionably gives an impression of freshness and daring, as if he's discovering the music for the first time." (BBC Music Award WINNER 2011 - Instrumental) |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins & Yvonne de Carlo / 1971 Original Broadway Cast [ Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2012 ] Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 29 "Hammerklavier" & 26 "Les adieux" Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Original recording 1994 and 1995 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Piano Concerto No.2 in A major / Legendes / La lugubre Gondola Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 20/Feb/1982 ] Recorded: London, 6/1981. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Five Piano Concertos Alfred Brendel (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / James Levine [ Philips Digital Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "doesn't come any better than this these days" - Gramophone |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Concertos / Danse macabre Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Trio / CD - released 14/Nov/1990 ] Originally recorded May, 1972 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Rondo in B flat / "Pathetique" Sonata Alfred Brendel (piano) / Vienna Symphony, Heinz Wallberg [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Vox Prima(TM) "digitally remastered" CD in its original, fold-open, cardboard "CD-Wallet" (instead of jewel case) |
ALEXANDER BORODIN / ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Borodin: Kismet Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow / 1953 Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest. |
CLAY WARNICK & MEL PAHL
Warnick/Pahl : The Adventures of Marco Polo Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow / Original Televeision Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] Evidently tailored to cash in on the success of Kismet, created two years before, The Adventures of Marco Polo again teamed Alfred Drake and Doretta Morrow, who had beguiled crowds on Broadway and the West End in the earlier musical. |
MARK HOLLMANN
Hollmann: Urinetown David Beach, Rachel Coloff / 2001 Broadway Cast [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/2011 ] Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical that premiered in 2001, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy |
COLE PORTER
Porter: Kiss Me, Kate [Original Broadway Cast in Stereo] Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison / Broadway Cast [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Directed by John C. Wilson with choreography by Hanya Holm, the original cast included Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Charles Wood and Harry Clark. |
EDWARD ELGAR / ARTHUR BLISS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto / Bliss: Theme and Cadenza / Introduction & Allegro Alfredo Campoli (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adian Boult, Arthur Bliss [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. Edward Elgar dedicated his Violin... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Mozart in Paris Orcestre de Chambre Fernand Oubradous, Fernand Oubradous, with various soloists [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "This recording of all of Mozart's compositions from his visits to Paris in 1763 & 1778 & performed by the Fernand Oubradous Orchestra has long been seen to be the definitive recording of these pieces" |
HENRY KRIEGER
Krieger: Side Show Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner / Original 1997 Broadway Cast [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Side Show is a musical by Bill Russell (book and lyrics) and Henry Krieger (music) based on the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who became famous stage performers in the 1930s. |
FRANZ LISZT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Liszt: First Piano Concertos Alice Sara Ott (piano) / Munchner Philharmoniker, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "What makes these performances stand out is Ott's thoughtful approach to both concertos, eschewing empty display and bringing weight, detail and a range of colours to the solo parts. These bring their own rewards." (Gramophone) |
MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla: Obras para piano Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Jul/1992 ] De Larrocha made numerous recordings of the solo piano repertoire and in particular the works of composers of her native Spain. She is best known for her recordings of the music of Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Federico Mompou, and Isaac... |