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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas for alto / Cantatas for Solo Bass / German Cantatas [before Bach] Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
GLUCK / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / HASSE / VIVALDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (countertenor) orchestras conducted by Paul Dyer, Paul McCreesh, Sir Roger Norrington and Christophe Rousset [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] Andreas Scholl has been heralded as the greatest countertenor performing today. |
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dussek: Sonatas Vol II Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Apr/1995 ] Like his contemporary Clementi, Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) was one of a new breed of itinerant composer-virtuosos, feted in salons and palaces from London to St Petersburg. He was also something of a chancer, reputedly implicated in a plot to... |
BACH / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / CHOPIN / STRAVINSKY / SCHUBERT / GRIEG / BRITTEN
Andrei Gavrilov - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquencce / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Several long-deleted albums reissued in this comprehensive survey of Andrei Gavrilov's DG career: superbly engineered recordings of a pianist in the great Russian tradition. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Andrei Gavrilov: Prokofiev & Ravel Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/1993 ] Recorded in 1992 in Wiesbaden |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Etudes Op 10 & 25 / Ballades Nos 1 & 3 Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ EMI Nipper Collection / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] Chopin's genius is outstandingly interpreted in these recordings by Andrei Gavrilov. Andrei Gavrilov was born in Moscow in 1955, won first prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition and in that year also made a triumphant international... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Carnival / Papillons / Faschingsschwank aus Wien Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ EMI / CD - released 10/Mar/1989 ] "Superb recording and robust performances. Gavrilov is rightly considered one of the Great Pianists of the Century. Keen perception of Schumann phrasing, instant changes in dynamics, superb finger control, beautifully tuned piano make for a lively... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 / Violin Concerto Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Augustin Dumay (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy / London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 21/Oct/1997 ] Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gavrilov (May 30, 1923 - December 4, 1970), one of the eminent Russian painters during the middle of the 20th century, through whom Gavrilov also has German... |
ROSTISLAV BOIKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boiko: Symphony No 3 in D minor / Carpathian Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra in D Major Andrei Korsakov (violin) / Gosteleradio Choir, State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1980 & 1982 |
BONNET / VIERNE / LANGLAIS / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fete - French Organ Music Andrew Cantrill, organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington [ Morrison Trust New Zealand / CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] A cross-section of music from a fascinating and intense period of creativity in French organ music, the programme's title work is Jean Langlais' brash and celebratory Fête. |
BRAHMS / DVORAK / HAHN / STRAUSS / etc
Morgen: Songs For Cello & Piano Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] The return of one of New Zealand's favourite pianists. This is a special album for Rae de Lisle, who has created it with her son-in law Andrew (NZSO's Principal Cello) and daughter Julia (Principal Viola with the NZSO). |
LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
BROPHY / CARTER / GARDNER / XENAKIS / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON
Steep Steps: New Works for Bass Clarinet Andrew Uren (bass clarinet) / 175 East / STROMA [ Atoll Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "Here is a CD of outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres. I have waited for 20 years to make this CD because I wanted the repertoire to be strong. I believe that now the time... |
J. S. BACH
András Schiff plays Bach BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] András Schiff, born in 1953 in Budapest, is nowadays one of the most appreciated and distinguished pianists in the world. Magically, he brings life into pieces, makes them breathing and swinging and keeps up almost forgotten ideals of piano... |
VERDI / BELLINI / MASSENET / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu - Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/1996 ] "Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing." BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu: Verdi Heroines Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/2000 ] "Not only is Angela Gheorghiu in resplendent voice, the tone richer than for some time, but the beauty of her high notes is floated with Elysian, transcendental beauty." MusicWeb |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi per due (Verdi For Two) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Tenor and soprano bring meltingly beautiful tone and impeccable legato" BBC Music |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Angela Maria Blasi (soprano) / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1996 ] "...assured, refined, and velvety smooth interpretation, particularly in the third movement." |
KALMAN / LEHAR / SUPPE / STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Heart Alone: Favourite Operetta Arias and Duets Angelika Kirchschlager / Simon Keenlyside / Tonkunstler Orchestra / Alfred Eschwe [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "What impresses is not only the natural brilliance of the singers' vocal production but also the way in which pure display is subordinated to expression of true feeling." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice September 2008 |
MAYR / ROSSINI / MOSCA / COCCIA / PAER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arias for Marietta Marcolini - Rossini's first muse Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi [ Naive / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "Hallenberg is up to all the acrobatics Marcolini seems to have revelled in, her warm mezzo managing the writing's difficulties with assurance and articulating text and notes with flair...The accompaniments are well-managed under Fabio Biondi." BBC |
