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ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvořák: Complete Symphonies Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] In this complete edition of the Dvorák Symphonies, Otmar Suitner unites in an exemplary way the various characteristics of his conducting - formal awareness, idiomatic familiarity and an always onward-pressing, unsentimental temperament. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Symphonies & Rosamunde Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt, Willi Boskovsky [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "The playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden is quite excellent, with fine work from the strings and commendable clarity of wind textures. This may be "big-band" Schubert, but never once did I sense a heaviness to the ensemble." (MusicWeb) |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana Collection Stamitz Quartet, Joachim Trio, Roberto Plano (piano), Antonin Kubalek (piano) Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Theodore Kuchar [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD - released 1/May/2023 ] Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer born in Bohemia and later became a national symbol of Czech culture. Smetana's musical style was influenced by Czech folk music, classical traditions and romanticism. He is best known for his cycle of six... |
TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: Complete violin and oboe concertos Stefan Schilli (oboe) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "There is an abundance of enticing music, well performed by all the soloists. The orchestral sound is beautifully blended and well recorded." (MusicWeb) |
MOZART / LISZT / CHOPIN / BRITTEN / MacDOWELL / QUILTER / GODOWSKY / etc
Stephen Hough: The Erato Years 1987-1998 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Erato / 9 CD Box Set - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Some of Stephen Hough's most exquisite recordings come from his collaborations with EMI and Virgin Classics during this early period. |
BACH FAMILY / WASSENAER / COUPERIN / VIVALDI / etc
Karl Munchinger - The Baroque Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrieli to Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1946, and it was only... |
VERDI / ROSSINI / MOZART / GOUNOD / STRAUSS / DONIZETTI / etc
Sumi Jo: The Erato Recitals Sumi Jo (soprano) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Garzenich-Orchester Kalner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2018 ] International Korean superstar Korean soprano Sumi Jo made 10 recital albums for Erato and Warner Classics. They include some of her most captivating performances from Mozart to Johann Strauss, from Bach to Rossini, from Scarlatti to Verdi, Baroque,... |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (complete opera) Katarina Dalayman, Lars-Erik Jonsson, Hilde Leidland / Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "This set from Naxos really does him [Korngold] proud....The result is addictive music, certainly when performed with this degree of loving care. Leif Segerstam has the measure of this idiom." Classic CD |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Janice Watson, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Padmore / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Richard Hickox's plaudit-winning Haydn Mass Edition is now available as a complete boxed set. A full price collection but now available at a special price. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Choral Works (Incls Mass in the Dorian Mode & Requiem) Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Rachel Wheatley (soprano) William Purefoy (countertenor) / Finzi Singers (with Andrew Lumsden, organ) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2006 ] 'The Finzi Singers, 18-strong, give a fresh and atmospheric, beautifully-moulded performance' The Penguin Complete Guide |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Giacomo Aragall, Ingvar Wixell / National Philharmonic, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set ] "Sutherland is in her element here - and what a wonderful score it is too...Horne has the odd moment of unsteadiness in the early parts of the opera, but she is impressive in the brilliant Brindisi of the last Act" Penguin Guide |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: In memoriam: Michael Gielen: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 [recorded 1971 & 2013] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10613/10613216.jpg)
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: In memoriam: Michael Gielen: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 [recorded 1971 & 2013] SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Michael Gielen, Michael Gielen (conductor) [ Hanssler / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "An extreme treatment matches extreme music. I was fascinated, frankly, and the excellent playing from the SWR Symphony, along with impeccable studio-quality sound, adds to the spell. " Fanfare |
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MINKUS / MOZART
Ballets: Romeo & Juliet / The Sleeping Beauty / Don Quixote / Le Corsaire / The Lovers' Garden (Blu-ray) Teatro Alla Scala Ballet, with Natalia Osipova, Leonid Sarafanov, Nicoletta Manni, Roberto Bolle, Misty Copeland, etc [ C Major Blu-ray / 5 Blu-ray Box Set - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Five outstanding ballets from the legendary Teatro Alla Scala. |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10613/10613114.jpg)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CD + Blu-ray Audio + DVD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The hardcover edition of Claudio Abbado's legendary recording of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville is out of print and now available in a new packaged set: 2 CD + BD audio (24bit/96kHz) + DVD video box set. |
CHARLES IVES
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard R. Webster (organ) [ Sony Classical ./ RCA / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / von BINGEN / PART / HAYDN / DVORAK / etc
The Choral Collection Tonus Peregrinus, Camerata Bach Choir, Musica Ficta, Oxford Camerata, Choir of the Golden Age, TOWER Voices New Zealand, Simon Mayr Choir, etc [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "There's plenty to celebrate here, not least sterling performances by Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly (including Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem and other choral pieces, and a fine Hildegard CD). |
JOACHIM RAFF
Raff: Complete Piano Works Tra Nguyen [ Grand Piano / 6 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2024 ] "excellent Nguyen playing with intelligence and devotion - especially the ambitious Grande Sonate." BBC Music (Vol 5) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6 BWV 825-830 / Italian Concerto BWV 971 / French Overture BWV 831 / Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Trevor Pinnock (harpischord) [ Archiv Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2003 ] "captures every sound (musical and otherwise) of the Ruckers instrument with the utmost fidelityis pure pleasure." Gramophone, 08/1995 reviewing the Goldberg Variations |
