JOSEF SUK / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Suk: Serenade for Strings / Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Conifer Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/1989 ] Recorded in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, December 1988 |
CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE:Ives: 3 Places In New England, New England Holidays & They Are There! Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman [ Decca Rosette Collection / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "David Zinman's account of New England Holidays is persuasive. The performance of the four movements has considerable refinement but Ives' whacky side is done full justice too...This is a very desirable album." MusicWeb |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 Bamberger Symphoniker, Christoph Eschenbach [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 5/Apr/1991 ] "...the Bamberger Symphoniker has never sounded lovelier. Furthermore, recorded sound is a match for their lithe, astonishingly lucid, interpretively clairvoyant performances." ClassicalCDReview |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Symphony No. 3 / Konzertwalzer No. 2 Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Mar/1988 ] It is now time to rehabilitate Glazunov's symphonies. Whoever studies them intensively will discover some of the finest music of their time and particularly under the wonderful baton of the great Glazunov champion Neeme Järvi. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Symphony No. 6 / Poème lyrique op. 12 Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Mar/1988 ] It is now time to rehabilitate Glazunov's symphonies. Whoever studies them intensively will discover some of the finest music of their time and particularly under the wonderful baton of the great Glazunov champion Neeme Järvi. |
FRANZ KROMMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krommer: Symphonies Op 40 & Op 102 London Mozart Players, Matthais Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/1994 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano Kristóf Baráti (violin) Klára Würtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2012 ] Sonatas for piano with violin, Beethoven thought of them, and the early set of three Op. 12 does seem to look back towards the early Classical, even late-Baroque emphasis on the multi-voiced part to which the violin adds emphasis or decoration as... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Requiem fur Mignon / Nachtlied / Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Boney, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, etc / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gar [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] Includes complete texts with translations |
FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow [Die Lustige Witwe] Barbara Bonney, Bo Skovhus, Bryn Terfel, Cheryl Studer / Monteverdi Choir / Vienna Philharmonic, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "A great reasonably modern Merry Widow with great acoustics...Great Conducting by Gardiner, the singers in the main parts are enjoyable." Review |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Barbara Bonney, Frank Lopardo / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Vienna Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Oct/2002 ] This energetic and striking choral work, first performed in 1937, uses the words of bawdy 13th-century student poems in Latin and German that celebrate drinking, lovemaking, and other earthly delights. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera) Barbara Bonney, Gilles Cachemaille, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Kurt Streit, Sumi Jo / Drottningholm Court Theatre / Arnold Ostman [ Decca / L'Oiseau-Lyre / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/May/1993 ] "Barbara Bonney is a charming Pamina, with Kurt Streit a free-toned tamino and with Gilles Cachemaille as Papageno both finely focused and full of fun." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
GRIEG / SIBELIUS / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN / SJOBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Diamonds in the Snow Barbara Bonney (soprano) Antonio Pappano (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2000 ] Gramophone Magazine 2000 Winner - Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barbara Hendricks - Mozart Opera and Conceret Arias Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/1998 ] Recorded at Air Studios, London, March 1997 |
ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Symphony in F sharp / Sechs einfache Lieder / Mariettas Lied Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Franz Welser-Most [ EMI Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/1996 ] "I can warmly recommend this newcomer for the contrasting light that Welser-Most sheds on the Symphony" (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in B Flat Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" / Andante Favori Barry Douglas (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] Originally recorded in December 1987 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Sonata in B minor / etc (with works by Webern & Berg) Barry Douglas (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1992 ] Originally recorded in June 1991 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Preludes Barry Douglas (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Originally recorded in November 1992 |
TELEMANN / CHERUBINI / FORSTER / WEBER / LEOPOLD MOZART / JOHANN STICH / FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / MICHAEL HAYDN /
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Horn Concertos Barry Tuckwell (horn) / English Chamber Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin / Neville Marriner [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2001 ] "The recording throughout is of EMI's finest analogue quality, and the remastering retains the warmth and beauty of the originals." (Penguin Guide) |
KNECHTL / REINHARDT / QUANTZ / GRAUN / ROLLIG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Horn Concertos Barry Tuckwell (horn) with Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown [ Decca / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] Tuckwell was born in Melbourne and studied in Sydney. His first appointments were when he was just fifteen and he played with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. Leaving Australia for England in 1950 he held various posts and in 1955 was... |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano) [ Decca / CD ] Recorded August 1996, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth |