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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Lohengrin (highlights recorded in 1993) Bayreuther Festspiele / Paul Frey, Cheryl Studer, Gabriele Schnau, Ekkehard Wlaschiha / Peter Schneider(cond) [ Philips / - released 20/Sep/1995 ] "Schneider conducts effectively; Studer, Schnaut and Wlaschiha impress." BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 **** |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera filmed in 1993) Bayreuther Festspiele / Paul Frey, Cheryl Studer, Gabriele Schnau / Peter Schneider(cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] G - "Film director Herzog (Fitzcarraldo) creates an atmospheric staging amid glaciers and stone circles. Schneider conducts effectively; Studer, Schnaut and Wlaschiha impress." BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 **** |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Gotterdammerung (recorded 1992) Bayreuther Festspiele / Siegfried Jerusalem, Bodo Brinkmann, Anne Evans, Hilde Leidland, Eva-Maria Bundschuh / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Music Vision / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2010 ] "If a cycle is going as well as the Harry Kupfer/Daniel Barenboim Ring was, the super-test of Götterdämmerung brings out the best in everyone… Barenboim manipulates his orchestra with Furtwänglerian virtuosity" Gramophone 2007 |
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RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Ballet Music: The Great Detective & The Angels BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "... there's no lack of energy and swagger here ... Yates and his musicians have the full measure of both works and Dutton provides a fine, spacious, and colorful audio environment for the record, too. Highly recommended." Fanfare |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ein Heldenleben (with Schubert: Symphony No 8) BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling [ BBC Legends / CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] "I know that experienced listeners are not likely to want another Heldenlebel, which every great orchestra seems to program and record. If you can overcome your reluctance, though, Sanderling's is something special." |
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GEORGE LLOYD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lloyd: Symphony No.1 on A / Symphony No 12 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, George Lloyd [ Albany / CD - released 2/Jul/1990 ] This release, with engineering by the renowned Tony Faulkner, has been a favorite demo disc for years. |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Sursum Corda, Op. 13 / Sinfonietta, Op. 5 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1995 ] "…the Chandos recording is altogether superb in terms of definition and opulence. A ripely enjoyable disc of beautifully played performances, and a valuable addition to the catalogue, with the sumptuous sound-picture." The Penguin Guide, 3 stars |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dutilleux: Symphonies No s 1 & 2 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] "vivid and persuasive performances...the sound is really state of the art" Rosette Recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Caroline Mathilde (concert suite) / Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner / etc BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in 1991 |
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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 1 BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "very good modern recordings and fine playing...Great fun; a reminder of the composer's relaxed, more genial side" MusicWeb |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Gianandrea Noseda Rachmaninov series / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] "This is an excellent way of coming to know a flawed but interesting piece of Rachmaninov, and it is much helped by excellent presentation from Chandos" Gramophone |
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GEORGE ENESCU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Enescu:: Symphony No..3 / Romanian Rhapsody Op 11, No 1 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "Under the baton of Rozhdestvensky, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra have a distinctively soviet contour, with astringent strings and vivid orchestral attacks." MusicWeb |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos.2 'The Four Temperaments' & 5 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] "great music, exciting music-making" The Times |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] A 1992 recording |
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ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 1 & No. 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 3 & No. 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Westerlings / Corpus Christi, with cat and mouse / etc BBC Singers, Simon Joly [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Originally recorded in March 1995 |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 2/Aug/1991 ] Originally recorded Abbey Road Studio No 1, London, February 1990 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Trios Poemes, Cinq melodies, Chansons, etc (with Roussel: Symphony No. 3) BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) with Jessye Norman & Jill Gomez [ Sony / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Original recordings from 1975 to 1979 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 9 Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "PentaTone's DSD remastering of the four-channel original for SACD shows what fine recordings these always were; the sound is quite simply beautiful." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |