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) |
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 |
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 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1969 |
JERRY ROSS / RICHARD ADLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Damn Yankees Bebe Neuwirth & Victor Garber / 1994 Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Mercury / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piotr Beczala - Verdi Arias Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Borowicz, with Ewa Podles (contralto) & Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) [ Orfeo / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "The result is singing on a grand scale, impeccable in diction, tone and musicianship." (BBC Music Opera Choice July 2013) |
LEHAR / KALMAN / STOLZ / ROMBERG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Heart's Delight - The Songs Of Richard Tauber Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz, with Anna Netrebko, Richard Tauber & the Berlin Comedian Harmonists [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Jul/2013 ] "The surprise is the beautiful, rarely recorded Still wie die Nacht (As Still as Night) by the near-forgotten Carl Bohm. This disc will send Beczala's stock soaring, reaching a wider public than he has done so far." (Gramophone) |
CONFORTO / PORPORA / HASSE / NEBRA / MARCOLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bejun Mehta - El Maestro: Farinelli Bejun Mehta (countertenor) / Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Archiv / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "the disc's highlight is countertenor Bejun Mehta's poignant and beautifully controlled reading of Porpora's aria 'Alto Giove' from Polifemo" (BBC Music) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaques Bekova Sisters [ Chandos / CD - released 20/May/1994 ] Rachmaninov's two Piano Trios, both bearing the subtitle "Elegiaque" (elegiac), are dark, passionate works, composed under the influence of Tchaikovsky; the first is a short, one-movement piece rich in typically Slavic sentimentality, the second was... |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Piano Trios Nos 2 & 3 / Czech Rhapsody / Nocturnes The Bekova Sisters [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] The Bekova Sisters were born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. After their much-publicised reunion in the West and sensational debut in 1989 on the South Bank, London, the Sisters have rapidly established themselves on the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / HENRI DUTILLEUX / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy/Dutilleux/Ravel: String Quartets Belcea Quartet [ EMI Debut / CD - released 8/Feb/2002 ] Gramophone Awards 2001: Record of the Year Finalist |
BEETHOVEN / HOLST / BARBER / ARRIEU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven/Holst/Barber/Arrieu: Summer Music Belgian Wind Quintet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Belgium Radio & Television in December 1988 and January 1989 |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: L'Arlesienne [complete incidental music] / Jeux d'enfants Belgium Radio & Television Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Alexander Rahbari [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Currently selling for $35 (US) on Amazon |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Selections from the Ring Ben Heppner (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Peter Schneider (with Burkhard Ulrich as Mime) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Jul/2006 ] "On the strength of these excerpts, capably supported by Bayreuth veteran Schneider, Heppner's a natural, with the authentic heroic ring and seemingly effortless power, yet retaining beauty of tone and clear diction." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (June... |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Salve Regina - Gregorian Chant Benedictine Monks Of The Abbey Of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux [ Philips / CD - released 14/Feb/1987 ] Recorded At - Clervaux Abbey, Luxembourg, October 1959 |
MASSENET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / LALO / MASCAGNI / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beniamino Gigli - Heroes Beniamino Gigli (tenor) with various orchestras and conductors [ EMI classics / CD - released 1/Oct/1998 ] Gigli began singing at the age of seven at Recanati Cathedral. After lessons with Agnese Bonucci, he won a scholarship in Rome and studied with Cotogni and Rosati. He won an international competition at Parma in 1914, and later that year made a... |
NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN / DOMENICO SCARLATTI / ISAAC ALBENIZ / FREDERIC CHOPIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Benjamin Grosvenor - This & That Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Galton Concert Productions / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Less modestly it could have been called 'One Marvel after Another' for the performances... exhibit a skill and talent not heard since [Evgeny] Kissin's legendary teenage Russian debut." - Gramophone |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto in G major (with Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No 2) Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 16/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
QUILTER / MOERAN / BRITTEN / GRANGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: I Love My Love - a collection of British Folk Songs Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] 26 TRACKS - beautifully recorded |
WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Violin Concerto / Coronation Te Deum Benjamin Luxon (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti / Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Three classic performances on one budget CD |