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JOHAN SVENDSEN
Svendsen: Norwegian Suites / Romeo and Juliet / Zorahayda South Jutland Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "The South Jutland Symphony Orchestra has had Carl Gararguly, Iona Brown and Niklas Willén among its past conductors and this shows in the excellence of their ensemble…deserves special praise." MusicWeb |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor 'Wagner Symphony' Staatskapelle Dresden, Yannick Nezet-Seguin [ Hanssler Profil / CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2017 ] "[the Dresden Staatskapelle] bring a feeling for the special sound world of this version that beats all rivals" BBC Music Five Stars Orchestral Choice March 2017 |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Symphony No. 2 "Ocean" / Ballet Music from 'Feramors' State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovchin [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in October 1993 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. |
VINCENCO BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bellini: Beatrice Di Tenda (complete opera with libretto) Edita Gruberova, Vesselina Kasarova, Igor Morosow / ORF Symphony Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg [ Nightingale / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "Gruberova is a more involved singer than Sutherland, a brilliant technician and a musician of considerable finesse" BBC Music (comparing versions) |
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liebermann: Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lowell Liebermann [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "...his playing is both rich in poetic insight and alive to the tonal allure of the score … an outstanding release that can be warmly recommended' (Hi-Fi News) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2 Stephen Hough (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/1998 ] "Technical perfection and very good sound are certainly present in Virgin's new issue...Stephen Hough is a fine young artist." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete concertos 2 (Incls Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" & Triple Concerto) Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, with Henryk Szeryng (violin) & Janos Starker (cello) [ Decca Duo / CD - released 27/Oct/1994 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone) |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: The Protecting Veil (complete) / The Last Sleep of the Virgin) Steven Isserlis (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky / Chilingirian Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Isserlis/Rozhdestvensky pioneering version of Tavener's Protecting Veil hardly needs any recommendation from me." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Concertos Vol 1 Steven Kovacevich (piano) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] "...the best of these performances are well worth Philips' modest asking price" ClassicsToday "Steven Kovacevich's performance for Philips (is) still the touchstone in these works." ClassicalCandor |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust, Op.34 Stuart Burrows (tenor) Edith Mathis (soprano) Donald McIntyre (bass) Thomas Paul (bass) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/1988 ] "This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade." MusicWeb |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges Susan Davenny Wyner, Jocelyne Taillon, Jane Berbié, Arleen Augér, Linda Finnie, Philip Langridge / London Symphony, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Andre Prev [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts) is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure... |
ANDRE MESSAGER / REYNALDO HAHN / ANDRE MESSAGER / MOISES SIMONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham - French Operetta Arias (C'est Ça La Vie, C'est Ça L'amour...) Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Yves Abel [ Erato / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] Graham made her international début at Covent Garden in 1994, playing Massenet's Chérubin. She has also premièred several roles in contemporary operas, including John Harbison's The Great Gatsby and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter II Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling [ EMI / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / BMG / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 -1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and repertoire" |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Turanga (time) and lila (love) come together in this epic symphony by a modern master |
PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: Piano Concerto / Music for Japan / Song of Tailitnama / Little Nourlangle Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart, with David Drury (organ), Mark Atkins (didjeridu), Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1996 ] "Australia's greatest composer" - Limelight magazine Peter Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of the country. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphonies No.1 & 5 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Neeme Järvi [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Mar/1985 ] Like Camille Saint-Saëns in France or Max Bruch in Germany, Alexander Glazunov was a truly progressive, but formally conservative-thinking composer who was not willing to sacrifice the traditional symphonic form to superficial Modernism. |
VERNON DUKE / HAROLD ROME
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Ballet on Broadway & Nantucket - show music -- many of them never before recorded. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lehmen Engel, with songs performed by The Patios [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1993 ] Ben Bagley was an American musical producer and record producer. In 1971, Ben embarked on a new and impressive career. He produced 47 highly distinctive albums of show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo / Scottish Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "One of the great classic opera recordings of a work that balances farce with touching romance." (BBC Music) |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Anything Goes Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Jack Gilford / Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Anything Goes, from 1934, was one of Porter's few notable Broadway successes and was the first of his musicals to star Ethel Merman, who went on to star in several other Porter shows. |
