CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable" / Sibelius: Tapiola Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Masters / CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/1995 ] By one estimate Karajan was the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, having sold an estimated 200 million records. |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (with Borodin - Polovtsian Dances) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deusche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 16/Mar/2000 ] "Karajan's 1967 recording brings much adour from the glorious Berlin strings in the Andante. The outer movements have great vitality and trust, and the bright percussion transients add to the feeling of zest." (Penguin Guide) |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / Variations for Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert/Schumann: Symphony No. 4 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 12/Oct/1996 ] "Harnoncourt's interpretations are never dull, and over the last 25 years he has often been at his most provocative when he brings his ideas on performing style to traditional symphony orchestras such as the Concertgebouw and Berlin Phil." Review of... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMIi Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/1989 ] "If any EMI recording by Sir John deserves inclusion this is it. In my opinion it is the best Mahler recording he left us. I've always felt his view of the first movement's overall tempo and pacing to be as near definitive as you can get. There is... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 Op. 9 / Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene Op. 34 / Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G Min Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] In these three contrasting works, the spirits of Modernism, Romanticism and Classicism are invoked by Arnold Schoenberg - a revolutionary whose aesthetic roots lay firmly in tradition. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Riccardo Chailly, with Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 21/Aug/1996 ] |
EDWARD MacDOWELL / MRS. H.H. A. BEACH / GEORGE GERSHWIN / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Romantic Piano Concerto Volume 6 Eugene List, Mary-Louise Boehm, Abbott Ruskin (piano) / Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] This series presents some of the concertos written by performing virtuoso/composers of the Romantic tradition of piano playing. |
JOHANN STRAUSS I & II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 3 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II / JOSEPH STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 8 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
JOSEPH STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 9 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
JOSEPH LANNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol.1 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Orchestral Music (The Flying Dutchman, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, etc) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philhamonic], Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 23/Mar/1992 ] 'Superb playing, vividly recorded. Karajan is a fine Wagnerian and with the orchestra he has fashioned so completely to his own vision he gives superlative performances.' (Gramophone) |
BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Karajan Symphony Edition] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 38 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2004 ] Available only as a limited edition! The definitive 38-CD set of eight great symphonic cycles from Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. At a super-budget price, this set is a perfect gift with which to begin or complete a library. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No.9 Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Teldec / CD ] The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109, is the last symphony on which Anton Bruckner worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death in 1896; Bruckner dedicated it "to the beloved God" (in German, dem lieben Gott). The symphony... |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hionegger: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century Clasics / CD - released 12/Dec/1992 ] "Karajan's performances of these Honegger symphonies enjoy legendary status - and rightly so." (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 / Rosamunde, D797: Ballet Music Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "These splendidly recorded Karajan performances are exceptional. The Third Symphony's second subject is memorable under Karajan, with ravishing tone on the top A: pure bel canto. String playing is lithe and witty." (Gramophone) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.1 & 6 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] , Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] "This is Karajan at his finest..very strongly recommended" (*** Penguin Stereo Guide) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 8 Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 19/Mar/1997 ] Unlike other musical radicals such as Richard Wagner and Hugo Wolf, Bruckner showed extreme humility before other musicians, Wagner in particular. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak - Tone Poems (Incls Golden Spinning Wheel & Noon Witch) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2005 ] "Rattle's readings of Dvorák's tone poems set a new standard" (Orchestral album of the Month BBC Music Sept 2005) |