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ROSTISLAV BOIKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boiko: Symphony No 3 in D minor / Carpathian Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra in D Major Andrei Korsakov (violin) / Gosteleradio Choir, State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1980 & 1982 |
BONNET / VIERNE / LANGLAIS / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fete - French Organ Music Andrew Cantrill, organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington [ Morrison Trust New Zealand / CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] A cross-section of music from a fascinating and intense period of creativity in French organ music, the programme's title work is Jean Langlais' brash and celebratory Fête. |
BRAHMS / DVORAK / HAHN / STRAUSS / etc
Morgen: Songs For Cello & Piano Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] The return of one of New Zealand's favourite pianists. This is a special album for Rae de Lisle, who has created it with her son-in law Andrew (NZSO's Principal Cello) and daughter Julia (Principal Viola with the NZSO). |
LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
BROPHY / CARTER / GARDNER / XENAKIS / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON
Steep Steps: New Works for Bass Clarinet Andrew Uren (bass clarinet) / 175 East / STROMA [ Atoll Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "Here is a CD of outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres. I have waited for 20 years to make this CD because I wanted the repertoire to be strong. I believe that now the time... |
J. S. BACH
András Schiff plays Bach BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] András Schiff, born in 1953 in Budapest, is nowadays one of the most appreciated and distinguished pianists in the world. Magically, he brings life into pieces, makes them breathing and swinging and keeps up almost forgotten ideals of piano... |
VERDI / BELLINI / MASSENET / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu - Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/1996 ] "Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing." BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu: Verdi Heroines Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/2000 ] "Not only is Angela Gheorghiu in resplendent voice, the tone richer than for some time, but the beauty of her high notes is floated with Elysian, transcendental beauty." MusicWeb |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi per due (Verdi For Two) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Tenor and soprano bring meltingly beautiful tone and impeccable legato" BBC Music |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Angela Maria Blasi (soprano) / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1996 ] "...assured, refined, and velvety smooth interpretation, particularly in the third movement." |
KALMAN / LEHAR / SUPPE / STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Heart Alone: Favourite Operetta Arias and Duets Angelika Kirchschlager / Simon Keenlyside / Tonkunstler Orchestra / Alfred Eschwe [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "What impresses is not only the natural brilliance of the singers' vocal production but also the way in which pure display is subordinated to expression of true feeling." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice September 2008 |
MAYR / ROSSINI / MOSCA / COCCIA / PAER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arias for Marietta Marcolini - Rossini's first muse Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi [ Naive / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "Hallenberg is up to all the acrobatics Marcolini seems to have revelled in, her warm mezzo managing the writing's difficulties with assurance and articulating text and notes with flair...The accompaniments are well-managed under Fabio Biondi." BBC |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Songs - Schubert and his Friends (I) Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] 'In Ann Murray we have a worhy successor in the Ferrier/Baker line, a lovely voice used with great sensitivity' (Which CD) |
BEETHOVEN / CHERUBINI / BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / ROSSINI / GOUNOD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Spiritus - Passage to Paradise: 33 highlights from great Sacred Music Ann Murray, Kurt Moll, Barbara Hendricks, Lucia Popp, Edda Moser, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Choir, Ambrosian Chorus, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] Featuring conductors Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Neville Marriner, Philip Ledger, etc |
ANONYMOUS / TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Last Rose of Summer Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] 'Not in the profoundest Schubert, the most exquisite Fauré, has either of them performed with more delicacy and refinement, more tenderness, humour, and ... passion, than they do here' - Gramophone |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Ann Murray, Rachal Yakar, Anton Scharinger / Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] Originally recorded by Teldec in 1983 |
CAVALLI
Cavalli: La Didone (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata, Maria Streijffert / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (cond.) & Clément Hervieu-Léger (dir.) [ Opus Arte Bluray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Christie's direction can almost be taken to guarantee a fine performance and that's the case here...If you wish to have only one Cavalli recording in your collection, this would vie strongly for that honour" MusicWeb International, October 2012 |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
New Zealand Poets in Song Anna Leese (soprano) Matthew Leese (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] New Zealand Poets In Song is the latest release featuring the music of Anthony Ritchie. The songs on this recording span 26 years, and signify many happy collaborations between Anthony Ritchie and various New Zealand poets. |
BRAHMS / HOWELLS / SOMERVELL / WARLOCK / R. STRAUSS / de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Anna Leese - Debut Recital Anna Leese (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 4/Aug/2008 ] "The loveliness of her presence and of her art is indeed beyond compare. She shines like a flawless jewel, polished and ready to be placed in whatever crown the fates have prepared for her" The Tribune, March 11, 2007 |
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EMMERICH KALMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kalman: Die Csárdásfürstin [The Gypsy Princess] (complete Operetta Recorded 1971, sung in German) Anna Moffo, René Kollo, Dagmar Koller, Sándor Németh / Symphonie-Orchester Kurt Graunke Bert Grund [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2006 ] Kalman's successes from the Viennese "Silver Operetta Era" include The Circus/Gipsy Princess (1926), which contains elements of modern dance music in addition to the usual Kálmán mixture of Hungarian folk music and Viennese waltzes. |
