LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein: Candide Overture / Symphony No. 2 'Age of Anxiety' / Fancy Free Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ EMI American Classics / CD - released 3/Nov/1991 ] Three major works by the great American composer |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 'Winter Daydreams' & 2 'Little Russian' Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/1990 ] "The Bournemouth playing has never been neater, with the sound bringing out the fine clarity of articulation." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 'Winter Daydreams' & 2 'Little Russian' Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/1990 ] "The Bournemouth playing has never been neater, with the sound bringing out the fine clarity of articulation." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 10 (with Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/1985 ] Simon Rattle has performed the 10th more times than any other conductor. In many ways it's become his signature work. |
ROBERT SIMPSON
Simpson: Symphonies 2 & 4 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'I rejoice to hear them so finely played and beautifully recorded' (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (highlights) Brigitte Fassbaender, Gundula Janowitz, Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier / Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] Live recording from Salzburg Festival 1974 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Winterreise Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Aribert Reimann (piano) [ EMI Encore / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "Brigitte Fassbaender has us travel with her through every shifting emotion of the journey...[this is a] constantly revelatory partnership." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (piano version) Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Moser (tenor) / Cyprien Katsaris (piano) [ Warner Maestro / CD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] "A worthwhile recording of the song-cycle that stands as the culmination of Mahler's contributions to the genre." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
ETIENNE-NICOLAS MEHUL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mehul: Integral of Pianoforte Sonatas Brigitte Haudebourg (pianoforte) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Pianoforte: Chris Maene, Ruiselede 1989 (Model Jan Lodewijk Dulcken 1794 - Den Daag |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (Complete opera at a special price) Brigitte Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam / Berlin Opera, Otto Gerdes [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2002 ] "...a fine chorus and orchestra, and Windgassen offers an experienced, sincere, and intensely sung account of the title role, Fischer-Dieskau, in peak form, a wonderful Wolfram ...one has to admire [Nilsson's] vocal security throughout." Gramophone,... |
ALAN HOVHANESS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hovhaness: Symphony No. 53 'Star Dawn' / Symphony No. 29 for Trombone and Band / etc Christian Lindberg (trombone) / the Ohio State Concert Band, Keith Brion [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] "A very recommendable disc." (MusicWeb) |
GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stölzel - Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas 6 - 10) Britta Schwarz (Mezzo Soprano), Henning Voss (Alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) Klaus Mertens (bass) / Weimarer Barockensemble, Ludger Rémy [ CPO / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] Recorded Weimar, Redoute, January, 2000 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Winterreise Peter Pears (tenor) Benjamin Britten (piano) [ Decca Legends / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] "What is so striking about Pears's performance is its intensity. One continually has the sense of a live occasion...As for Britten, he recreates the music always with scrupulous concern for the overall musical shaping and sense of atmosphere" Penguin |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La Cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 / Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535 / etc Iona Brown, Neil Black, Celia Nicklin / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
MORTELMANS / ALPAERTS / JEF van HOOF / BLOCKX / STERNEFELD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Salve Antverpia - Romantic Symphonic Music From Antwerp BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels, Alexander Rahbari [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1993 ] The Flemish rhapsodies here are based on folk material, with the exception of the piece by Brusselmans, who uses original ideas of Flemish character. |
CAMILLO SIVORI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sivori: The Complete Trios Bruno Pignata (violin) Riccardo Agosti (cello) Franco Giacosa (piano) [ Dynamic / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Camillo Sivori, Paganini's only pupil, can be considered not only the greatest performer of the Italian violin school after Paganini, but also one of the greatest virtuosi violinists of the nineteenth century. |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bryn Terfel - At His Very Best [2 CD set] Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) with Rhys Meirion & various choirs [ Metro / 2 CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Here are 2CDs from the celebrated Welsh opera and concert singer Bryn Terfel. At His Very Best takes in recordings from his recent duet album with tenor Rhys Meirion, two of Bryn's earlier albums and a recording of a newly commissioned work performed... |
RODGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Something Wonderful Bryn Terfel (baritone) / English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniels [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "His interpretations of the old standards--"If I Loved You," "Soliloquy," "This Nearly Was Mine," "Some Enchanted Evening"--are stellar." Barbara Eisner Bayer |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Liederkreis Op 39: Romances & Ballads Bryn Terfel / Malcolm Martineau (Piano) with Lorna Anderson and Timothy Robinson [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "With Martineau's deeply musical accompaniment and a spacious, pristine DG recording, this impressive recital demands to be heard by all lovers of Schumann's songs." - International Record Review May 2000 |
ANONYMOUS / TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Russian Orthodox Chant: Glorification of the Cross Russian Orthodox Church,Geneva [ Cascavelle / CD - released 2/Oct/1999 ] 1999 recording. Translations included |