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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Caroline Mathilde (concert suite) / Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner / etc BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in 1991 |
SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 1 BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "very good modern recordings and fine playing...Great fun; a reminder of the composer's relaxed, more genial side" MusicWeb |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Gianandrea Noseda Rachmaninov series / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] "This is an excellent way of coming to know a flawed but interesting piece of Rachmaninov, and it is much helped by excellent presentation from Chandos" Gramophone |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: The Symphonies BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2003 ] "Handley is in total sympathy with Bax's music and his direction is authoritative as well as idiomatic. Superb sound from the Chandos and BBC engineers. We would not be without this set." Penguin Guide |
GEORGE ENESCU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Enescu:: Symphony No..3 / Romanian Rhapsody Op 11, No 1 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "Under the baton of Rozhdestvensky, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra have a distinctively soviet contour, with astringent strings and vivid orchestral attacks." MusicWeb |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos.2 'The Four Temperaments' & 5 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] "great music, exciting music-making" The Times |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] A 1992 recording |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 1 & No. 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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) |
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 |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Trios Poemes, Cinq melodies, Chansons, etc (with Roussel: Symphony No. 3) BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) with Jessye Norman & Jill Gomez [ Sony / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Original recordings from 1975 to 1979 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Beatrice Rana (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Her detailing is one of the aspects that makes this performance so compelling, be it the bringing out of a new line in the repeat, subtle changes in phrasing, a touch of pedal - examples are to be found in every single variation." Gramophone |
Beautiful Music
Classical Music for the Wedding Dinner [ Telarc Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] Your wedding is the most important event of your life. That first time you break bread with your new spouse, cherished family members and beloved friends is a singular moment you'll remember forever. This CD comprises memorable classical music,... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 9 Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "PentaTone's DSD remastering of the four-channel original for SACD shows what fine recordings these always were; the sound is quite simply beautiful." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1969 |
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) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Che Puro Ciel - The Rise of Classical Opera Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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) |
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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol 1 Belcea Quartet [ Zig Zag / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Chamber |
