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CHAUSSON / DVORAK / BRAHMS / STRAVINSKY / RAVEL
Soirée - Magdalena Kozena & Friends Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Sir Simon Rattle (piano), Rahel Rilling (violin), Wolfram Brandl (violin), Yulia Deyneka (viola), David Adorjan (cello) [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Soirée captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená offers an intimate and highly personal collection of international songs together with an outstanding group of musical friends, including Sir... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera) Marek Janowski, Lise Davidsen, Christian Elsner, Georg Zeppenfeld, Günther Groissböck, Cornel Frey, Christina Landshamer, Johannes-Martin Kränzle [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] After their acclaimed recording of Weber's Freischütz, the Dresdner Philharmonie and its Principal conductor Marek Janowski present yet another German opera classic with Beethoven's Fidelio. They work together with a stellar cast - well-seasoned in... |
BARBER / HEGGIE / COPLAND / GETTY / FLOYD
An American Song Album Melody Moore (soprano), Bradley Moore (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Aug/2019 ] An American Song Album is a fine collection of songs by American composers, presented by soprano Melody Moore. The repertoire includes Samuel Barber's introspective Hermit Songs, Jake Heggie's engaged cycles These Strangers and How Well I Knew the... |
BRITTEN / HARTMANN / BARTOK
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge / Concerto funebre / Divertimento Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Gordan Nikolie (Leader) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] "Gordan Nikolić, who has had a distinguished career bith as a violin soloist, orchestral plyer (beginning in 1999 he wad concertmaster of the London Symphony), and chamber music performer, and now is Artistic Director and Leader of the Netherlands... |
![Mozart: Don Giovanni / Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [arranged for wind] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10338/10338241.jpg)
W. A. MOZART / GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [arranged for wind] Netherlands Wind Ensemble [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Apr/2011 ] 2011 was the year the Netherlands Wind Ensemble celebrated its 50th birthday. The ensemble had already reached world-wide recognition when this recording was made in 1972/3. |
![Strauss, (J.): Der Zigeuner Baron [The Gipsy Baron] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10548/10548992.jpg)
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
Strauss, (J.): Der Zigeuner Baron [The Gipsy Baron] Nikolai Schukoff, Heinz Zednik, Renate Pitscheider, Claudia Barainsky / NDR Chor & NDR Radiophilharmonie, Larry Foster [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Johann Strauss Jr. is the most prominent member of the famous musical Strauss family and with more than 500 dance compositions to his name, became known as 'The Waltz King'. While conducting the world première of his operetta Der Zigeunerbaron at the... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass No 3 In F Minor Lenneke Ruiten, Iris Vermillion, Shawn Mathey, Franz Josef Selig / Swiss Romande Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "The greatest plaudit here goes to the bass, Franz Josef Selig, who is warmly resonant. This flawless performance is of the highest quality." Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Don Juan, Op.20 / Death and Transfiguration, Op.24 / Till Eulenspiegel, Op.28, etc Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marc Albrecht. [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] This is the first release in a new collaboration between PentaTone and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. These great Strauss Tone Poems need no further recommendation than to say they are superbly played. Highly recommended in stunning... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / EDWARD ELGAR / RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
This England The Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] In 2011 Pentatone released the debut album of the Oregon Symphony which received great reviews, both sides of the pond! This new recording has already received some great reviews from the US press and we hope will be equally well received in the UK. |
FRANCISCO COLL
Coll: Violin Concerto and other works Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] 'There is no mistaking the resourcefulness of his rhythmic patterning and his exhilarating capacity for bringing raw and refined materials into conjunction in orchestral writing.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Contemporary |
PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / GIORDANO
Piotr Beczala: Vincerò! Piotr Beczala (tenor), with Evgeniya Khomutova (mezzo) / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana , Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2020 ] "Beczała never needs to force unduly, yet there's plenty of emotion to these readings" Gramophone Recording of the Month June 2020 |
PUCCINI / CILEA / MASCAGNI / UMBERTO / GIORDANO
Piotr Beczala: Vincerò! Piotr Beczala (tenor), with Evgeniya Khomutova (mezzo) / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana , Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2020 ] Global star tenor Piotr Beczala presents Vincerò!, the first fruit of his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE. Vincerò! is a collection of heart-wrenching opera arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Cilea. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies 2 & 3 B'rock Orchestra, René Jacobs [ Pentatone / CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B'Rock Orchestra continue their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer's Second and Third Symphony. Jacobs approaches these pieces as a symphonic pair revealing contrasting... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] Here is charm, wit and even kitsch alongside the spooky but never overdone drama. The recording is also first-rate in warmth, immediacy and clarity. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2012) Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, Marina Prudenskaya, Christian Gerhaher / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] This is the 6th instalment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition. It is the first time in the recording history that a label records all major Wagner opera's with the same orchestra, choir and conductor. This makes the PentaTone Wagner Edition a... |
WAGNER
Das Rheingold (complete opera) Tomasz Konieczny, Christian Elsner, Iris Vermillion, Günther Groissböck, Timo Riihonen / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janow [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2014 ] "The best reason for getting this set is the Loge of Christian Elsner...Elsner does not miss a trick in catching all the elements of this complex character, but he never sings less than beautifully." (BBC Music) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet) Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2018 ] Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses Saskia Giorgini (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "This is a brilliant recording. Saskia Giorgini is clearly a supremely talented pianist who thinks very deeply about the music she plays here. The recording is clear and bright, and the Bösendorfer piano is well suited to this repertoire." MusicWeb |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Ins stille Land Signum Quartet [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] After their multi-award-winning album Aus der Ferne, the Signum Quartett continues their Schubert journey for PENTATONE with Ins stille Land, another recording that explores the fascinating connections between his string quartets and songs, the... |
