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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (the complete opera recorded in 1994) Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll / Carlos Kleiber (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] "Lightly Handled, well-played Strauss. Strongly recommended." -Gramophone June 2001 |
NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: La Vita Nuova, Ghost Dances, Roman Canticle Carmen Pelton (soprano) William Sharp (baritone) / 20th Century Consort, Christpher Kendall [ ASV / CD - released 24/May/1999 ] Born in 1935 in Grantham, Nicholas Maw studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1955 to 1958 with Lennox Berkeley and Paul Steinitz, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (Complete opera with libretto) Carol Neblett, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Zubin Mehta [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Mar/2004 ] "..this DG set of La fanciulla del West remains among the most successful of Zubin Mehta's opera recordings, taking the Gramophone Record of the Year award in 1978." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 57 'Appassionata' & Piano Sonata Op. 111 Carol Rosenberger (Bosendorfer Imperial Concert Grand) [ Delos Digital Master Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1981 ] We used two omni B&K condenser microphones, capsule #4134, and B&K pre-amplifier 2319S. The specially constructed low noise, low distortion power supply and line driver amplifiers were designed and built by John Meyer of Meyer.Sound Laboratories. |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Masques / Etudes / Mazurkas Carol Rosenberger (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] Recorded: Los Angeles CA, 1973 |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Regne Amour (Love songs from the operas) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'This wonderful music will always need special vocal advocacy and there can be few outside France as equipped as Carolyn Sampson' (Gramophone) |
LIONEL MONCKTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs from the shows (Incls 'The Arcadians', 'The Toreador' & 'The Quaker Girl') Catherine Bott (soprano) Richard Suart (baritone) / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'Both Bott and Suart demonstrate a natural aptitude for the material. Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra and Light Opera Chorus with obvious affection. Listening to this CD made me feel ridiculously happy' (Gramophone) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Images, Suite Bergamasque, 2 Arabesques, L''Isle joyeuse, Pour le piano Cecile Ousset (piano) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 30/Sep/1989 ] "Cecile Ousset is an arrestingly ebullient artist...who leaves her own distinctive stamp on everything she plays" Gramophone |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev/Poulenc: Piano Concertos Cecile Ousset (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] Japanese pressing |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gluck: Italian Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Decca / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Recital |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission (Blu-ray) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Decca Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2012 ] "Bartoli's programming instincts are immaculate in terms of musical and emotional variety; she is compelling in pearly arioso and slow numbers, less so in bravura ones." Sunday Times, 14th October 2012 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 1988) Cecilia Bartoli, David Kuebler, Gino Quilico, Carlos Feller / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriele Ferro [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "All the singers benefit from Michael Hampe's imaginative yet uneccentric direction and from Gabriele Ferro's well-calibrated (if not exactly warm-hearted) conducting." Opera |
ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / MOZART & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / various orchestras & pianists [ Decca / - released 19/Apr/1995 ] Other performers featured include Lesley Schatzberger (basset clarinet), András Schiff (piano), and, Charles Spencer (piano) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Cecilia Bartoli: Viva Vivaldi Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 13/Sep/2000 ] Cecilia Bartoli performs a collection of arias from Vivaldi's operas at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris in 2001, accompanied by Baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Portraits: Operatic Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gyorgy Fischer [ Decca Originals / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] "... Bartoli's very Italian characteristics are immediately identifiable: brilliance of execution, vitality of words, sharpness ... Fischer accompanies his soloist with energy and tact." Gramophone |
CACCINI / HANDEL / VIVALDI / BELLINI / ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Live In Italy (Recorded live in June 1998) Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Cecilia live! |
W. A. MOZART / ROSSINI
Best Wishes from Cecilia Bartoli: Don Giovanni / Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Il Turco in Italia (complete operas recorded in 1988 - 2002) BLU-RAY Cecilia Bartoli, with David Kuebler, Ruggerio Raimondi, Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Robert Lloyd & others [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings a wide variety of genres in many different languages all over the world. In this special Arthaus Musik Edition she can be seen in three coloratura classics of Italian opera. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mazurkas (selection) / Polonaise-fantaisie / Scherzo No. 1 / Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Tiberghien seems to have the poise and poetry of Chopin in his blood. He makes the piano sing...This is an imaginative disc of shifting moods that are readily within Tiberghien's expressive orbit and which he interprets with sublime inspiration."... |
Celtic Woman
Home For Christmas [ Manhattan Records / CD - released 16/Nov/2012 ] The internationally-acclaimed Irish all-female singing sensation perform magical Christmas songs. Featuring Australia's beloved Marina Prior on Auld Lang Syne. |
MEYERBEER / VERDI / GOMEZ / HALEVY
Cesare Siepi - Operatic Arias for Bass Cesare Siepi (bass) with Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Alberto Erede [ Decca Classic Recitals / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] The legendary Italian bass Cesare Siepi was one of the great Don Giovannis and at the height of his career - during the 1950s and 1960s - this particular role was very much his 'calling card'. |
