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MAURICE RAVEL / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, 1985 - 1987 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe: suite (with works by Debussy) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 4/Aug/1991 ] Original recording from 1965 |
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GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Ligeti Project Vol. 2 [Incls 'Atmospheres'] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Nott [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] This release represents Volume 2 of the new Teldec Ligeti Project. It could well prove to be the most popular, containing as it does some of Ligeti's most famous pieces, as well as a couple of important premiere recordings. |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.1 & 6 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] , Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/1991 ] "This is Karajan at his finest..very strongly recommended" (*** Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 / Rosamunde, D797: Ballet Music Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "These splendidly recorded Karajan performances are exceptional. The Third Symphony's second subject is memorable under Karajan, with ravishing tone on the top A: pure bel canto. String playing is lithe and witty." (Gramophone) |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.1 & 6 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] , Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] "This is Karajan at his finest..very strongly recommended" (*** Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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ANTON WEBERN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Webern: Orchestral Works Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2017 ] Original recordings from 1973 and 1974 |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 8 Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 19/Mar/1997 ] Unlike other musical radicals such as Richard Wagner and Hugo Wolf, Bruckner showed extreme humility before other musicians, Wagner in particular. |
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JULIE von WEBENAU / THEODOR KIRCHNER / JONNES BRAHMS / CLARA SCHUMANN
Love? Homage to Clara Schumann Yaara Tal (piano), with Andreas Groethuysen (piano) Julian Pregardien (tenor), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Composer and piano virtuoso Clara Schumann played an influential role both on Robert Schumann and her musician friends such as Brahms and Kirchner. The compostitions on this album express deep feelings of love, affection and friendship. September... |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Symphony No 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Recorded in Watford Town Hall, Herts. - April 1980 |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: String Quartet / Piano Quintet Bernard Roberts (piano) / Chilingirian String Quartet [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 23/Jun/1994 ] Classics recordings from EMI at budget price |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera) Bernd Weik, Teresa Kubiak, Stuart Burrows / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Music Group Limited DVD / DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] Director Petr Weigl is celebrated for his sumptuous opera films, using magnificent natural settings and casting photogenic actors in the principal roles. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Concertos for 3 & 4 Pianos Jean-Philippe Collard, Michel Beroff, Michel Dalberto, Bruno Rigutto, Gabriel Tacchino (pianos) / Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, jean-Pierre Wallez [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/1981 ] Recorded At - Salle Wagram, Paris |
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JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Manon (Complete opera recorded in 1970) Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Garard Souzay, Gabriel Bacquier./ New Philharmonia Orchestra. Julius Rudel [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Jun/2004 ] "Julius Rudel leads a more-than-complete score, with an additional aria for Manon in the Cours de la Reine scene that Massenet added for another soprano, and the orchestral playing is all you'd want it to be." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
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Big Bill Broonzy
Classic Box Set (The Bill Broonzy Story) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] For our next release in the AVID Roots series we pay tribute to one of the greatest blues men of the 20th Century, Big Bill Broonzy. Big Bill Broonzy was born into poverty in 1893 in Scott, Mississippi and by 1900 his family had moved to Pine Bluff.. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (complete opera with libretto recorded in 1965) Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti / Coro e orchestra del teatro dell'opera di Roma / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/1988 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "The studio recording album that beats all others. I highly recommend it." (Amazon.com) |
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Black Sabbath
Vol 4 Super Deluxe Box Set [ BMG / ADA / 4 CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Black Sabbath unleashed the group's fourth album in two years in 1972 with Vol 4. Stacked with classic tracks like "Supernaut," "Changes," and "Snowblind," the record harnessed the group's surging popularity to reach the Top 10 on the Albums Chart in... |
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KORNGOLD / THOMAS / GOUNOD / MASSENET / BRITTEN / WAGNER
Bo Skovhus sings Arias Bo Skovhus (baritone) / English National Opera Orchestra, James Conlon [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Apr/1997 ] Bo Skovhus studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, at the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and in New York with Oren Brown. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Schwanengesang - Schubert's Last Songs Bo Skovhus (baritone) Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Sep/1995 ] Originally recorded in September 1994 |
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CHRISTIAN SINDING
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sinding: Songs Bodil Arnesen (soprano) / Erling Ragnar Eriksen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] Christian Sinding was born in 1856 in Kongsberg, Norway, where his father was an engineer. His mother was artistically minded, encouraging her three sons' artistic interests and both Christian's brothers pursued artistic careers |