ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: The 3 Great Symphonies / Scherzo Capriccioso Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/1996 ] "Dohnanyi's recordings of symphonies 7-9 are terrific" TalkClassical |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/1988 ] Recording location: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, November 1987 (Tracks 1-4) and February 1988 (Tracks 5-8) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1 - 4 The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/1988 ] Recording location: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, November 1987 and February 1988 |
OTTORINI RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Respighi: Roman Festivals / Pines of Rome (with music of Rimsky-Korsakov) The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca Legends / CD - released 2/Jul/2000 ] "There really is no point in making comparisons here. Maazel's account of Roman festivals is something of a revelation - by far the finest recordings this work has ever received." Gramophone |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87 [complete ballet] Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 19/Apr/1983 ] "Ashkenazy gets excellent results from the Cleveland orchestra. The recording's fine definition is enchanced, yet not at the expense of atmosphere, and the bright, vivid image is given striking projection." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Ballets (Incls 'Rite of Spring' & 'Jeu de cartes') Royal Concergebouw Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] "This is a great little set, coupling a ravishing Apollon musagète with a truly stunning Rite of Spring. The Petrushka is equally fine." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 Clifford Curzon (piano) / National Symphony Orchestra, Boyd Neel, Enrique Jorda [ Dutton Concert Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1998 ] "I found myself listening spellbound to Curzon's playing. This is the Curzon who, at the age of 39, was only now emerging into the full light of an international career after a long and inspiring apprenticeship with such a teacher as Arthur Schnabel" |
JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles (Vol 3) The Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] Recorded 16-17 February 2002. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles of Herbert Howells (Vol 1) Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2021 ] Recorded in Marlborough College Chapel 19th and 20th February 2000 |
J. S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI / FRANCESCO BONPORTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Violin Concertos Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (violin/director) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recording Date - April 22, 1992 - April 24, 1992 Recording Location - Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London NW3 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Leipziger Weihnachtskantaten [Christmas Cantatas from Leipzig] / Magnificat in E flat Carolyn Sampson, Mark Padmore, Ingeborg Danz, Peter Kooy, etc / Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jan/2008 ] The Christmas cantatas have in common the use of a church chorale as their conceptual starting point, and their intimate performing forces. In Bach's output they constitute a kind of meditation on the meaning of the feast of Christmas. |
JOAN TOWER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1999 ] The title of this extraordinary collection of orchestral gems suggests both parody of and homage to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. |
MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No.4 & Symphony No.6 'Pastorale' Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Sony Bruno Walter The Edition / CD - released 19/May/1995 ] "The Sixth is a lovely, expansive, relaxed affair..with Walter's unerring command of rhythm coming to the fore." MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Agrippina (complete opera recorded in 2004) Combattimento Consort Amsterdam / Renate Arends / Annemarie Kremer / Jan Willem de Vriend (cond) [ Challenge Records DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "A viable work of art, as witnessed by those who experienced this almost perfect production" Ivo Sindelár (The Czech Handel Society) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1, 3 & 4 Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 26/Oct/1987 ] Original recording from 1964 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach; Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 / Orchestral Suite Nos 2 & 3 Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 2 CD ] Original recordings from 1981 - 1985 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] "Haitink is never less than musical, and he's at or close to the top of his game a remarkable amount of the time" ClassicsToday |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905' Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] Originally recorded May 1983 |