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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet (original versions) David Shifrin (clarinet) / Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / CD - released 3/Sep/1987 ] Mozart's original versions - played on an extended range clarinet |
MESSIAEN / DEBUSSY / GOLIJOV / FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Voices Of Light Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Gilbert Kalish (piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] "A typically adventurous exploration of purity and sensuality in French song." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2005) ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Feb 05) |
HANDEL / CARULLI / KRANTZ / GIULIANI / DEBUSSY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Summer Music Deborah Carter (flute) Allen Krantz (guitar) [ Direct-To-Tape Recording Company / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Summer Music" is a flute and guitar recital spanning three centuries of music performed by flutist Deborah Carter and composer/guitarist Allen Krantz. |
BALFE / WALLACE / SULLIVAN / FARADAY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Power of Love - British Opera Arias Deborah Riedel (soprano) / Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings SACD / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] A beautiful recording of neglected British Opera arias... "Obviously this album is a work of great love and every attempt has been to do it right." |
ALEXANDER von ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18 Deborah Voigt (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Wiener Philharmoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/May/2011 ] The 1924 premiere of the Lyric Symphony was conducted by Zemlinsky in Prague a year after its completion and is now generally accepted to be one of his most successful and satisfying works. |
ANTONIO VIVALDi
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 2 Deborah York, Catherine Denley, James Bowman / Kings Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] 'Utterly beguiling pieces of music, impossible to dislike and easy to be beguiled by' (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Gloria (RV589) / Magnificat (RV611) / Concerti Deborah York, Patrizia Biccire, Sara Mingardo / Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrin [ Naive Opus111 / CD - released 20/Nov/2001 ] "Mingardo's singing instantly grabs the heart of the listener... Rinaldo Alessandrini supervises with erudition and insight." Gramophone Magazine |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Mass in A flat D.678 / Nymnus an den Heiligen Geist D.948 / etc Deborah York, Sally Bruce Payne, Neill Archer / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardin [ Philips / CD - released 18/Mar/1999 ] Recorded 1997 at the Megaron-Athens Concert Hall, Greece |
RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 9 (32 variations and fugue on a theme of Haydn) Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 / Symphony No 3 / etc Denis Matsuev (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30 Études-Tableaux, op. 39/2 in A minor Vocalise op. 34, No. 14 (orchestral version) Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 44 Denis Matsuev, piano Riccardo Chailly, conductor Lucerne... |
ROSS EDWARDS / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Piano Concertos Dennis Hennning, Malcolm Williamson, Simon Campion, Anthony Fogg (piano) / Various Orchestras [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] "Is there such a thing as an Australian Piano Concerto?, asks Dennis Hennig, one of the pianists featured in this anthology. Here are three attempts to provide an answer. In his three-movement concerto, Ross Edwards (born 1943) casts a sweet lyricism... |
RAVEL / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / WAGNER / FRANCK / FAURE / BEETHOVEN / etc
Paul Paray - The Mercury Masters: Volume 1 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray, with Marcel Dupré (organ) [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 23 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Covering the first five years of their partnership on Mercury, this edition celebrates the legacy of French conductor, Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Recorded from 1953 to 1957, during the golden era of the orchestra. |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Erich Wolfgang Korngold regarded Das Wunder der Heliane as his greatest work, but the opera has been neglected since its premiere in 1927. This 2018 production from the Deutsche Oper Berlin features the American soprano Sara Jakubiak as Heliane, and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (opera recorded 1962/63) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Walter Berry, James King, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Otto / Artur Rother (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] For the four main roles, singers were chosen who already had international experience but were still fresh and vigorous. Christa Ludwig, James King and Walter Berry. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar / Tomas Mowes / Catherine Foster/ Frieder Aurich / Carl St. Clair (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2009 ] BLU-RAY - Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung refl ects the composer's autobiography as much as the political turmoil of his times. As work progressed, another figure grew to be as important as the hero Siegfried, the god Wotan, the mouthpiece for... |
GERSHWIN / RODGERS / BERLIN / HERRMANN / SCHOENBERG / WAXMAN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg in Hollywood Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] "Enormously exhilarating. Mauceri certainly has his own ideas about Schoenberg's music, and they are excellently presented by the two Berlin orchestras and by Decca's lean sound." Fanfare, November 1997 (Schoenberg in Hollywood) |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "We're presented with a welcome alternation of moods which beautifully showcase these musicians' enormous expressive versatility." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2019 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Ruckert-Lieder Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone) / Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] "Ozawa's 1977 Boston recording of Mahler's First Symphony is alert and clear-sighted with a fine youthful sheen to it. It was also very vividly recorded." |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin / etc Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Gerald Moore (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Schubert Masterworks / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] The partnership of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore produced some of the greatest recordings of the 20th century. Their traversal of the Schubert Lieder for male voice is a monument to the art of recording; their interpretations of the three... |
