ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: Energy / Four Temperaments / Volcano / etc Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band, James Watson [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] 'Marvellously played … superlative … performances of a calibre I do not recall ever hearing before. Strongly to be recommended to serious listeners of any persuasion' (Gramophone) |
AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Appalachian Spring / El Salon Mexico / Fanfare for a Common Man Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 10/May/1991 ] This CD is one featuring Dorati's talents in a range of repertory that focuses on the twentieth-century composer, Aaron Copland, with which he had a particular association. |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schmidt: The Four Symphonies Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Musical Heritage Society / 4 CD Box Set - released 3/Mar/1999 ] "The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi play with a freshness and enthusiasm that are totally persuasive. They almost sound Viennese, and the recordings are very good indeed." Penguin Guide |
SAMUEL BARBER / CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: Symphony No 1 / Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] "when you throw in Chandos' richly reverberant and solidly impactful sound, Järvi's coupling is pretty hard to beat." ClassicsToday.com |
FRANZ SCHMIDT / RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 in E major / R. Strauss: Four Symphonic Interludes from 'Intermezzo' Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] "The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi play with a freshness and enthusiasm that are totally persuasive. They almost sound Viennese, and the recordings are very good indeed." Penguin Guide |
CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Järvi leads both works with his characteristic drive, transmitting his enthusiasm to a Detroit Symphony Orchestra that responds with nimble and highly energetic playing" ClassicsToday |
MEYERBEER / OFFENBACH / SAINT-SAENS / GOUNOD / ROSSINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marches and Overtures a la Francaise Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1993 ] The original Three Track original recording Recorded in 1959 - 1960 |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie No 2 / Verklarte Nacht Op. 4 / Suite in G for Strings Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Mario Venzago [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/1991 ] Recorded in Frankfurt, 1987 & 1989 |
KAROL RATHAUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rathaus: Symphony No.1 / Der letzte Pierrot Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Israel Yinon [ Decca Records Entartete Musik / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] ".. it is the Symphony that whets one's appetite for more of this impressively gifted composer's music, especially in such eloquent performances as these." Gramophone |
PHILIP GLASS / JOHN TAVENER / MICHAEL NYMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Amy Dickson - Glass + Tavener + Nyman Amy Dickson (soprano saxophone) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms [ Sony / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "With Australian Amy Dickson we discover a female soprano saxophonist who is offering something far different from either of these mixed options; her main focus is with classical literature, and Dickson has a luscious, creamy tone" AllMusic |
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: L'Arte del Violino [The Art of the Violin] Op 3 (Vol. 1) Diego Conti (violin) / I Virtuosi dell'Accademia [ Rodolphe / CD - released 10/Nov/1988 ] Pietro Antonio Locatelli was an Italian composer and violinist, born 3 September 1695 in Bergamo, Italy, died 30 March 1764 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: 21 Lieder [Incls 'The Earl King] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1988 ] "leaves one with the sense of the immortal and inexhaustible beauty" Gramophone Recorded 1958 - 1965 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Beethoven: Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jörg Demus (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "A moving Brahms Four Serious Songs from a young and physically impassioned Fischer Dieskau...incomparably accompanied." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
BACH / BRAHMS / WOLF / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / GLUCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Early recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) with various accompaniments [ Deutsche Grammophon Original Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "This nine CD set is a valuable commemoration of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's inestimable contribution to song. It is a real and genuine tribute, for it gives a true overview of a remarkable career." (MusicWeb) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Schene, Julia Hamari, Peter Schreier, Tatiana Troyanos / Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 4 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'Tatiana Troyanos copes marvellously well with Cleopatra's essentially soprano part' (Gramophone) |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (complete opera recorded in 1978) Dimiter Petrov, Todor Kostov, Nicola Ghiuselev / Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Atanas Margaritov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] Khovanschina occupied the composer during 1872, as Boris was being 'adjusted' to suit the theatre authorities ahead of the premier. |
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington in the land of Hi-Fi [ Mercury / CD - released 2/Feb/2022 ] Dinah Washington with orchestra arranged and conducted by Hal Mooney |
Diz Disley
Diz Disley & His String Quintet [ Lake / CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] 1950s recordings of Gipsy Jazz from one of the Jazz and Folk world's great characters and most accomplished guitarists. Today there is a proliferation of groups performing the Gipsy Jazz purveyed by the legendary Django Reinhardt, but in the 1950s... |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scriabin: Symphonies Nos 3 & 5 / Reverie Vladimir Krainiev (piano) / Chor des Baterischen Rundfunks, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester, Frankfurt, Dmitry Kitaenko [ RCA Classics / CD - released 2/Sep/1994 ] Recorded October 1993 (Sym 5) & January 1994 (Sym 3) |