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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... |
SAMUEL BARBER / AMY BEACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber: Symphony No. 1 Op.9 / 'The School for Scandal' Overture / Beach: Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic' Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "The first movement of the Second Symphony is also magnificently held together. Barber's rather lucid musings are impressively drawn by the Detroit Symphony. Aided by Chandos' detailed and clear recording, loud sections bloom magnificently while the... |
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 |
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: Die Schone Mullerin Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] "This is the young Fischer-Dieskau, unfettered and open-hearted, the voice buoyant over that unmistakable rhythmic pulse." (The Times) |
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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 |
HANS PFITZNER
Pfitzner: Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hartmut Höll (Klavier) [ Orfeo / LP - released 1/Jan/1982 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / HUGO WOLF / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms/Schumann/Wolf: Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hertha Klust (piano) Jörg Demus (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "A moving Brahms Four Serious Songs from a young and physically impassioned Fischer-Dieskau, and a fascinatingly exploratory Dichterliebe from 1957, both incomparably accompanied." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
plays Shostakovich (Piano Concertos, Three Fantastic Dances, 5 Preludes and Fugues Op 87) (Recorded 1959) Dimitri Shostakovich (piano) / French National Radio Orchestra / Andre Cluytens [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2003 ] Orchestral 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1951-present) - |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: 14 Waltzes / Barcarolle / Nocturne / Mazurka Dinu Lipatti (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] "...supremely elegant, tender and direct, beautifully balanced between dancing rhythms and other-worldly spirituality." BBC Music Magazine ***** |
