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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1992) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca provide a superb Alidoro, an alluring Clorinda, inventive and elaborate... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini recital Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Charles Spencer (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Some of the music is intensely attractive. There is the touching and reflective early Belta crudele and a song Rossini wrote in 1844 at the height of his illnesses and depressions, L'ame delaissee...decent sound and reliable accompaniments-Gramophone |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Rossini: Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Konzertvereinigung Wiener, Giuseppe Patane [ Decca / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] Hard to believe, but Cecilia Bartoli was only 22 when she made this debut recording--and it is simply astonishing to hear such an assured technique, such a rich and rounded voice, and even more than that, such ease and confidence in someone so young. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] Recording location: Krannert Center, University of Illinois, May 1972 (Symphonie) and 1974 |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (with Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] Original recording made in Chicago 1980 & 1981 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / A Boy was Born / Songs from 'Friday Afternoons', Psalm 150 Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Stephen Cleobury. [ Decca / London / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] An ethereal collection of three of Benjamin Britten's most celebrated choral works. The recordings capture the full flavour of various Choristers and Choirs. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum The Choir Of King's College, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 27/Apr/1988 ] Penguin Guide 3 star |
BACH / MOZART / PALESTRINA / MENDELSSOHN / LOTTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of St John's Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, with Alastair Roberts (treble), April Cantelo (soprano), Stephen Cleobury (organ) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] A great introduction to a world of beautiful choral music. |
PARRY / BAIRSTOW / ELGAR / STANFORD / HADLEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jerusalem - British Choral Classics Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca / CD - released 12/May/1991 ] "This is a sumptuous programme. David Hill's by no means meagre forces present it with a fine sense of style and occasion, vividly recorded too. There is not only the splendour of sheer amplitude but also a spring in the rhythm and beauty of tone" |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Complete Opera) Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry / London Symphony Orchestra, Istavan Kertesz [ Decca The Classic Sound / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "In 1965 Kertesz set new standards in his version of Bluebeard's Castle with Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry, not only in the playing of the LSO at its peak, in the firm... |
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: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 12 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
REINHOLD GLIERE / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glière / Glazunov: Concertos Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Osian Ellis (harp), Josef Sivo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 13/Aug/1990 ] Original recordings made in 1968 and 1971 |
MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (with Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras Aria and Dansa) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate with Lynn Harrell (cello) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Te Kanawa's richly sensuous approach to these delightful songs is very seductive, especially when the accompaniments by Jeffrey Tate and the ECO are so warmly supportive and the sound so opulent."(Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album Danielle de Niese (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 13/Aug/2009 ] "a voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals... there is nothing restrained about Ms. de Niese's warmly voluptuous and passionate singing" New York Times |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel Arias Danielle de Niese (soprano) / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Decca / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] 'Not just a superb performer, but a phenomenal one' Opera News. |
PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of Carl Maria von Weber / Mathis Der Maler David Oistrakh (violin) London Symphony Orchestra / Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 1812 Overture / Capriccio italien / Romeo and Juliet / Marche Slave Detroit Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C.,Antal Dorati [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 3/Feb/1987 ] Features the classic recording of the 1812 Overture with the real bells and cannons! |
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) |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Gilbert & Sullivan D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/1990 ] "If you are looking for a CD to cheer you up on a dull day this Decca (recording) will serve admirably." Rosette Recording. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
