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CESAR FRANCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franck: Les Beatitudes [with Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder] Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Birit Finnila, Rene Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chor Der Französischen Rundfunks, Orchester Des Bayerische R [ Gala / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2009 ] The performance, led by conductor Rafael Kubelík with Bavarian forces, is considered excellent for its sheer drama and musicality. The oratorio itself is noted as a serious, monumental, and beautiful late-romantic piece, though quite long. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988) Jessye Norman, Julia Varady, Edita Gruberova / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Kurt Masur [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1989 ] "Jessye Norman's is a commanding, noble, deeply felt performance, ranging extraordinarily wide; she provides the perfectfocus for a cast as near ideal as anyone could assemble today." (Penguin Guide) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Apr/1983 ] "Jessye Norman, full and golden of tone, consistently reveals how her art has developed, in most ways matching even the imagination of Fischer-Dieskau. Not the least important elemant is the playing of Barenboim." Penguin Guide |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Schoenberg: Erwartung - Brettl-Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Bryn Terfel (baritone) Shinyukai Male Choir / Saito Kinen Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / James Levine [ Philips Duo Jessye Norman Collection / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2005 ] Jessye Norman heads the cast in this much-acclaimed recording of Stavinsky's opera Oedipus Rex. Her imperious and impassioned Jocasta is a wonderful interpretation. The cast also includes Peter Schreier as the eponymous hero and a young Bryn Terfel... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) with Philip Moll (piano) [ Philips Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/1984 ] "Ganymed..is..one of the most rewarding performances on the record, sung with conviction and, throughout, with long-breathed phrasing." (Gramophone) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH / RICHARD WAGNER / HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jessye Norman - Diva Jessye Norman, with Neil Shicoff (tenor) Ann Murray (mezzo), various orchestras [ EMI Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2000 ] "The sense of a theatrical event is palpable all the way through...The recording, made in the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, is very well balanced, clean spacious." (Gramophone) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Gershwin / Copland / Barber Jill Gormez (soprano) Wayne Marshall (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Recording: Henry Wood Hall, London; February/ March 1988, November 1988 ( Adagio) . |
PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / CILEA / VERDI / CATALANI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Hammond - A celebration Dame Joan Hammond (soprano) [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "She was the first singer who, heard 'in the flesh', gave me the kind of thrill I associated with the great singers on records: and that statement, I'm sure, is one which thousands of my contemporaries could make too" Gramophone |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Songs Joan Rodgers (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'Her intonation is faultless, her Russian excellent. A rare treat indeed' (Vladimir Ashkenazy) |
LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Lakme (Complete opera recorded in 1968 with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier / Orchestra and chorus of Monte Carlo National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/May/1989 ] "(Joan's) "Bell Song" is treasurable, with an ease of execution which is almost frightening and a sinuousness which reeks of oriental mystery. Bacquier's Nilakantha is magnificent." MusicWeb |
PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / DELIBES / ROSSINI / HUMPERDINCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Opera Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Lucia Popp, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1998 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
PUCCINI / VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1999 ] The ardour and passion of some of the best-known love duets from Italian Opera are brought out to the full by the stunning voices of two of the world's greatest singers. |
VERDI / BELLINI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Live From The Lincoln Centre Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti / NYC Opera Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca / London / CD - released 30/Jun/1987 ] Three of operas greatest stars came together under the baton of Richard Bonynge for this sensational concert which took place in New York's Avery Fisher Hall in March 1981 and which first appeared as a 2-LP set later that year. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Glories of Handel Opera Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Emma Kirkby, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 7/Aug/2000 ] Greatest moments from Opera sung by the world's finest singers! |
PUCCINI / VERDI / HANDEL / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Your Hundred best Opera Tunes II Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza, Franoo Corelli, Giuseppe di Stefano [ Decca / CD - released 7/Aug/1991 ] Greatest moments from Opera sung by the world's finest singers! |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Sutherland: Verdi / Bellini / Donizetti Joan Sutherland (soprano), Orchestre de la Societe des concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Nello Santi [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 10/Oct/1982 ] Original recordings from 1959 and 1960 |
DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / GOUNOD / BELLINI / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Sutherland - Live in Australia(recorded live in 1989) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) with John Alexander, Richard Cross, Elizabeth Harwood, Lucian Pavarotti & others [ Desiree Records / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2003 ] These recordings come direct from the personal library of Joan Sutherland and various sources and were released with Joan's 'blessing'. |
CHARLES IVES / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives / Barber: Piano Sonatas Joanna MacGregor (piano) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Joanna Clare MacGregor CBE (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. |
JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn, (J.M.): Six String Quartets Sonare Quartett [ Claves / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] "These quartets are more akin to those of Mozart than of his brother Joseph, although they lack a little of the imagination and panache of his great contemporary. Whether spurious or not, this is a highly enjoyable disc." MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZARt
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Six Violin Sonatas K. 301-6 Johannes Leertouwer (violin) Rumiko Harada (fortepiano) [ Globe / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] All arrangements on this recording |
