FAURE / DEBUSSY / WIDOR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: James Galway: The French Recital James Galway (flute) with Christopher O'Riley (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1996 ] The living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, is widely considered the supreme interpreter of classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal transcends musical boundaries. His virtuosity on the flute is equalled only by his... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Serenade Op 25 / Sonata in B flat / Serenade Op 8 James Galway (flute) with Joseph Swensen (violin) Paul Newbauer (viola) Phillip Moll (piano) (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1990 ] The living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, is widely considered the supreme interpreter of classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal transcends musical boundaries. His virtuosity on the flute is equalled only by his... |
JOSEPH JOACHIM QUANTZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: James Galway: Quantz James Galway (flute) with Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1991 ] The living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, is widely considered the supreme interpreter of classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal transcends musical boundaries. |
MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rozsa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Concerto For String Orchestra James Sedares (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] "This is the fourth CD in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's admirable traversal of all of Rozsa's orchestral music. I suppose it's too much to think that an American orchestra would have undertaken such a project." Courant.com |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: A Self Portrait: The Music Makers / Dream Children / Froissart / etc Jane Irwin (Mezzo) / Halle Orchestra / Mark Elder [ ASV Halle / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] This is the first time in a decade that this music has been recorded, and the different works perfectly illustrate the different aspects of Elgar's personality. |
LLOYD WEBBER / GUILMANT / SUMSION / MATHIAS / BUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Australasian Organs Vol. VI Jane Watts (the organ of Wellington Cathedral) [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] Recorded in Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand, on 18/19 April 2001. |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Complete Symphonies [3 CD set] Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Half a bar of Carl Nielsen and you know it's him - a characteristic of great composers down the ages, to be sure, but one peculiarly concentrated around nationalist composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nationalist, not necessarily... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Das Lied von der Erde / Das Hnaben Wunderhorn / etc Janet Baker, Lucia Popp, Murray Dickie, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Halle & New Philharmonia Orchestras, Sir John Barbirolli, and more [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 27/Aug/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) [Kindertotenlieder/Ruckert Lieder] "The spontaneous feeling of soloist and conductor of this music comes over as in a live performance and brings out the tenderness to a unique... |
MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn / Schumann / Liszt - Lieder Janet Baker (mezzo) Geoffrey Parsons, Daniel Barenboim (pianos) [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2001 ] The best of Romantic Leider with Dame Janet at a special price |
MAURICE RAVEL / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MAURICE DELAGE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janet Baker - French Songs Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) with Melos Ensemble of London [ Decca / CD - released 20/May/1991 ] 'The performances of French mélodies included on this record are very beautiful indeed. With superb, atmospheric playing by the Melos Group, this ravishing collection must be placed among Dame Janet's most outstanding recordings." Penguin Guide |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Thomas Allen, Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Dame Janet Baker and Robert Tear lead an outstanding cast in this classic recording of Berlioz' operatic setting of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, under the baton of the distinguished Berlioz conductor Sir Colin Davis. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janet Hilton Plays Weber Janet Hilton (clarinet) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Lindsay String Quartet / Keith Swallow (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1982 ] 'Janet Hilton's is a very fine performance. The slow movements are ruminative and beautifully played.' Fanfare |
AARON COPLAND / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI / CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland / Lutoslawski / Nielsen: Works for Clarinet & Orchestra Janet Hilton (clarinet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1989 ] "Janet Hilton's new record couples two of the best, and most attractively complementary, twentieth-century clarinet concertos with what at the moment seems to be every clarinettist's favourite fill-up." Gramophone |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles [The Pearl Fishers] (Complete opera recorded in 1960 with libretto) / Plus Ivan IV (extraits) Janine Micheau, Nicolai Gedda, Ernest Blanc / Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra Comique, Pierre Dervaux [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1988 ] Original 1960 recording coupled with excerpts from Ivan IV recorded in 1958 |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Historical Scenes, Op. 25 & 66 / En Saga, Op. 9 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] Recording data: 1985-02-04/05 at the Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Spring Song / The Bard / etc Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD ] Recording data: June 1986 (Spring Song, The Bard), 1987-06-15 (Suite Mignonne, Suite Caractéristique), 1987-09-19 at the Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: The Tempest (incidental music) / etc Gothenberg Symphpony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recorded at the Gothenberg Concert Hall, Sweden in 1987 & 1989 |
EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / Sigurd Jorsalfar Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, with Barbara Bonney & Marianne Eklof [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/2004 ] "This coverage of Grieg's 'music with orchestra', with many of the performances unsurpassed, would make an ideal basis for any Grieg collection." (Five Stars Penguin Guide) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 / Waltz Suite, Op. 110: Nos. 1, 3 & 4 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] "Järvi celebrates [the symphony's] epic grandeur" International Record Review |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 / Overture in Italian Style Stockholm Sinfonietta, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Original recording: Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden, May 1989 |