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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pizzetti: Complete Piano Works Giancarlo Simonacci (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "The two discs are very well played by Giancarlo Simonacci, who proves a worthy exponent, and presents three premiere recordings." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Violin Concertos Gidon Kremer (violin) / The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Heinz Holliger (oboe d'amore) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "This is among the most vigorous of Bach playing, of superlative quality within its chosen style. The quality extends both to the soloist and the strings of the orchestra." (Gramophone) |
SAMUEL BARBER / ANDRE PREVIN / AARON COPLAND / GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber/Previn/Copland/Gershwin: American Scenes Gil Shaham (violin) / Andre Previn (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Nov/1998 ] "Previn, the pianist, is on excellent form these days and Gil Shaham is a totally responsive partner.." (Gramophone) |
NICOLO PAGANINI / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini/Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos Gil Shaham (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/May/1991 ] Gil Shaham gave his highly acclaimed debut at the age of ten as soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Schneider. Soon thereafter he performed with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS CCOLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Symphony No. 4 Emil Gilels (piano) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin [ Russian Revelation / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Recorded Feburary 1968 (Op. 37) and 22 March 1945 (Op. 60) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) / Magnificat / Antiphona - Benedicamus / Sonata Sopra "Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis Gillian Fisher, David Cordier, Peter Kooy, Philippe Cantor, John Elwes / Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata, Choralschola Niederalteich, Frieder Berni [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/1989 ] "(The) Kammerchor Stuttgart has become a prize-winning vocal ensemble, touring the world and producing dozens of recording. The Musica Fiata Koln is dedicated to preserving 16th and 17th century music in techniques and instruments of the time." |
DUPRÉ / FRANCK / COUPERIN / BRUHNS / BACH / MESSIAEN
Gillian Weir: A Celebration Gillian Weir (organ) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 12/Feb/2021 ] 'Dame Gillian is one of the greatest of living artists; her playing shows a perfect mixture of hand and heart, a true musician with the technique to tackle anything.' - JOHN AMIS, WRITER AND CRITIC |
CLERAMBAULT / BRUHNS / WIDOR / VIERNE / DUPRE / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir Gillian Weir (organ) [ Argo / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2005 ] 'There is an aristocratic poise and restraint which illuminate Weir's readings of Clerambault's two Suites' BBC Music Magazine |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Giuliano Carmignola (violin from 1733) / il Quartettone, Carlo de Martini [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2008 ] Recorded at Pieve Di Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera with libretto recorded in 1957) Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese / La Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Tullio Serafin [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/1985 ] "In general this is Callas at her most girlish: light-voiced, lyrical and with the power to make the dramatic climaxes thrilling." MusicWeb |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) BLU-RAY Globe / Andrew Vincent / Philip Cumbus / Michael O'Hagan / Atetomiwa Edun, Ellie Kendrick [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Dominic Dromgoole's production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare's most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Hamlet (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, 2018) Globe / Catrin Aaron, James Garnon, Colin Hurley, Michelle Terry / Federay Holmes, Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Encompassing political intrigue and sexual obsession, philosophical reflection and violent action, tragic depth and wild humour, Hamlet is a colossus in the story of the English language and the fullest expression of Shakespeare's genius. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, May 2015) Globe / Jonathan Pryce, Rachel Pickup, Daniel Lapaine, Dominic Mafham, Phoebe Pryce [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] In some of his most highly-charged scenes, Shakespeare dramatises the competing claims of tolerance and intolerance, religious law and civil society, justice and mercy; while in the character of Shylock he created one of the most memorable outsiders |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Comedy, Romance, Tragedy (As You Like It / Love's Labour's Lost / Romeo & Juliet) BLU-RAY Globe Theatre / Brendon Hughes, Jack Laskey, Trevor Martin, Philip Cumbus, Trystan Gravelle, William Mannering, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Shakespeare's Globe productions of As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost and Romeo & Juliet are offered in this exclusive limited edition Blu-ray box set. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Richard II (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2015) Globe Theatre / Charles Edwards, Henry Everett, William Gaunt, Jonny Glynn , David Sturzaker [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Ruling by divine right, but himself ruled by caprice, King Richard exiles Henry Bolingbroke and seizes his father's vast states. While Richard is distracted by a rebellion in Ireland, Bolingbroke returns to England, intent on recovering... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: All's well that ends well (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2011) Globe Theatre / Michael Bertenshaw, Sam Cox, Sam Crane, Naomi Cranston, John Cummins [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] G: - Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well centres on the tale of Helena's quest to marry the man she loves, the rather unimpressed Bertram, who initially refuses her due to her lack of social standing. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore (Complete opera recorded in August 2009) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alfredo Daza / Annabel Arden (Director) / Maurizio Benini (Conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini's Italy...it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort." (BBC Music) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Vanessa (Complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Emma Bell, Virginie Verrez, Edgaras Montvidas, Rosalind Plowright / Jakub Hrůša (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Jun/2019 ] BBC Music Award WINNER 2020 - DVD/Blu-ray |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Billy Budd (complete operetta recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / John Mark Ainsley, Jacques Imbrailo, Phillip Ens / Mark Elder (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "..this is the most compelling Billy Budd on video, and superb in Blu-ray." (DVD Choice - July 2011 BBC Music *****) |
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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera directed by Peter Hall in 2005) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Raquela Sheeran / Lucia Cirillo / Ruxandra Donose / Nathan Berg / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "The BD disc offers an excellent reproduction of the "live" experience that will surely warm the hearts of those who cannot make it to the opera house often enough." (Blu-Ray.com) |
