UMBERTO GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Giordano: Andrea Chenier (Complete opera recorded in 1976 with libretto) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Jean Kraft, Sherrill Milnes / National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ RCA Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/1977 ] "for Scotto's sake and to a slightly lesser extent for Domingo's, I think I would choose RCA" Gramophone This set is currently unavailable |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Giordano: Andrea Chenier (Complete opera recorded in 1976 with libretto) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Jean Kraft, Sherrill Milnes / National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ RCA Red Seal / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/1997 ] "for Scotto's sake and to a slightly lesser extent for Domingo's, I think I would choose RCA" Gramophone |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras, etc Renee Fleming (soprano) / BBC Singers, New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1996 ] Originally recorded in January 1996 |
LUKAS FOSS / EINAR ENGLUND / WILLIAM THOMAS MCKINLEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Foss / Englund / McKinley - Clarinet Concertos Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 30/Sep/1996 ] Recorded in Berlin, May 1993 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1991 ] Recorded at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in August 1990 |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 'Sinfonia semplice' Royal Danish Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ RCA Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1994 ] Recorded: 1988 (1-2) !989 (3-6) |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schuman: Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] William Schuman was born on 4 August 1910, in New York City. His first musical studies centered on the violin, though a passion for jazz and popular music led him to teach himself a variety of instruments. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Don Juan / Burleske / Serenade / Till Eulenspiegel Sergei Edelmann (piano) / The Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1991 ] Very rare and hard to find! |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS CLASSICAL: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 "Antar" State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Evgeny Svetlanov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded in July 1993. Metz, France |
EDVARD GRIEG / FRANZ LISZT / ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steven Isserlis: Forgotten Romance Steven Isserlis (cello) with Stephen Hough (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 18/Oct/1995 ] The English cellist Steven Isserlis has been a leading light on the international musical scene for more than three decades. "Steven Isserlis amazes in music whose tantalising combination of exquisite poetry and scintillating bravura he was born to... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / The Rock, Op. 7 Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Feb/1988 ] Recorded June 1988 in the Philharmonic Hall, Stockholm. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets Nos 9 & 13 Tokyo String Quartet [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Apr/1988 ] "Right from the start you know that the Tokyo Quartet's will be a dramatic, fiery reading: there's that hair-raising initial attack, with subsequent loud/soft contrasts powerfully underlined." (Gramophone) |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Borodin: Symphony No 2 / Petite Suite USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 4/Nov/1994 ] "...The great horn melody of the slow movement brings identifiably Russian tone for Svetlanov, euphonium-like without unpleasant whining...in the symphony, Svetlanov finds inspiration in the finale, with a sparkling scherzo section leading to a... |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romantic Pieces / Romance Uto Ughi (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 3/Jul/1991 ] Recorded March & April 1990, Abbey Road Studio No. 1 |
CY COLEMAN / NEIL DIAMOND / KANDER & EBB / RICHARD ADLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fosse Valarie Pettiford, Jane Lanier / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] Fosse is a three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse. The musical was conceived by Richard Maltby Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann Reinking. |
W. A. MOZART / SAMUEL BARBER / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Van Cliburn - Mozart, Barber & Debussy Van Cliburn (piano) [ RCA Victor Van Cliburn Collection / CD - released 25/Sep/1992 ] .Recordings from 1965 - 1972 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / 5 Intermezzi Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Victor Van Cliburn Collectation / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "Van Cliburn's triumph at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 and his unprecedented ticker-tape welcome home was a story that made front pages worldwide. What other pianist has inspired that kind of coverage?" Gramophone |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann/Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz reiner & Walter Hendl [ RCA Victor / CD - released 25/Sep/1992 ] In the remastering process, sophisticated digital transfer technology was employed to reveal the full bandwidth and dynamic range of the original master tapes. What you hear is the pure performance, presented in the original splendor. |
HANDEL / GLUCK / MOZART / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo) / Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 6/Oct/1996 ] Kasarova won the "Female Singer of the Year" in 2003 Echo Klassik. In 2005 she won the Merkur Preis and was named Bavarian Kammersängerin. She was also named Österreichische Kammersängerin in April 2010. (Wiki) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 9 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 14/Dec/2014 ] "...this live Salzburg Ninth is glorious. There's no sense here of fallible rhythms or a conductor not being able to see the wood for the trees...the Teldex engineers..make the Grosses Festspielhaus sound like one of the great Bruckner halls" Penguin |