MEYERBEER / HANDEL / WAGNER / MOZART / OFFENBACH / PAISIELLO / PICCINNI / VERDI / MASSENET / BIZET / GOUNOD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Joan Sutherland [6 CD set] Joan Sutherland (soprano) with various orchestras. Richard Bonynge (conductor / pianist ) [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Feb/2005 ] SIX CD SET SPECIAL PRICE A must have box for all fans of great singing - 6CDs presenting the art of this outstanding Decca artist from 1959 to 1985 |
JOAN SUTHERLAND
The Reluctant Prima Donna Joan Sutherland with various guests [ Digital Classics DVD / DVD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] G : - The life of opera diva Dame Joan Sutherland is told through her own words and those of her contemporaries. Features thrilling musical moments and spine tingling performances. |
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. |
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 |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra Johannes Moser (cello) / Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR / Fabrice Bollon [ Hanssler / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Hearing the two concertos in succession brings it home how much more inspired the First is, with its thrillingly dramatic opening. Moser plays it with overwhelming passion, while firmly controlling tempo and intonation." Gramophone Magazine, January... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: John Chen - Fountains: Piano impressions John Chen (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] "Chen is a fine musician who uses his technique fully at the service of the composer...well worth having purely for the marvellous playing if nothing else!" (Music Web Nov 2008) |
VERDI / SUPPE / NICOLAI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / AUBER / WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Overtures John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, Major Peter Parkes & Davis Hurst [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Originally recorded in 1988 |
BOHM / de GRIGNY / C.P.E. BACH / J.S. BACH / MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Phelps Organ at Hexham John Green (at the Phelps Organ at Hexham) [ The Classical Recording Company / CD - released 5/Aug/1997 ] " The 1974 Phelps organ is obviously a delight to both performer and sound-recordist alike." Review |
DOMINIC MULDOWNEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Muldowney: Piano Concerto / Saxophone Concerto John Harle (saxophone) Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder, London Sinfonietta, Diego Masson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1997 ] Not currently available |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: The Sonatas and Keyboard John Holloway (Violin) Davitt Moroney (harpsichord, chamber organ) Susan Sheppard (cello) [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/1999 ] The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 by Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Hyperion Schubert Edition: The Final Year John Mark Ainsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Schade (tenors) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 37 / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] The final volume in the Schubert Hyperion series |
MICHAEL KEMP TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] Recorded at St Jude's Church, London NW11; 7-8 March 1995 |
GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzie: Dies Natalis / Intimations of Immortality John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Corydon Singers / Corydon Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Gerald Finzi likened the creative artist to a 'coral reef insect, building his reef out of the transitory world around him and making a solid structure to last long after his own fragile and uncertain life'. 'Fragile' and 'uncertain' are the key... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Fantasy-Waltzes / Twelve Preludes John Ogdon (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] Recorded in Snape Maltings in October 1984 |
BALAKIREV / LISZT / RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - John Ogdon II John Ogdon (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Meloydia / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Piano virtuoso John Ogdon II cannot be explained simply. He cut his own path in the rigid world of concert professionals. He neither shunned the standard repertoire, nor limited himself to it. In a field of specialists, he enthusiastically embraced a... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Rachmaninov John Ogdon (piano) Roger Woodward (piano) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Nicolai Gedda (tenor), etc [ EMI Studio / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Original recordings from 1962 - 1977 |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Sea Drift / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / etc John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Classic performances on one budget CD |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Death in Venice (Complete Opera recorded in 1974) John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, James Bowman / Members of the English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2002 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
PETERIS VASKS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vasks: Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto John Storgards (violin) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards. Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra /J uha Kangas [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "These are two rewarding lyrical works written during the last decade, generously coupled, passionately performed and luminously recorded." - MusicWeb |