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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch/Mozart: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, English Chamber Orchestra. Peter Maag [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This 2-CD set couples Joshua Bell's first concerto recording for Decca of two of the most popular violin concertos in the repertory |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Hungarian Dances Nos 1 - 10 Joshua Bell (violin) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Decca Classic FM The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Joshua Bell, in one of his finest recordings to date, is daring in his expressiveness, often more expansive, using a far wider range of dynamics." Gramophone |
JEAN SIBELIUS / KARL GOLDMARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius/Goldmark: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classics / CD - released 17/Jan/2000 ] "the enormously talented Bell is an amazing player, confident and supple, and he infuses both works with a luminous energy. (If anything, I would have liked a bit less confidence in the first movement of the Sibelius; the work's desperate, desolate... |
MOZART / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne (piano) with Juilliard Orchestra, Members of the National Orchestra Assiociation [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 64 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "These discs celebrate both an incomparable partnership and two Moscow Gold Medallists who achieved a legendary status in their separate careers." Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Santo - Sacred Songs Juan Diego Florez (tenor) & Nicoletta Mezzini (organ & harpsichord) / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 28/Oct/2010 ] "Good for Juan Diego Florez for this release! I'm second to none in my love for the bel cantists, but it's good to hear a "pigeon-holed" tenor in repertoire that is somewhat different. The engineering is superb and the accompaniments are excellent." |
GLUCK / VERDI / ROSSINI / CIMAROSA / HALEVY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Juan Diego Florez - Great Tenor Arias Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Carlo Rizzi [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Another congenial programme for the formidably gifted Peruvian tenore di grazia. He's finely supported by secure and stylistically credible accompaniemnets, and by Decca's bright and forward sound." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Op 10 Judith Hall (flute) / Divertiment of London, Paul Barritt / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Regis / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] "freshly and brightly recorded and (Judith Hall) plays with great virtuosity and fine taste. The Divertimenti of London is a modern-instrument group and players are both sensitive and alert... very competitive" (Penguin Guide 3 stars) |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early Cantatas Judith Howarth, Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Jose Van Dam (bass) / Corydon Singers & Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/1997 ] 'Arguably Beethoven's first major masterpiece … superb performance, at once fresh and incisive and deeply moving' - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
LUKAS FOSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Foss: Complete Vocal Chamber Music Judith Kellock (soprano) Lukas Foss (piano, narrator, conductor) / Cornell Contemporary Singers [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] Foss was appointed professor of music at UCLA in 1953, replacing Arnold Schoenberg. While there he founded the Improvisation Chamber Ensemble, which made its Boston debut in 1962 for the Peabody Mason Concert series. He founded the Center of the... |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 4 "Requiem" / Suite from "Merry Mount" / etc Judith Mendenhall (flute) Randall Ellis (oboe) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1991 ] Composer, teacher, and one of the most influential musical figures in the United States between the world wars, Howard Hanson studied in New York with conservative composer Percy Goetschius and at Northwestern University, outside Chicago. |
JEROME KERN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kern: Sitting Pretty Judy Blazer, Roberta Peters & Paige O'Hara / Princess Theatre Ensemble, John Mcglinn [ New World Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1995 ] Sitting Pretty was the sixth and last collaboration of Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse, and Guy Bolton. This delicious score, bubbling over with melancholy and longing, is one of the most important of Kern's pre-Showboat creations. |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Massenet: Werther (Complete opera) Julia Gertseva (mezzo) Andrea Bocelli (tenor) / Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conducted by Yves Abel [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 24/Mar/2005 ] A studio recording of the complete opera Werther by Jules Massenet, conducted by Yves Abel. Andrea Bocelli sings the title role of Werther - which he has sung on stage several times to great critical acclaim (including his USA stage debut).... |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera with full libretto) Julia Migenes Johnson, Placido Domingo, Ruggiero Raimondi, Faith Esham / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1984 ] "Carmen is sung here by Julia Migenes Johnson. Her Habanera is wonderfully shapely and sexy, in a quite light flirty manner. In Act 4 she and Placido Domingo (as Don José) give us a wonderfully dramatic climax to the opera." (MusicWeb) |
J. S. BACH / SANZ / SOR / VISEE / WEISS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Bream - Baroque Guitar Julian Bream (guitar) [ Rca Red Seal / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Julian Alexander Bream CBE (15 July 1933 - 14 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public... |
DOWLAND / TARREGA / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / RODRIGO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Bream: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 Julian Bream (guitar/lute) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/Jan/0200 ] "Bream is a genius and the playing is just superb" Review |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) [ Music Club / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] The recordings on this compilation date mainly from 1981 when Julian was using his much loved 1791 Joseph Guadagnini cello to interpret music that was often tantalisingly out of the mainstream, exciting, Challenging, but always richly melodic and... |
DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] A classic recording - Limited availability |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pieces Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Julian Lloyd Webber made his professional debut as a cellist at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in September 1972 when he gave the first London performance of the cello concerto by Sir Arthur Bliss. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Mass in B minor Julianne Baird, Judith Nelson, Jeffrey Dooley, Jan Opalach / The Bach Ensemble (original instruments), Joshua Rifkin [ Nonesuch Ultima / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/1982 ] Composed in spurts of productivity over the last 20 years of Bach's life, the Mass in B Minor was not completed until just before the composer's death, making it one of his last great works. It is performed here on original period instruments by the... |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 [Incls 'Cello Concerto'] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10605/10605818.jpg)
ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 [Incls 'Cello Concerto'] Julius Berger (cello) / North West German Philharmonic Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / CD - released 4/Dec/1991 ] "If sweet tunes and sumptuous orchestration constituted all the necessary for a great composer, Korngold would count as one of the greatest. Furthermore, a vein of genuine, individual poetry runs through just about everything he wrote." ClassicalNet |
