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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The Young Lady and the Hooligan Op 124c (ballet) Russian Symphony Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Shostakovich composed many ballet scores, which kept the income flowing in and also kept him in the good books of the increasingly brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin as many of these ballets were little more than Soviet propaganda exercises. The... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV114, BWV57 & BWV155 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV110 & BWV198 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Marjon Strijk / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV34, BWV31 & BWV19 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Nico van der Meel / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Appalachian Spring / El Salon Mexico / Old American Songs Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin / Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata /The Orchestra of St Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "This is a truly outstanding issue packed with great things." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month October 2008) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
ARRIGO BOITO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boito: Mefistofele (Complete opera recorded in 1995) Samuel Ramey, Vincenzo La Scola, Michele Crider / Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti [ RCA Victor Red Seal / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "Ramey was already a splendid Mefistofele...but here he is even more in command of the role, and has the advantage of Muti's masterly conducting. Crider is an affecting Margherita and La Scola a mellifluous Faust." Peformance & Sound: 5 (out of 5) |
FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay / Erich Kunzel (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Opera Arias Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Naive / CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "... It always sounds as though she has range, and power, to spare...It feels so easy and natural you'll probably find yourself grinning from ear to ear in delight." BBC Music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti Sacri Sandrine Piau (soprano) / l'Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone [ Naive / Opus III Vivaldi Edition Vol 31 / CD - released 7/May/2006 ] 'Sandrine Piau impeccable in some of Vivaldi's most alluring sacred music' BBC Music 'Choral & Song' recording of the month June 2006 |
SARASATE / ELGAR / KREISLER / CHOPIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / LISZT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Chang - The Debut Recital Sarah Chang (violin) Sandra Rivers (piano) [ EMI American Artistry / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine proclaimed, "This is an astonishing disc. Sarah Chang's playing will enthrall and captivate in equal measure." |
HERBERT HOWELLS / EDMUND RUBBRA / HAMILTON HARTY / RUTLAND BOUGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Francis - Music for oboe Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A very attractive reissue' (Classic CD) |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Sonatas in Three & Four Parts Slovak Radio Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Current selling for $66 on Amazon (US) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / etc Ragna Schirmer (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Günther Herbig [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] "Schirmer has an agile technique, a clean attack, a crisp tone, a sprightly sense of rhythm, and a winning way with phrasing a melody." AllMusic |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wayfaring Stranger Scholl Andreas (counter tenor) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "This curious but heartfelt disc is spine-tingling. And thanks to that Decca beauty treatment - a piercingly clear and immediate sound - and the professionalism of all involved, it is never less than interesting." (BBC Music) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV49, 115, 180 Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Gothold Schwarz / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Concerto Vocale de Leipzig, Christophe Coin [ Naive / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Conductor Christophe Coin, who studied with Jordi Savall and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has, for the last 30 years, been France's most fervent apostle of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert String Quintet in C. D.956 Melos Quartett with Mstislav Rostropovich (2nd cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recording: Zurich, Tonhalle, 9/1977 |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / WOLF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished Lieder & Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore, Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] Testament is an artist-based label, not restricted to any particular period of recording history, and its releases are selected from the archives of some of the largest record companies and radio stations in the world. |
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MONTEVERDI / CARISSIMI / DVORAK / HUMPERDINCK / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Soprano Duets Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Urmgard Seefried (sopranos) with Gerald Moore, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/1988 ] Irmgard Seefried said, "I sang a great deal with Elisabeth and was fortunate - not everybody was - in establishing an excellent rapport with her" |
