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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Songs Vol 1 Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'No praise can be too high for Stephen Varcoe ... his warm, natural baritone, finely judged legato and sensitivity to words are a joy throughout.' (International Record Review) |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: The Protecting Veil (complete) / The Last Sleep of the Virgin) Steven Isserlis (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky / Chilingirian Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Isserlis/Rozhdestvensky pioneering version of Tavener's Protecting Veil hardly needs any recommendation from me." (Gramophone) |
ELGAR / BLOCH / KABALEVSKY / R. STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar/Bloch/Kabalevsky/Tchaikovsky/R. Strauss: Concertos and works for cello and orchestra Steven Isserlis (cello) various orchestras and conductors [ Virgin de Virgin / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) "..a Virgin double covering concertante cello works by five differnet composers, this is an almost irresistible bargain." Penguin Guide.. |
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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Concertos Vol 1 Steven Kovacevich (piano) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] "...the best of these performances are well worth Philips' modest asking price" ClassicsToday "Steven Kovacevich's performance for Philips (is) still the touchstone in these works." ClassicalCandor |
PALESTRINA / GOMBERT / LASSUS / VICTORIA / GUERRERO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Song of Songs Stile Antico [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Early Music - "You get a good feeling listening to this recording: good energy, good sound, good music, good sense of style and of the music's underlying emotional and spiritual context." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Water Music (3 suites) / Royal Fireworks Music / Oboe Concerto No 2 in B flat Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger, with Lothar Koch (oboe) [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 1/Nov/1986 ] The three Water Music Suites on one CD! Immaculate performances by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Karl Munchinger. |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / VERDI / RICCI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Bel Cantio Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Giuliano Carella [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] A top recital recording from the beautiful Sumi! |
OFFENBACH / DAVID / GRETRY / BALFE / MESSAGER / DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Carnival! Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 15/Sep/1994 ] Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with... |
BELLINI / ADAM / MOZART / OFFENBACH / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Live at Carnegie Hall Sumi Jo (soprano) / LOrchestra of St. Luke's, Richard Bonynge [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 14th 1996 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Sumi Jo Collection Sumi Jo (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her generations' most sought-after sopranos. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Topsy-Turvy - soundtrack Sung by the original movie cast. Conducted and Arranged by Carl Davis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Aug/1991 ] Winner of two Academy Awards |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Sappho / Sapphic Poem Susan Bickley (mezzo) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/1999 ] "No praise can be too high for Susan Bickley … [and] Tony Faulkner's stunningly natural engineering complements what is another triumphant addition to Hyperion's ongoing Bantock series" (Gramophone) |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges Susan Davenny Wyner, Jocelyne Taillon, Jane Berbié, Arleen Augér, Linda Finnie, Philip Langridge / London Symphony, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Andre Prev [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts) is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure... |
ANDRE MESSAGER / REYNALDO HAHN / ANDRE MESSAGER / MOISES SIMONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham - French Operetta Arias (C'est Ça La Vie, C'est Ça L'amour...) Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Yves Abel [ Erato / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] Graham made her international début at Covent Garden in 1994, playing Massenet's Chérubin. She has also premièred several roles in contemporary operas, including John Harbison's The Great Gatsby and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking |
BRAHMS / DEBUSSY /BERG /POULENC / MESSAGER / HAHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 4/Jul/2005 ] Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, 14th April 2003 Susan Graham - hailed as "an artist to treasure" by the New York Times - rose to the highest echelon of international performers within just a few years of her professional debut. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Damnation De Faust, Le (Complete) Susan Graham, Thomas Moser, Josa van Dam, Choeurs de l Opara de Lyon / Lyon Opera / Kent Nagano [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Magical performance of this major Berlioz work! |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol. 3 (Dixit Dominus RV595; Domine ad adjuvandum RV593; Beatus vir RV598; etc) Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops) Catherine Denley (alto) Charles Daniels (ten) Neal Davies, Michael George / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' - BBC Music Magazine |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Janice Watson, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Padmore / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Richard Hickox's plaudit-winning Haydn Mass Edition is now available as a complete boxed set. A full price collection but now available at a special price. |
