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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / WOLF / FAURE / DUPARC / WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa: Song Recital Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Richard Amner (piano) [ Sony Masterworks / CD - released 1/Mar/1980 ] |
PURCELL / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / GRANADOS / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri in Recital Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/May/1990 ] "..it should immediately be added that the soprano's tone is fresh, her responsiveness to words keen, the pianist's touch very evidently guided by a refined, lively intelligence, and the programme a delight in the variety." Gramophone |
PUCCINI / MOZART / KORNGOLD / STRAUSS / GAY / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Art is Calling Me Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) various orchestras and conductors DELETED [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1999 ] The selection is varied and well-chosen, but for the listener, what is sung becomes a second consideration to how well Te Kanawa sings it, and hers is a silvery, beautiful voice. |
MOZART / KORNGOLD / STRAUSS / WEILL / PUCCINI / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri! - A 50th birthday celebration of her greatest hits live Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), with Dennis O'Neill (tenor) & the Waihirere Maori Group, Gisborne [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, 10 March 1994. |
PUCCINI / CANTELOUBE / MOZART / STRAUSS / FRANCK / VILLA-LOBOS / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Portrait Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) with various accompaniments [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2004 ] The number of opera singers who, at any one moment in time, can be described as "household" names are few and far between but there is no question that one name that does spring to mind is that of Kiri Te Kanawa. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (highlights from the opera) Kiri Te Kanawa, Waltraud Meier, Hakan Hagegard, Rene Kollo / Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marek Janowski [ Teldec / CD - released 17/Aug/1993 ] These excerpts, which come from the soundtrack of the film «Meeting Venus». They were recorded in St. Augustine's Church, London, May/June 1990. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / ADAM / MINKUS / SAINT-SAENS / DVORAK / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Essential Ballet - Kirov at Coven Garden & Gala Performance in Red Square Kirov Ballet & Orchestra, conducted by Viktor Fedotv & Valery Gergiev [ Philips DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2003 ] Features the Kirov Orchestra and the Moscow radio Symphony Orchestra |
WAGNER / GLUCK / PURCELL / GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) with Gerald Moore (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Warwick Braithwaite [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) enjoyed a successful career singing opera and operetta in Scandanavia, and was considering retirement when she was catapulted to international fame in 1935 after a sensational appearance at the Metropolitan Opera |
RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Klara Wuertz Plays Romantic Piano Klara Wuertz (piano) / National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Through her many recordings for Brilliant Classics Hungarian/Dutch pianist Klára Würtz established herself firmly as one of the more exciting pianists of the younger generation. Her playing radiates with energy, brilliance and warmth, not only laying... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1977 with libretto) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber (conductor), Ileana Cotrubaș (soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor) etc... [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 21/Nov/1985 ] Recorded in 1977 NOTE: Slightly damaged outer cardboard cover |
BLOW / BYRD / CAMPION / DOWLAND / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Of An English Cavalier: A hundred years of English music Kobie Van Rensburg (tenor) / Musikalische Leitung, Wolfgang Katschner [ NCA / CD - released 4/Apr/2001 ] A hundred years of English music |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Respighi: Piano Music (Including Antiche Danze ed Arie (Ancient Airs and Dances) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] "Sherbakov rises magnificently to the considerable technical and expressive demands of Respighi's piano writing" - Fanfare |
ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Abschiedslieder / Symphony 3 Linda Finnie (contralto) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Korngold's lush orchestration needs sound with a full bloom, and the Chandos engineers provide that in spades" The Times |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: You Never Know Kristin Chenoweth, David Garrison, Harry Groener / World Premiere Cast Recording [ Fynsworth Alley / Varese Sarabande / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] You Never Know is set in Paris in the heady days of 1929 just before the stock market crash. It takes place one evening in Baron Rommer's elegant penthouse suite at the Hotel Ritz. Baron Rommer (Harry Groener) and his Butler, Gaston (David Garrison) |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: The Violin Sonatas Krysia Osostowicz (violin) / Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Feb/2006 ] 'Two outstanding performances. A marvellous disc, both as a performance and as a recording' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The Piano Concertos Krystian Zimerman, Helene Grimaud & Leif-Ove Andsnes (pianos) / Various orchestras, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon Boulez 2005 / CD - released 15/Mar/2005 ] "this is a splendid release that is self-commending." -MusicWeb march 2005 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Hungarian Phapsody Kun Woo Paik (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Originally recorded at the Blackheath Concert Halls, London, June 1990 |
ANTONIO ROSETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos Vol. 2 (with Mozart: Bassoon Concerto KV 191) Eckart Hubner (bassoon) / Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester [ CPO / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Antonio Rosetti was a marvelous composer with a fresh, original classical style. Although he used the Italianized version of his name, he was Czech, which is practically a guarantee of superior musical quality, especially in the treatment of wind... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas Nos.180-184 Kurt Equiluz, Jan Patrick O'Farrell, Alexander Raymann, Paul Esswood / Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/1989 ] Original recording from 1984 One of the first recordings using historical instruments, with boys' choirs and boy soloists for most soprano and some alto parts. Adult soloists include the tenor Kurt Equiluz. Booklet contains translations |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas Nos.128 - 131 Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood, Alan Bergius, Max van Egmond / Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/1989 ] Original recording from 1983 One of the first recordings using historical instruments, with boys' choirs and boy soloists for most soprano and some alto parts. Adult soloists include the tenor Kurt Equiluz. |
