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JACQUES OFFENBACH / RICHARD WAGNER / HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jessye Norman - Diva Jessye Norman, with Neil Shicoff (tenor) Ann Murray (mezzo), various orchestras [ EMI Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2000 ] "The sense of a theatrical event is palpable all the way through...The recording, made in the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, is very well balanced, clean spacious." (Gramophone) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Gershwin / Copland / Barber Jill Gormez (soprano) Wayne Marshall (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Recording: Henry Wood Hall, London; February/ March 1988, November 1988 ( Adagio) . |
MIKIS THEODORAKIS
Theodorakis: Sadduzäer-Passion Joachim Vogt (tenor) Jürgen Freier (baritione) Hermann Christian Polster (bass) / Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester,, Hans-Peter Frank [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recording: Übernahme SRK Berlin, 1983 |
PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / CILEA / VERDI / CATALANI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Hammond - A celebration Dame Joan Hammond (soprano) [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "She was the first singer who, heard 'in the flesh', gave me the kind of thrill I associated with the great singers on records: and that statement, I'm sure, is one which thousands of my contemporaries could make too" Gramophone |
LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Lakme (Complete opera recorded in 1968 with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier / Orchestra and chorus of Monte Carlo National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/May/1989 ] "(Joan's) "Bell Song" is treasurable, with an ease of execution which is almost frightening and a sinuousness which reeks of oriental mystery. Bacquier's Nilakantha is magnificent." MusicWeb |
PUCCINI / VERDI / DELIBES / OFFENBACH / BERLIOZ / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Opera Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Christa Ludwig, April Cantelo, Hugette Tourangeau, Jane Berbié [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1994 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera with complete libretto) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Ghiaurov / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2015 ] "Sutherland gives an intensely appealing interpretation, while Pavarotti gives a performance equally imaginative. Mehta directs a gloriously rich and dramatic performance. Still the best-sounding Turandot on CD." Penguin Guide |
VERDI / BELLINI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Live From The Lincoln Centre Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti / NYC Opera Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca / London / CD - released 30/Jun/1987 ] Three of operas greatest stars came together under the baton of Richard Bonynge for this sensational concert which took place in New York's Avery Fisher Hall in March 1981 and which first appeared as a 2-LP set later that year. |
PUCCINI / VERDI / HANDEL / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Your Hundred best Opera Tunes II Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza, Franoo Corelli, Giuseppe di Stefano [ Decca / CD - released 7/Aug/1991 ] Greatest moments from Opera sung by the world's finest singers! |
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. |
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FALLA / GRANADOS / DEBUSSY / ALBENIZ / RAVEL
Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana [Nights in the Gardens of Spain] (recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Joaquín Achúcarro (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / DVD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "There is something special with Achucarro. Very few musicians can extract this kind of sound from the piano" Sir Simon Rattle |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Zoroastre 1749 Jodie Devos (Amélite), Véronique Gens (Erinice), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Zoroastre), Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane), Chœur de Chambre de Namur [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) left two very different versions of his tragédie en musique Zoroastre: the first, in 1749, received a lukewarm reception and the work was withdrawn from the repertory. Rameau gave it a thorough revision in 1756. At... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2010) Johan Botha / Edith Haller / Linda Watson / Albert Dohmen / Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus / Bayreuther Festspiele / Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] "[Botha] is outstanding throughout as Siegmund...Dorst's production, and this filming of it, are at their best in the latter stages of Act 3 and the result is a powerful and affecting account of one of The Ring's greatest episodes...there's nothing... |
JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn, (J.M.): Six String Quartets Sonare Quartett [ Claves / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] "These quartets are more akin to those of Mozart than of his brother Joseph, although they lack a little of the imagination and panache of his great contemporary. Whether spurious or not, this is a highly enjoyable disc." MusicWeb |
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) |
MOZART / CHOPIN / RAVEL / BRAHMS
In Recital (recorded in 2010) John Chen (piano) [ McCarthy Communications / DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] New Zealand pianist John Chen was the youngest ever winner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he also won prizes for the best performance of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, chamber music and concerto. Since then, he has... |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: An 1822 Schubertiad John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 28 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'There are unknown treasures here. Anyone who hasn't invested in this vast enterprise might well begin with this volume' (Classic CD) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD / FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Songs of the Fleet / Delius: Sea Drift John Noble, Bemjamin Luxon / Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Norman Del Mar [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] ...the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Norman Del Mar in Charles Villiers Stanford's Songs of the Sea and Songs of the Fleet is praised is praised for its is salty, robust, and remarkably fresh interpretations. (A.I.) |
RACHMANINOV / ARENSKY / DEBUSSY / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Two Pianos John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas (pianos) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1996 ] "The music is wonderful, the performances exuberant and eye opening" James Raney |
