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 |
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. |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 Kyoko Takezawa (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / CD - released 1/Jun/1993 ] Born in Ōbu, Aichi, she started her training in Japan as a part of the Suzuki Method program and was part of a tour of the United States. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School (1989) where her teacher was Dorothy DeLay. |
CAMILE SAINT-SAENS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: French Violin Sonatas Kyoto Takezawa (violin) Rohan de Silva (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] Recorded May 12-14, 1992 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano trios Nos 1 & 3 Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Chung Trio [ Decca / CD - released 10/Oct/1989 ] Kyung-wha Chung's musical career began at the age of three. The Chung Trio is a piano trio consisting of Korean siblings. The trio consists of Myung-whun Chung, who plays the piano, Kyung-wha Chung (violin), and Myung-wha Chung (cello). |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance (with Bartok-Rhapsodies 1 & 2) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] In a career that has already spanned more than twenty-five years, Kyung-Wha Chung has been one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage. |
JOHANN PACHELBEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pachelbel: Easter Cantatas La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson [ CPO / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] "Pachelbel's little-explored sacred music here provides a glorious experience" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2004 |
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Trio Sonatas / Violin Sonatas Op 2 and Op 6 La Magnifica Communita with Enrico Casazza (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Giuseppe Tartini's best-known work must be his sonata for violin 'Devil's trill'. Now meet the virtually unknown Tartini on these three CD's. |
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Geminiani: Concerti Grossi La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Originally recorded in September 1984 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies 88 - 92 La Petite Bande, Sigiswald kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] Original recordings from 1990 & 1992 |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies Nos 90 & 91 La Petite Bande, Sigiswald kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / CD - released 22/Mar/1995 ] "The performances of both symphonies are energetic, and thoughtful; the sound is outstanding." Review |
FALCONIERI / FRESCOBALDI / MERULA / UCCELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Amours, Zephyrs & Sirenes La Turbulente [ Naive / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] La Turbulente: Susi Möhlmeier, Frédérique Thouvenot (recorders), Claire Giardelli (cello), Mirella Giardelli (keyboard & organ), Pascal Monteilhet (theorb & lute) |
BEETHOVEN / ALBENIZ / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lang Lang - Live in Vienna BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Jun/2016 ] "the technical command is peerless and the emotional warmth envelops us. He is surely the Horowitz of our generation" The Observer, 12th September 2010 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera with libretto) Philip Langridge, Janice Watson, Alan Opies, Anne Collins / Opera London, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "The casting of Philip Langridge in the title-role is central to the set's success. As on stage, he is unrivalled at conveying the character's moutning hysteria, and the result is chilling. Janice Watson makes a most touching Ellen Orford." Penguin |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen Of Spades] - highlights Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maureen Forrester, Sergei Leiferkus / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa |
VINCENCO BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: I Capuleti E I Monteccchi (complete opera recorded in 1999 with libretto) Jennifer Larmore, Hei-Kyung Hong, Paul Groves, Robert Lloyd / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Teldec Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/1999 ] "Donald Runnicles offers a fresh and sympathetic reading of Bellini's 'Romeo and Juliet' opera with an outstanding cast…Though the competition is strong, the Teldec set scores both in its casting and in its fullness of sound." (Penguin Guide *** Key |