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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Dec/2014 ] "Garanca is something special. The voice, pure, warm, ample in power and range, she has achieved a mastery in Rossini's florid style, using no quick fixes...Benini's conducting is sure in its feeling for wit and elegance, and the orchestra respond" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (complete opera recorded in 1991) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, April Millo, Florence Quivar / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 30/May/2008 ] "The best justification for buying this issue is to see and hear Pavarotti nearer to his vocal peak in a role which his strong lyric voice and clear diction is ideally suited" (MusicWeb) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2007) Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Elena Zaremba, Ramon Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Decca DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Feb/2008 ] 'Miss Fleming's sympathetic, exquisitely sung Tatiana was a major achievement.' The New York Times |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Concertos Michael Collins (clarinet) Richard Watkins (horn) Karen Jones (horn) David Nettle, Richard Markham (piano) / London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] Arnold was an exceptionally gifted orchestrator, and his writing for solo instruments, particularly winds and brass, is always extremely effective. All the soloists here seem to be having a great time with this light-hearted and gratifying music. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 9-11 & 16-18 Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Morrison Music Trust / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Micael Houstoun continues his recordings of the Beethoven sonatas |
NICOLO PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: 24 Caprices (recorded 1958) Michael Rabin (violin) [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'The legendary Michael Rabin, who died tragically young, was a stupendous technician. Superb dexterity is coupled with a fine control of pitch and a wonderful singing quality in the highest register.' (Gramophone) |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (complete opera recorded in 2009) (Blu-ray) Teatro regio Torino / Michaela Carosi / Marcelo Alvarez / Marianne Cornetti / Alfonso Antoniozzi / Renati Palumbo [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Carosi may lack some smoothness of line in her arias but she delivers them with fervour and strong tone and does not hold back in the Phaedra monologue, so the character which she projects is well drawn...Marianne Cornetti blazes forth in an... |
NANCARROW / GERSHWIN / BEACH / JOPLIN / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Four Piano Blues - American Piano Music Michel Legrand (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 24/Feb/1994 ] Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger and graduated with top honors as both a... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2007 ] "this is an emotionally compelling rendition that holds its own with any version on the market, and it will satisfy any Mahlerian with its many passages of profound beauty, childlike playfulness, and spiritual ecstasy." ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina / Litanies a la vierge Michèle Lagrange (soprano), Choeur & Orchestre national de Lyon, Serge Baudo [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] "Baudo leads French forces in a highly idiomatic performance" ClassicalNet |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Der Tod Jesu (Passion Oratorio), TWV 5:6 Dorothee Mields (soprano), Britta Schwarz (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass) / Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein, Ludger Remy [ CPO / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "The performance does the work full justice....The recorded sound, too, is restrained and sympathetic. Yet another pleasant Telemann surprise." Gramophone. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 / Waltzes / Etudes / etc Mikhail Pletnev (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Nov/1997 ] "...his playing is admirable and extraordinarily manly, with a decidedly Slavic cast and yet with all kinds of elegance." |
SCARLATTI / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCRIABIN / etc
Mikhail Pletnev - The Erato Recordings 1988 - 2001 Mikhail Pletnev (piano/conductor), with Michael Collins (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Mikhail Pletnev, a virtuoso pianist of the Russian school, rose to global fame after winning the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. Known for his formidable technique and deep musical insight, this collection of his Erato recordings... |
LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek: Piano Works Mikhail Rudy (piano) [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Mar/1990 ] "Mikhail Rudy has alway been a very impressive pianist and his disc of Janacek is a statement of singular strength, taking us on a much bigger voyage than the running time suggests." Review |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Music From 'The Lady and the Hooligan' & Ballet suite No. 2 Minsk Symphony Orchestra, Walter Mnatsakanov [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "The music is of course outstanding as each mined work that serves as source material for this score is tremendous; but if you have those other scores this one is hardly mandatory unless you are a completest. " Audiophile Audition |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin & Viola Sonatas Shlomo Mintz (violin) Viktoria Postnikova (piano) [ Warner Elatus / CD - released 27/Jan/2003 ] |
FRANZ JOSEPH CLEMENT
Clement: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Mirijam Contzen (violin), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Reinhard Goebel [ Sony Classical Beethoven's World / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "Contzen produces a ravishing sound, complemented by the suave playing of the WDR Symphony Orchestra" Observer |
SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of Samuel Barber (with Howard Hanson: Piano Concerto) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice / MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, Euge List (piano) [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Symphonies Münchner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta [ Münchner Philharmoniker / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Zubin Mehta has long been a constant in Munich's musical life. Mehta has enjoyed an artistic relationship and deep friendship with the Munich Philharmonic in particular for decades. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tosca (Complete Opera recorded in 1976) Monserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Samuel Ramey / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/1993 ] The great Caballé at the height of her career sings with her protégé Carreras, his voice still vibrant with the golden glow of youth. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, is led by Sir Colin Davis. |
