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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 1983) Bayreuth Festival / Rene Kollo, Matti Salminen, Johanna Meier, Hermann Becht / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's celebrated Bayreuth production is filmed on the Festspielhaus stage with six cameras and in digital sound to recreate the unique intensity of a live performance in studio quality. |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Songs and Interludes / Handel: Arias from Xerxes Maureen Forrester (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Martin Isepp (harpsichord) / Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman [ MCA Millennium Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1996 ] Recording: June 1966 - Mozartsaal, Vienna |
GABRIEL FAURE / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / CESAR FRANCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: French Sonatas for Violin & Piano Maurice Hasson (violin) Christian Ivaldi (piano) [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] Recorded in Cantor Recording Studio, University College, North Wales, April 1991 |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL & FRIENDS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mr Handel's Dinner: Music for the Handel opera intermissions Maurice Steger (recorder) and Ensemble La Cetra [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] "Steger is brilliant when the music is lively. Into his fleetness he mixes zest, charm and impish humour, making you wonder how such artfulness, at such speed and with such nutty dexterity, is humanly possible." BBC Music |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] Original recording from 1985 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maurizio Pollini I Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez,... |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 [1994 recordings] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10610/10610780.jpg)
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 [1994 recordings] Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "...my principal choice is Maurizio Pollini, for his unfailing musicianship and level of drama, superbly accompanied by Berliner Philharmoniker under Claudio Abbado." MusicWeb |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Stephen Kovacevich II Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 61 / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Stephen Kovacevich made his concert debut as a pianist at the age of 11; then, at the age of 18 he moved to London to study under Dame Myra Hess on a scholarship and has been a London resident ever since, currently living in Hampstead. In 1961 he... |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor [3 CD set] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10584/10584792.jpg)
GLUCK / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / PURCELL / BELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor [3 CD set] Andreas Scholl, Alessandro Moreschi, Philippe Jaroussky, David Daniels, Max-Emanuel Cencic, James Bowman, Alfred Deller, Gérard Lesne, René Jacobs, et [ Virgin Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] All these artists are exponents of 'authentic' performance, but - fortunately for the gentlemen in question - true authenticity is restricted to the track performed by Alessandro Moreschi...the only known audio memento of a genuine castrato. |
MENDELSSOHN / SAINT-SAENS / BRAHMS / SHOSTAKOVICH / WAXMAN / KREISLER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxim Vengerov - The Collection Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Various orchestras & coductors [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Universally hailed as one of the world's finest musicians, and often referred to as the greatest living string player in the world today, Grammy Award winner Maxim Vengerov also enjoys international acclaim as a conductor and teaching. |
BACH / SHCHEDRIN / YSAYE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vengerov plays Bach, Shchedrin & Ysaye Maxim Vengerov (violin) [ EMI Music / CD - released 11/Jul/2001 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2002 |
TCHAIKOVSKY / GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Glazunov: Violin Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Jan/1996 ] "Vengerov's reading of the Tchaikovsky emerges clearly as a leading contender among the many superb versions." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Maxim Vengerov (violin) / London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Teldec Elatus / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Vengerov's magnetism in both concertos is in no doubt; his playing is full of life and spontaneous feeling, helped by Rostropovich's highly supportive accompaniments." Penguin Stereo Guide (No 1) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (with Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor) Maxim Vengerov (violin) / London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Teldec Elatus / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] "Vengerov and Rostropovich take an unashamedly epic, wide-open-steppes view of Prokofiev's First Concerto. His tone is gloriously rich, every note hit dead centre....this is an extremely fine disc and comes thoroughly recommended." Gramophone |
ALFRED HILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hill: Symphonies No. 4 in C minor "The Pursuit of Happiness" & Symphony No. 6 in B flat "Celtic" Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Wilfred Lehmann [ Marco Polo / CD - released 11/Nov/1995 ] The Australian composer Alfred Francis Hill was born in Melbourne in 1870, a member of a musical family. His early experience of music was as a violinist in the kind of small orchestras employed at the time by travelling opera companies. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: The Last Quartets Melos Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Jul/1995 ] |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Konzertstuck Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) / London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1995 ] Originally recorded in March 1994 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (Complete Franco Zeffirelli production recorded in March 1985) Metropolitan Opera / Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Italo Tajo, James Courtney / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "This production contains enough atmosphere for 20 Tosca's." (New York Magazine) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Complete opera recorded in 1990) Metropolitan Opera / Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renata Capecchi / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "What makes this performance rather special is the acted and sung interplay between Scotto and Domingo. The way she jumps up into his arms and he carries her to the coach is an effective and touching moment." MusicWeb |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (Complete Opera recorded in 1983) Metropolitan Opera / Richard Cassilly, Eva Marton, Tatiana Troyanos / James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] The Metropolitan Opera sings deeply passionate Wagner in this 1991 production on a spare but darkly atmospheric stage. |
