Search Results: collectable marbecks
Displaying items 1361 to 1380 of 1957
EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. Ilse Hollweg (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Beecham Choral Society, Sir Thomas Beecham [ EMI Classics Studio Plus / CD - released 10/Oct/1993 ] "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
DELIUS: / GERMAN / BANTOCK / BAX / LORD BERNERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music John Cameron, Maureen Forrester, Lorely Dyer, etc / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra, Beecham [ EMI Sir Thomas Beecham Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Beecham's English Collection is unmissable...[Song of the High Hills is] one of the first recordings made by Beecham's new postwar orchestra, and they already play as though they adore him" (BBC Music) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beecham conducts Delius - the complete stereo recordings Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, with John cameron (baritone) & Maureen Forrester (contralto) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "A record to treasure. The greatest recordings made in stereo by the greatest British conductor at the peak of his career." - Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Symphonies Nos 7 & 8 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1991 ] "There are ear-catching melodies in these two symphonies from the 1970's, given superb first recordings by the Royal Philharmonic under Vernon Handley." New York Times |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Pagan Symphony / Fifine at the Fair / Two Heroic Ballads Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Nov/2001 ] .'The performances are stunning, the recordings most sumptuous' (Gramophone) |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: The Cyprian Goddess Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Outstanding. A sumptuous wallow for all unashamed Romantics' - BBC Music Magazine |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet / Capriccio Italien / Francesca da rimini Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / CD - released 8/Oct/1989 ] "Recorded in the late '80s these recordings bring out their programmatic excitement and Ashkenazy clearly has command of the orchestral detail: recordings and performances stand up well against rival versions." Mr B. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphonies / The Fairy's Kiss / Ode Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi / Nash Ensemble [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] "A program that offers exceptional value for the money. A fine reissue." (ClassicsToday) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Pieces Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) [ Teldec Basic Edition Vol. 11 / CD - released 10/Sep/2001 ] Original recording from 1977 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Complete opera) Ruggero Raimondi, Elena Obraztsova, Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'None is better or more thoroughly and thoughtfully conducted - and in Verdi, that is of the essence.' Gramophone |
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EMIL NIKOLAUS von REZNICEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Reznicek: Ritter Blaubart [Knight Bluebeard] (complete opera recorded in 2002) David Pittman-Jennings, Arutjun Kotchinian, Robert Wörle, Celina Lindsley / Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Michail Jurowski [ CPO / 2 CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] "..the musical result is impressive, and the performance here under Michail Jurowski utterly convincing. All the soloists are more than equal to the task, some of it as demanding as anything Wagner ever made of his singers." MusicWeb |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Haydn-Variations / Nanie Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] ".Haydn Variations is more searching, more illuminating than any other modern version I know. Each variation is richly characterized-the fifth, for example, is delivered in a tough, insistent fashion, while the sixth has a graceful, wistful quality." |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2012) Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, Marina Prudenskaya, Christian Gerhaher / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] This is the 6th instalment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition. It is the first time in the recording history that a label records all major Wagner opera's with the same orchestra, choir and conductor. This makes the PentaTone Wagner Edition a... |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grechaninov: Liturgica Domestica Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Kuzmich Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/1995 ] Recorded: St Sophia Cathedral, Polotsk |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The Young Lady and the Hooligan Op 124c (ballet) Russian Symphony Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Shostakovich composed many ballet scores, which kept the income flowing in and also kept him in the good books of the increasingly brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin as many of these ballets were little more than Soviet propaganda exercises. The... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV95, BWV101, BWV124, & BWV127 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV114, BWV57 & BWV155 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV146, BWV28 & BWV48 Ruth Holton, Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV92, BWV54 & BWV44 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Pieter Jan Leusink, artistic director of the Cantatas project, managed somehow, against all odds, to create a true best-seller out of what is arguably some of the finest music in the western world." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV98, BWV188 & BWV23 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel, Kmut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
