Search Results: Marbecks Collectable
Displaying items 1381 to 1400 of 1957
WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / BAERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra Sabine Meyer (Clarinet) / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/May/1985 ] In the 19th century the clarinet underwent a remarkable change of image: technical improvements made a new, cantabile style of playing possible. Now clarinet works emerged that called for brilliant technique and also for a fine feeling for mood and... |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schuman: Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] William Schuman was born on 4 August 1910, in New York City. His first musical studies centered on the violin, though a passion for jazz and popular music led him to teach himself a variety of instruments. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 4-6, Op 42 Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1992 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
ARRIGO BOITO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boito: Mefistofele (Complete opera recorded in 1995) Samuel Ramey, Vincenzo La Scola, Michele Crider / Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti [ RCA Victor Red Seal / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "Ramey was already a splendid Mefistofele...but here he is even more in command of the role, and has the advantage of Muti's masterly conducting. Crider is an affecting Margherita and La Scola a mellifluous Faust." Peformance & Sound: 5 (out of 5) |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schulhoff: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 5 Michael Riscjhe (piano) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gunther Schuller [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1995 ] This is one of the most powerful symphonies written in clear connection to the approach of World War II in Europe. Its immediate suppression by Nazi authorities made it a virtually unknown work until its rediscover years after its composition. |
FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay / Erich Kunzel (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine |
FRANZ BERWALD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berwald: Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 4 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 20/Nov/1993 ] Franz Berwald was a one-off, who only achieved renown in his native Sweden near the end of his life but whose five symphonies (one early, then four numbered, mature works each with an evocative subtitle) absorb influences such as Mendelssohn and... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Opera Arias Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Naive / CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "... It always sounds as though she has range, and power, to spare...It feels so easy and natural you'll probably find yourself grinning from ear to ear in delight." BBC Music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti Sacri Sandrine Piau (soprano) / l'Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone [ Naive / Opus III Vivaldi Edition Vol 31 / CD - released 7/May/2006 ] 'Sandrine Piau impeccable in some of Vivaldi's most alluring sacred music' BBC Music 'Choral & Song' recording of the month June 2006 |
SARASATE / ELGAR / KREISLER / CHOPIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / LISZT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Chang - The Debut Recital Sarah Chang (violin) Sandra Rivers (piano) [ EMI American Artistry / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine proclaimed, "This is an astonishing disc. Sarah Chang's playing will enthrall and captivate in equal measure." |
CECIL COLES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Coles: Music from Behind the Lines Sarah Fox (soprano) Paul Whelan (baritone) / BBC Scottish Symphony, Martyn Brabbin [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "His orchestral writing is highly accomplished; and the dramatic flair suggests a potential opera composer…excellent singing and committed playing." (BBC Music Magazine) |
HERBERT HOWELLS / EDMUND RUBBRA / HAMILTON HARTY / RUTLAND BOUGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Francis - Music for oboe Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A very attractive reissue' (Classic CD) |
GERSHWIN / SCHOENBERG / COLE PORTER / KERN / NICHOLAS / FLANDERS AND SWANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blah Blah Blah and other trifles ... (Recorded at a concert in Wigmore Hall, London, on 17 June 1988) Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'One of the happiest records you could wish to find, as well as one of the funniest' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Sonatas in Three & Four Parts Slovak Radio Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Current selling for $66 on Amazon (US) |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Op, 15 & Op. 45 Nos 1 - 3 Scheuerer Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Originally recorded in February 1994 |
PETER SCHICKELE [P.D.Q. BACH]
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: P.D.Q. Bach: Two Pianos Are Better Than One Peter Schickele, Jon Kimura Parker (pianos) / The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Jorge Mester [ Telarc / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Something unusual to make you laugh! |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / etc Ragna Schirmer (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Günther Herbig [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] "Schirmer has an agile technique, a clean attack, a crisp tone, a sprightly sense of rhythm, and a winning way with phrasing a melody." AllMusic |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wayfaring Stranger Scholl Andreas (counter tenor) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "This curious but heartfelt disc is spine-tingling. And thanks to that Decca beauty treatment - a piercingly clear and immediate sound - and the professionalism of all involved, it is never less than interesting." (BBC Music) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV49, 115, 180 Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Gothold Schwarz / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Concerto Vocale de Leipzig, Christophe Coin [ Naive / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Conductor Christophe Coin, who studied with Jordi Savall and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has, for the last 30 years, been France's most fervent apostle of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
