Search Results: Marbecks Collectable
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande / Variatione for Orchestra / Violin & Piano Concertos Pierre Amoyal (violin) Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Warner Ultima / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/1998 ] "Boulez keeps the music moving, and brings welcome clarity to Pelleas's potentially murky orchestration. The more angular Variations and concertos aren't as comfortable, though both soloists are persuasive." (BBC Music) |
GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Ligeti Project vol. 1 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Schonberg Ensemble, ASKO Ensemble Reinbert De Leeuw (conductor) [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is an essential disc of indispensable music, brilliantly performed and recorded. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: The Complete Etudes Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Lively and sensitive performances make this a fine addition to the Saint-Saëns discography, aided by the pianist's own excellent annotations and Hyperion's usual peerless sound' - Fanfare, USA |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Three String Quartets & Piano Quintet Piers Lane (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
FINZI / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams/Delius/Finzi: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 23/Jun/1995 ] 'top notch production values...Lane and Handley's scintillating account of the Delius is wholly compelling' Gramophone - May 2003 |
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (C.P.E.): Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber Pieter Jan Belder (fortepiano and clavichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the most famous son of the great Johann Sebastian, created his own individual style, in which freedom of expression was the keyword. |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos / etc Pietro Spada (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy. |
FRIEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Highlights recorded in German in 1962) Pilar Lorengar, Gottlob Frick, Fritz Wunderlich / Bamberger Symphoniker / Rudolf Kempe [ EMI Classics Electrola Collection / CD - released 24/Aug/1987 ] "There, as elsewhere, Pilar Lorengar is better than in any other recording I have heard. Her quick vibrato, which later in her career tended to widen and give a feeling of unsteadiness, is here beautifully controlled and she sings warmly." MusicWeb |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Saint Cecilia Mass / Petite Symphonie Pilar Lorengar, Heinz Hoppe, Franz Crass / Choeurs RenAC Duclos / Orchestre de la SociACtAC des Concerts du Conservatoire / Jean-Claude Hartemann / Jo [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] Reissued at a special price |
PUCCINI / BIZET / WAGNER / DVORAK / MASSENET / WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pilar Lorengar Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Giuseppe Patanè [ Decca Grandi Voci / CD - released 14/Jul/1995 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Sonatas Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Marc Neikrug (piano) [ RCA / CD - released 12/Aug/1996 ] "The mellifluous, autumnal radiance of Zukerman's tone (aided by his exceptional 1670 Andrea Guarneri instrument) adds poignancy and gravitas to these readings." ClassicalMusic |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos 2 & 4 / Serenade Melancolique / Melodie Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas / Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Records Masterworks / CD - released 23/Oct/1990 ] Original recordings from 1981 & 1985 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Dettingen Te Deum / Dettingen Anthem Stephen Varcoe (bass) Christopher Tipping (Altus) Harry Christophers (Tenor) / The English Concert, Trevor Prinnock [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1984 ] Originally recorded in London 1982 & 1983 |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto, An American in Paris Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (soloist & conductor) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] The popular Gershwin triptych features André Previn as both pianist and conductor in this 1984 recording, which now appears at mid-price for the first time. |
EMMERICH KALMAN / FRANZ LEHAR / CARL ZELLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Tribute to Operetta Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Thomas Hampson, Eva Lind, Andrea Rose, Budapest Philharmonic, Marcello Viotti [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Jun/1999 ] Glorious voices singing just for you - Franz Lehar and the rebirth of Viennese operetta |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone on the complete recording |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Studio / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera. I have seldom heard a more tender, vulnerable Desdemona than Ricciarelli's, absolutely ideal in the many dolce, piano moments in the role, bringing tears to the eye." |
VERDI / PUCCINi / LEONCAVALLERO / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bravissimo Domingo - Arias and duets with Leontyne Price & Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Nello Santi / London Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf / etc [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] A electrifying collection of arias and duets taken from the many recordings Domingo made with RCA. |
LEHAR / ZELLER / FALL / KALMAN / O. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Vienna, City of my Dreams Placido Domingo (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Nov/1986 ] Original recording from 1985 |
PUCCINI / CILEA / MASSENET / CHARPENTIER / GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Great Love Scenes Placido Domingo (tenor), with Renata Scotto, Kiri te Kanawa & Ileana Cotrubas [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/1985 ] Domingo's first appearance in a leading tenor role was as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1961, and he made his U.S. debut the same year as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Dallas Civic Opera. |
