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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." |
BACH / BUSONI / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pletnev live at Carnegie Hall (Incls bonus CD) Mikhail Pletnev (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2001 ] Rosette Recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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 |
C. P. E. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (C.P.E.) - Concertos pour violoncelle et orchestre Miklos Perenyi (violincelle) / Orchestre de Chambre Ferenc Liszt, Janos Rolla [ Harmonia Mundi Quintana / CD - released 16/Jun/2012 ] Recorded in 1991 at the Town Hall Budapest |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien (with Beethoven-Wellington's Victory) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 14/Jun/1995 ] "This most famous of all Mercury records was one of the most successful classical LPs of all time, selling some two million copies in the analogue era." Penguin Guide |
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 |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Bloch: Schelomo) Mischa Maisky (cello) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jan/1989 ] The Dvorák Concerto is a work that has accompanied Mischa all over the world in the course of his career. |
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... |
W.A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.1 (Nos 19, 20, 21, 22, 23) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 18/Jun/2001 ] Mitsuko Uchida's acclaimed cycle was recorded following extensive public performances and Mozart has remained central to her repertory throughout her career. |
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. |
PRECY GRAINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: The Music of Percy Grainger Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Mar/1996 ] One of the great advocates of period-instrument performance Gardiner has received more Gramophone awards than any other living artist. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Choral Works (Incls Liebeslieder-Walzer, op.52) Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Gardiner captures the quintessentially Viennese flavour ... the choir produces some direct and richly expressive singing, with every individual phrase shaped with immense care and sensitivity." Gramophone |
