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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Quintet and Violin Sonata The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Oct/1994 ] 'My top recommendation … would remain the Hyperion recording of the Nash Ensemble, also with Ian Brown, which combines high-calibre individual playing with all the requisite nostalgic resonances' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV / FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Clein - Romantic Cello: sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Recorded 17-20 April 2006 at Wathen Hall, St Paul's School, Barnes, London |
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DELIBES / RAVEL / MILHAUD / OFFENBACH / GOUNOD / SAUGUET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Dessay - Airs d'operas Francais [French Opera Arias] Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fourniller [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/1996 ] "Dessay revels in Olympia's amusing aria known as the 'Doll Song', delivered with assurance and freedom; Dessay's striking coloratura makes an impression" MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Concert Arias Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Theodor Gulschbauer [ Erato Classics Premium / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Recorded when she was barely 30 this is one of Natalie Dessay's greatest ever recordings, comprising 8 of Mozart's concert arias for high soprano (up to G above high C!). |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Nathalie Stutzmann sings Schumann Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Inger Södergren (piano), Catherine Collard (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] "The French contralto Nathalie Stutzmann's voice is a magnificent instrument with a range that must stretch a good three octaves; the bass of her tessitura is profound and resonant, and her top notes are steady and impeccably modulated." Classical-music |
IVOR GURNEY / JOHN IREKLAND / IAN VENABLES / GERALD FINZI
Love's Voice - Songs Nathan Vale (tenor), Paul Plummer (piano) [ Somm New Horizons / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] Nathan Vale was born in Stourbridge and was a chorister at Hereford Cathedral. He was the 2006 winner of the London Handel Singing competition, where he was also awarded the audience prize. Includes world premiere recordings. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: 7 Overtures National Philhamronic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Mar/1983 ] riccardo Chailly was born 20 February 1953 in Milan, Italy. He was chief conductor of the Concertgebouworkest from 1988 to 2004, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from 2005 to 2016 |
HERRMANN / NEWMAN / KORNGOLD / TIOMKIN / ROZSA / WAXMAN
Charles Gerhardt conducts Classic Film Scores National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, with Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony music Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] In the 1970s, the Classic Film Scores series introduced a new generation to the sumptuous sound of music in Hollywood's "Golden Age." |
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HAROLD TRUSCOTT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Truscott: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Symphony in E major'] National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Gary Brain [ Marco Polo / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] "Gary Brain's readings are carefully shaped and yet let the music breathe in a completely natural way-and what music: the symphony and the Elegy both touch greatness." Fanfare |
PROKOFIEV / BACH / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Works Navah Perlman (piano) [ EMI Classics Debut / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] In addition to her solo piano career, Navah frequently performs chamber music, including with violinist Philippe Quint and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio. She is the Artistic Director of LPS Pro Musica in Lake Placid, New York. |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leighton: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae' Neil Mackie (tenor) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/1989 ] 'Raphael Wallfisch plays the Concerto as if his life depended on it, and the Symphony draws every bit as much dedication from its performers. The recording is very immediate, and has stunning clarity and detail.'- The Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nelson Freire: Brahms Nelson Freire (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many" Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Edition |
MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / PONCHELLI / CILEA / PUCCINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Nessun Dorma Placido Domingo (tenor) / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Nello Santi [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Apr/1991 ] This selection of opera arias was originally released in 1991 |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Zeibekiko (The Greek Concert) Netherlands Blazers (Wind) Ensemble [ NBE Live / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] NEW ZEALAND composer John Psathas has received significant acclaim for his recent compositions, including the music which was performed at the recent opening ceremony for the Olympics in Athens. |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Sacred & Secular Music Netherlands Chamber Choir [ Globe / 2 CD - released 1/May/2012 ] " I would be extremely happy if these were the only recordings I had of these marvelous Poulenc works such is their quality" MusicWeb International |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Keyes, Nadine Secunde, John Brocheler, Jeannine Altmeyer, Kurt Rydi, Reinhild Runkel / Harmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "The visual impact of this Spartan production is such that it will not be easily forgotten. It is recorded in surround sound...All in all this a quality product." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Luca Pisaroni, Veronica Cangemi, Anna Maria Panzarella, Marlin Miller / Concerto Koln, Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "The production, like the piece, is moving, funny and literally action-packed. Alden knows well when to fill or empty his stage....Bolton leads his large authentic-instrument forces with gusto...Hugely recommended." (Gramophone) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Complete opera recorded in 2011) Netherlands Opera / Olga Savova, Krassimira Stoyanova, Elena Maximova, Bo Skovhus / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] 'Jansons sets us on a simmer and gradually turns the heat to boiling. It is magisterially paced, stunningly played and, seemingly effortlessly, Jansons captures every aching nuance..Herheim's innovations are often throbbingly acute (and sometimes... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 3/Mar/2014 ] "Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
MATEO FLECHA the elder
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flecha: Las Ensaladas New London Consort, Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] Mateo Flecha (Catalan: Mateu Fletxa; 1481-1553) was a Catalan composer born in Kingdom of Aragon, in the region of Prades. He is sometimes known as "El Viejo" (the elder) to distinguish him from his nephew, Mateo Flecha "El Joven" (the younger). |
