JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 / Finlandia / Karelia Suite Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Jan/1992 ] "Ashkenazy by temperament brings out the expressive warmth, colour anbd drama of the composer rather than his Scandinavian chill, reflecting perhaps his Slavonic background." (*** Three stars penguin Stereo Guide) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Jan/1992 ] "Ashkenazy by temperament brings out the expressive warmth, colour anbd drama of the composer rather than his Scandinavian chill, reflecting perhaps his Slavonic background." (*** Three stars penguin Stereo Guide) |
PERCY GRAINGER / GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: The Warriors / Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 Philharmonia Orchestra, Women's Voices of the Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/May/1995 ] Recorded: London, All Hallows, Gospel Oak, 2/1994 |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: The Seasons (complete ballet) Philharmonia Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1986 ] Without doubt two of Glazunov's most popular works are the ballets, Raymonda and The Seasons. These two works amply illustrate the composers gift for melody and a well-turned musical phrase, and deserve their place in the popular ballet repertoire. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete opera recorded in 1994 with libretto) Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Pay, Eileen Hulse, Phyllis Cannan, Nadine Secunde / Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Collins Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/1994 ] "The cast could hardly be bettered, with Felicity Lott an involving Governess and Philip Langridge mesmerising as the ghostly Quint. The whole enterprise… is a worthy counterpart to the composer's own" BBC Music |
SAINT-SAENS / CHAUSSON / GOUNOD / FAURE / MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Au jardin des aveux - Franch Songs & Duets Philip Langridge (tenor) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Vigin Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] Recorded at St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire, February 1990 |
ANDRE PREVIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire (complete opera) Renee Fleming, Rodney Gulfry, Elizabeth Futral / San Francisco Opera, Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Mar/1998 ] "The greater part of Previn's success has to do with his respect for, and understanding of, the music of Williams's text. Librettist Philip Littell has done an excellent job of adapting it, condensing it, mindful of how opera, by its very nature,... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Mandolins / Concerto in D for lute / Concerto in C for 2 trumpets / etc New London Consort, Philip Pickett / The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / Double Decca / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] The celebrated Concerto for 2 mandolins heads this richly varied programme of fourteen Vivaldi concertos. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos 1 - 4 Philippa Davies (flute) / The Nash Ensemble [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/1989 ] "The four Mozart flute quartets make up a nicely tidy CD, and the Nash Ensemble's neat and pointed playing make it an enjoyable one too. Philippa Davies is a pleasure to listen to, clean and unusually even in tone, a tone which is round and full but... |
GERSHWIN / RODRIGO / VIVALDI / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / GIULIANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo/Gershwin/Ravel/Rachmaninov: Concertos Philippe Entremont (piano), John Williams (guitar) / English Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra [ Sony Classical Concertos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] .This special edition collects three highly regarded recordings on the Sony label. All three CDs features top selling soloists and world famous orchestras.. |
EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Pietà - Sacred Works for Alto. [Limited Edtion CD plus DVD] Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse [ Virgin Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "There is much serenity in this music, perfect for a singer of unblemished tone and vocal agility, two of Jaroussky's prime virtues." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Virtuoso Cantatas Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse [ Virgin Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Forty of Vivaldi's chamber cantatas survive - short, dramatic works for solo voice and continuo on the conventional theme of unhappy love, written to order for an aristocratic audience. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi; Operas Vol. 2 [highlights] Philippe Jaroussky, Julia Lezhneva, Romina Basso, Sandrine Piau, etc. [ Naive / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] This special project gathers the finest arias from the operas released in the naive Vivaldi Edition, to commemorate the 50th title in the series 'Catone in Utica'. |
ANTONIN DVOARK / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Walton: Cello Concertos Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Victor / CD - released 6/Dec/1993 ] Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav into a Jewish family. As a child, he was taught violin and piano by his father. After seeing and hearing the cello, he was determined to become a cellist and was given his first cello when he was seven. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 24/Feb/2003 ] "Readings of purposeful spontaneity which do justice to both the lyrical and the epic." Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2003 |
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. |
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) |
C. P. E. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (C.P.E.): Preussische und Württembergische Sonaten [3 CD set] Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord and clavichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel was in his time even more celebrated than his father. |
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 |