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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Complete opera recorded in 1980) Mirella Freni, Josa Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Piero Cappuccilli / Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/1988 ] There are numerous opera which give the chance to the producer for spectacular scenery but some actually demand it - one of these, without doubt, is AIDA. |
PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (with Scarlatti: 3 Concerti grossi) Mirella Freni-Teresa Berganza / Solisti dell'Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli / Ettore Gracis [ Archiv Double / CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] Original recording from 1967 |
VERDI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / GOUNOD / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dies Irae - The Essential Choral Collection The Monteverdi Choir. Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Münchener Bach-Chor, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Choir Of Westminster Abbey, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] 30 of the greatest classical choral works ever written. From Monteverdi to Orff, here are the choral bangers absolutely guaranteed to make your heart sing. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 4 - 6 / Orchestral Suite BWV 1069 Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 15/Jun/1986 ] These uncompromising performances of the Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites set new standards in the 1980s and remain a monument to the keen spirit of enquiry that Reinhard Goebel has always applied to his performances and recordings. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon (Complete Ballets) National Philharmonic Orchestra / London SymphonyOrchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Richard Bonynge has the feel of this music (Nutcracker) in his bones, and gives a warmly expressive performance...he plays the 'Divertissement' with splendid panache, and he is very good indeed in the Valse des Fleurs" Gramophone |
BERNARD HERRMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Herrmann: The Devil and Daniel Webster / Currier and Ives / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1994 ] "Koch International's amazing James Sedares zeroes relentlessly in on the essence of Bernard Herrmann's playfully prickly personality in graphically pictorial versions of the Currier and Ives Suite (a first recording) and deeply moving... |
MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rozsa: Vintner's Daughter / Symphony in 3 Movements New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1994 ] The Symphony in Three Movements by Rózsa (b. 1907) was the composer's first large-scale work. Composed in 1930, it's a youthful and exhuberant piece, somewhat--but not overly--influenced by the symphonies being produced by the great French and... |
TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mayuzumi: Bugaku / Mandala Symphony / Rumba Rhapsody New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] "Excellent performances from New Zealand and very fine recording throughout." (MusicWeb April 2006) |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI / JOSEF MYSLIVECEK / GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Trilogy - Boccherini, Myslivecek, Viotti Ofra Harnoy (cello) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ RCA / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] "The fact that Ofra Harnoy chooses to record the Grutzmacher arrangement of Boccherini speaks for itself: this is a CD for cello-fanciers." Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Olaf Bar - Lieder Recital Olaf Bar (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1998 ] "..Bar has already won himself an altogether enviable reputation as an interpreter of Lieder.." Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Madame Butterfly (arr John Lanchbery) (Complete recording of the ballet score) Orchestra Victoria. John Lanchbery [ ABC Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2004 ] The two act ballet madame Butterfly was commissioned by The Australian Ballet from its Residential Choreographer, Stanton Welch |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Frank Martin - Petite Symphonie Concertante, 6 Monologe aus 'Jedermann'. etc Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Armin Jordan [ Erato Apex / CD - released 14/Nov/2002 ] Recorded 1989 & 1991, in Victoria Hall, Genève |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud - Le Creation du monde / etc Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein [ EMI Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/1998 ] "Simply superb recordings of Milhaud dance scores conducted by Leonard Bernstein" MusicWeb |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roussel: Bacchus Et Ariane / Le Festin de l'Araignee / Petite Suite / etc Orchestre National De L'O.R.T.F., Jean Martinon / Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard [ Erato / 2 CD - released 27/Apr/1998 ] The very best of Albert Roussel on a specially priced CD. |
EDOUARD LALO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Cello Concerto / Symphonie espagnole Op 21 Paul Tortelier (cello) Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "..a first class Lalo D minor, quite equal to Navarra's, and superior conducting of Louis Frémaux and his Birmingham forces." MusicWeb Amazon are currently asking nearly $50 US for this recording |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony, Rudolf Barshai [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/1987 ] "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect".(Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI Nipper Collection / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] "The Philadelphia playing is articulate, full bodied when the music demands it" - Gramophone Magazine |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Vaughan Williams's Eight and Ninth Symphonies carry on the composer's enchantment with unusual instruments that first appeared in the Seventh Symphony, the famous Sinfonia Antartica. In the Eighth, there's a terrific "bell" finale with its three... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/1986 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: 24 Preludes (recorded 1975) Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1980 ] It was in 1974 that Maurizio Pollini first inscribed the Chopin Preludes, and connoisseurs marveled at the pianistic felicities he had gleaned, both as the winner of the 1960 Chopin Competition (Warsaw) and as a result of his studies with Michelangli |
