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DVORAK / SCHUBERT / BOCCHERINI / CASALS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An Evening With Ofra Harnoy Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Orford String Quartet, with Michael Dussek (piano) [ Pro Arte / CD - released 21/Jul/1988 ] Harnoy made rapid progress under teacher Vladimir Orloff and gave her debut in Toronto at age ten. At 14, she was invited to perform at Britain's Aldeburgh Festival; there, she met cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, her idol. (AllMusic) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Lieder / Scnes from Goethe's Faust Olaf Bar, Dame Janet Baker, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Juliane Banse, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Hampson, etc [ EMI Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2010 ] Celebrating Robert Schumann's 200th Anniversary with four CD sets from EMI's catalogue performed by many of the world's leading artists, orchestras and conductors. |
FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Liszt, Schumann: Sonate h-moll, Sonata B minor, Sonate si mineur, Carnaval Oleg Maisenberg (piano) [ Orfeo / LP - released 1/Aug/2015 ] |
SIR JOHN BLACKWOOD McEWEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: McEwen: Violin Sonatas & Prince Charlie Rhapsody Olivier Charlier (violin) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] 'This attractive program, easy on the ear, will please all British music lovers.' The Delian (Delius Society) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 1994) Opera Australia & Ballet / Yvonne Kenny, Graham Pushee, Rosemary Gunn, Elizabeth Campbell / Richard Hickox (cond) [ EuroArts Opera Australia DVD / 2 DVD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] A daringly inventive rendition of Handel's operatic masterpiece 'Giulio Cesare', performed live at the Sydney Opera House in 1994 by the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox, and starring Yvonne Kenny and Graham Pushee. |
REYNALDO HAHN
Hahn: Ciboulette (complete operas recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Opera de Toulon / Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Lapointe, Julien Behr / Laurence Equilbey (cond) [ Fra Musica Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Intended to set the spice of Parisian operetta against American musical comedy, 'Ciboulette' was Reynaldo Hahn's first light score. It features the tribulations of the pretty market gardener Ciboulette, determined to earn herself a bright future with |
ALMA DEUTSCHER
Deutscher: Cinderella (complete recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera San Jose / Vanessa Becerra, Jonas Hacker, Nathan Stark, Karin Mushegain / Jane Glover (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 18/Dec/2018 ] "As a dramatic construct, the opera's a marvel for one so young...Deutscher starts with two gifts on her side: natural talent (I'll avoid the word genius) and sincerity. Cinderella may be pastiche, but at the same time nothing is fake." BBC Music |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande Op 5 (with Wagner - Siegfried Idyll) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Dec/2000 ] Two outstanding works of the late-Romantic repertoire |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 "Paris" & 35 ""Haffner" Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen [ Philips / CD - released 15/Mar/1987 ] "vigour or rugged intensity that has always characterised their performances." (Guardian) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Symphonies Nos 5, 8 (Completed by Brian Newbould) / Rosamunde: Incidental Music Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Virgin Classics Veritas / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "Recommended listening - you do not need to be a period performance devotee to enjoy it." (MusicWeb Sept 2000) |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Op 66 (complete ballet) The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler [ Conifer / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1990 ] "The orchestra respond idiomatically to Tchaikovsky dance music and with obvious familiarity and love. Ermler has a natural feeling for springing rhythms and moulding rubato persuasively." (Gramophone) |
BERLIOZ / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / ROUSSEL / BIZET / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Legacy of Charles Munch Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic, Charles Munch [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2020 ] The inspirational French maestro Charles Munch on disc: an unrivalled retrospective, covering three decades of incandescent music-making, including recordings new to CD and long unavailable, newly remastered and comprehensively documented. |
GABRIEL FAURE / ERNEST CHAUSSON / PAUL DUKAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Pelleas et Melisande / Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice / Chausson: Symphony Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2002 ] The best-loved French classics performed by the famous Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq D'or (complete opera recorded 2002) Orchestre de Paris & Chorus of The Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg / Albert Schagidullin, Ilya Levinsky, Andrei Breus / Kent Nagano (cond) [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] This Châtelet revival of Le Coq d'Or brings to the stage once again the great Kabuki actor Ennosuke III's striking staging of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera first mounted in co-production with the San Francisco Opera in 1984. |
BIZET / FAURE / MOZART / FALLA / STRAVINSKY / SCRIABIN / WOLF / DENISOV / etc
Barenboim conducts Orchestre de Paris: Complete EMI Classics & Erato Recordings Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim, with Kathleen Battle, Waltraud Meier, Ann Murray, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Itzhak Perlman & others [ Warner Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Daniel Barenboim served as the Chief Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris from 1975 to 1989, following Charles Munch, Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, starting the role at the age of 33. His tenure was marked by a strong commitment to both the... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Firebird (LP) Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä [ Decca / 2 LP - released 5/May/2023 ] Klaus Mäkelä brings the Orchestre de Paris to Decca Classics for a major new album of Stravinsky's most iconic ballet scores. The album represents Mäkelä's first recording with his French orchestra, which will be followed by a further Ballet Russes... |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 4, Op. 21 / Chant Funebre Op. 9 Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/1983 ] Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard was a French composer, sometimes referred to as a "French Bruckner", though there are significant differences between the two composers. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: La Mer / Prélude À L'après-Midi D'un Faune / Nocturnes / Printemps Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, MIchel Plasson, with Francois Laurent (flute) [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 1/May/1989 ] "Duchâble's recordings are considered a "splendid collaboration" with the conductor." Gramophone |
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GUILLAUME LEKEU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lekeu: Orchestral Works [Æuvres Orchestrales] Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege, Pierre Bartholomee [ Ricercar / CD - released 14/Aug/2015 ] Admirer of Beethoven and Wagner, disciple of Franck, and protégé of Ysaÿe, Lekeu had, in his last compositions, opened a new way that was neither French nor Germanic. |
HANS ZIMMER
The World of Hans Zimmer - A Symphonic Celebration ORF Radio Symphony Radio, Martin Gellner, with Lisa Gerrard (vocals), Aleksandra Suklar (percussion), El Amir (guitar), etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release the sensational double-album by one of the world's most accomplished film composer, Hans Zimmer. This stunning album sees Hans Zimmer arrange some of his most successful and recognisable compositions into... |
