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WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Cello Concerto Robert Cohen (cello) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ Decca / CD - released 1/Apr/1995 ] This programme conveniently brings together Walton's first symphony and his cello concerto onto a well-filled disc (around 74 minutes). |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber, completed Mahler: Die Drei Pintos (The Three Pintos) [complete opera] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10584/10584280.jpg)
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber, completed Mahler: Die Drei Pintos (The Three Pintos) [complete opera] Robert Holzer, Sophie Marilley, Peter Furlon / Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus Paolo Arrivabeni [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Recorded: 22, 25, 28 & 31 October 2003 Recording Venue: Theatre Royal, High Street, Wexford, Ireland |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: The Essential Handel Robert King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Sep/2005 ] In the eighteenth century, just as in the centuries before, it was hard for a composer to make a living without royal patronage or a salaried post. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: The Sacred Music 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, James Gilchrist, Charles Daniels / Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] "... there are joys here to melt icebergs ... I want Volume 3 immediately" The Times |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (complete opera recorded in 1971) Robert Tear, Elizabeth Harwood, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Meredith Davies [ EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] "Elizabeth Harwood and Robert Tear are both excellent as Vreli and Sali, winningly characterful and clearly focused...[Shirley-Quirk] is firm and forthright with an apt hint of the sinister" Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Grande Messe des morts [Requiem Mass] / Symphonie fantastique cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10590/10590103.jpg)
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Grande Messe des morts [Requiem Mass] / Symphonie fantastique Robert Tear (tenor) / London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Berlioz's magnificent setting of the Requiem Mass, with its mighty orchestral and choral forces, is ideally suited to André Previn's acute senses for dramatic structure and colour. The terror and awe of the Day of Judgement, the thundering climaxes... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Theodora HWV68 (complete oratorio recorded in 1991) Roberta Alexander, Jochen Kowalski, Jard van Nes, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/1991 ] "Harnoncourt treats this, the most operatic of Handel's oratorios, with considerable drama - including some eccentric tempos." BBC Music |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scarlatti: The Recorder & Violin Cantatas Tamar lalo, Michael Form (recorders) Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo) Alicia Amo (sop) Filippo Mineccia (counter-tenor) / La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregon [ Glossa / CD - released 31/Mar/2019 ] "The performances are excellent, though the disc is hampered by the decision to insert longish pauses between sinfonias, recitatives and arias that impedes each cantata's dramatic flow." (Gramophone) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 1992) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Elisabetta Scano, Simon Keenlyside / Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Gheorghiu's glorious singing is powerfully matched by the heroic tones of Alagna, culminating in a deeply moving death-scene." (Penguin Guide) |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Manon (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Jose van Dam, Gilles Ragon / Chorus & Orchestra of the Theatre Royal of the Monnaie, Brussels, Antonio PappanoPappan [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Mar/2000 ] "Major praise must go to Angela Gheorghiu. Not only does she draw a portrait of the irresistible, impetuous, selfish, luscious Manon from the very beginning, but she's totally in control of her vocal resources as well." ClassicsToday |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (Complete opera recorded in 1995) (with complete libretto) Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson / Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Pappano's recording of Boheme is the finest in over 20 years or even longer - sumptuously played and recorded, and characterfully sung by a starry cast. This is a version to stand alongside the classics of the past." Rosette. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alagna Roberto - Serenades Roberto Alagna (tenor) David Alagna, Federico Alagna (guitars) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] '...sung by a voice which is excitingly within the tradition and with temperament to match. There is not a moment when you don't listen to hear what he is going to do next' Gramophone Awards Issue 1997 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Opera Arias & Songs plus La Marseillaise Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Le Choeur de l'Armee Francaise / Bertrand de Billy [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "There are few tenors, from any era, who could embrace the many and varied challenges presented here and do so with such success." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2003) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roberto Alagna - Verdi Arias Roberto Alagna (tenor) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] "In answer to all those nay-sayers concerning Alagna's talents, the tenor here shows, in the most demanding programme imaginable, that there is little if anything wrong with his technique and a great deal right with his sense of Verdian style" Gramop |
ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Caldara - In dolce amore Robin Johannsen (soprano) / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/May/2014 ] "Academia Montis Regalis and Alessandro De Marchi accompany with robust directness or lighter delicacy as required, and Johannsen's versatile singing helps to reveal an enriching glimpse of Caldara's virtues." Gramophone |
Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Davies: The Strathclyde Concertos Vol 1 Robin Miller (oboe) William Conway (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/1989 ] Peter Maxwell Davies' own recordings of his own works. |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne / Overtures Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1986 ] Recorded in 1982 |
FERDE GROFE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Piano Concerto in D minor Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferde Grofe, with Jesus Sanroma (piano) [ Philips Legendary Classics / CD - released 11/Oct/1989 ] Recorded 1960 35 MM Magnetic Film Recording Originally recorded on Everest |
THOMAS ARNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arne: The Six Organ Concertos Roger Bevan Williams (organ) / Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 22/Aug/1989 ] Recorded: 12-13 April 1987 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda / Arie e duetti Rolando Villazon, Topi Lehtipuu, Patrizia Ciofi / Le Concert Astree / Emmanuelle Haim [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) "The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi's beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2007) |
