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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692) Susan Hemington (sop) Timothy Wilson (counter-tenor) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Archive / CD - released 20/Jul/1995 ] "the ensemble as a whole moves effortlessly from discretion and intimacy to the imposing timbral homogeneity of McCreesh's most extrovert Venetian exploits. His tempos are irrepressible and invigorating.' Gramophone 1995 |
BILLY MAYERL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mayerl: Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the music of Billy Mayerl Susan Tomes (piano) [ Vigin Classics / CD - released 3/Feb/1989 ] Billy Mayerl was an English pianist and composer, who performed in music hall, theatre and the BBC's "Music While You Work" between the two world wars. He wrote many syncopated piano solos. |
BRUNO WALTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walter: Lieder - Complete Recording Susanne Winter (soprano) Christian Hilz (baritone) & Katia Bouscarrut (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / BR Klassik / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] A first recording, and a most valuable one. Bruno Walter is far better known as a conductor, one of the most persuasive of the last century, whose personal knowledge of Mahler made him an instinctive interpreter of the composer's music. |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman [The Tales of Hoffmann] (highlights) Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo, Gabriel Bacquier, Huguette Tourangeau / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 19/Jan/2004 ] Here are 70 minutes of the best music from Offenbach's wonderful opera performed by a stunning cast!! Joan Sutherland is at her best as the heroines, Placido Domingo is at his freshest, and Gabriel Bacquier sings richly as the villains. Huguette... |
GABRIEL FAURE / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franck/Debussy: Melodies Suzanne Danco (soprano) Guido Agosti (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 27/Jul/2006 ] A fine Mélisande, she is completely at home with Debussy's Villon and Bilitis; miraculously, she finds nine different shades of rapture for Fauré's La bonne chanson. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (with Mozart - Violin Sonata K379) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Oleg Kagan (violin) [ Regis Records / CD - released 16/Aug/2003 ] "..considered by the finest living interpreter of Beethoven's piano works, Alfred Brendel, to be the greatest of them all" - James Murray |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter II Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling [ EMI / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / BMG / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 -1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and repertoire" |
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GRIEG / HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Sviatoslav Richter [2 CDs] Sviatoslav Richter with varius orchestras [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Sviatoslav Richter is universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, renowned for his virtuoso technique and the depth of his interpretations. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2023 ] During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named 'Opening Doors', performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Turanga (time) and lila (love) come together in this epic symphony by a modern master |
DEBUSSY / BIZET / MESSIAEN / FAURE / POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sylvia McNair - Reveries Sylvia McNair (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 20/Sep/1997 ] Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, March 1996 |
GLUCK / STRAVINSKY / PURCELL / PUCCINI / MOZART / ARLEN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sylvia McNair - A Portrait Sylvia McNair (soprano) with conductors, Claudio Abbado, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Neville Marriner, etc [ Philips / CD - released 20/Sep/1996 ] Recordings from 1991 to 1995 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quintet in C major / Quartet movement (Quartettsatz) in C minor Takacs Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 18/Aug/1993 ] '...one of the greatest ensembles of our age' San Francisco Chronicle |
SERGEI TANEYEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taneyev: String quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3 The Talan Quartet [ Olympia / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Recorded in Moscow, July 1994 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartet, No 10, Op.74 / String Quartet, No 7, Op.59 No 1 Talich Quartet [ Calliope / CD - released 10/Nov/1986 ] "Their Beethoven cycle must be numbered among the finest currently available." Gramophone |
TANIA GIANNOULI
Solo Tania Giannouli (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 8/Jun/2023 ] Tania's fifth album for Rattle is a beautifully conceived set of expressive piano improvisations, 24 concentrated, deeply personal works full of vulnerability and searching honesty. Solo is an artistically fearless, profoundly musical album, a work... |
JOHN IRELAND / YORK BOWEN / WILLIAM ALWYN / ERIC COATES / JAMES FRANCIS BROWN
British Violin Sonatas Vol.3 Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The performers respond to both aspects of [Bowen's] music with muscular virtuosity and affection." BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Chamber |
THOMAS TALLIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tallis - Latin Church Music Taverner Consort & Choir, Andrew Parrott [ Virgin Records / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] 'Warmly recommendable, a superb collection.' Penguin Guide |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Kiri te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Richard Lewis / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 19/Nov/2000 ] *** (3 Stars) Penguin Stereo Guide |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatre alla Scala / John Graham-Hall, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Felicity Palmer / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / DVD - released 31/Jul/2013 ] "Gritton's Ellen is remarkable...[Graham-Hall ] lives his role - earnest, lonely, impulsive, with a desperate desire for acceptance...Ticciati is in full control from the start" Gramophone DVD of the month July 2013 |
