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W. A. MOZART / FRANZ SCHUBERT / ANSELM HUTTENBRENNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Schubert/Huttenbrenner: Lieder Sibylla Rubens(soprano) / Irwin Cage (piano) [ Hanssler / CD - released 14/Jan/2004 ] "Sibylla Rubens is best known as a fine exponent of the Baroque repertoire...Her light, pliable soprano is ideally suited to these delightful songs." Editor's Choice Gramophone February 2004 |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Parsifal (the complete opera recorded in 1981) Bayreuth Festival / Siegfried Jerusalem / Eva Randova / Bernd Weikl / Horst Stein (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 26/Feb/2009 ] "A production and performance that showed the festival at its finest" (The New York Times) |
HENRYK GORECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gore4cki: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Sonata for two violins / Genesis I The Silesian String Quartet [ Olympia / CD - released 1/Apr/1995 ] Recorded - Paulite Church of the Holy Spirit, Warsaw, July 1993, January 1994 This CD has been recorded under the supervision of the composer. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Parsifal (highlights from the opera) Simon Estes, Matti Salminen, Hans Sotin, Peter Hoffmann, Waltraud Meier / Bayreuthher Festspiele, James Levine [ Philips / CD - released 9/Nov/1987 ] Live recording from the Bayreuth Festival, July and August 1985 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 02 (Incls 'Lieder und Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister, Op 98a') Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 'The collaboration of Keenlyside and Johnson is so potent that after an hour one is still ready for more' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (tenor), Gerhard Siegel, Iain Paterson, Martin Winkler, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder [ Hallé / 4 CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "The outstanding performances here come from the Hallé and their music director. With quality playing from all departments, Wagner's complex orchestral timbres are carefully presented." BBC Music |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Michael Volle (Der Wanderer), Peter Hoare (Mime), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle [ BR Klassik / 3 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Following the 2015 release of Das Rheingold and of Die Walküre in 2019, BR-KLASSIK is now releasing Siegfried as part of the enthusiastically received Ring cycle under Sir Simon Rattle. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Fantastique Berlioz [3 CD set] Simon Rattle, Renaud Capuçon, .Leonard Bernstein, Kent Nagano, Joyce DiDonato, Riccardo Muti, John Barbirolli, Louis Fremaux, Janet Baker, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Hector Berlioz, France's greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age - yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Water Music Simon Standage (violin) Elizabeth Wilcock (violin) / The English Concert,Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "It is highly unlikely that George I ever witnessed performances matching up to this one." Gramophone, January 1984, reviewing the Water Music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Simon Standage (violin) / English Consort, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Simon Standage leads a top original instrument version |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Simona Šaturová, Mihoko Fujimura, Christian Elsner & Christian Gerhaher / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt [ Accentus / 5 CD Box Set - released 3/Jul/2017 ] "Blomstedt's Beethoven seems 'right': tempi are never too fast or too slow, but never staid, and phrasing is alive with rhythmic energy and cumulative momentum. His Leipzig players give their all- the strings in particular have a glorious burnished... |
BERG / R. STRAUSS / DUPARC / POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sine Bundgaard - Songs with Orchestra Sine Bundgaard (soprano) / Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Matthias Pintscher [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2005 ] Sine Bundgaard is one of her generations leading scandinavias sopranos. She has an ongoing international carreer in leading european operahouses and is especially in demand as an excellent Mozart-singer. |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp / Straussiana / Theme & Variations Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "The playing of the Sinfonia of London is astonishingly brilliant, with Hollywood-dream glories in the string tone" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2020 WINNER - Orchestral |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6 Sinfonia Varsovia, Yehudi Menuhin [ Warner Apex / CD - released 13/Oct/2003 ] "Menuhin and Sinfonia Varsovia acquit themselves in fine style. Again it is the sheer verve of the playing that comes over most strongly. The rhythmic drive has terrific power" MusicWeb |
ZOLTAN KODALY / BELA BARTOK / LEO WEINER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Georg Solti - The Last Recording (Limited Edition Souvenir Booklet) Sir Georg Solti, conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra & Choir of Hungarian Radio & TV [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1998 ] This disc was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Awards for "Best Classical Album" and "Best Choral Performance." A portion of the proceeds from sales of this disc will be given to the Solti Foundation.. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang' Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonyté (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "The 44-strong Monteverdi Choir launch into 'Die Nacht ist vergangen' with real joy as day arrives...The final choral fugue is genuinely uplifting, a splendid way to conclude Gardiner's splendid cycle" Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2017 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (with Bizet's Jeux d'enfants) Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Vivian Troon, Roderick Elms (pianos) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrea Licata (cond) [ Royal Philharmonic / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] In line with the tradition begun by Sir Thomas Beecham, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continues to be closely associated with some of the world's outstanding conductors and soloists. |
CLAY / WOOD / SULLIVAN / COATES / WALLACE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: More Songs My Father Taught Me (music of Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Drawing-room songs that make their mark again, thanks to such a strong advocate" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
JOHN SHEPPARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sheppard - Church Music The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Penguin Guide - Rosette Recording 'Superb' (Classic CD) |
ALLEGRI / BYRD / TALLIS / PALESTRINA / etc
Sacred Music - An Easter Celebration The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Simon Russell Beale presents a special concert for Easter from LSO St Luke's in London, performed by the award-winning choir The Sixteen, conducted by founder Harry Christophers. The music takes us on a journey of over six hundred years, from... |
