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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / BELA BARTOK
Tchaikovsky/Bartok: Violin Concertos Valery Sokolov (violin) / Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, David Zinman [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Sokolov has the measure of both of these concertos and sounds entirely comfortable coping with their different technical demands...Zinman and his orchestra provide exceptionally finely balanced, well-paced support." Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: 1822-1825 Schubertiad Lynne Dawson, Geraldine McGreevy, Philip Langridge and others / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition Vol 35 / CD ] 'McGreevy's Lachen und Weinen is simply the best performance I know. No lover of Schubert's genius should miss this CD' (International Record Review) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An 1827 Schubertiad Juliane Banse, Lynne Dawson, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley, Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 36 / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] 'Superb … Wonderfully fluent, confident singing from Finley, soft-grained intimacy from Banse … a delight' (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler Adagios Brigitte Fassbaender, Yvonne Minton, Mira Zakai / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Music / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2010 ] Today Mahler's music enjoys an unprecedented level of popularity throughout the world - resurgence in interest that began in the 1960s, and which was fuelled by the use of the composer's music in films such as Visconti's Death in Venice and Ken... |
Various Artists
Beethoven Lives Upstairs - A Tale of Genius and Childhood [ Classical Kids / CD - released 18/Dec/2004 ] An eccentric new boarder turns a young boy's life upside down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved upstairs! |
ALLEGRI / BACH / BRAHMS / CHARPENTIER / HANDEL / MOZART / TALLIS / etc
Benedictus - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation Oxford Camerata, Hungarian Radio Choir, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1999 ] The Benedictus of the Latin Mass forms part of the Sanctus. The latter marks the start of the Canon of the Mass, while the Benedictus itself may be separated from the preceding sentences, to follow the Consecration. |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bolcom: Complete Rags John Murphy (piano) [ Albany / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2009 ] William Bolcom was born in Seattle, Washington. At age 11, he entered the University of Washington to study composition privately with George Frederick McKay and John Verrall and piano with Madame Berthe Poncy Jacobson. "He later studied with Darius... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: The Young Schubert Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Ann Murray, Catherine Wyn-Roger (mezzo-soprano) Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Adrian Thompson (tenor) Philip Langridge (tenor) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 33 / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 'Intriguing views of a young genius' (Classic CD) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Songs 34: Schubert (1817-1821) Various artists incl Lorna Anderson, Lynne Dawson, Gerald Finley, Matthias Goerne, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, etc [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 34 / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] 'A feast of finely wrought, intelligent interpretations ... the readings make an indelible impression.' (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / BACH / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An Equal Music Various Artists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 30/May/2000 ] Music from the best selling book! A wonder-work: irresistible |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: Lightly Classical Various Artists incls Angela Morley, Frank de Vol, Stanley Black, Sidney Torch, David Rose, Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] This collection has been prepared with three main aims: firstly to prove that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not as insurmountable as some people seem to imagine; secondly to illustrate that many composers, who may... |
BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Smetana: Libuse (Festive Opera In 3 Acts) Eva Urbanová, Vratislav Kriz, Ludek Vele, Helena Kaupová / Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi [ Supraphon / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "The cast is splendid, reflecting that the extraordinary musical traditions of the Czech's (Europe's most musical nation?) are alive and well. The whole performance captures the sense of occasion." MusicWeb |
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway & Cast
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast Recording: Expanded Edition with bonus tracks) [ Sony Music / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] This edition of the original motion picture soundtrack to 'My Fair Lady' features Julie Andrews with Rex Harrison and includes two bonus tracks. |
BOUBLIL & SCHONBERG
Boublil/Schonberg: Martin Guerre Stephen Weller & Joanna Riding / 1999 English Cast [ First Night Records / CD - released 26/Apr/1999 ] Martin Guerre is a two-act musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, lyrics by Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. |
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Various Artists
OST: My Week With Marilyn [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Nov/2011 ] Theme by Andre Desplat Score by Conrad Pope Featured Piano Soloist: Lang Lang. |
The Graduate Choir, Calico Jam, Nelson Ecumenical Congregation, Christchurch Community Choir, Musical Island Boys, Wellington Youth Choir, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praise Be [ Frequency Media Group / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] 30 tracks carefully chosen to best represent the outstanding choral standards in NZ and the broad styles of Christian music that 'Praise Be' has recorded over the years, for all seasons of the liturgical year. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Lieder On Record Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schumann, Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ian Bostridge, etc [ EMI Classics / 17 CD Box Set - released 2/Jul/2012 ] "there's an incredible sense of broadness and of historical perspective that makes this something of a museum item...There's a song here for almost any occasion, mood, scene and emotion."BBC Music |
KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weill: Symphony No.2 / Seven Deadly Sins / Violin Concerto / Songs Elise Ross, Robyn Archer, Thomas Hampson, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Berliner Philharmoniker [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] In America Kurt Weill became a leading composer of Broadway Musicals and extracts from two of them are on this collection. One of his main performers was his wife, Lotte Lenya, whose characteristic voice made many of his songs standards. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GERALD FINZI / GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams/Finzi/Holst: British Composers Janet Baker, Choir of King's College, Philip Langridge, Purcell Singers, Cecil Aronowitz, etc [ EMI Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] A compelling illustration of the rich flowering of British composers in the first half of the 20th Century. |
SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MOZART / HAYDN / BRAHMS / etc
Heroic Horn; Best Loved Classical French Horn Music Various artists from the Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The Best Loved series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. |
