GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Solo Cantatas (HWV 173, 105, 113, 236) Veronika Winter (soprano) / Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max [ Capriccio SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "The fine recorded sound, bright and clear, is the icing on the cake of this laudable release." Robert Levett, International Record Review |
HANDEL / GLUCK / MOZART / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo) / Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 6/Oct/1996 ] Kasarova won the "Female Singer of the Year" in 2003 Echo Klassik. In 2005 she won the Merkur Preis and was named Bavarian Kammersängerin. She was also named Österreichische Kammersängerin in April 2010. (Wiki) |
LUIS GIANNEO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gianneo: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3 / 6 Bagatelles Dora De Marinis, Alejandro Cremaschi, Fernando Viani (piano) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] "This recording contains music well worth exploring. The music is compelling and rendered with fire." American Record Guide |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Requiem (with Debussy - Images) Victoria de los Angeles, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluytens [ EMI Classics Masters / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "A highly recommendable version with dedicated contributions from both soloists and the full, warmly atmospheric recording sounds very beautiful." (*** Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Tribute to Gerald Moore (recorded 1967) Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker, Daniel Barenboim, Nicolai Gedda, Leon Goossens, Yehudi Menuhin [ EMI / 11 CD - released 15/Feb/1987 ] The first release on CD of the complete original LPs of the recording made live at the concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London in February 1967 to mark the retirement of Gerald Moore |
RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pagliacci (Complete opera) (Recorded 1953) SPECIAL PRICE! Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill / The Columbus Boy Choir. The Robert Shaw Chorale. Renato Cellini [ EMI Historical / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] 'the most enjoyable performance of Pagliacci we have ever heard' (The Record Guide) |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni/Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 1960/62 with libretto) Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi / Opera Roma, Gabriele Santini, Teatro alla Scala, Lovro von Matacic [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1991 ] "With Met stalwart Lucine Amara a strong Nedda this is one of the most bloodcurdling recordings of this finale." Musicweb (on Pagliacci) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - On Wings Of Song Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Sinfonia of London, Spanish National Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Studio / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recordings from 1962, 1964 & 1965 mostly at the Abbey Road Studios, London |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Serenata Notturna / Serenades Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] Recordings from 1969 to 1979 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Sextet in A / String Quintet in C Vienna Octet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1991 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): An Alpine Symphony / Der Rosenkavalier (Suite) Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Apr/2001 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH-Gramophone Magazine June 2001 |
FRANZ SCHMIDT / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schmidt: Symphony No.4 / Schoenberg: Chmaber Symphony No.1 Vienna Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 20/Aug/1990 ] Recording Locations: Royce Hall, U.C.L.A., May 1968 (Schoenberg) Sofiensaal, Vienna, September 1971 (Schmidt) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites: Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 27/Oct/1990 ] ."can be recommended without reservation." (Gramophone) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 4 (recorded 1973) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] "This interpretation is really breathtaking in its unhurried majesty, about as broad as can be from start to finish since Böhm has the rare gift of being able to sustain the broadest tempi convincingly and majesterially." Gramophone |
ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / LUMBYE / TCHAIKOVSKY / STRAUSS FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Year's Concert 2012 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Sony / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2012 ] "There's nothing here that disappoints, and the stylishness of the performances can be taken for granted, if not by the musicians themselves...the recording is excellent in capturing a happy occasion" (International Record Review) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 9 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 14/Dec/2014 ] "...this live Salzburg Ninth is glorious. There's no sense here of fallible rhythms or a conductor not being able to see the wood for the trees...the Teldex engineers..make the Grosses Festspielhaus sound like one of the great Bruckner halls" Penguin |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No 4 / Schubert: Symphony No 8 'Unfinished' / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3 Scene 3) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Staatskapelle Dresden / Carlos Kleiber (with Margaret Price, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Hellmich etc) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Oct/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Johann Strauss Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/1991 ] Original Recordings from 1958 to 1974 |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Year's Concert 1990 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Jan/1990 ] Thanks to this illustrious succession of great conductors that the Vienna New Year's Concert remains unique, ushering in the New Year in a way that has often been imitated but never equalled. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlos (complete unabridged version 1867, recorded in 2004) Vienna State Opera / Alastair Miles, Ramon Vargas, Bo Skovhus, Iano Tamar / Bertrand de Billy [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "A provocative, rewarding production." (beckmessersquill.com) |