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WEINBERG
Complete Music for Solo Cello Vol. 1: 24 Preludes / Solo Cello Sonata No. 1 Josef Feigelson (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2011 ] |
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REINHOLD GLIERE / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glière / Glazunov: Concertos Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Osian Ellis (harp), Josef Sivo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 13/Aug/1990 ] Original recordings made in 1968 and 1971 |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Erich Wolfgang Korngold regarded Das Wunder der Heliane as his greatest work, but the opera has been neglected since its premiere in 1927. This 2018 production from the Deutsche Oper Berlin features the American soprano Sara Jakubiak as Heliane, and... |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / WAGNER / R. STRAUSS / HEUBERGER / J. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Diva Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Josef Metternich (baritone) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] Schwarzkopf later made her official debut at the Royal Opera House on 16 January 1948, as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute, in performances sung in English, and at La Scala on 29 June 1950 singing Beethoven's Missa solemnis. |
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Josef Locke
Hear My Song: 24 Favourites [ Prism / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera recorded in 1953) Josef Metternich, Annelies Kupper, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl / RIAS Kammerchor & RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Ferenc Fricsay [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "By a fair margin [this set] remains my favourite, with Fricsay at his most electrifying and the team of men quite unbeatable." (Gramophone) |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Rhapsody-Concerto For Viola And Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 3 Josef Palenicek (piano) Josef Suk (viola) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann [ Supraphon / CD - released 6/May/1989 ] Track 1 - 3 recorded on 23 and 24 Febr., 1982. Track 4 & 5 recorded on 18 and 20 Nov., 1987 (Piano Concerto) Digital recorded at the DvoĆák Hall of the House of Artists, Prague. |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischütz Lise Davidsen (Agathe), Andreas Schager (Max), Sofia Fomina (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar), Markus Eiche (Ottokar), Franz-Josef Selig (Eremit) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Maestro Marek Janowski leads a sensational cast - including star vocalists Lise Davidsen and Andreas Schager - on this new recording of Der Freischütz, the German Romantic opera par excellence. |
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THE STRAUSS FAMILY
Josef Krips: Memories of Vienna London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips, with Hilde Gueden [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Newly remastered from the original tapes and in the case of two works these hellac discs this compilation presents recordings made in London and Vienna by a conductor born and bred to the rhythms of the Strauss family. |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass No 3 In F Minor Lenneke Ruiten, Iris Vermillion, Shawn Mathey, Franz Josef Selig / Swiss Romande Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "The greatest plaudit here goes to the bass, Franz Josef Selig, who is warmly resonant. This flawless performance is of the highest quality." Gramophone |
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MONTEVERDI / CARISSIMI / DVORAK / HUMPERDINCK / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Soprano Duets Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Urmgard Seefried (sopranos) with Gerald Moore, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/1988 ] Irmgard Seefried said, "I sang a great deal with Elisabeth and was fortunate - not everybody was - in establishing an excellent rapport with her" |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies 40 & 41 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips [ Philips / CD - released 20/Jan/2001 ] Classic recordings digitally remastered and reduced in price |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor / Ave Vern\um Corpus / Maurerische Trauermusik Diana Montague, Michael Chance, Christoph Pregardien, Franz Josef Selig / Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "These performances under Peter Neuman are of consistent quality, with an excellent balance of orchestra, soloists and chorus. Barbara Schlick and Franz-Josef Selig give splendid renderings of the most demanding soprano and bass parts. The allegro... |
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W.A. MOZART
The Magic Flute - The Criterion Collection Haken Hagegard / Josef Kostlinger / Ulrik Cold / Ingmar Bergman (director) [ Janus Films / The Criterion Collection / DVD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Ingmar Bergman puts his indelible stamp on Mozart's exquisite opera in this sublime rendering of one of the composer's best-loved works: a celebration of love, forgiveness, and the brotherhood of man. The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) stars Josef... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Harnoncourt & Haydn [2 CD set] Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Herbert Tachezi, Robert Holl, Josef Protschka, Cecilia Bartoli & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Eighty - Harnoncourt & Haydn |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Missa in C Major 'Coronation' K 317 / Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339 Joan Rodgers, Josef Protschka, Laszlo Polgar, Elisabeth von Magnus / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "..Harnoncourt's fascinating exploratory way with the music: he never treats it simply for what it seems to be but looks more deeply into the score to see if he can bring out something fresh" Gramophone |
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MARTIN GRUBINGER / JOSEF BURCHARTZ / GGREGORIAN CHANT
Drums 'n' Chant Martin Grubinger (percussion) with Albrecht Mayer (Oboe), Josef Burchartz (Flugelhorn), Dieter Kolbeck (Digital Piano) / Benedictine Monks of the Abbe [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] Grubinger represented Austria at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 in Bergen, Norway. In 2007 he was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Missa in C Major 'Coronation' K 317 / Requiem in D minor K 626 Rachel Yakar, Ortrun Wenkel, Robert Holl, Joan Rodgers, Josef Protschka, Elisabeth von Magnus / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt describes Mozart's Requiem as "an intensely personal confrontation, frightening and moving in the case of a composer who normally kept his life and experience divorced from his art to an astonishing degree". This recording uses... |
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Mahler, Gu
Das Lied von der Erde Anna Reynolds, Jess Thomas; Wiener Symphoniker, Josef Krips [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Apr/1992 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera recorded in 2013) Bayreuth Festival / Samuel Youn, Franz-Josef Selig, Ricarda Merbeth / Christian Thielemann (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] 2013's revival of Jan Philipp Gloger's controversial 2012 production was greeted (as so often in Bayreuth) with huge acclaim. He translates the tale of the Dutchman, whose travails can only be redeemed through the unconditional love of a woman... |