More By Artist: Seiji
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EDOUARD LALO / PABLE de SARASATE / GEORGE BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Bizet: Carmen Suite & Jeux d'enfants Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] Today one of the world's top musicians - back then a child prodigy whose emotional power and technical prowess fascinated audiences and critics alike. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTAKLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Erato Exhibition / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Originally recorded at the Symphony Hall, Boston, on April 26th, 1986 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 ''Emperor'' Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa / London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Beethoven's piano concertos are cornerstones of the keyboard repertoire, and yet in their time they formed the subject of much cynical debate: the sounds that we are today adjusted to were difficult for the ears of concertâgoers then, and any... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 'Emperor' Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa / London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] The seeds were planted in the early 1970s when Deutsche Grammophon realised what amazing results could be achieved by recording the multi-channel tapes, with either four or eight channels. Yet, due to a few restrictions, they never fully blossomed.... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Ruckert-Lieder Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone) / Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] "Ozawa's 1977 Boston recording of Mahler's First Symphony is alert and clear-sighted with a fine youthful sheen to it. It was also very vividly recorded." |
![The Little Ballerina [includes 'Les Sylphides', 'The Skater's Waltz', & 'Sabre Dance'] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10573/10573102.jpg)
CHOPIN / OFFENBACH / DELIBES / TCHAIKOVSKY / WALDTEUFEL / KHACHATURIAN
The Little Ballerina [includes 'Les Sylphides', 'The Skater's Waltz', & 'Sabre Dance'] Herbert von Karajan, Mstislav Rostropovich, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Arthur Fiedler [ Deutsche Grammophon Classics For Kids / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] Featuring some classic pieces from perennial favourites like Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Delibes, this is a must have for all your little ballerinas! |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Schoenberg: Erwartung - Brettl-Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Bryn Terfel (baritone) Shinyukai Male Choir / Saito Kinen Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / James Levine [ Philips Duo Jessye Norman Collection / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2005 ] Jessye Norman heads the cast in this much-acclaimed recording of Stavinsky's opera Oedipus Rex. Her imperious and impassioned Jocasta is a wonderful interpretation. The cast also includes Peter Schreier as the eponymous hero and a young Bryn Terfel... |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen Of Spades] - highlights cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10211/10211035.jpg)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen Of Spades] - highlights Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maureen Forrester, Sergei Leiferkus / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival - Beethoven Martha Argerich (piano) / Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2017 ] Seiji Ozawa is not only a world-famous Japanese conductor, but also a founder and director of the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, home of the Saito Kinen Orchestra, which in 2015 was renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (OMF). |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Rostropovich (3 Disc) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [with Leonard Bernstein, David Oistrakh, Seiji Ozawa, George Szell & others] [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2018 ] A 3-CD compilation of the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. |
TORU TAKEMITSU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Takemitsu: Viola Concerto / November Steps / Eclipse Nobuko Imai (viola) Katsuya Yokoyama (shakuhachi) KInshi Tsuruta (biwa) / Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Philips / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] "the musical texture of Takemitsu's Viola Concerto ("A String Around Autumn") is considerably more active than that of the other two works, but still suggests the static perfection of a Japanese landscape. Great sound." ClassicsToday |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens - Symphony No 3 Organ / Phaeton Op 39 / Le Rouet d'Omphale Op 31 Orchestre National de France. Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Redline / CD - released 18/Feb/2001 ] "The symphony is distinguished by...rich string playing...vivid clarity of detail...and a great sense of enjoyment." - Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Violin concerto & sonata / Piano quartet / Ein Heldenleben / etc Renaud Capuçon (violin), with Christop Koncz (violin), Guillaume Bellom (piano) / Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2025 ] "The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon's poise and precision contrast beautifully. There's a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels pleasingly darker hues." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony 7 / Leonore Overture 3 Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "This is Beethoven, refined, elegant, sculptural, exciting at times, but lacking depth. Ozawa creates a billowing cloud of lovely, elegant sound, assiduously sculpting the dynamic range." BBC Music |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust, Op.34 Stuart Burrows (tenor) Edith Mathis (soprano) Donald McIntyre (bass) Thomas Paul (bass) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/1988 ] "This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade." MusicWeb |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 / Capriccio Italien / Francesa da Rimini Vladimir Spivakov (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1991 ] Tchaikovsky is one the pillars of classical music who cannot be ignored. Some of his works have become all time favourites. |
EDOUARD LALO / PABLO SARASATE
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Sarrasate: Zigeunerweisen (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 10/May/2024 ] "...pure intonation, the sweet tone and the warmly emotional and committed treatment that this much admired young artist gives the work." Gramophone |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies / Lieutenant Kije Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
SESSIONS / PANUFNIK
Concerto for Orchestra / Eighth Symphony Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Not to be missed' (San Francisco Chronicle) |
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] Henryk Wieniawski's concertos offer a distinctively Slavonic take on Paganini's virtuosic innovations. One of the most important violinists of the nineteenth century, he was born in Poland and travelled widely, but became especially influential in... |
