BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings / Percussion and Celesta / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] The great works from Béla Bartók at a special price |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Death in Venice (Complete Opera recorded in 1974) John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, James Bowman / Members of the English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2002 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
BONNET / VIERNE / LANGLAIS / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fete - French Organ Music Andrew Cantrill, organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington [ Morrison Trust New Zealand / CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] A cross-section of music from a fascinating and intense period of creativity in French organ music, the programme's title work is Jean Langlais' brash and celebratory Fête. |
PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Kammermusik [Chamber Music] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, with Konstanty Kulka (violin), Kim Kashkashian (viola) Norbert Blume (va d'amore), Lynn Harrell (cell [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] "Nearly two hours and twenty minutes of musicmaking and festively brilliant writing and playing." (MusicWeb) |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Organ Music of Herbert Howells Graham Barber plays the Organ of Hereford Cathedral [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Recorded in Hereford Cathedral on 10/11 January 1995 |
GLUCK / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 13/Jul/2003 ] One of the most celebrated English singers, Kathleen Ferrier brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her tragically short life. Born in Lancashire in the north of England on 22 April 1912 she... |
VERDI / BELLINI / MASSENET / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu - Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/1996 ] "Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing." BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos / Violin Concerto / Concerto for Orchestra Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/1993 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Piano Concertos Gramophone] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 [1994 recordings] Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "...my principal choice is Maurizio Pollini, for his unfailing musicianship and level of drama, superbly accompanied by Berliner Philharmoniker under Claudio Abbado." MusicWeb |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 131 & Op. 135 The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] The Lindsays' acclaimed new Beethoven series offers fresh interpretations of some of the composer's finest works for string quartet |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59, No. 2 & "Razumovsky" & String Quartet in E flat, Op 74 "Harp" Lindsay String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] The Lindsays' acclaimed new Beethoven series offers fresh interpretations of some of the composer's finest works for string quartet |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 95 "Serioso" & Op.127 The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "....a shattering performance...." Five Stars The Independent |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.130 & Op.133 "Grosse Fuge" The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "....a shattering performance...." Five Stars The Independent |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 Nos.1, 2 & 3 The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "...like brushing the cobwebs from an old master...In short, the Lindsays Beethoven has come alive." The Independent |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 Nos.4 and 5 / Op. 14 (arr.of Piano Sonata in E) The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] The Lindsays' acclaimed new Beethoven series offers fresh interpretations of some of the composer's finest works for string quartet |
JOHNANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer / 3 Quartette Op. 64 Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Engel & Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Nov/1984 ] "The rare elegance and stylishness of Karl Engel's and Wolfgang Sawallisch's piano-playing, too, lifts the Op. 52 way above the party pieces these can so often become; they energize the bolder variety of the Op. 65 group." The Times |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/1993 ] Recorded in Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam, June 1991 |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMIi Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/1989 ] "If any EMI recording by Sir John deserves inclusion this is it. In my opinion it is the best Mahler recording he left us. I've always felt his view of the first movement's overall tempo and pacing to be as near definitive as you can get. There is... |
BACH / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg Alexis Weissenberg (piano) [ EMI / BMG / Philips / Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] In 1947, Weissenberg made his New York City debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and George Szell in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and with Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, with which Weissenberg won the Leventritt... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rosalyn Tureck I Rosalyn Tureck (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] This collection of Rosalyn Tureck's Bach partitas was, until now, a long-sought gem. The recordings, dating from the 1950s and recorded for EMI, have won praise from all corners for their mix of erudition and comfortable, at-ease command. Tureck, one... |