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WILHELM STENHAMMAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor / Serenade In F / Ballad Janos Solyom (piano) Ingvar Wixell (baritone) / Münchner Philharmoniker, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Stig Westerberg [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/1994 ] Stenhammar the conductor and pianist was a leading figure in the musical life of Sweden and Scandinavia, but in his role as composer he struggled with self-doubt, feeling that his knowledge of musical theory was insufficient. |
BIZET / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Transcriptions Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] 'Sony's sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, "never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect".' Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Operas Ann Murray, Andreas Schmidt, Werner Hollweg, Arleen Auger, Edita Gruberova, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Thomas Moser, Kiri te Kanawa, Ingvar Wixell [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 44 CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] A unique collection of the complete operatic works of Mozart, from the fascinating teenage works to the profound late masterpieces. Operas known and loved the world over such as "Le nozze di figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Così fan tutte" and "Die Zauberflöte" |
FELIX ARNDT / MIKE BERNARD / ROY BARGY / FRANK BANTA / RUBE BLOOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era - Volume V Felix Arndt / Mike Bernard / Roy Bargy / Frank Banta / Rube Bloom [ Pearl / CD - released 15/Aug/1998 ] The iconography of jazz usually features smoky images of coolly wasted-looking individuals in natty hats blowing saxophones. But if saxes and trumpets have seemed like the quintessential jazz instruments, it's the piano that has been absolutely... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arthur Grumiaux - Favourite Violin Encores Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Istvan Hajdu (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete String Trios Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Georges Janzer (viola) Eva Czuko (cello) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Recorded in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in Dec. 1967 (Op. 9/1 and 9/3) and Jan.1968 (Op. 3 & 8), and inLa Chaux-de-Fonde, Switzerland in Sep. 1968 (Op. 9/2). |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / London Symphony, Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 5/May/1986 ] "This is an essential purchase for all Mozartians." International Record Review (Sept 2001) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Sonatas Arthur Grumiaux, Walter Klien, Gerard Poulet, Blandine Verlet, etc [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Vol 15 / 7 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/1991 ] Original Recording From 1975, 1985, 1991 |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: String Quartets 3 & 4 Artis String Quartet [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] "Once again the Artis responds with full bodied Viennese tone, but also quick-witted rhythmic spring. Given that they are also well recorded, with finely annotated notes, the Artis still rank very high in this repertoire and are worthy of serious... |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art Of Michelangeli Arturo Benedet Michelangeli (piano) with Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini & NDR Symphony Orchestra, Cord Garben [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Aug/2013 ] A beautiful package of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's Deutsche Grammophon recordings |
DEBUSSY / GALUPPI / RAVEL / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli I Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Decca /Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 - 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to The New York Times, he was perhaps the most reclusive, enigmatic and... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / MOMPOU / SCUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli II Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 - 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: More Mozart For Your Mind ASMF Neville Marriner, Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Anthony Pay (clarinet) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/1997 ] Boost Your Brain Power With Wolfgang Amadeus |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 12 London Symphonies Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 24/Jun/2013 ] Joseph Haydn, often referred to as 'The Father of the Symphony', has an enormous 109 of these works to his name. Within his vast oeuvre of symphonies is a group of 12, written between 1781 and 1795, which are known as the 'London' symphonies,... |
FRANZ KROMMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krommer: Symphonies Op 40 & Op 102 London Mozart Players, Matthais Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/1994 ] Franz Krommer (27 November 1759 - 8 January 1831) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. He was one of the most popular composers in 19th-century Vienna alongside Beethoven whom he knew. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano Kristóf Baráti (violin) Klára Würtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2012 ] Sonatas for piano with violin, Beethoven thought of them, and the early set of three Op. 12 does seem to look back towards the early Classical, even late-Baroque emphasis on the multi-voiced part to which the violin adds emphasis or decoration as... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Requiem fur Mignon / Nachtlied / Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Boney, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] "...reinforced by exceptional vividness and clarity of recording - that makes this new release so arresting an addition to the catalogue which is already well-stocked with pleasurable versions." Gramophone |
DOWLAND / PURCELL / MOZART / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS / R. STRAUSS / LLOYD WEBBER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The radiant voice of Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Talens Lyriques, The English Concert & others [ Decca / CD - released 11/Jun/2001 ] "Barbara Bonney has a lovely voice and she knows how to use its relatively light but extremely agile qualities to fine effect. She's accurate in intonation and tasteful in expressive mannerisms...how pretty everything is-it's really a pleasant sound... |
JOHN DOWLAND / WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN JENKINS / THOMAS CAMPION / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle Barbara Bonney (soprano) with Jacob Heringman (lute) / The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, 3-5 October 1998 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven for All: Music of Power, Passion and Beauty Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) / West Eastern Divan Orchestra / Staatskapelle Berlin [ Decca / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2012 ] This double-disc set, containing essential highlights from Barenboim's new recordings of the Symphonies, Piano Concertos and Piano Sonatas, is designed to give a wider, non-specialist audience a taste of Beethoven's extraordinary music. |
