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FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Stephen Kovacevich II Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 61 / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Stephen Kovacevich made his concert debut as a pianist at the age of 11; then, at the age of 18 he moved to London to study under Dame Myra Hess on a scholarship and has been a London resident ever since, currently living in Hampstead. In 1961 he... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / DUKE ELLINGTON / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parallel Tones MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi [ Naive The Kristjan Järvi Sound Project / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] "The Strauss, given its premiere in New York, is a showpiece romp, though conductor Kristian Järvi is restrained in his depiction of Strauss's colourful domestic life. Järvi's hard-working orchestra lets itself go a bit more in Ellington's Harlem." F |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Konzertstuck Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) / London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1995 ] Originally recorded in March 1994 |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN / SIGISMOND THALBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No.4 in D minor / Thalberg: Piano Concerto in F minor Michael Ponti (piano) / Philharmonia Hungarica, Othmar Maga / Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kapp [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Originally recorded in 1983 |
SERGE LIAPUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liapunov: Phapsody on Ukrainian Themes for Piano & Orchestra (with concertos by Medtner & Balakirev) Michael Ponto (piano) / Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Caro / Westphalian Symphony, Siefried Landau [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1992 ] The American pianist, Michael Ponti, was born in Germany of American parents, and was taken to the USA as a child. He studied piano in Washington DC with Gilmour McDonald from 1954-1955, who was a pupil of Leopold Godowsky. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2007 ] "this is an emotionally compelling rendition that holds its own with any version on the market, and it will satisfy any Mahlerian with its many passages of profound beauty, childlike playfulness, and spiritual ecstasy." ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Music From 'The Lady and the Hooligan' & Ballet suite No. 2 Minsk Symphony Orchestra, Walter Mnatsakanov [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "The music is of course outstanding as each mined work that serves as source material for this score is tremendous; but if you have those other scores this one is hardly mandatory unless you are a completest. " Audiophile Audition |
SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of Samuel Barber (with Howard Hanson: Piano Concerto) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice / MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, Euge List (piano) [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet - Carmen & L'Arlesienne suites Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] This is a re-issue of an outstanding "demonstration" disc featuring colourful French orchestral music....playing that is both elegant and vivid in superb, demonstration-worthy sound. |
MORTON GOULD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gould: Fall River Legend / Interplay / etc Morton Gould and his Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Gould's Fall River Legend is a warmly melodic ballet on the Lizzie Borden story. |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pleyel: Quartet in B / Symphony in A / Sinfonia - Concertante Moscow Concertino, Evgueni Bushkov [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "Pleyel had a strong and solid technique, a good command of form and considerable enterprise in his ideas" Gramophone |
BORIS PARSADANIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parsadanian: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Moscow Radio Symphony, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov, with Klara Kadinskaya (soprano) [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Rare recordings from Russia Recorded 1966 (Sym. 1) and 1969 |
RONALD STEVENSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stevenson: Piano Concertos Nos 1 "Faust Triptych" & 2 "The Continents" Murray Mclachlan (piano) / Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, Julian Clayton [ Olympia / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "In Murray McLachlan, Stevenson's music has found a committed advocate and he projects the highly virtuosic yet never over-dominant solo parts with something of the panache of the composer's own keyboard style." Hi-Fi News |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 Op 60 'Leningrad' National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 28/May/2001 ] Recorded At - John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts |
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gibbs: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Westmorland" National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Andrew Penny [ Marco Polo / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] The National Symphony Orchestra is one of the most vibrant international orchestras playing and recording today. |
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HAROLD TRUSCOTT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Truscott: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Symphony in E major'] National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Gary Brain [ Marco Polo / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] "Gary Brain's readings are carefully shaped and yet let the music breathe in a completely natural way-and what music: the symphony and the Elegy both touch greatness." Fanfare |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Orchestral Music NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2004 ] Schmidt-Isserstedt and the NDRSO undertook the first postwar tour of the UK by a German orchestra in politically sensitive conditions during 1951. |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leighton: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae' Neil Mackie (tenor) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/1989 ] 'Raphael Wallfisch plays the Concerto as if his life depended on it, and the Symphony draws every bit as much dedication from its performers. The recording is very immediate, and has stunning clarity and detail.'- The Penguin Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 (with works by Wagner & R. Strauss) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics The Klemperer Legacy / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/1999 ] "Klemperer lets Mahler's score tell its own story and one cannot listen without remembering that he knew Mahler and worked with him...Klemperer's austere Metamorphosen emerges as a magnificent structure - with flexible and viral string-playing" Gramo |
JOHN ADAMS / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / DARIUS MILHAUD / IGOR STRAVINSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New World Jazz New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Recorded January 1997 at the Broward Center for Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale. Florida |
